HIS 124 Summer 2014 Exam 1 Identification (Identify or define the following people, groups, or terms in one to three sentences each.) Cahokia Cahokia was the great centers of Mississippian culture and its largest settlement of Mississippian. It was a village of southwest illinois, a residential suburb of East St.Louis. It was located near the importance trade routes of the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Ferdinand and Isabel King Ferdinand of Aragon and Queen Isabella of Castile were both import rulers during the Renaissance.…
Charles was born in Ghent, Belgium on February 24, 1500 who was the child of Philip of Burgundy and Joanna of Spain. The Emperor Charles V made a last attempt to restore the medieval all-inclusive realm. His opponents were in this way the European national states; particularly France; the German rulers; the Turks; additionally the Pope. He controlled the Netherlands, Bohemia, Hungary, Naples, Sicily and Sardinia. Administering Spain implied controlling Spanish America and in Charles' chance Cortés took Mexico and Pizarro overpowered Peru.…
It almost caused France to become bankrupt. Louis was forced to negotiate a compromise treaty whereby his grandson would become king of Spain but he had to agree that he and his heirs would never combine the Spanish crown with that of…
Spain acted as one of the first major colonizers of the New World and married Spanish culture into these lands. Colonization allowed Spain to expand its influence and exploit the Americas for natural resources and labor. These efforts secured Spain’s place as one of the strongest countries and allowed a profitable system off the Columbian…
The Reign of Terror was not justified because the threats to France externally and internally did not warrant the methods used. Following the death of Louis XVI, France went to war with Britain, Holland and Spain. The French army…
Ponce de León was one of the most important conquistadors during his time. People knew Ponce de Leon best for going to Florida in search of the Fountain of Youth. However, before he did many other things such as successfully governing the Eastern part of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico and setting up settlements there. During Ponce de León’s time a basic meal for peasants, a majority of the people, consisted of soup or mush and usually some bread.…
They were sponsored by the Crown which expanded their empire. The religion they practiced was restricted to Catholic, and Protestants were victimized and shunned out. The Spanish had a large trading economy and did some farming. Their population grew slowly because of many early problems like military conquest and bad connections with the Native Americans.…
In 1808, Spain is taken over by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon disposed of the existing monarchy and installed his brother, Joseph, as head of state. The resulting war against France and Britain lasted nearly to the Mexican Revolution as Napoleon’s government falls into disarray and the revolutionaries began to gain momentum. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a middle aged priest living in the parish of Dolores.…
On the dawn of the 16th century Spain along with many other countries set out to go explore across the ocean. Spain went exploring for God, glory, and gold. They became fully Catholic in the late fourteen hundreds and they went out to spread the word of God. They were able to voyage to other lands due to advancement in technology during the 1400’s like the magnetic compass. Another big factor in going across the ocean was for trade purposes because they were looking for a more direct path to India when they stumbled upon the America’s.…
The People vs Columbus et al “Gold is a treasure, and he who possesses it does all he wishes to in this world, and succeeds in helping souls into paradise,” said Columbus in his journal before reaching the new land. Christopher Columbus sailed from Europe to the Americas perceiving it as the Indies. He took along a handpicked crew and was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain. Multiple voyages were made to this land to spread Catholicism and gain resources such as spices and gold. In this process, the previous inhabitants and owners of the land, the Taino Indians, were put to harm.…
Ashley McCormack History 120 2/2/016 Spaniards in the New World In the 16th century, with help from the New World, Spain became the most powerful monarchy in the Americas and Europe. The Spaniards taught other Europeans how the New World could be made to help the Old. The Spanish relied on Indian laborers, their superior military technology, and their favored concept of war to make them the reigning colony of the New World.…
The government of Aragon was in many ways modeled after the system of government found in the Roman Republic. It consisted of a separation of powers and a system of checks and balances. A balanced, constitutional government consists of legislative, executive, and judicial functions. In a monarchy, all of these would be included under the king. He decided how the kingdom would use its money, how that money would be raised, what the laws were, how they would be executed, and oversaw that they were executed correctly.…
The Louisiana Purchase was an offer from the French that opened up many beneficial opportunities for the growing United States. Land west of the Eastern seaboard was territory claimed by the French; however after the Seven Year’s War France had lost its dominance over the land and transferred control to Spain. France had later found itself in need of funding for the war they were fighting in Europe. The United States, with their growing…
England had many separate areas that had their own rulers and when the country wanted to unite it was extremely difficult. Each individual state wanted their own ruler to be in charge. It was settled through the War of Roses, between York and Lancaster. York won the war and got the crown. Both states were destroyed after the war.…
The New World was a land full of choices for the settlers that discovered it to make. Despite the fact that the Spanish and English people came into the New World at different time frames, both countries had goals to achieve. The English wanted to establish settlements for a growing future nation, and the Spanish wanted gold and success in expansion as well. The Spanish and New England colonies in the New World in 1492-1763 had both major differences and similarities in government, religion, and the treatment of indigenous people.…