When she heard that the Spanish were coming she went to tilbury and made a famous speech. She said “My loving people‚ we have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety‚ to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes‚ for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear‚ I have always so behaved myself that‚ under God‚ I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my
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Education during Spanish Period Brief History * Almost 333 years‚ colonize the Philippines. They are after 3G’s (God‚ Glory‚ Gold). * The Spanish Education played a major role in that transformation. The oldest universities‚ colleges‚ vocational schools and the first modern public education system in Asia were created during the colonial period. By the time Spain was replaced by the United States as the colonial power‚ Filipinos were among the most educated subjects in all of Asia. Main
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Guatemala has more people than any other Central American country‚ with an estimated population of 11‚980‚000 it is home to many different cultures. The population can be divided into two groups; Indians and people of mixed Spanish and Indian ancestry. But in Guatemala‚ being called an Indian or a non-Indian does not depend entirely on a person ’s ancestry. It is basically a matter of how people live and of how they categorize themselves. For example‚ a Guatemalan is considered an Indian if he or
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The Spanish Armada took place in 1588 where King Philip II of Spain had planned this conquest with the hope of overthrowing Queen Elizabeth I of England. He had many reasons as to invade England in the first place. England had the establishment of Protestantism whereas Spain was Roman Catholic‚ and Philip was in disagreement with that. He also wanted to stop the Dutch interferences in the Spanish Netherlands because they were seizing Spain’s treasure and were funding the people in the Netherlands
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The author of the article “The Spanish Armada: The Worst-Kept Secret in Europe” De Lamar Jensen completed his Ph.D. from Columbia University and by profession; Jensen was a historian of early modern Europe as well as a faculty member of the history department at Brigham Young University. He also wrote several books on Europe during the renaissance and reformation. In this article‚ Jensen talks about how Spain was unable to keep the Spanish Armada a secret‚ which eventually led to the downfall
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which he grew up helps him understand not only the Hispanic culture better‚ but theology and how it relates to Hispanics. Gonzalez explores different divisions within Christian theology in the book such as Biblical theology‚ reading the Bible in Spanish‚ Trinitarian theology‚ theology of creation‚ anthropology‚ Christology‚ and pneumatology. He draws a great picture and idea of what each of these looks like through the eyes of the Hispanic culture‚ and gives hope to the Hispanic culture in people
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Kiyara Handy Mrs. Rozo Spanish 2 8-24-12 Spanish Speaking Countries You may not know this fact‚ but there ar twenty-one spanish speaking countries in the world. Although they speak the same language‚ they have other aspects about them that are not the same. Two countries that have their own way of doing things are the Dominican Republic and Argentina. The Dominican Republic and argentina have very different ways of doing things‚ and very similar ways of doing
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Who Am I? While learning the Spanish culture‚ to get a more in depth understanding‚ I took the liberty of interviewing my Spanish speaking peers via Facebook group chat. While interviewing I found a common trend that within the Latin/Hispanic culture in regards to family gatherings‚ food‚ and tradition. “When we party my mom makes me greet EVERYONE! And I hate it.”- Danny Saldaña an 18-year-old Mexican who family comes from Mexico City. In the Mexican tradition its considered rude or disrespectful
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FIGHTING FOR INDEPENDENCE The Spanish American War was the most powerful colonial nation by the end of the 19th century. 1898 is when the United States went to war to help Cuba win its independence from Spain. The United States won and gained the territories of The Philippines‚ Guam and Puerto Rico. The U.S should not have annexed the Philippines because the Philippines were a country of their own. Additionally‚ they had their own language‚ their own currency and their own culture and tradition
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The Spanish had no idea how lucky they were that the Aztecs misunderstood who they were and why they were there. The Spanish conquistadors were looking for lands to conquer‚ gold to capture‚ and people to convert to the Catholic religion. The Spanish were amazed at what they found in the capital city of Tenochtitlan. Everything was clean. There were “eating houses” and hairdressers. You could buy medicines and herbs and all kinds of food. You could buy meat and game. There were streets that
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