Spanish financial crisis Introduction (source: Wikipedia) The 2008–2010 Spanish financial crisis is part of the world economic crisis of 2008. In Spain‚ the crisis was generated by long term loans (commonly issued for 40 years)‚ the building market crash which included the bankruptcy of major companies‚ and a particularly severe increase in unemployment‚ which rose to 13.9% in February 2009. Spain continued the path of economic growth when the ruling party changed in 2004‚ keeping robust GDP
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Legend’ of the Spanish conquest in the America’s stems from the backlash against the Spanish in the late 1500’s early 1600’s. Following the disaster of the Spanish Armada crushing Spain as a maritime power and the alliance of Portugal with England‚ it was convenient to use the reputation of cruelty and ruthlessness to motivate people to fight against them and to justify colonization methods. While the vilification of Spain as an entity in Europe has existed for centuries‚ with the Spanish Inquisition
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Spanish American war The Spanish American War was a very interesting war‚ some don’t know how the war started. The war was mostly started when the USS Maine blew up killing 250 American sailors‚ but if it wasn’t for Cuban rebels attack American plantations the USS Maine wouldn’t have been in Cuba due to the fact that President McKinley wanted nothing to do with Cuba’s battle for independence. McKinley wanted to stay at peace but due to what journalist were publishing American
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English sought territory to expand their empire‚ and the Spanish were much more complex. The Spanish made one purposeful thrust into the New World in the 16th century to claim the industrious Natives as subjects of the Crown and Church. A century later‚ the Spanish returned to the New World. The Spanish unleashed forces of change that changed the lives of the native people throughout the arena that the Anglo-Americans call the Southwest. The Spanish affected the culture and structure of the Southwest
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OER Essay Spanish Settlements/ Mission Systems • The Spanish rule in Texas had many details and trends connecting to it. When the Spanish first came to Texas and built missions‚ their only goal was to convert the Texans into Catholicism‚ teach them their lifestyle‚ and rule Texas. That did not last very long. When the French arrived to Texas and started trading with the Native Americans‚ the Spanish wanted to get the French out because they did not want foreigners on their land. From then
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The Spanish-American War was a four-month conflict between Spain and the United States‚ provoked by word of Spanish colonial brutality in Cuba. Although the war was largely brought about by the efforts of U.S. expansionists‚ many Americans supported the idea of freeing an oppressed people controlled by the Spanish. At war’s end‚ America emerged victorious with newly acknowledged respect as a world power. Reasoning for war Until the 1890s‚ ambivalence about overseas possessions had restrained
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Adjectives What are they? In Spanish as well as in English‚ an adjective describes the person‚ things‚ etc. that a noun refers to. We use adjectives to say what a person is like or seems like Adjectives can give us information about: • Quality • Size • Age • Temperature • Shape • Colour • Origin An adjective can also describe the idea(s) contained in a whole group of words -Robert’s ideas about the future are absurd They can give general or precise information -What ’s the car like
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The Spanish civil war is often seen as a fundamental divide between right and left- the first major struggle between Fascism and Communism. The Spanish civil war started distinctly as a Spanish civil war born out of Spanish disputes‚ but it was soon to take on an international character. The military situations were practically equal to both sides before the foreign intervention. However‚ after Germany‚ Italy‚ and USSR intervened the situation changed dramatically. In general‚ the decision by foreign
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One of the main goals in the Spanish colonies was to convert the natives from their native religions to christianity. It was quite debated how this should take place with one of the major spots of contention being the native use of idols. There two sides to the idol discussion in the Spanish colonies‚ the first was that all idols should be completely annihilated‚ which clergymen like Pablo José Arriaga supported; the other half of the debate was that the natives should be allowed to keep their idols
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their surrounding natural resources which would be then used in trading‚ selling‚ and building ships‚ etc. Although both the British and the Spanish colonies existed for the profit and the power of the core nation‚ the two nations featured different systems of colonial administration.
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