A couple of years later the Spanish developed a major trade route in California. “A regular trade route was opened between Manila” which is the capital of the Philippines, and “Spain via Mexico, across which one or two galleons passed annually” (Orsi, and Gutiérrez 87). The King ordered ships to come along this trade route. The ships were not very big and carried an average of about one hundred fifteen men. As the ships were small, they were of very high profit for the Spanish. Goods such as “silks
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Columbus and his fellow pioneers first landed in America in 1492; then in 1493 the first European colonisation commenced in America, with immigrants coming from countries all over such as France, Britain and Spain. It was unknown to them the immense impact that they would have on America that would lead to the creation of ‘New World’. To reach a conclusion as to whether America was a ‘New World’ this essay will examine through culture, trade and economy and developments in technologies, as these
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Gabby Macari Clase tres El cinco de octubre Ellen Ochoa: Hispanic-American Astronaut Ellen Ochoa is a Hispanic-American astronaut, inventor, and engineer, who was born on May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, California. Despite being born in Los Angeles, Ochoa grew up in La Mesa, California, and considers this city to be her home. She is a second generation immigrant, meaning that both of her parents came to the United States from somewhere else. They both came to the United States from Sonora, which
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Tudors to the Stuarts, the English began to create settlements in the Americas. Starting in the Chesapeake Bay area, the English traveled to the North in search of profit and power. The British empire looked for way to decrease the power of the large empires of France and Spain. In 1606, the current king of England created the Virginia Company, starting the voyages and creation of the English empire in the eastern portion of North America. When to Tudor family lost the throne to the Stuarts, King James
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How can this day be forgotten? One day in history a curious man named Christopher Columbus was born on October 31, 1451, in Genoa, Italy. As time went on Christopher was living in Portugal. He was an Italian explorer, navigator, colonizer and citizen of the Republic of Genoa. Under the rule of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. The reason for the voyages was to establish permanent settlement on the island of Hispaniola, which initiated the Spanish colonization
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Everyone has heard it before: Columbus sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492, but is it factual? Columbus’s discovery of the new world led to victory and havoc, even though these two words appropriately describe Columbus’s expedition, they still oppose one another. In history and life, there are always two sides to a story, two different perspectives of the same story. Therefore, there are two perspectives of Columbus’s voyage, one told by the American Pageant and one told by Howard Zinn in A People’s History
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Due to major advances in technology in the 15th century, the expansion of European powers onto the Americas were in full rotation due to potential high profits. The major causes for the expansion of these countries were in pursuit of God, glory, and gold. The idea of exploring and discovering new areas in the name of God played a large factor in staying in compliance with the Church. By using the expansion of Christianity as an excuse to colonize the New World, the European powers gained immense
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The French did not enslave nor convert Native Americans to Christianity. The French focused mainly on trade with the Native Americans and used trade alliances to secure the French’s fur trading rights. They found a permanent settlement in 1608 at Quebec, founded by Samuel de Champlain, and the Spanish found metals. C: Unlike Britain, there was no aristocracy in the colonies. The colonies had wealthy landowners and merchants, but had a narrower class system that was based on economies. The social
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Mexico became a sovereign state; they had declared independence from Madrid government. However, the Mexican authority could not maintain the northern frontier. ‘San Francisco, San Diego, San fe, San Antonio and St. Augustine,’ were the Northern America Spanish empire were the communities where European colonist formulated a multicultural society of mixing different ‘races’ (Divine, page 83). The Spaniards movement back in the sixteenth century hardly affected the demographic growth on American territory
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St. Lucia is an island about the Caribbean region. St. Lucia is unique for its vibrant culture and diverse population of people. St. Lucia has many different populations, ranging from African decent to European cultures. These cultures have blend together to create the ethnic majority of St. Lucia. One St. Lucian culture derives from French colonization of the island. The French colonists mixed with the native population created a new ethic group, known as Creoles (everyculture.com). This culture
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