Until the late 1400’s‚ Europeans did not know the existence of the two American continents ( North and South America ). To the European explorers‚ exploring the other side of the Atlantic was like exploring an entire different world‚ hence the name- the New World. In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus unknowingly discovered the new continent. His original motives for exploring was to find an easier route to Asia but instead‚ he discovered the New World. Thus; Spain‚ France and England began sending out conquistadors
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Immigrants played a big part in the industrialization and Gilded age of America. Immigrants had a vision of “pull” factors of why they wanted to come to America‚ and some of these reasons were valid while others were not. First of all‚ some “push” factors from their homelands included how many immigrants sought to escape conditions like famine‚ land shortages‚ or religious or political persecution‚ while others just wanted to temporarily earn money and then return to their homelands. Europeans mostly
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Santa Maria. They were tiny and less than 30 feet wide. The Santa Maria carried 40 men‚ the Pinta‚ 26‚ and the Niña‚ 24. On October 12th‚ Cristopher Columbus and his crew sighted an island in the Bahamas and named it San Salvador. It took them thirty-three days since the ships had left the Canary Islands. A couple of weeks later they encountered land on Cuba‚ which was named Juana by Columbus‚ and Española which is now known as Hispañola. He then returned home on January 15‚ 1493. 2nd Voyage: He set
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HEADINGS in your document Under each heading enter the information requested below Marks will be deducted for spelling errors Include in-text citations for any quotes or facts you use. Insert your Bibliography at the end. (APA format) CAREER EXPLORATION: (6 marks) Choose 3 possible careers or career fields you’d like to research. Make sure that at least one of them is from the program area you are currently studying. You may be thinking of a specific occupational title‚ (manager‚ HR recruiter
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had just defeated the Moors‚ so they had the money they could spend on other things. Because Columbus was sailing for Isabella‚ the leader of the Reconquista‚ he was spreading Christianity to the New World. Christopher Columbus sailed on with his three ships the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria. He named an island San Salvador after sailing for 10 weeks straight. San Salvador was an island he spotted in the Bahamas. He had believed San Salvador was an island off the coast of Japan. After his
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inflation‚ and Spain was left practically bankrupt from which it took hundreds of years to recover from which was extremely bad for Spain. Spanish exploration was positive in the short term but in the long term was very damaging and was not the financial solution Spain thought it was. Spain’s ‘looting’ of the Americas at the start of their exploration of the new world‚ beginning with Columbus‚ was slow. Possession of their main goal‚ to obtain as much gold and silver as possible‚ was not fast enough
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Lori Mares 03/07/13 Exploration in Space Space exploration has been around for a long time ever since the first rocket went into space. That was the work of the Germans after world war II. The competition to be the first in space began in 1945 and would last 30 years. The Space Race pitted the United States and Soviet Union against each other in a contest that extended from the Earth to the surface of the moon and beyond. Humans have dreamt of exploring space for a very long time. Centuries
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Accounting Exploration To most people being an accountant means sitting in an office crunching numbers all day and having little to no people skills. This could not be further from the truth. I have only recently decided that I would like to pursue a career in accounting after spending two years as a pre-medical student and realizing that I no longer had the desire to spend another ten years in school and residency programs. Accounting grabbed my attention because it does deal with a lot of numbers
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My Essay about Exploration ! In medieval Europe people went exploring for many different reasons‚ in this essay I will tell you the main reasons why people went exploring and the reason that I think is the most important. Religion: Prince Henry went exploring to spread the word about his religion. Most of the people who went to spread the word were Christian. Columbus‚ who landed in South America‚ erected churches and forced the natives to convert to Christianity. Hernan Cortés‚ a Spanish
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During the age of imperialism rulers across the world were attempting to conquer more and more of Africa. This led to turmoil and tension between the nations along with creating competition for more territory. These conquered parts of other nations are called spheres of influence and allow for nations to extend their control into more places‚ effectively giving them more power and sway. African colonies were also regarded with intrigue by nations due to the opportunities given for a chance to trade
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