...Cabeza de Vaca Cabeza de Vaca was a spanish conquistador who led a five ship 600 man-expedition to Florida. Cabeza de Vaca was not a good leader, and only became leader because the old leader failed miserably. The moment they left for the expedition it was a disaster. The moment the Spaniards entered the Caribbean it was just a disaster, after losing two ships in a hurricane and over 200 men by drowning and desertion. Cabeza de Vaca was a very will powered man. He didn’t care if he lost men, ships, as long as he reached the goals he had set everything was okay. He didn’t really care about the safety of his men, clearly. As soon as they had entered the Caribbean it was a huge mess. He had lost 2 ships, and over 200 men by drowning and...
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...Pike was recently assigned to aid Lewis and Clark’s expedition. During their time in the Mississippi River, Lewis and Clark split off from the expedition group, leaving Pike with about twenty. For months, Pike and his men continued up the Mississippi to a region unknown up to a lake. Pike named this lake Cass Lake and discovered that the lake was the Mississippi’s water source. However, recent research has concluded that this was a mistake. Beside that, Pike gathered critical geographical data that was in a miniscule part of the Spanish-owned Louisiana Territory. Pike’s second expedition turned out to be more interesting. In mid 1806, Pike set off with nineteen military personnel, an interpreter, and a doctor. During the early stages of the journey, Pike relieved a Native American village from the Spanish that had recently visited. In mid November, Pike made the risky decision to continue on in the expedition, even with very low supplies. He and his group continued due west. After a few days, Pike reached the Rocky Mountains mountain range. Entranced by the peaks, Pike and three of his peers attempted to climb an 11.5 thousand-foot summit. Although Pike was unsuccessful, he named the mountain Pike’s peak in his name....
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...massive continent. All of the explorers had an impact on the development of America. The Lewis and Clark expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery, stands prominently at the top part of this list. The Lewis and Clark Expedition has had a significant political, social, and economic effect on America. They were the first to map out the west and set off westward expansion. Without the success of the expedition growth of America would have taken five times as long, as predicted by Thomas Jefferson. The Expedition had a drastic political effect on The United States of America. The area in which the expedition was to explore was very close along Spanish territory and a portion of the expedition was in Spanish territory. The Spanish government was very uneasy with the Corps advancing towards them because they thought The United States was attacking them. They dispatched a small group to intercept the Corps however they nearly missed them. Another political impact was the now issue of Indian relations. America just acquired a great deal of land that was formerly owned by Indians and they now had to explain to them that the land was no longer theirs and that they were now a part of the United States. Indian relations would be fine until they were forced to move off their land. The United States had to set up a new branch of government just for Indian relations. Previous to the expedition there were only little issues of dealing with Indians. The Exploration of the west could have had...
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...Lincoln Gives Its Big SUV a Face-Lift Ford Plans to Formally Unveil the Restyled Navigator at the Chicago Auto Show By JOSEPH B. WHITE The face that launched a thousand supertankers is getting a makeover. Ford Motor Co. F -2.28% 's Lincoln brand is giving a new face and some new features to its venerable Lincoln Navigator, the model that jump-started the fad for supersize, fuel-thirsty luxury sport-utility vehicles when it first made its debut in the late 1990s. The restyled Lincoln Navigator from Ford. Ford Motor Co. General Motors Co. GM -2.65% 's rival Cadillac brand at first balked at following the Navigator, then countered with its own plus-size Escalade SUV, which later grew into a family of luxury versions of GM's largest SUV models. A four-wheel drive 1999 Navigator had an estimated fuel economy of 12 miles per gallon in city and highway driving. That later improved to 15 miles per gallon. The 2008 recession and a series of gasoline price spikes slashed sales of the Navigator and Escalade, and ultimately killed off GM's Hummer brand of big, high-price SUVs. But the Navigator and the Escalade survived and both are now getting makeovers. GM is planning to roll out a redesigned Escalade this spring. The revamped Navigator will be in showrooms this fall, Ford said in a statement. Ford sold just 8,613 Navigators last year, up 2.9% from a year earlier, but about a fifth of the model's peak sales in 1998. The refreshed Navigator will get a new grille, with horizontal...
