Beggars in Spain

1. Introduction The British Empire was referred to as “an Empire on which the sun never sets”. Fray Francisco de Ugalde coined this remark to the Spanish king, Charles I, who had a vast Empire. In the 19th century, this expression gained popular usage with the British Empire, as Great Britain expanded its Empire beyond the shores of Europe. The phrase highlights the grand power that Great Britain once had over the globe. By 1922 the British Empire covered around 25% of the world’s total land…

The social history of WhSAfE starts with the establishment of a trading and re-freshment station by the Dutch in the Eastern Cape at the end of the 18th century, con-trolled by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and frequented by British ships on their itinerary to the Far East (see Bowerman 2013: 512; Bowerman 2008b: 164). Due to the military capture of the Netherlands and its oversea possessions by Napoleon, the station, together with the surrounding area, was taken over by the British in 1795…

abundances such as gold and silver reserves and use people to his benefit. In these letter from Mexico he describes the city “Temixtitan “(Tenochtitlan) in every aspect and compares the city with Spain .From markets systems, religion and Montezuma the king. This city is set up on water and it is as big as Spain. Also, it is very developed and regular city. Their streets are very big and very straight. Thus it is not an uncivilized nation as they told to be. Therefore, he and his soldiers are…

The Colony of Virginia was the first settlement in America, founded in 1607; The American Dream also began to develop at this time. The governing system was in some ways a democracy; in reality it was more of a plutocracy. Governor Berkeley assigns a council consisting of the wealthy, having both wealthy and power they assigned themselves their own land and hired those who would plant the very profitable Tabaco plant. The America Dream was beginning to flourish for the prosperous settlers.…

Throughout history many factors have affected undocumented migrants to move to North America, Europe and the more developed countries of Asia. In my opinion, people tend to migrate due to economic gain, war, political refuge, or religious freedom. In 1620, The Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock, America to seek religious freedom and escape those who persecuted them. The new land allowed them to settle and be the people they wanted, without fear. As the country grew and developed immigrants were…

After reviewing two articles on immigration, I realized more than ever that deportation will not be a good thing. In the article “Deportation can Rattle Economies,” the basis of it was to demonstrate that deportation of immigrants will cause a downfall on the economy. Immigration issues have been a big concern to the public and a problem to the government. Many business owners, and even research studies have realized that the contribution that undocumented people make is needed; they have made…

Marco Polo is a great explorer who was born in Venice, Italy around 1254. He was from a wealthy merchant family. He started to travel at the age of 17 with his father and uncle, Niccolò and Maffeo Polo. They were merchants who traded jewels with the Middle East through Asia. In 1271, the Polo family decided to go on a long, adventurous journey to China. They first traveled by sea to the Persian Gulf, and then were forced to take an ancient caravan route through present day Iraq, Iran, and…

“Inside out” from the title Inside Out and Back Again shows how a refugee's life completely changes from straightforward and elementary to unsuitable and unfortunate . Ha, the main character in the book, went from a normal life of a normal girl to the struggling life of a refugee living in America where things are different from where she used to live. “Back again” shows when they are adapting to where they used to live. It’s showing how once they got to America they were struggling, but after a…

CM3100-Week Five- Risk Discussion The consequences of not accepting risk would depend on who you ask. “Life is a series of calculated risks” (Hudson, 2014). Every day, every breath we take is not guaranteed. Yet, they are things taken for granted and very little thought is given to the truth that we are not in absolute control. Our lying down at night and rising the next morning is not in our control. God is in control. Act 17:28 (KJV) “For in him we live, and move, and have our being;” God…

The first Gypsies arrived in Spain as early as early fifteenth century. They were soon after met with prejudice by a great number of Spainards who wished for an “ethnically homogenous” state. Over the following three centuries, there were known efforts to expel them from Spain. Soon, the situation began to change around the turn of the ninteenth century, when the liberal Constitution of Cadiz recognized them for the first time as Spanish citizens. Since this point, flashing ahead to more present…