sailing west from Europe. After years of study‚ he approached the rulers of several European countries to fund his exploration. Spain’s King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella agreed to fund the voyage and in August of 1492‚ Columbus set sail from the Spanish port of Palos with three ships and 88 men. Columbus described this first voyage to the Americas in his ship’s log‚ which proves evidence of the clashing of ideology of the Indians he finds there and the Western Europeans of the fifteenth century.
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picture summary Chapter 2: Its basically about the Spanish South Carolina. first off the conflict in Europe between Protestant and the roman catholic churches led people wanting to create empires over seas. So Portugal and Spain both already had other empires but Portugal was kind of jealous because Spain’s were more wealthy. So Spain’s work labor was coming short (their work load were the Indians and they were getting sick and dying)‚ so this Spanish dude named Lucas Vasquez de Ayllon wanted to find
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Was born at Caracas‚ in Venezuela‚ in 1874. He comes of an old and aristocratic family of Spanish‚ descent. His extraordinary activities‚ not only as a writer‚ but as politician‚ revolutionary soldier‚ and government employee‚ together with his picturesque personal exploits‚ have all contributed to make him one ofthe most interesting figures in the Spanish-American world. He has traveled in many parts of the world. His writings include criticism‚ Poetry‚ political essays‚ novels‚ and short stories
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English sought territory to expand their empire‚ and the Spanish were much more complex. The Spanish made one purposeful thrust into the New World in the 16th century to claim the industrious Natives as subjects of the Crown and Church. A century later‚ the Spanish returned to the New World. The Spanish unleashed forces of change that changed the lives of the native people throughout the arena that the Anglo-Americans call the Southwest. The Spanish affected the culture and structure of the Southwest
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One of the main goals in the Spanish colonies was to convert the natives from their native religions to christianity. It was quite debated how this should take place with one of the major spots of contention being the native use of idols. There two sides to the idol discussion in the Spanish colonies‚ the first was that all idols should be completely annihilated‚ which clergymen like Pablo José Arriaga supported; the other half of the debate was that the natives should be allowed to keep their idols
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causing social division in China. The impact of the flow of silver around the world on Spain’s economy can best be depicted in documents two and six. In document two‚ Spanish scholar‚ Tomas de Mercado‚ shows that the ships using ballast stones on the way out to sea and came back with huge amounts of silver. In document six‚ Spanish Priest Antonio Vasquez Espinos affirms that between the dates of 1545 and 1624‚ a total of 326‚000‚000 silver coins were taken out of the mines in Potosi. Spain was
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and to generally exploit the labor power of the indigenous peoples (pp. 135 – 138). 1. In the Caribbean‚ the Spanish encomiendas used indigenous labor in gold extraction; the abuses on Española‚ however‚ were so dramatic that the Spanish king Ferdinand had to issue the Laws of Burgos (1512) to regulate
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The Spanish-American war was started when Cuba tried to become independent from Spain. Spain brutally tried to keep Cuba in line‚ which was on display for the American public by several newspapers. Spain sent their Cuban prisoners to concentration camps to stop the Cubans from making their guerrilla-type attacks against them. The US feared for the many Americans living in Cuba at the time‚ so they sent a ship called the USS Maine to Cuba’s Havana Harbor to keep the Americans safe in January 25th
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399 stores and an estimated market share of 62% in Spain. But what made it so successful? There are several reasons for that in the TP concept: • Management philosophy: TP only hires the best people and puts a lot of effort on development. This leads to an outstanding commitment and high flexibility. People who prove to be capable climb up or become even franchisees (Franchisees are therefore capable and skilled as well) • Human resources: TP has a modern three step approach with recruiting‚ training
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and disappear in their homes or restaurants to dine heartily‚ drink a couple of glasses of wine and merely relax. All the streets are very quiet at the time. The youth seems to be contented lying on the grass in the park or taking a nap on a bench. People who consider themselves more imposing cluster in the bars with gorgeous upholstered sofas and after having swallowed a glass of brandy at dinner can afford to fall into a doze for half an hour. The whole thing tends to come as an oddity to a European
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