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    Tensions between the French and English speaking Canadians has been a topic issue for quite some time now. Throughout the years it has been questioned as to wether or not the French and English speaking Canadians have the potential ability to be together as a nation. Various votes have been held in order to try and establish what the people of Canada feel about this situation. However‚ the history of the English and French speaking Canadians prove that Canada is an impossible nation. Foreign Policies

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    Unit 1: The Foundation of the SpanishFrench‚ Dutch and English Colonies in North America * Initial Contact (Spanish) * The French and Dutch Colonies * The English Colonies Part I: Initial Contact (Spanish) #1: Who were the earliest inhabitants of the Americas? * About 14‚000 years ago (12‚000 BCE)‚ people started to migrate across BERINGIA to Americas * By 8‚000 BCE‚ they reached to Tierra del Fuego * 3 waves came from Asia‚ 1 from Polynesia

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    The French and Indian War (1754-1763)‚ or the Seven Years’ War‚ was fought between the French and the British over power of land. There was a time where the French and English coexisted in North America until issues (such as tensions rising between different religions) between both sides were present. The French also had a lot of territory and ties with the Native Americans‚ but all this dissipated when the British won the French and Indian war. The colonists faced most of the consequences‚ and

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    101 Section 11308 11 December 2012 French‚ often considered the “language of love”‚ began when the Roman Empire was at its peak – in the year 51 B.C. Though English -Germanic in origin‚ a French ethnic group called the Normans have the position of Duke of Normandy and the English Royal Crown (British). Since the French have ruled England for so long‚ it is inevitable that the two languages should mix (Yeager). While French and English seem different‚ they are similar in several

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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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    England both focused on the colonization and exploration of the Americas‚ their ambitions and goals were very different. The most important reasons for English colonization were religious freedom‚ to seek refuge‚ and new economic opportunities. The Spanish‚ on the other hand‚ exploited the New World in search of gold and silver‚ greed navigated their search. Although both the English and the Spanish experienced mild success‚ the English tactics for daily survival were much more organized and peaceful

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    What were the effects/consequences of the Spanish Civil War? The Spanish civil war lasted 1936-1939. It had great consequences‚ seeing as the war brought huge complications to Spain in social‚ economic and political aspects. The social consequences were many. Around 100‚000 Republicans as well as about 70‚000 Nationalists were killed during the war‚ showing great losses for families and for the population. The killing also continued after the war as Franco launched a terror campaign‚ “White terror”

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    Women in Spanish America during the colonization: The perception of inequality was evident in the colonial Spanish America‚ man belief that women were lacked in capacity to reason as soundly as men. A normal day for European women in the new world was generally characterized by male domination‚ for example marriage was arranged by the fathers‚ women never go out except to go church‚ women didn’t have the right to express their opinions about politic or society issues. Subsequent to all these bad

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    While the Spanish settlement and the British settlement of the Americas shared some similar characteristics‚ they were also substantially different and carried out in entirely dissimilar manners. They might have had common goals in mind for themselves but these countries took entirely different routes in settling the Americas because of different motivating incentives that pushed their colonization of the New World. The Spanish were settling at first to mine for gold‚ and were successful at it

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    Why English Is Important. Summary: Discusses the importance of studying the English language. Describes how a strong grasp of the language leades to strong literacy skills and increased educational opportunities. Imagine if people didn’t study English. How would people be speaking and learning today? In order to sound educated and literate people need to thoroughly study English. It is also heavily needed in the business world as well as your own private world. English also teaches you to communicate

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