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    background of the Spanish?s journey to the new world is one of personal gain‚ exploration‚ and religious conversion of the natives. In the 1500?s the first Spanish settlers set sail for the New World in search of the opportunity to start a new life. What they encountered was a friendly welcoming from the natives. Amongst the reasons Spanish settlers left their own country to go to a foreign land was in search of treasure‚ expansion of their empire and conversion of the natives to the Spanish version of

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    D: Analysis: Conflicts began between the Spanish and the British when the Netherlands began to riot against the Catholic rule. Seeing as both the Netherlands and Britain are Protestants‚ Queen Elizabeth decided to support the Dutch (“The Spanish Armada‚ Elizabethi.org)‚ which illustrated itself as a direct intervention in Spanish internal affairs‚ as well as aiding the riots instead of helping the Spanish rulers oppress them. Tensions rose following the assault that English Colonel Drake conducted

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    Why Did The Spanish Armada’s Plan To Overthrow Protestant England In 1588 Fail? It was believed the Spanish Armada were a formidable force and could not be beaten; their weapons and tactics were far superior to any other countries. However‚ the inevitable happened‚ they were beaten and in this enquiry I will talk about the reasons and factors to why the Spanish Armada ended up getting beat trying to overthrow protestant England in 1588. The conflict between England and Spain had been going

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    Jobs in Jacksonville & Reasons to Learn Spanish Sure‚ learning spanish can make your travel experiences a lot more fun‚ help you expand your social life‚ and hey maybe even your love life too but lets be a little more realistic on a normal daily or weekly level thats when spanish speaking jobs come to place. Knowing spanish cannot only expand your job opportunities but it used in many jobs from day cares to law firms

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    The Spanish Armada was formed mainly to defeat the English. That goal was never achieved therefore causing a change in the world. King Phillip II was the king of Spain and being Catholic had caused Protestants in the Netherlands to revolt in 1566‚ but one fact cannot be over looked about this revolt it was assisted by Protestants in England. King Phillip II knew he couldn’t conquer the Dutch Protestants without conquering their aiding country England. King Phillip had tried to marry Elizabeth

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    OTTOMAN EMPIRE: 1.The Ottoman Empire was the Islamic world’s most important empire in the early modern period                         2.  long conflict (1534–1639) between Sunni Ottomans and Shia Safavids                         3.  the Ottoman Empire was the site of a significant cross-cultural encounter                                     a.  in Anatolia‚ most of the conquered Christians converted to Islam                                     b.  in the Balkans‚ Christian subjects mostly

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    They Incas vs. the Spanish was a local event between nations from two different hemispheres. The Incas were from the eastern hemisphere and the Spanish were from the western hemisphere. The two hemispheres were very different. The eastern hemisphere has landed gong from north to south unlike the western hemisphere where land goes from west to east. Land going west to east was okay because the day was the same all the way along and the terrain was similar throughout the land‚ but for the eastern hemisphere

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    living in the area of Richmond. Sitting in my fourth grade class‚ a woman came and begun to teach us general Spanish vocabulary: greetings‚ colors‚ and numbers. Each year after that I took Spanish‚ and in the years following I learned more in depth of the Spanish language and the culture in many Spanish speaking cultures. As I entered middle school however‚ I learned something new. The Spanish within different countries usually have subtle differences with how words’ meanings and slang. Every year

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    The Spanish’s need to colonize and conquer the Americas derived from their dreams of success‚ wealth‚ and power. When Spanish conquistadors conquered some of the richest and populous lands in South America‚ it caused a chain reaction of voyages and expeditions across Europe. The discoveries of gold‚ silver‚ newly captured slaves‚ and land uplifted the European economy. Self-recognition and “title” was also gained through conquering large‚ plentiful lands. Through the eyes of the Spaniards

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    “American imperialism in 1898 was not a sudden abandonment of anti-colonial tradition but was a logical extension of commercial expansion‚ something the US had been doing throughout its history” (SparkNotes: The Spanish American War‚ 1898-1901‚: Effects of the Treaty). President McKinley was not interested in wars of conquest or of territorial aggression. His interest in expansion was “to make the United States first in international commerce and as a means to implement its humanitarian and democratic

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