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    The Spanish Civil War

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    The Spanish Civil War Spanish civil war began on 17 July 1936 and ended on 1 April 1939 between the Republicans and the Nationalists to wrest the dominated power. When progressive Popular Front government was elected in February 1936‚ Nationalists gathered to plan resistance and they were led by Francisco. The rebel force predicted that the war would end with a victory quickly and take the entire country. However‚ that was their miscalculation; the war spent much time than their expectation‚ and

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    no choice but to go to war to stop Philip * The War of the Spanish Succession (1702 – 1713) * France and Spain vs. England and Portugal * Portugal gets a guarantee that they wont be taken over by Spain * England wins * Treaty of Utrecht (1713) * (Philip will still be king of France) * No union of Spain and France * Gibraltar and Minorca - Straits of Gibraltar (Spanish island) granted to Great Britain * Great access to

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    Essay #1: Spanish Colonization and Destruction of the Aztecs The Spanish influence in the Americas negatively impacted the Aztec empire and other natives of the Americas until Spanish conquistadors ultimately conquered the native people. No other outside force could possibly have been as destructive to the Aztec empire as the Spanish settlement and colonization in the sixteenth century. Regardless of primary intentions‚ Hernan Cortes and his men slowly brought down Moctezuma and his army of

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    Advantages the Spanish had over the Incas The Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire is one of the most important campaigns in the Spanish colonization of the Americas. This operation‚ although carried out by Spanish conquistadors and their native allies‚ took decades of fighting to subdue‚ one of the mightiest empires in the Americas. One may ask‚ if the Incas were so powerful‚ how could they possibly have fallen to the authority of the Spaniards? Did they not have a strong enough army? Were there

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    The Spanish conquistadors’ motives greatly affected the people living in the new world. These motives influenced the Native Americans in all different ways some ways better or bigger than others. Three of the biggest motives that effected the Native Americans were gold‚ Christianity‚ and glory. The first Spanish conquistadors’ motive that greatly affected the people living in the new world was the search for gold. You can see that this was a big motive by looking in documents two and three. In

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    Origins of Spanish Civil WarReligion and Economics By: Kristina Russell and Sydney Watson Paper 2: Assess the importance of religious and economic factors in the origins of the Spanish Civil War Separation of Church and State Anticlericalism Distribution of land and equality Thesis In the 1930’s‚ tension between political parties‚ the fight for equality‚ and the separation of church and state caused visible alterations in Spain’s religion and economy leading to anticlericalism and anti-fascist

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    If I could only take one class in high school I choose Spanish. Spanish is a foreign language class offered at my school which has been my favorite academic subject since Freshman year. Growing up I did not have the chance to learn a new language because my parents did not speak the same dialect of Tagalog‚ a Filipino language‚ so their only way of communication was through English at home. Because of this‚ the only language that I knew fluently was English up until the point where I began taking

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    Trent was able to defend the Catholic faith against the Protestant Reformation by reaffirming Catholic beliefs and addressing the abuses of the church. In addition‚ separate institutions and religious orders like the Index of Prohibited Works‚ the Inquisition‚ and the Jesuits were able to check the growth of Protestantism as well. The Council of Trent defended the Catholic faith by reaffirming traditional Catholic beliefs in a public manner‚ with no regards to Protestantism at all. The council of

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    Could the Spanish Armada have succeeded? The relentless decline in relations between Spain and England post 1558 engender a feeling of certain inevitability within the hostilities that broke out in 1585. Although tension between the two countries was extremely high it took years of preparations to actually instigate war. When Mary Queen of England died Philip lost all attachments with England and when Elizabeth came to power England no longer remained Catholic‚ Philip felt that England had

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    Zuri Martinez How did foreign involvement affect the outcome of the Spanish Civil War? Part A: Plan of the Investigation In this investigation‚ “How foreign involvement affected the Spanish Civil War?” will be evaluated. In this investigation the two sides that fought in the war‚ Republican and Nationalist‚ will be evaluated‚ based of success due to foreign involvement. This investigation explores both sides’ points of view on the war

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