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and dying of small pox took take over the Inca Empire. He then founded the Spanish colony of Peru, ruling former Inca territories. Pizarro acquired much territory for Spain. Pizarro was illiterate and illegitimate; coming to the Americas was how he made his fortune. For Pizarro fame and fortune would have been impossible in Spain. Pizarro along with fellow conquistador Vasco Nunez del Balboa are credited for the discovery of the Pacific ocean. Pizarro did not have a good relationship with fellow…

Nativism in The United States “Get out of my country” is what people can be heard saying to immigrants in the United States. This is an interesting statement considering we are all immigrants to this great nation we call home. According to Dictionary.com the definition of nativism is the policy of protecting the interests of native inhabitants against those of immigrants. Nativists protest and create laws to limit immigrant rights under the guise they are trying to protect their country from…

Migration has been a big issue in America and all over the world since forever, and it is still a big issue. The most “popular” or known cause of people migrating is for a better life; people think that just by moving somewhere else all the problems will be solved, and that is a reason of why there is still a lot of migration in America and the world. In the book, The Grapes of Wrath, the Joad family needed to move from Oklahoma to California, and it was all because of the crisis they were…

Portuguese family, but it was not for Portugal that he set forth on his famous around the world expedition, it was for Spain. In 1517 Magellan went to the King of Portugal to ask for his permission to set out for the Orient, there he would gather a lot of spices and return. But the King refused Magellan's request for a fleet; Magellan decided to leave Portugal and move to Spain. Two…

They extend for the space of forty miles, and are traversed by...streams. Around it on every side are orchards, gardens, flowery meads, noble buildings, and vineyards. (“On to al-Andalus and Morocco”) Considering that the golden age of Islamic Spain took place during the medieval period, it impressed many that the Iberians managed to accomplish such an impressive feat of cultural excellence and urbanization; this could have only been done through considerable work and the synergy of the…

Pedro Álvares Cabral was not just an amazing explorer, but the founder of brazil too. When he set foot on the “new land” he named the new land the Inland of the true cross but later the named changed to Brazil due to dyewood found in paulo-Brazil. Before all that, another explorer Vasco Da Gama was tired after he did an returned from another expedition to India so instead ,Pedro Álvares Cabral took the expedition to the “new” expedition . The King wanted to take the advantage of the new trade…

America: The Bigger The Better It’s Christmas day and Alex Tizon goes to open your first gift; he automatically picks the biggest present to open first because he’s been taught his whole life that bigger is better. Almost all Americans have the philosophy that bigger is better because we live in a world where everything needs to be bigger: our phones, meals, computers, watches, cars, and everything else. It’s not just our appliances though, Alex Tizon captures this in his piece “Land of The…

colony in 1821. In the summer of 1519 four Spanish ships set sail for the Eastern coast of the Gulf of Mexico. These men became the first white men ever to see Texas. At that time Spain was more interested in gold then colonization. They left Texas until 1690 when the French started showing interest in Texas. Spain decided to scare off the French by establishing Catholic missions in Texas. In 1821, Texas had few Spanish citizens and most of the missions had been abandoned. Texas almost failed…

Do you know the similarities between Christopher Columbus and Charles Lindbergh? Do you even know who they are? Well if you don't then I am about to tell you all about it. I will even take you across to different journeys across the Atlantic. Charles Lindbergh and Christopher Columbus have many things in common. For example, they were both devoted to accomplishing their journeys. Just think they had to be devoted or they couldn't with take all the stress that must of been involved during…

become richer, have more food and he helped many countries in europe gain population. He did this in many different ways. During his first voyage he discovered many of the islands that are now known as the caribbean and he took small prises back to Spain to show queen Isabella how rich the new world was. Columbus also went back to the new world for a second time he found more islands and he and his men helped civilize that part of the world in turn helping big countries get bigger and gain…