Captain America

Long ago, the Spanish traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to Latin America. The Spanish settlers colonized the native people and taught them Christianity. Three centuries later, about 1808, the Spanish settlers thought that the king's laws were unfair. The taxes were too high and King Ferdinand VII didn’t allow them to have free trade. Some of the Spanish settlers, Creoles, knew about the French and American Revolutions, so they decided to revolt against Spain. The Creoles fought for…

The early exploration of Florida started when Ponce de León and Christopher Columbus started another exploration to the Americas. Ponce de León found a close island called Borinquen. When he was there he found large amounts of gold. He left , but he came back again in 1508 because the king wanted him to go back, but explore and colonise the land. He named the island Puerto Rico. He was the governor for two years, but the king wanted Columbus’s son to be the governor. Ponce de León was hurt…

America the Story of Us Episode 1: Rebels In May of 1610 a ship named “The Deliverance” was making its way towards America. Young English farmers were upon this ship taking the treacherous journey in search of a new life. The majority of the common people will not make it to see the land of the free. But that does not shift the people's persuasion in the chance of opportunity. Land, wilderness, gems, and more are laid throughout the America’s waiting to be claimed. Ten years later new…

Mason S. History 10: Columbian Exchange Essay Before the late 1400’s, the idea of a global economy was non existent. Most countries lived a life of seclusion and independence from there surrounding territories. Even the most advanced and successful countries of the time didn’t have very much communication with outside countries. It can be argued that the most dominant nations at this time were large european powerhouse countries such as Spain or England, and the constant struggle for power…

Have you ever wondered who Christopher Columbus was before he discovered the Americas? As a young boy, Columbus always wanted to sail. This fueled his passion to attempt and sail around the world. He worked fervently and ceaselessly to gather support and funds for his voyage. Christopher Columbus had worked his entire life on a journey that he didn’t know would change the world. Columbus was born to a wool merchant in Italy during the Age of Discovery in 1451. While he was a teenager Columbus…

Brazil is one of the top most outstanding world travel destinations. The country has become a popular honeymooner’s choice because of the variety of sights and sounds that Brazil can give to any tourists and here are the ten must go places if you are going to Brazil. The Olympic games are going to take events in Brazil over the next few months, so If you are travelling here it is worth taking time away from the pub, stadia, TV screens and bars. You could enjoy the scenery of most beautiful…

James Cook: Captain James Cook was an English explorer in the 1700s who was in search of the “Southern Continent” which he didn’t believe really existed. He went on three big expeditions; the first was from 1768 to 1771, when he sailed from Plymouth, England to Brazil, around Cape Horn, Africa, and to Tahiti where he stayed for a while, then to New Zealand, Australia, and Java to prove they weren’t part of a larger southern continent. His second expedition took him to Antarctica and many of…

The historic period of exploration started in the 1400s. Many navigators are known for exploring parts of the globe. Christopher Columbus is known for discovering the Americas in 1492 . Jacques Cartier found Canada by sailing up the ST Lawrence river and claimed it for France in 1534 . Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil in the 1500s . The main reason these explorations started was to find direct trade routes to Asia. They were looking for Asia because at that time it was the land of spices…

Native Americans into Spanish, tax-paying citizens of the crown. What makes Mission San Lorenzo unique to other missions is that it was not approved by the Spanish government nor was it funded. This unauthorized mission was mostly funded personally by Captain Felipe de Rábago y Terán, as well as receiving…

Even if they did not succeed the crew may still think that they could take over the Armada at any time. Magellan had to prove that he was their Captain, and they had to follow his orders. The mutiny was a very long and strategic grab for power. Late the night of the mutiny, the group of disloyal men met at the sea to start their mutiny. Capitán Quesada, Captain Cartagena, bishops son, Elanco, a veteran mariner, and a corps of thirty armed seamen. The men boarded the San Antonio and took control…