reached the equator in a country called Sierra Leone. To make everything worse‚ Magellan found out that 3 of the Spanish Captains were planning to kill him and King Manuel sent ships to sabotage their voyage. To avoid the ships from Portugal‚ Magellan ordered the captains to sail along the African coast. They survived the storm but Magellan knew one was about to happen on board. One of the Spanish Captains—Juan de Cartagena— deliberately disobeyed Magellan. After three days‚ Magellan confronted Cartagena
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July 7‚ 1776 Dear Diary‚ I have never seen so many people cry in the town square at once‚ but not everyone was crying though. If they were not crying‚ they had no expression at all. Those who were crying were not weeping bitter tears. These tears falling down the faces of usually joyous people‚ associated with a smile or at least a smirk‚ were sweet tears indicating all the changes for the better that have just been made. Being independent is more then just a privilege‚ but almost a once in a
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The Filipinos lived in settlements called barangays before the colonization of the Philippines by the Spaniards. As the unit of government‚ a barangay consisted from 30 to 100 families. It was headed by a datu and was independent from the other groups. (The Tagalog word barangay came from the Malay word balangay‚ a boat that transported them to the islands.) Usually‚ several barangays settled near each other to help one another in case of war or any emergency. The position of datu was passed on
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A famous Spanish scientist Santiago Ramon y Cajal 1852-1934 He was one of the greatest Spanish scientists of the 19th and early 20th centuries. His study of the brain and nerve cells laid the groundwork for neuroscience. He was not a man who kept his studies to one specific field‚ but rather made lasting important contributions to several fields. He was highly rewarded not only for his laboratory work‚ but also for his scientific writings and illustrations. Cajal tells his
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of Teaching Spanish to America’s YouthI The Importance of Teaching Spanish to America’s Youth Most people would love to be able to travel to Spain or Mexico and feel comfortable with speaking the native language as well at the same time making themself a more valuable employee to any future employer. A simple way to achieve both of these goals would be to learn a foreign language more specifically Spanish. Many children have the option in their class rooms to elect to learn Spanish but just as
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Native Americans living in Southwest America in the seventeenth century came to see many changes in their society. Freedom for many Native people would be the right to practice their own religion‚ and keep up their traditions. When it came to land‚ power‚ or wealth‚ the Native people shared this among each other and had a structured way of living before European and Spanish arrival to their homeland. The Spanish craved wealth and land‚ and took over Southwest America making it like a prison to most of
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The Declaration of Independence contains fascinating ideas of good government. The ideas that benefit the people are natural rights or inalienable rights‚ and all men are created equal. Besides containing laws that benefit the people it also includes ideas that prevent power corruption from any form of government and makes the only reason for a government existing is to protect the people’s natural rights. What natural rights or inalienable rights are is the rights that cannot be taken away from
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Savage or Civilized: Aztecs vs The Spanish Imagine what it would of been like if the Aztecs won the battle of 1519 against the Spanish. Would present day Mexico be a lot more different than what it is today? Would of they have been more advanced or a lot more savage? During the past few couple of weeks I’ve learned a lot about the Aztecs and Spanish and how the encounter of these two civilizations from different sides of the world affected the world that we live in now today. I was also
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conquer the Aztecs for greed of money and land. 5. What were some of the biggest advantages the Spanish had over the Aztecs? They had strong immune systems and weren’t affected by disease. Weapons. 6. What were the religious beliefs of both groups? Which group tried to convert the other one to their religion? The Spanish believed in Christianity‚ and Mexica believed in Mexicayotl. The Spanish tried to convert the Aztecs. After completing these sections‚ go to the assessment
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The author of the article “The Spanish Armada: The Worst-Kept Secret in Europe” De Lamar Jensen completed his Ph.D. from Columbia University and by profession; Jensen was a historian of early modern Europe as well as a faculty member of the history department at Brigham Young University. He also wrote several books on Europe during the renaissance and reformation. In this article‚ Jensen talks about how Spain was unable to keep the Spanish Armada a secret‚ which eventually led to the downfall
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