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    Portuguese‚ Romanian‚ and Spanish. My report is particularly about Italian and Spanish borrowings to the English language. Spanish borrowings appeared in English in 16 century. Historic circumstances which influenced on these borrowings are associated with some geographic discoveries at that time. There was a colonization of the South and North America by the Spanish. So the close cooperation with Spain contributed to the developing of borrowings from Spanish into English language. In 16 century

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    1. The defeat of the Spanish Armada was important to the colonization of America because it made Queen Elizabeth and England more powerful than Spain. England could colonize better now that they had control of the Atlantic Ocean. 2. The Roanoke colony failed twice. The first time‚ it failed because they didn’t start farming right away‚ and a difficult winter sent them all back to England. The second time‚ they needed a lot of supplies‚ so Walter Raleigh went back to England. He couldn’t return for

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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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    (slide 1) Hello everyone I’m ….. we are gonna talk about an interesting topic which is Decolonization in Yeats’ poems The first thing that comes to our mind after hearing Yeats’ name is the word decolonization Before we’re gonna talk about him ‚ there’re some details about the Irish literature in general . Also‚ in our presentation we selected the important points because all these points if we take them individually we’ll not finish  (slide 2) So‚ If you look at this sentence ‚ the main

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    British and Spanish Colonization Efforts in North America Prior to 1763 Starting in the late 1400s‚ and continuing for hundreds of years‚ Spanish and British colonization efforts have‚ in many ways‚ shaped North America. Because they had different goals‚ the Spanish and British went about their pursuit of the Americas in very different ways‚ and did not do many things similarly. When the Spanish came to America‚ they were mainly in search of silver‚ and gold‚ but they also wanted to spread their

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    The Major Differences in the Colonization of North and South America between the French‚ Spanish and English and Subsequent Civil Rights. The Major Differences in the Colonization of North and South America between the French‚ Spanish and English and Subsequent Civil Rights. Even in the twenty first century North America‚ the United States and Canada in particular‚ is viewed as a bountiful land with rich resources and numerous civil liberties that have inspired different ethnic

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    will explain the differences and similarities among the Spanish‚ British‚ and French during the colonization of North America from 1519-1720s. The impacts on North and South America‚ as well as the peoples inhabiting both continents will be explained. The colonial leadership will be interpreted‚ as well as the relationships between other colonies. A major reason for exploration was the “Three G’s”. The first “G” is glory. The British‚ Spanish‚ and‚ French aspired to gain wealth and land. All three

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    The Spanish and English colonies in the New World were similar and different in many ways. The Spanish and English wanted to colonize the New World with the same motives: riches‚ power‚ and more land. The ways they accomplished these goals differed though. The Spaniards initial and primary reason for travelling to the New World was for the discovery of gold and for power (Zinn‚ 2005). In addition to looking for gold and power‚ the Spaniards came looking for new land to claim (Locke et al‚ n.d.)

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    Philippines’ Colonization Maurice Deborah S. Tolentino English PACE 1132 July 17‚ 2013

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    could only take one class in high school I choose Spanish. Spanish is a foreign language class offered at my school which has been my favorite academic subject since Freshman year. Growing up I did not have the chance to learn a new language because my parents did not speak the same dialect of Tagalog‚ a Filipino language‚ so their only way of communication was through English at home. Because of this‚ the only language that I knew fluently was English up until the point where I began taking a foreign

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