The War of the Spanish Succession was a war over the succession of the Spanish kingdom. Conflict started when Charles II had died on November 1st‚ 1700 but had no obvious male heirs to the throne. However there were candidates within the Austrian and French kingdoms. The countries battled over who is going to take the kingdom. During the war‚ countries had used privateers who are privately own armed ships who are commissioned by the government to fight or harass other countries on the sea (Privateer
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the Americas. Spain started the trend with the exploration of Columbus. Observers realized that Columbus had not discovered Spice Islands south of China‚ but a whole new world to the Europeans. Expeditions of exploration in search of wealth were the first action of the explorers of the new land. Immediate metal wealth was not found in the Caribbean Islands‚ but it was found later on the Americas mainland. England was then enticed to claim land for itself‚ and claimed the lands of North America and
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Alejandro Ledezma English 5A 9-6-13 How is college English different? When we are in high school we are taught simple reading and writing skills. At most the teachers there just introduce us to those skills. We aren’t given much exposure to these skills during the school year. The skills taught to us are the basics and it’s not until we reach college that students see the difference in what is being taught. The things that were taught to me about reading and writing in high school were simply the
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The main Spanish motives for colonization were for Gold‚ God and Glory. Many European nations were beginning to look towards new lands after the catastrophic bubonic plague that killed more than a third of the people on the continent and damaged the already weak economy. The first motive of the Spaniards was to become one of the prominent sea faring nations in order to compete with Portugal then the preeminent maritime most powerful seafaring nation in Europe and claim lands for Spain. When the
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late eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. The French Revolution will inspire revolutions for centuries. The French Revolution is important because “By this time the French Revolution had inspired in the Spanish government a healthy fear of the results of radical thought‚ and steep measures were taken to seal off Spain from the contagion of revolutionary ideas.” King Charles IV and the Spanish government are worried about revolution because their government is similar to that of when
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17th century followed up on the trends from previous centuries. However‚ later on styles began to change fairly and the overall trend through the midcentury targeted softness and comfort to allow for easier movement. People still valued rich materials‚ but they set aside the rigid formality of earlier years. These changes in fashion reflected the rising influence of France‚ with its free sense of style. French King Louis XIV helped make France the leading fashion influence of the century as he
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Up until the French Revolution absolute monarchies dominated western Europe. In general‚ conservatism is associated with royalties and established religious organization including the Catholic Church‚ the Orthodox Church‚ and the Anglican Protestant Church in England. One of the lasting effects of the age of Napoleon is the spread of nationalism and liberalism. In the early 1800’s‚ liberals embraced enlightenment ideas spread by the French Revolution. Liberalism and Conservatism‚ after the French
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The French Revolution was a very important time in European history. It changed the French society forever. The French Revolution took place in 1789 with many events that had led up to the revolt. France was going through financial debt‚ and taxes were being raised significantly. (Sargent and Velde 474). During this time period‚ the social classes were split up into three groups‚ also known as Estates. The First Estate was the Clergy‚ the Second Estate included the nobility of France‚ and the
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While English colonial women tended to experience more oppression because of societal expectations of women’s subordination and Native American women experienced a much greater equality of genders‚ both groups of women were integral to the evolution of their respective societies. Both Native American women and colonial women’s sexualities confused and provided points of misunderstanding in the colonial era of America that contributed to a change in the societies. In the English colonies‚ the perceptions
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environment as well as the local economies has been raised. Meetings such as the 1992 Earth Summit‚ which was attended by 178 nations from all over the world‚ reflect the importance of theses issues.Although it has been claimed that this important industry has many drawbacks‚tourism responsibly developed is a powerful tool to fight against poverty and to protect both the natural and cultural environment. On the one hand it has often been claimed that the influx of tourists on the region or site
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