History of Spain

In a small passage from Salman Rushdie's "Staying Put: Making a home in a restless world", Rushdie writes on his perspective when leaving India for England. Although, another supposed writer by the name of Scott Russell Sanders has perceived a different view on mass migrations, much like to what Rushdie was a part of. Russell states, "The creation of radically new types of human being: people who root themselves in ideas rather than places.", as he talks about migrations. America is always seen…

independence. This argument is from Document B and Document C. Documents C, show unfit for self-government they would be soon have anarchy and misrule over there worse than Spain was. “It was not clear whether they had come to liberate or occupy the Filipino” (Document C). Filipino insurgent has been fighting for their independence against Spain for several years, “the decisions of the united states to annex the Philippines was not popular” (Document C). Aguinaldo and his men now turned their…

Malibu Beaches and Parks The coastline of Malibu consists of around twenty-one miles of coastline and includes various attractions. Malibu’s history starts with the Spanish explorers in California. They owned plenty of land and were followed by the Americans. The first Spaniard was Juan Cabrillo, who set sail from Navidad, Mexico in June 1542 and arrived in Malibu, California on September 28th, 1542. Malibu is known for their unique beaches, parks, and restaurants. One main attraction in…

Most immigrants who arrive in America have justified reasons for doing so. Many immigrants both past and present force to leave their country. Sometimes to become slaves in their new country. This is known as involuntary. on the other hand there are many other voluntary immigrants who choose to come to America because of problems in their home country like starvation, lack of education, and hope for a better life in hopes of achieving the American Dream. Likely the most well known cause of…

12. James Cook James Cook, a captain of the English Royal Navy and fellow seaman, disproved the theory about the “Southern Continent” when he led the first expedition to cross the Antarctic Circle. Throughout his expeditions, Cook created numerous charts of unexplored islands in the Pacific Ocean. On his third voyage south he discovered many islands, including Hawaii. Cook’s discoveries and numerous charts became invaluable to the future English explorers. 13. Vitus Bering The Danish explorer…

in Ferrol, Galicia, Spain, to a middle-class family, his father Nicolás Franco Salgado-Araujo was a violent alcoholic who mistreated his family, he…

rule by the Moors in Spain marks a unique moment in the middle ages whereby Muslims, Jews and Christians intermingled with some level of religious tolerance. It is also an important topic because the achievements the Moors brought to Spain and the rest of Europe are often ignored by academics. The purpose of this essay is to highlight the important achievements of the Islamic Moors in Muslim Spain. However I will restrict my analysis to why the achievements of Muslim Moors in Spain are largely…

The American Dream was a goal that other Americans and immigrants wanted to achieve, to have religious freedom, their own land, and a decent job for themselves to support their family. That dream was achievable, but not many were able to actually achieve their dream of what they wanted so desperately. The American Dream, despite it being a goal and a dream that most wanted to achieve, it is not a suitable nor is was it to many others due to the fact of unequal rights and needs of the nation…

‘With a Little Help from my Friends” by Dumars Firoozeh, is a well written story about life of an iranian immigrant and changes she went through to adapt to our American culture. There was one quote from the story that really stood out to me. “They wanted to know more important things , such as camels. How many did we own back home? What did we feed them? Was it a bumpy ride?” (Firoozeh 90). This quote shows how Americans affect immigrants themselves, their families, and their relationship to…

.Spain and Spanish America shared an interesting relationship during the 18th century. Spain had conquered many areas in the Americas and it controlled large land areas in South America calling it Spanish America. Spain was interested in wealth and dominance, so they needed money to feed their desires and the resources in America gave them just that. One of the valuable resources Spain sought was silver and they used Native American workers to extract these goods. Spain was tied economically to…