28.09.2014 BEGINNING SPANISH I SPANISH 1120 CULTURAL REPORT I (ASSIGNMENT I) LECTURER: MR. R. STEVEN GARFIELD DONE BY: SHALINI ATTANAYAKE 1. The Romans spoke the Latin language. It became the predecessor of Spanish during the middle Ages‚ when the Roman Empire fell. The Latin speaking regions that were politically unified began to disperse and differentiate. A nomadic tribe from Europe called Celts‚ mixed with inhabitants from Peninsula‚ formed a new group of people called the Celtiberians
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The Class Participation Work of HIS 212 The Question of the Cause and Effect of the American Spanish War! Phillip Andrews Bethel University William Harwood The cause of the American Spanish war in 1898 was the finale impact when the USS Maine was destroyed. The Newspaper of American Press (yellow press) stated it was the Spanish whom attacked the United States. This was published by William R. Hearst‚ and Joseph Pulitzer which also cause a stir amongst the Americans and the Government. The
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Why did the Spanish Armada fail? The Spanish Armada was a fleet of 130 ships which sailed from Spain in July 1588 with an intention of overthrowing protestant England ruled by Elizabeth I and making England Catholic once again. This sea battle was between Spain - King Philip of Spain and England - Sir Francis Drake. Sir Francis had sailed in the Cadiz harbour and set 30 of Spain’s most finest warships alight. Their surprise attack on England had failed because they’re spotted off Cornwall on 29th
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author being the “son of Manco Inca Yupanqui‚ natural lord of … Peru” (Yupanqui 3)‚ recounts the story of Spanish conquest and colonization of Peru from the perspective of the Inca people mainly during the decline of his father Manco Inca’s last days of rule in his country and shortly thereafter. While a recount of this time period would most certainly include and highlight the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire‚ the translator of Cusi’s work Catherine Julien argues in her introduction that
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Why did The Spanish Armada fail? In May 1588 Catholic king Phillip of Spain sent his Spanish Armada to attack England. Relations between these two superpowers have been getting gradually worse. Elizabeth had been encouraging attacks on Spanish to and from the new world. She had also been helping Spain’s enemies in the Netherlands. However‚ the final straw for Spain was when she executed Mary Queen of Scots (a Catholic Queen) and had a papal bull written against her. King Phillip felt it was his
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America: • Nearly 12‚000-14‚000 years ago / 9000 BC migrations reached the southern tip of South America / 15th century AD = contact with Europeans -> brought with them diseases (smallpox) ended in: demographic catastrophe‚ weakened societies‚ aided Spanish/ Portuguese exploration America before Columbus: • Adaptation to surroundings = nomadic bands‚ hunting‚ fishing‚ agriculture -> created civilizations • Population: a lot more people (Indians) • Civilizations in the South -> Peru = Incas with
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between the Spanish and the Indigenous peoples Spanish colonization started in 1492 when Cristoforo Colombo‚ Christopher Columbus‚ arrived in the West Indies .1 Even though Columbus was on route to find a easier‚ quicker route to India‚ he stumbled upon an unknown land full of exotic new people‚ plants‚ and animals. Columbus was the first Spanish American to come to America‚ but many more Spanish explorers would follow after him; including Cortes‚ Aguirre‚ and Pizarro. The Spanish seemed to be
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Why did the Spanish Armada Fail? The Spanish Armada is the name given to the giant flotilla of Spanish warships send by Spain’s Catholic King Philip II in 1588 to destroy Protestantism England under Elizabeth- though hindsight would say otherwise‚ the aim of the Spanish Armada was not intended for an all-out confrontation with the opposing English fleet- but rather to escort the vulnerable barges in which the Duke of Parma (a well respected and experienced general who had been fighting against Dutch
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for the United States to become the great superpower it was destined to be‚ and as the Spanish Empire was taking its last spastic breath in Cuba before its overdue death the United States involved itself in its first overseas war.
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and provides exports like sugar. Also‚ Cuba would be able to assist in the United States’ control of the Caribbean‚ through a naval base. The explosion of the USS Maine created tensions that would cause U.S. involvement. 3. U.S. involvement in the Spanish-American was partly due to
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