Chapter One - New World Beginnings - 33‚000 B.C - A.D 1769 America’s fruitfulness began when it developed as a landmass and began to show traits of an area that flourished in riches and abundance‚ this was recognized by the Spanish‚ whom took advantage of the untouched land. The Shaping Of North America MI: Chunks of terrain broke off from Pangaea‚ opening up the oceans‚ and forming the land masses we know today. More continental activity formed mountain ranges‚ but after the Great Ice
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There were many factors that led to Cortez’s conquest of the Aztecs. The first factor to the conquering of the Aztecs are the weapons and horses Cortez’s army used. The second factor of Cortez’s Conquest is siding with the Indians. The last factor in the conquering of the Aztecs is the Aztec belief that Cortez was a god. Without the underlying factors‚ Cortez would not have defeated the Aztec empire of 5 million people. Cortez was chosen to be a captain of an expedition to Mexico in 1518
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tactics and suspicion caused the Moriscos to revolt. The Moriscos were defeated and expelled from the country. The animosity towards the Protestants caused a revolt by the Dutch and a humiliating defeat dealt to the Spanish Armada by the English Navy. The defeat of the Armada marked the decline of Spain’s naval power while the Dutch revolt marked the start of both English and Dutch “Sea Dogs” reign of terror on Spanish ships. Louis XIV was also apposed to Protestants and this also had devastating
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Sir Richard Hawkins Sir Richard Hawkins was an explorer‚ soldier and privateer. He followed in his father footsteps and became a well-respected mariner. He explored his whole live and never stopped looking for adventure out on the open see. We began with his live on land‚ then his maritime days and last end up at why he was such an important explorer and sea farer. Sir Richard Hawkins life began in Plymouth around 1562 to Katherine and John Hawkins. His dad was a famous Elizabethan explorer.
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Philip II‚ king of Spain and only son of the Holy Roman emperor Charles V‚ had everything in his favor to become the dominant power in Europe and probably the world at that time. Nonetheless‚ he did not succeed in doing so due to his poor leadership‚ incompetence‚ bad fortune and his inept financial understanding. As an ardent Catholic defender and due to his strong sense of duty and devotion to his empire‚ Philip focused on expanding the Spanish realm throughout Europe and promoting Catholic faith
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“Sir Francis Drake was nothing but a pirate Villain.” How far do you agree with this statement? Sir Francis Drake (1545-1596) was a British explorer‚ slave-trader‚ privateer (a pirate working for a government) in the service of England‚ mayor of Plymouth‚ England‚ and naval officer (he was an Admiral). Drake led the second expedition to sail around the world in a voyage lasting from 1577 to 1580. Queen Elizabeth I commissioned Drake to command the expedition together with John Winter and Thomas
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2013 Period 4 Analyzing Style Activity Queen Elizabeth I used rhetorical strategies and upright style choices to convey her message. When Queen Elizabeth gave her speech to the English troops who were in preparation for an attack by the Spanish Armada‚ she revealed her awareness of the crucial position the soldiers were in and the world as well. In her speech‚ she is exhorting her troops to face the battle with courage and determination and she does that by taking her place as the speaker to interact
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each Sailor‚ each Navy ship and the entire Navy. The history of the fouled anchor as a naval insignia got its start as the seal of the Lord Howard of Effingham. He was the Lord Admiral of England at the time of the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. During this period the personal seal of a great officer of state was adopted as the seal of his office. The fouled anchor still remains the official seal of the Lord High Admiral of Great Britain. When this office became part of the present
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After a long cold day‚ I decided to kill some time watching TV. This could be something too ordinary to be written. However‚ while I was zapping through channels‚ I found that Elizabeth: The Golden Age was going to be aired. Rapidly‚ it caught my attention because I had not watched the movie for at least six year. I thought that it was necessary re-watching it; not only because the movie itself but also because the Elizabethan Age and the expansion of the British Empire. Truth be told‚ I really like
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He differed little from the protestant reformers. He ruled the first global empire‚ making his focus and attention on maintaining that empire instead of the people in his country. In seventeenth century Spain‚ memory of the loss of the Spanish armada contributed to a spirit of defeatism. The political religious situation in central Europe deteriorated. Phillips authority affected the fate of Spain‚ by his main focuses and war like decisions. With being under his rule‚ Spain reached its height
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