Why do Empires decline and fall? During thousands of years‚ human history had known the existence of several empires. While some still question why do Empires decline and fall‚ some historians put their time and energy on other topics such as how‚ for instance‚ empires rise and in some cases subsidize for so long. Considering the fact that empires and therefore their decline and destruction are part of the natural process of human history‚ same way as the end of the dinosaurs which was inevitable
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background of the Spanish?s journey to the new world is one of personal gain‚ exploration‚ and religious conversion of the natives. In the 1500?s the first Spanish settlers set sail for the New World in search of the opportunity to start a new life. What they encountered was a friendly welcoming from the natives. Amongst the reasons Spanish settlers left their own country to go to a foreign land was in search of treasure‚ expansion of their empire and conversion of the natives to the Spanish version of
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colonize North America‚ and even present day United States of America. Spain was a rival nation of Europe’s‚ and they were always fightings‚ or bickering about things like religion. So when Spain was conquesting in South America‚ that caused Europe to want to colonize present day North America for golds‚ riches‚ and power. A second reason that caused Europeans to go to North America (Virginia) was that laws dealing with inheritance in England made it hard for those who had older brothers attain land
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D: Analysis: Conflicts began between the Spanish and the British when the Netherlands began to riot against the Catholic rule. Seeing as both the Netherlands and Britain are Protestants‚ Queen Elizabeth decided to support the Dutch (“The Spanish Armada‚ Elizabethi.org)‚ which illustrated itself as a direct intervention in Spanish internal affairs‚ as well as aiding the riots instead of helping the Spanish rulers oppress them. Tensions rose following the assault that English Colonel Drake conducted
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secret treaties and a reduction in arms. * Countries should not claim other countries (colonies without consulting each other and the local inhabitants) * Self determination for countries that were once part of the Turkish and Austro-Hungarian empires. * Independence for Belgium. * France to regain Alsace-Lorraine. * Independence for Poland with access to the sea. * Set up of the League of Nations (the fourteenth point). Fordney McCumber - 1922. This tariff rose the rates on
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able to become King of Castile until 1479 although technically Isabella should have officially been queen in 1475 making Ferdinand king. Ferdinand also became King of Aragon in 1479. This was only the beginning. Isabella and Ferdinand started the Spanish Inquisition in 1478. The purpose of this was to make people of other religions‚ such as the Jews‚ convert to Catholicism‚ enforcing religious uniformity. In 1492 Jews were exploited in order to strengthen the Catholic Church. If they didn’t convert
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The Spanish American War is one of the most prominent wars in U.S. history. The war began on April 21‚ 1898 due to many different reasons. The real questions is‚ for what reasons did the U.S. get involved in this war? Well‚ the Spanish American War began due to the fight for Cuban independence‚ Yellow Journalism‚ the Spanish governor’s response to Cuban rebels‚ the De Lôme letter‚ and the sinking of the U.S.S. Maine. The first factor was the fight for cuban independence. Jose Marti‚ a Cuban
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defeat of the Spanish Armada by Queen Elizabeth the first marked the major shifting period of expansion and trade for Great Britain. With this defeat‚ Elizabeth promoted the Navigation Acts designed to expand British trade and limit trade with Great Britain’s rivals‚ primarily the Dutch. This new era changed history in the way things‚ ideas‚ and people got around and thus mercantilism emerged from the development of the navy in order to defeat the Spanish Armada. Although mercantilism did provide new
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As Hitler and the rest of Germany rose to power‚ he began to want to expand the land and invade other nations’ territories. He started to command Germany to fulfill one task after another‚ all breaking the Treaty of Versailles’ regulations. First‚ Hitler built up his German military‚ breaking one of the rules of the treaty. As the German army grew stronger‚ Britain and France kept their distance and supported it‚ as Hitler declared it was merely for defensive purposes. Next‚ Hitler commanded his
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Rome was an empire built as if it was destined to last until the end of existence. Its borders spanned across mountains to deserts and even engulfed the Mediterranean Sea at one point. The Romans had strong armies‚ cultural influence‚ and great leaders skilled in military and political tactics. However‚ as Rome increased in size‚ it started to become more unstable. Rome eventually fell as an empire for many reasons which include religion‚ war‚ political and economic problems. The success
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