lack of resources‚ polluted rivers‚ and overpopulated landscapes‚ which led to a major crisis. Spain‚ a once fruitful empire was starting to weaken. Discovering and conquering the new world solved Spain’s problems. The New World was vast and had many resources that Spain desperately needed. These resources included gold‚ metals‚ lumber‚ food‚ and space to grow. I can see why the King and Queen of Spain chose to colonize this new land because it essentially saved their beloved empire. The growth
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Ch3 Review 1. Most seventeenth-century English migrants to the North American colonies were laborers. 2. By 1700‚ English colonial landowners began to rely more heavily on African slavery because of a declining birthrate in England. 3. Regarding colonial life expectancy during the seventeenth century‚ life expectancy in New England was unusually high. 4. In the seventeenth century‚ white women in colonial Chesapeake averaged one pregnancy for every two years of marriage. 5. Compared
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A HISTORY OF 16TH CENTURY ENGLAND In the late 15th century England was torn by a series of civil wars between two dynasties‚ the Yorkists and the Lancastrians. The wars ended in 1485 when Henry Tudor won the battle of Bosworth and gained the throne of England. Henry Tudor (1457-1509) was crowned Henry VII on 30 October 1485 beginning a new dynasty. In January 1486 he married Elizabeth of York‚ daughter of Edward IV‚ uniting the dynasties of York and Lancaster. However the Yorkists were unwilling
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The Dominican Republic and Haiti once shared the Island of Hispaniola for five centuries‚ until the Dominican Republic gain their independence from Haiti. Now the only thing separating these two islands is the Massacre River. The Massacre River was derived from the President of the Dominican Republic which ordered his troops to kill all Haitian people and descendants. This maybe a little confusing because the Dominican side of the island was under the rule of Spanish (Spain) and Haiti was rule by
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as they may have been‚ the Roman Republic was no exception to this concept. Beginning around 133 BCE the Roman Empire began experiencing a drastic decline internally. A series of servile wars plagued the empire roughly between 140 BCE and 70 BCE‚ which caused massive internal turmoil the empire had never experienced before. Three wars were fought in a seventy year time span‚ each being deadlier that the last. On top of their own internal conflicts‚ the Republic fought a series of wars known as
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The systematic and cultural subordination of women in 16th century England is demonstrated in the relevant documents and ancillary materials provided for this assignment. A tacit agreement on the inferiority of the female gender in this time heavily contributed to the objectification and abuse of women. Elizabeth I stood as an exception to the social norms of her time‚ ruling as a single female. Elizabeth’s thoughts on her rule walk a fine line between the legitimization of these archaic beliefs
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from the 15th to the 17th century when Europeans began to explore their world to find new trade routes with the East‚ and spread Christianity. Two of the rival superpowers during this time were Spain and Portugal. They competed to find new trade routes and resources. Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 in Portugal‚ and was raised in a noble family. He served King Manuel I by establishing Portugal’s influence in India‚ but they had a falling out so he went to Spain. Spanish King Charles I funded
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question is how successful was this conference in making matters in Europe stable. To begin with‚ one of the aims of the congress was to bring peace to Europe. This meant that power had to be evenly distributed‚ balanced in other words. As a result‚ it was agreed that the five European powers (Russia‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ France and United Kingdom) had to have an even share in the influence they have and the land they possessed too. As the other powers feared the return of a strong France‚ the country
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population. The Haitian Revolution was an accomplished movement resulting in the self liberation of slaves against French colonial rule in Saint Domingue. The French Revolution was an insurrection against the monarchy‚ that would lead to France becoming a republic. The French Revolution was inherent in a series of revolts against corrupt French authoritarians‚ which lasted ten years from 1789 to 1799. Previously‚ life in Europe had been mainly determined by one’s status. As most social hierarchies
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nations leading worldwide exploration are Spain and Portugal. There were many reasons that made Spain and Portugal the forerunners of worldwide exploration. Spain and Portugal‚ both located off the Iberian Peninsula‚ had a geographical advantage over other nations. This Peninsula allowed easy access into the Atlantic‚ which made it much easier to launch expeditions to the Americas. Spain and Portugal both sought out economic growth which led them to seek out new trade routes‚ leading to resources and new
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