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The American dream We travelled on a wagon and boarded a ship to America in England. I am here with my grandmother, my mom, my dad and my two younger brothers. We wanted to come to the USA because we were promised a better life in the USA and my grandparents on my mother’s side lives there. They promised us freedom, happiness and wealth in the USA. My family and I are only allowed a small suitcase, so we had to leave many of our favorite things behind. The ship is really overcrowded and it…

Conquistador who helped cause the fall of the Aztec Empire. He helped colonize mainland in Mexico. He helped expand Spain’s land in the 16th century. This was a large achievement in a time when there were many expeditions. Hernán was born in Medellin, Spain in a family with little nobility. Hernan was always interested by the numerous expeditions to the New World. When he went to Cuba he became an alcalde, or mayor, of a town on an island. He was chosen in 1519 to become a captain on the…

1. The Native Americans were able to explore and settle the Americas by the 600 mile wide “land bridge.” The land bridge was made up of massive glaciers that stretched from Northern Siberia to Alaska. The Native Americans actually lived on the Bering land bridge for 15,000 years, but once the last ice age ended the land bridge flooded which caused many Native Americans to migrate to regions of the Americas. After arriving in the Americas different groups of people began to spread out across the…

The europeans were one of the most influential people during the time of the Age of Exploration in the 1400s. Sailors set out to explore the new world each with their own reasons from looking for wealth to seeking the thrill of adventure. The discovery of settlements greatly impacted the influence of European in places all over the world. The beneficial influence from the europeans created new settlements with diverse culture, which helped spark the revolution of worldwide trade and the growth…

Vasco De Gama was one of the world’s greatest explorers ever, because of his abilities to explore unknown regions, deal with foreign encounters, and exchange or barder with unknown peoples. Thanks to his first voyage through India that Portugal had spotted in the perfect place for Trade across the Indian Ocean and had opened up the maritime trade route between Europe and Asia. Also, the Portuguese rulers realised because of Da Gama’s voyage what was necessary for them to be able to maintain all…

The American Dream can be plenty of different goals. The generality of people's American dream can be different. One person's American dream can be probably going to be different from someone else's. The American dream can range from having freedom, making an excessive amounts of money, being successful or just having opportunities. How people look at the American Dream can be based off of their perspective on the world and life. One person's American dream may be a principal at a small school…

What happens when Cultures Collide? By: Joseph Hutchinson In the late 1400s the age of exploration and colonization started. The leader of exploration to the new world was Portugal. Following Portugal were: France, England, and Spain. The explorers went for three reasons God, gold, and glory. God was to spread Christianity, gold was to get raw materials for their mother country, and glory was to get more land and that means having more control. Then they went off exploring. The Spanish first…

Chasteen wrote that n 1493 Pope Alexander VI, while granting Spain the right to colonize the New World, mandated that the indigenous people be converted to Catholicism and didn’t want anyone to be converted into slaves. However, he added a catch that anyone who didn’t want to be converted into Catholicism they would be converted into slaves. More positively, in 1500, Queen Isabella of Spain then said that all Indian would be converted into slave because they were to different from white people…

#1I can understand the position of Natadecha-Sponsel because both of us are not from America. What I and Natadecha might have notice about America is how lucky they’re. In the text she said “and those who have achieved wealth and fame do not celebrate it publicly as much as in American society.” Natadecha is saying that American’s don’t notice that it’s not good to show off because in Thailand they don’t celebrate it because it is looked as greed. She compares the American culture to Thailand…

would leave the Americas as a symbol of wealth and hope for the Europeans. When Columbus arrived at the court of the Queen and the King he came with numerous colorful parrots, samples of gold, and many other things never before seen or heard of in Spain (Page 6).…