component of the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the expansion of the Spanish Empire. Wide-ranging expeditions were mounted into the surrounding area during the 16th century‚ but Spain never exercised complete control over Florida outside an area of what is now the State of Florida‚ southern Georgia‚ southern Alabama‚ southern Mississippi southeastern Louisiana‚ and other areas along the northern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. Spanish Florida was considered a failure because the Spanish Empire could
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Spanish Explorers Motivation The Spanish explorers were noble men who traveled across the sea’s to explore new land and new areas. In this case‚ the Spanish explorers were Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortez‚ both of which are from Spain‚ and lived in the late 1400’s and early 1500’s. The reason Columbus and Cortez are so important in our history is because without them Central and South America would be so different today. Due to their huge impact on the Americas‚ it is important to understand
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the government was the only one who can transact business and having the exclusive right to purchase‚ classify and sell all the products locally or even abroad made the people poorer. 3. Why were the Spanish authorities in the Philippines opposed to the education of the Filipinos? The Spanish authorities opposed the education of the Filipinos because as they feared it‚ Filipinos will come to learn about their rights of equality. 4. Explain how the middle class arose. Who composed the middle
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the greatest and strongest civilisations of its time‚ be defeated by only a few hundred men? The answers to this question are many but the one we shall explore is that of the factors that gave the Spanish soldiers the advantage over the Aztecs. The main factor that led to the victory of the Spanish Conquerors was the Aztec religion. The Aztecs had many myths about their gods however the most important was the story about Quetzacóatl (ket-zahl-co-ah-tul)‚ the god of fertility and life. It was believed
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4 - “Incomparable Empyre” 1. The Spanish Inquisition allowed Spain to interrogate British sailors to find out information about colonization and privateering. 2. During Drake’s voyage through the Strait of Magellan‚ the wind was turbulent and threatened to push them into
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Ever since kindergarten‚ Spanish class had been my favorite class. Not only because grades were easy‚ even though I struggles at times‚ but because I was and still am fascinated by the beauty of the language and culture. I grew up in Prosper‚ Texas where a great number of families were spanish-speaking. My family is an english-speaking one‚ but I had been enrolled in the dual-language program offered at Prosper ISD school. All of the dual-language teachers that I’ve had over the years have all been
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is because it is made up of a large ethnic diversity. Its location between Europe and Africa has resulted in a great mixing of races and cultures. The only distinct minority group generally recognized as outside the racial-cultural mainstream of Spanish society is made up of Gypsies‚ many of whom still follow nomadic life-style along the roads and highways. Fairly large communities of settled Gypsies are found in the cities of Mucia‚ Granada‚ Barcelona‚ and Madrid. Spain is overwhelmingly urban
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PRE-SPANISH PHILIPPINES It is believed that the first inhabitants of the Philippines arrived over 300‚000 years ago. It is commonly thought that they migrated over a land bridge‚ which existed at that time‚ from the Asian mainland. The next known inhabitation is when the Negrito or Aeta arrived in the islands around 25‚000 years ago. However‚ they were driven back by several waves of immigrants from Indonesia‚ only to be followed by the maritime peoples of the Malayan islands. Although there
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Spanish writers Cecilio Apostol- wrote poems dedicated to Rizal‚ Jacinto‚ Mabini and all other heroes but his poem dedicated to Rizal is considered the best poem in praise of the hero of Bagumbayan. FERNANDO MA. GUERRERO-It is believed that Fernando Ma. Guerrero shared with Apostol the reign in the balagtasan in Spanish during their time. In his debate with Balmori‚ he was more attractive to the public because of the modious words he used. He defended OLVIDO (Forgetfulness). CLARO M. RECTO-In
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As a child‚ I did not experienced any difficulty in learning to read and write in Spanish. Spanish is written the way it sounds with clear meanings. Learning to read and write Spanish was music to my ears. You just need to sound out the syllables and it is easily written. This may sound mostly like an opinion but I believe that everyone may think the same way about their home language. Even though I did not grow up with many amenities I did had a loving mother who would read books to me before bedtime
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