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...December 21, 1872 England, This clear water is a pleasant surprise, but the cold is painful. This ship is the most highly equipped ship i've ever sailed in. I can say this is vastly impressive for this age, and I can only imagine what the future will be like. I have to say my favorite feature on this ship is the Natural History Laboratory. Its where specimens were examined, and drawn. I can only say this will mark history with our recorded discoveries. December 22, 1872 Unknown destination, somewhere outside of England. The sun is finally out and temperatures have risen! The sun makes this day off a hundred times better.The shipmates decided to round together for a good ole game of cards! I haven't played for so long, and i lost all my snacks we keep as game. We sat for a meal and had chicken. We picked it up when we docked somewhere and we cooked it. Sadly it was nothing special and it was just chicken and rice. Days like this make this voyage much less lonelier. Spirits are high and tomorrow continues to lurk closer. December 24, 1872 Unknown Destination, somewhere outside of England. Its raining! The ship is starting to take a toll and the waves are rocking us around! Today is chaotic and a lot of hassle. But i fear for my life. I think i have came down with scurvy. They tell me to toughen up but i have hardly any strength. Being on a ship does not allow any medical help until we dock, and even then we hardly have any money. Research is slow right now but they're...
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...One sunny morning, my family and I decided to take a trip up to Lake Mille Lacs. All along the way, we noticed what an incredible ride our Ford Expedition ’05 provided us. Its independent shocks and air suspension made our journey very comfortable and smooth on the bumpy, rugged road. When we arrived at the lake, we noticed that a car had gotten stuck in a snow bank which was incredibly deep. We went over to approach them and asked if perhaps they needed some help from us. They replied yes, so we took out the tow rope and attached it to both their hitch and ours. As soon as the rope was secure, we then went back to our vehicle and shifted the gears to “4 × 4 low” in order to pull them out of the snow. This event really showed me that the Expedition was not just attractive-looking, but also truly powerful. After that, we continued on our way and went fishing on the lake. When the sun began to set across the horizon, we decided to go back to the cabin and fry up our catches of the day. The next morning, we rose at 7:00 a.m. with plans to hit the lake again and placed all of the gear back into the SUV. While we were doing so, we witnessed the sun shining on the Expedition in the most perfectly, exquisite way. We couldn’t help but smile at each other while admiring its brilliant design. After we finished up loading the equipment, we then headed back inside to eat a warm, filling breakfast. After the hearty meal, we all hopped back into the car and drove to the lake again. When...
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...Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca came from a family of conquistadors and he was a soldier for twenty years. De vaca and his crew of six hundred men set out on barges to search for a new world. During the journey many of his men died because of starvation or were close to death and could not function in the cold. “That was not much but valuable in that bitter November cold our bodies so emaciated we could easily count every bone and looked the very picture of death” (page 72). Cabeza de Vaca uses pathos in this quote. In early November de Vaca and what was left of his crew made it to the new land. When they got there they encountered native Americans and thought that they could be hostile But the Native Americans were sympathetic by giving Europeans...
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...In the year of 1804 to 1806, Captain Meriwether Lewis and Lieutenant William Clark of the U.S military expedition, took a tole on the Louisiana Purchase and the Pacific Northwest. The expedition was a major chapter in this time period of American history. In fact, the heroic expedition of Lewis and Clark changed a multiplicity of views in the West of North America. For many years Jefferson had heard and read about accounts of various ventures of different explorers out in the West. He held a consequently long interest in further exploring the overall unknown region of the continent. After the two years into his presidency, Jefferson asked permission from the congress to fund an expedition through the Louisiana purchase to the Pacific Ocean....
