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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Why did the Spanish Armada Fail? The Spanish Armada is the name given to the giant flotilla of Spanish warships send by Spain’s Catholic King Philip II in 1588 to destroy Protestantism England under Elizabeth- though hindsight would say otherwise‚ the aim of the Spanish Armada was not intended for an all-out confrontation with the opposing English fleet- but rather to escort the vulnerable barges in which the Duke of Parma (a well respected and experienced general who had been fighting against Dutch
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On May 1‚ 1898‚ United States forces destroyed an anchored Spanish fleet in a leisurely morning in the Philippians engagement that cost only seven American seamen wounded. It was safe to say Manila itself was occupied by U.S. troops by August. There was an elusive Spanish Caribbean fleet located in Santiago harbor in Cuba by U.S. reconnaissance. A U.S. landed on the east coast of Santiago and slowly advanced to attack this fleet. The Spanish fleet tried to retreat westward was under heavy fire and
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will be learning about the history of the Spanish culture‚” I tell the students “Mr. Piper why are we learning about Spanish history when you’re teaching English. “Good question‚” I say. “We are learning about the Spanish culture because in order to learn something new you must know about whatever you already know. This means that in order to learn English you must learn about Spanish first.” “Now let’s start. Does anyone know what kind of religion the Spanish culture has?” “I do.” Says Pablo. “The
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2010 Spanish and English had similar motivations for exploration of the New World‚ such as gaining land‚ goods from the natives‚ and gold. However‚ their motivations also differ greatly. The Spanish conquistadors also gained slaves from the native people‚ as well as spreading the word of Christianity. The English settlers came to the New World to get away from the religious oppression in England and to practice religion freely‚ and to grow tobacco to send back to England. The Spanish gained
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Ottoman and the Spanish. During the building process of their empires‚ the Ottoman and the Spanish both developed many similarities in their political‚ social‚ and economic affairs. A major similarity between these empires was that they both had a similar slave system. Although the Ottoman and the Spanish had many similarities‚ they also had many differences. The religions in the empires were one of the biggest differences between them because the Ottoman practiced Islam‚ but the Spanish practiced Christianity
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sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages than the Portuguese. Trade was a necessity for early kingdoms after the Middle Ages. People‚ especially
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"The Spanish‚ French‚ and English all" settled significant pioneer settlements in "North America in the sixteenth and seventeenth hundreds of years". In every province‚ settlement rotated around some kind of trade– estates and mining in "New Spain‚ the hide exchange New France‚ and tobacco and the family cultivate in British North America". There were numerous similarities among these nations’ ways to deal with settlement‚ as the accompanying perusing will appear‚ additionally huge contrast "The
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Word count (excluding titles and references): 1397 The Spanish Civil War. Explain some of the causes and consequences The Spanish civil war was a major conflict between the Republicans and Nationalists‚ which was fierce and bloody as over 500‚000 people were killed. It began in July of 1936‚ and waged on until April of 1939. Although later conflicts have overshadowed it‚ the Spanish civil war remains one of the bloodiest conflicts of our modern era as well as one of the most consequential as
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Following my friend into her family’s house‚ I immediately perceived the fluidity of the Spanish tongue being spoken. For a week‚ I stayed with Kiara and her family‚ Peruvian natives who live in the United States. I was the only non-fluid Spanish speaker and it was a detail I was all too aware of. Thankfully‚ with my years of high school Spanish classes‚ I could understand and communicate to a certain extent. I was restricted to short conversations with her family‚ and English conversations only
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