The Spanish-American War‚ which began on Monday‚ April 25‚ 1898 and ended on Friday‚ August 12‚ 1898‚ was a conflict between the United States and Spain. It ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas‚ and the result was the United States acquiring territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. It was the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. U.S. attacks on Spain’s Pacific possessions headed us towards involvement in the Philippine Revolution and then‚ in turn
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When Spain started trading with the colonies in the Americas they began to neglect farming and commerce‚ which led to economic decline. Spain’s bad relations with England caused Queen Elizabeth to allow her own captains to take over Spanish treasure ships and loot Spanish cities in the Americas. Spain retaliated and Philip II sent a huge costly armada to invade England but a freak storm whipped out the armada causing Spain to lose money and power. The poor leadership deprived the economy of many skilled
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cultures all having a shared history of Spanish and Portuguese influence that created what we have today. In the modern era most of Latin America speaks Spanish‚ English‚ and Portuguese however‚ that wasn’t always the case as the indigenous people of the Americas had over 100 different languages. These different languages made it quite difficult for the Spanish during their exploration and colonization of the new world. Many early interactions between the Spanish and the Natives ended in exploitation
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The Popular Front government‚ although a prominent contribution to the start of the Spanish Civil War‚ was not the only reason for it to start. There were also long and short-term factors that contributed to the 1936 war. The Popular Front was a coalition made up of various left-wing parties‚ lead by Manuel Azana and founded in 1936. Although the Popular Front was supported by many‚ others saw it as extremist communism and were very opposed to it. The Popular Front and their policies were a short
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No ports‚ shallow water‚ hostile natives. No wonder the Spanish nearly failed to settle Texas. In 1682‚ the Spanish first arrived in Texas‚ hoping to successfully colonize it. They built their first mission‚ and continued to settle and colonize Texas. The main reasons Texas almost failed as a Spanish colony is because of rough geography‚ unstable population‚ very poor government and uncontrollable hostile natives. One of the most important factors of Spain nearly failing to settle Texas is geography
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The motivations for the Spanish to migrate were to get money/gold‚ spread the religion and control new land. On page 46 it says‚ "Cortes had heard of a wealthy land to the west"‚ which made him want to explore it and rule it. When the Spanish arrived they were welcomed‚ but they quickly took advantage of their kindness and killed the leader of the new land. The Spanish were successful because they built an empire and brought in tons of gold and they "operated many plantations" (page 52). The French
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did the horse do for the native peoples of the Americas? P.433-4 5. What country occupied most of the Brazilian coast? P.434 6. How did Amerindian people respond to the imposed Christianity? P.434 7. What kind of powers did the highest-ranking Spanish officials in the colonies have? Why? P.435 8. What regions were included in the Viceroy of Spain? P.435 9. What was the primary agent by which European language and culture was transmitted to Brazil and Spanish America? P.435 10. What was the
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The book offers important events and discoveries that were by the Spanish in both Europe and America. The author highlights that the Spanish were first people to discover the printing press. The Spanish Conquest was made possible by the elaborate strategies utilized by renowned individuals such as Christopher Columbus and Pizarro. According to Restall (2003)‚ the European discovery and the conquest of the America were as a result of courageous adventurers. The author highlights how powerful empires
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to carry goods or weapons and used to explore‚ conquer‚ or wage war with other peoples. It was one of the developments in naval technology in the 15th century along with the adaptation of the Chinese magnetic compass. It was utilized by Portuguese sailors‚ such as Vasco da Gama‚ who found an all water route to India and traded in the port of Calicut. The caravel ship made it possible for the Portuguese and the Spanish to travel long distances with speed. The caravel is often attributed to having
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the past‚ this book cannot be written in a thin book. This thick book is full of his great experiences that wanted to be read by many people in the world in order to let everybody know the disasters of racism. This racism affected Richard Write a lot and he had to adapt to the environment that he was in‚ although he didn’t know how he should act in front of white people in the beginning of the story. There are not many examples in the beginning of the story since Richard was a little boy‚ and he
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