Francisco I. Madero

The 16th-century Spanish explorer Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was a governor of an province in New Spain (Mexico), when he heard about the so-called Seven Golden Cities located in the north. In 1540, Coronado led a Spanish expedition up Mexico’s western coast and into the region that is now known as the southwestern United States. The explorers didn't findn what they were looking for but they did find something Grand! In the begging Franciso was Born in circa in 1510 into a noble family in…

Alcatraz was built as a maximum security prison, it was capable of escape, but prisoners never made it off the island alive. This prison on the water was built to hold the most dangerous criminals, because it was the hardest prison to escape from. Today you can visit and or tour Alcatraz it is now a national park for people to witness some of the stuff prisoners had to go through being there. Alcatraz has a lot of things people don’t know about it like what was the purpose, how many…

Studies show that in the 2011-2012 winter season, the state of California received nearly 300 inches less snowfall than it did the previous winter. While many of California’s dry winters are a direct result of ridges off of the west coast, climatologists suggest the drop in precipitation during the 2011-2012 winter was due to below average sea surface temperatures, or La Niña (Seager et al.). La Niña is the result of cooling sea surface temperatures that lead to an overall temperature of the…

of the time. I started by finding out about the countries countries that I thought had the coolest flags, eventually I made it a goal to memorize all of the flags in the book. While I was trying to memorize all of the flags I began to feel shocked with just how many countries there were in the world. Since I lived in the US, I began to think that every other country was the same size as the US which lead me to truly realize how big the world is. It wasn 't until many years later when I realized…

My parents loved to travel to the old cities, the cities pervaded with old stuff like San Francisco. So did I like nostalgic cities and towns. From the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge, to the bustling harbor and houses with fancy old architectural looks along with the busy modern shopping centers. I loved San Francisco, a city of cheerful nostalgia. Just as, in 1989, a horrific earthquake, named Loma Prieta ruined the famous Embarcadero freeway and devastated…

to not tell anyone, soon multiple people knew. As the news spread about the gold thousands of immigrants started to head to California. This included many people from the US and some even from other countries. This caused the population in San Francisco to skyrocket from 1,000 people in 1848 to over 20,000 by 1850. As immigrants started making their way towards California, they could only take one of two routes. One was a six-month sea route all the way from New York to San Diego or San…

1900s, Spain encountered various international difficulties which included the commencement of nationalistic and communistic ideological repertoire. The Spanish Civil War started in Morocco when a unit of the Spanish militia commanded by General Francisco Franco, challenged the appointed Republican government. Manuel Azaña, the presiding officer of Spain, did not have lucid commitments with other supporting groups because of failed past attempts to convert Spain into a liberal-based country.…

Our beloved city, Melbourne has celebrated her 180th birthday this year. One hundred and eighty years ago in June 1835, the tall ship Enterprize sailed up the Yarra River. Landing a party of five men, one woman, a cat, stores and livestock on the northern bank headed by John Batman. Recording in his diary John described what he saw: "About six miles up, found the river all good water and very deep. This will be the place for a village”. Thus a fledgling settlement had begun. For almost…

as well as express lines and credit cards. These add on options were what the company needed to satisfy customer’s needs, with the hopes in showing that they always strive to keep it convenient for the customer. Going from just one bank in San Francisco, by 1923 it managed to serve the entire west, jumping ahead to 1980’s, when Wells Fargo finally became within the top 10 largest banks in the nation, ranking at number 7, it shows the great accomplishments this company has been a part of. Through…

carpenter building a sawmill for John Sutter on the American River. Both men agreed to keep the treasure a secret to protect their land, but newspaper and store owner Sam Brannon caught wind of the discovery. He walked up and down the streets of San Francisco with a small vial of gold telling people he had found it in the American River. By the end of 1849, less than two years after the discovery of gold, more than 80,000 people had flocked to California. In the following years, fortune hunters…