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    I live in Carthage‚ for four years now and it has been an adjustment. With complete honesty‚ I felt a bit of a culture shock when moving into a neighborhood that is primarily Hispanic. By estimation‚ my neighborhood is at least 80% Hispanic and I have grown to love it. The most noticeable aspect of my Hispanic neighborhood is the number of people living in each home. The U.S. Census Board identifies Hispanic homes in Carthage as having approximately four people in residence in the home. (United

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    Why did the Spanish Armada fail? Charlotte Wong 7B (20) The Spanish Armada failed because of many things‚ most of them were because of they did not done a proper preparation for the battle. The Spanish was very weak and unorganized‚ they know that they were‚ but they still don’t do any preparation‚ as if they knew that they will lose. They did not done well in the tactics‚ ship design and choosing their leader. If they can’t do these basic things

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    Beginning in the 1700’s‚ the Spanish searched Alta California in order to find a place for them to begin colonization. They had a couple of goals they wished to accomplish by settling in Alta California‚ which included; conversion of the native peoples’ to Christianity in order to acquire a larger population and gaining more land in a power race with the Russians. Before the Spanish had arrived‚ the natives were already struggling with diseases which had travelled from animals which they ate‚ for

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    USAGE OF ARTICLES IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH (1) After Ser: Often indefinite articles are omitted after the verb ser‚ as for example. - Yo soy profesor. - I am a teacher. - Uds. son estudiantes. - You are students. - Hoy es lunes. - Today is Monday. However‚ if the noun that comes after ser is modified‚ an article is generated: - Yo soy un profesor bueno. - I am a good professor. - Uds. son unos estudiantes buenos.- You are good students. In English‚ in the singular forms there is an article‚ but

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    The Fall of the Spanish Empire The Spanish Empire experienced a time of massive growth and exploration which came to an end in 1588. By 1598 Phillip III had inherited Spain with a bankrupt economy. This marked the decline of the great empire that had controlled an extensive amount of territories. Its decline can be attributed to the massive influx of gold and silver into the economy during the Age of Exploration which made Spain temporarily wealthy but had irreversible negative long term economic

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    Lamisha Wells November 4‚ 2015 The Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest. By Matthew Restall. New York: Oxford University Press. 2003. Pp. xix‚ 240. In The Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest author Matthew Restall discusses the seven well known and believable myths of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In The Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest author Restall discusses each of the seven myths that he believes are about the history of the Spanish conquest in seven different chapters expounding upon

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    English could one day be dethroned by Spanish as the world’s most spoken language? Especially in the United States‚ Hispanics are becoming more and more plentiful. Through time‚ immigrants from Latin America have introduced to and shared their culture with Americans. They have changed the country and have helped shape it‚ and are continuing to do so today. The United States is a land of diversity and sharing‚ and Hispanic culture is a real part of it. Spanish should be a mandatory language class in

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    Why did the Spanish Armada Fail? The Spanish Armada is the name given to the giant flotilla of Spanish warships send by Spain’s Catholic King Philip II in 1588 to destroy Protestantism England under Elizabeth- though hindsight would say otherwise‚ the aim of the Spanish Armada was not intended for an all-out confrontation with the opposing English fleet- but rather to escort the vulnerable barges in which the Duke of Parma (a well respected and experienced general who had been fighting against Dutch

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    From 1936 to 1939‚ the Spanish Civil War took place. In this said war‚ General Francisco Franco‚ strong supporter of nationalism‚ fought against the Loyalists‚ in order form a new government system for Spain‚ a Fascist government. Fascism is an extreme rightist view‚ more extreme than Monarchism and Nazism. In the Spanish Civil War‚ Franco was aided by Hitler and the German forces. The nationalists were aided slightly by the newly formed Italian country and their powerful Fascist leader‚ Mussolini

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    2010 Spanish and English had similar motivations for exploration of the New World‚ such as gaining land‚ goods from the natives‚ and gold. However‚ their motivations also differ greatly. The Spanish conquistadors also gained slaves from the native people‚ as well as spreading the word of Christianity. The English settlers came to the New World to get away from the religious oppression in England and to practice religion freely‚ and to grow tobacco to send back to England. The Spanish gained

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