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    Though Columbus did not discover the New World; the European exploration of the Americas began with his search for a new ocean route to the East Indies. Instead of discovering this route, he found a place entirely new to Europeans; this is why they referred to it as the New World. This, of course, lead to the Europeans settling in these areas and conquering the native peoples in order to pursue their three main incentives; god, gold, and glory. Different historians have varying takes on exactly…

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    arms would be cut off and tied around their necks to send a message. The Spaniards knifed and slashed the Natives by tens just to test the blade’s sharpness. When he went back to Spain, he gave exaggerated reports on the island he named Hispaniola, “Hispaniola is a miracle. Mountains and hills, plains and pastures, are both fertile and beautiful ... the harbors are unbelievably good and there are many wide rivers of which the majority contain gold. . . . There are many spices, and great mines…

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    Captain Samuel Bellamy , known as “ Black Sam “ Bellamy , was an English pirate who operated in the early 18th century. Samuel was born February 23, 1689 in Hittisleigh , United Kingdom and died April 26, 1717 in Wellfleet , MA. He was the captain of Whydah , one of the most formidable pirate ships of the age. In August 1716 , Hornigold gave Bellamy command of the Mary Anne , a captured sloop. Samuel remained with his mentor for a short time before striking out on his own when hornigold…

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    in 1492. Columbus, being a conqueror for Spain, claimed the island of Haiti for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella and named it Hispaniola meaning “little Spain”. From thenceforth the indigenous people of the island were killed off during gold conquests and the ruling of the Spanish by forced labor and diseases. With very little of the indigenous people surviving, Hispaniola became a part of the Spanish rule that was forgotten. The modern Haitian American culture has pulled several cultural…

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    Columbus Found America.. Or did he? As the old saying goes, “Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and found America.” However, this statement might not be as true as we once thought when we learned about Columbus in elementary school. Columbus’ voyages to the new world had many negative impacts because of his harsh leadership and enslavement of the indigenous people which led to many controversies surrounding Columbus into present day. In the 15th century, there was not an…

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    Fall of Aztec Empire For many years now, historians have pondered upon the many reasons for the fall of the Aztec Empire. There have been many factors that played into the fall of the Empire, such as the diseases plaguing the population, the Spaniard’s technological advantages, religious rivalries, alliances, and the list goes on. But to focus on two of the major contributors, this essay will focus on the effects of European diseases on Mexico, and the impact alliances between the Spaniards…

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    far corner, only duskily flickered over by the blaze, I beheld great heaps of coin and quadrilaterals built of bars of gold. That was Flint’s treasure that we had come so far to seek and that had cost already the lives of seventeen men from the Hispaniola”…

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    How Columbus Changed the World Many people may ask themselves questions on how Christopher Columbus Changed the world. In the next following paragraphs i will be Telling you about a european explorer who changed and impacted all of our lives forever. This explorer’s name was Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was a Italian Conquistador(explorer) and when his region was in a Economic Struggle he was forced to explore into the unknown. In the next following paragraphs i will inform you on…

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    The Monroe Doctrine

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    The Monroe Doctrine is one of the most recognized statements of a change in foreign policy in American history. It was written in 1821, shortly after the War of 1812. The Monroe Doctrine helped the world view the U.S. as a world power, and was met with content by the American people. It was viewed as a defining moment in the foreign policy of the United States. It was a warning to European powers that emerged from the Congress of Vienna and the Holy Alliance. The western hemisphere was now off…

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    Haitian Culture

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    this campus is highly demonstrated. When in all reality most students know very little about Haitian culture. The history, norms, family, educational and judicial systems, government, or religion. Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Hispaniola in 1492. By 1550 the Taino Indians who were…

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