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...In this case, Nancy Denny was under the impression that she was purchasing a Ford Bronco. She was purchasing this Bronco because of its perceived safety benefits of its four-wheel-drive capacity and its ability to switch between two and four wheel drive if she had concerns about driving in the snow and ice. She testified that she did not purchase the Bronco for any off road purposes and that according to the sales presentation the Bronco was very suitable for commuting and for suburban and city driving. The sales presentation is geared to sell the Bronco based on all of its positives of everyday practical uses and does not go into detail of potential safety issues of this vehicle being engineered basically as an off road vehicle. According to Ford the vehicle had been intended to be used as an off-road vehicle and not designed as a passenger automobile, which is what Nancy Denny had believed she was purchasing, she was not at all interested in it’s off road use. (Halbert/Ingulli, 2012, p 307) There were three grounds in which Nancy Denny approached this legal battle with Ford Motor Company. The first of which was a strict products liability approach. This approach is used when a manufacturer places a product on the market for sale when the product has a defective. The manufacturer becomes liable for injuries suffered as a result of the product being defective when the product was used for its intended or reasonably intended purpose. Therefore, Nancy Denny would need to prove...
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...A Good Price for Good Land Webster Wallace American Intercontinental University U.S. History Abstract This paper will tell how the Louisiana Purchase came to be and how the U.S. acquired it. It will tell of the short and long-term consequences of acquiring this territory. It will tell of Thomas Jefferson and the political aspects of this purchase. This paper will discuss The Lewis and Clark expedition briefly and will have a summary of all the facts in its conclusion. A Good Price for Good Land The Louisiana Purchase is certainly one of the largest land deals in modern history, and also one of the best overall land deals one could ever hope for. As part of American history, it is the best thing that could have happened to a country who needed the space and who could not reject the price. Acquired in 1803 the United States paid $15 million dollars for well over 800,000 square miles of undiscovered land. That averages out to less than 5 cents per acre. At that price people would be lining up today to get as many acres as possible. For that matter, people still would be lined up to buy the whole thing even at today’s price of $283 million dollars. Could you imagine calling it The Oprah Purchase? The Louisiana Purchase was a very nice deal, and one the U.S. could not afford to pass up. The deal was arguably the greatest achievement of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, but it also was a problem for him. Jefferson was anti-federalist and while he may have written or played...
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...But in 1587, Raleigh sponsored another settlement attempt and this one was different. Different in that for the first time families came. This was the first hint that the English settlements might depart from the Spanish model. During this settlement attempt the first English citizen was born in America, a girl named Virginia Dare. The leader of this expedition was John White, adventurer and artist. After helping everyone get settled, White returned to England for more supplies. He was delayed for three years, however, due to the war between England and Spain. You will recall of the greatest sea battles in history took place between these two countries in 1588, the Battle of the Spanish Armada. It was not until after the English defeat of the Spanish Armada that White could return to Roanoke. He eventually returned in 1590 to find the island completely deserted. White later wrote, “I found my books torn from the covers, the frames of some of my pictures and maps rotten and spoiled with rain.” He failed to find any hint of their new location other than the word CROATOAN was carved on a post. There was an island nearby with a similar name and White thought that perhaps the settlers may have gone there. But bad weather did not permit White to investigate and he eventually returned without ever knowing what happened to the settlers and it remains a mystery to this day. In the decades that followed sailors exploring the coastal region of the Carolinas reported seeing Caucasians interspersed...
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...Britain then Spain would easily defeat the Americans and regain its territories. In either case, he could at least prolong the war and thus weaken both entities. When it seemed the colonial strategies eyed Pensacola, Gálvez was determined to get there first. The Seven Years’ War resulted in a shift in the balance of power in America. France lost all its possessions. Great Britain now had Canada and everything east of the Mississippi, as far south as Manchac and including Baton Rouge and Natchez. Spain gave them Florida. Colonists no longer had to worry about invasion from France in the west or Spain in the south. As compensation for loosing Florida, France ceded Louisiana to Spain. The close proximity of the British to New Orleans made the Spanish uneasy. Gálvez believed it was only a matter of time before the British gaze turned to New Orleans, Mexico and New Spain. Bernardo de Gálvez was born July 23, 1746 near Malaga, at the southern tip of Spain. His father, uncles, and many other members of the Gálvez family enjoyed prestigious posts in the service of the King. His uncle, José de Gálvez, whose power was second only to King Carlos , made sure his favorite nephew also benefitted from these prominent connections. Bernardo de Gálvez began his military career as a lieutenant in the war against Portugal in 1762 after which he accompanied his uncle José to Mexico where he fought the Apache Indians. Although his efforts brought little lasting results, he demonstrated outstanding...
