Portugal

establishment of order provides both hope and saftyness for those living in the area affected. The strife is not only limited to manmade disasters, it can be the result of natural disasters such as in Candide where the earthquakes cause the people in Portugal to burn people at the steaks and to do other irrational…

It is often said in the last years of the XV century and along and almost totally of the XVI century triggered a set of processes of all order that received the name of Renaissance time that we are studying for a long time and we still admire it. From the perspective of the man, this period is characterized by a change in the worldview and in the feelings that in many ways can be interpreted as an immediate anticipation of what today is the human being and clearly, the humanity, bring us the art…

because of other doing it in ancient years. It was going to be most helpful to the Portuguese reaching Asia, because of them being such a poor country. Even though it was farther away, it could be a good way for them to start exploring the South. Portugal captain to sailing to Africa was the king son, Prince Henry. 1434 they were making progress into getting around Africa to India. Gil Eannes was the first to sail past the cape of Bojador. This became an important thing, because of “Arabs had…

rape, assault, and even murder. The mandatory sentences are long and inflexible; they wreak havoc on the lives of those convicted and cost the American taxpayers millions of dollars annually. Money that Portugal has set aside since 2001 to rehabilitate drug abusers instead of incarcerate them. Portugal is so far the only nation to decriminalize personal recreational drug use and the…

Name: Zakisha H Question: Compare colonial resistance in two colonies. Resisting Europe About two-thirds of the world was under the control of European power. “At some point west Europeans ruled most of the world but not all of it.”1 However, Ethiopia and Japan managed to maintain their sovereignty. Although, Japan and Ethiopia was not a colony of Europe it easily could have been one. The Ethiopians and Japanese both used defensive modernization to resist colonization. Defensive modernization…

Trench Warfare WW1 was a brutal war between two sides; Germany, and Austria and the other side being France and Britain but other countries such as Australia and Canada soon joined the fight. Starting in 1914 and finishing in 1918 the First World War was long and unforgiving. This war was the first to employ the use of modern weapons and technologies such as gas, trenches and guns. These new technologies also lead to a new type of warfare. Trench warfare is a form of land warfare using occupied…

My teacher called me a liar when I said my great-great-great-great-grandfather was a Spanish pirate. On top of that, I also said I was related to Johnny Appleseed. Of course, I protested that I wasn't lying because my mother said it was true but to no avail. Don't get me wrong; this teacher wasn't cruel. In fact, she was one of my favorite teachers. She just wasn't buying what I was selling that particular day. But the Legend of the Spanish Pirate never left my mind. Twenty-five year later, I…

Alexander Paul Arfsten was born on July, 2, 2002. Xander comes from a big family that comes from all throughout the world, such as Turkey, Portugal, Spain, Mexico, and America. He is one of three boys in his family. His brothers are: Max who is fourteen and is a freshman at San Joaquin Memorial and Zach who is five and is a kindergartener at St. Anthony’s. Xander has a lot of interesting qualities such as being athletic, humorous, cheerful, helpful and friendly. All of these traits…

I believe that Europe is credited for discovering a new world for several reasons. Although Columbus wasn’t the first European explorer to reach America, his expeditions enabled the first meaningful contact of Europeans with America. This contact ushered in a period of ventures and the colonization of lands that ended up lasting for hundreds of years. That said, Europe had a profound impact in the modern development of the Western society. Not surprising, Christopher Columbus played a strong…

Bernardo Vicente de Galvez, Age 40, born July 23, 1746, in Macharaviaya, Spain. Sadly Bernardo de Galvez died on November 30th, 1786 in Tacubaya, Mexico City, Mexico. Bernardo de Galvez has no surviving descendants or family but Bernardo is still survived by the American hearts as a war hero in the American Revolution. Bernardo de Gálvez family consisted of Matías de Gálvez y Gallardo [Father /Spanish General], Maria Josefa de Madrid [Mother], Jose de Galvez [Uncle and Spanish lawyer], Marie…