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...largest population of Spanish speakers in the world. Keep in mind, however, that Spanish was not always the primary language of the native people. Before the Spanish influence, many different native tribes inhabited the country; each of them speaking their own dialect. Some of the more popular dialects were the Mayan dialect and the Náhuatl dialect. The northern tribes, known to be the Chichimecs, were hunters and gatherers. They were small, more isolated groups who roamed the dryer lands of the deserts and steppes. The agricultural tribes inhabited other regions of the country and allowed larger populations in their surroundings. Included in these agricultural tribes were the Mayans of the Yucatan, Totonac, Huastec, Zapotecs, Tlaxcalans, Aztecs, and others tribes. These tribes developed civilizations with highly structured temples used for religion, sacrifices, commerce, and their form of government. The Aztecs even used a sort of tribute system to collect taxes and treasures from conquered tribes. The well known symbol of the Aztecs was an eagle with a snake in its beak resting on a cactus. This Aztec symbol has become the national symbol of Mexico. In 1519, the Spanish explorer Hernán Cortés, sailed along the eastern gulf coast and anchored off the island of San Juan de Ulúa. Over 500 Spanish soldiers stepped foot on the land, bringing with them a new animal species never seen by the native tribes; the horse. This was the beginning of the Spanish Conquest and the fall...
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...has divided people. With people thinking that they are right, it causes them to hate and kill other people with different beliefs. They will compete with each other on who is right, and who seems to be godlier. The Crusades was an event in the past, it was war between the Christians and Moslems. According to “The Crusades” (n.d.), “The Crusades were great military expeditions undertaken by the Christian nations of Europe for the purpose of rescuing the holy places of the Palestine from the hands of the Mohammedans” (The Crusades – What were the Crusades). Each religion thought that they had the right to have the holy places which resulted in wars between these religions. Wars have happened because one religion feels they are godlier than the other so try to have all authority or power over the people. Another event was the Spanish Inquisition. According to “Freeman” (2012), “Reasons for the Inquisition included a desire to create religious unity and weaken local political authorities and familial alliances” (How Stuff Works: The Beginnings of the Spanish Inquisition). This led to the people involved in the Spanish Inquisition to kill people who refused to become a Catholic. Organized religion was a way to control or have power over people. This led to people hating each other because of their belief or their...
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...The Latin American wars of independence were notably conducive to the decline of the Spanish Empire however, the decline can not be attributed singularly to the Latin American wars of Independence as there were other subsidiary factors involved. The Latin American wars of independence were a series of revolutions within South America causing Venezuela, Ecuador, Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Chile, Peru, Mexico, Haiti and Columbia to become independent countries. These wars drained the Spanish Empire’s resources, enforcing its decline in the early 19th century. Prior to the wars of independence, poor economic conditions, the destruction of the Spanish Armada, as well as an imperialistic overstretch between territories, resulted in contributing to the downfall of the Spanish Empire. Colonial mismanagement in the Spanish Empire acted as a precluding catalyst in causing the Latin American wars of Independence, thus contributing to the fall of the Spanish Empire. The Latin American wars of Independence, whilst an influential factor in the decline of the Spanish Empire, were not the sole determinant in causing the downfall of the Spanish Empire. The Latin American wars of independence contributed to the fall of the Spanish Empire to a considerable extent, being the final element amongst other collective factors which ultimately resulted in the collapse of the Spanish Empire. During the 17th century, there were many indications of Spain’s erosion of power; the collapse of the empire...
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