History of Spain

Immigration is a well-known problem in the United States. According to CNN, Homeland Security reported that there was 11.4 million illegal immigrates in America in 2012. Immigration has been a growing issue for many years. Many of these immigrates take advantage of the offerings that this country gives. The people born in this country should be taken care of before immigrates. First off, many immigrates take jobs away from Americans. Americans go to school for at least 10 years to be able to…

Did you know Columbus Day is a lie? If you don’t know who Columbus is, he was a man who was claimed to discover America. Many think that Columbus found the New World looking for new undiscovered land but he was in fact trying to find gold and an all-water route to Asia as well as Queen Isabella’s mission for spreading Christianity to Asia. Columbus Day shouldn’t be celebrated because he was not actually the person to discover the Americas and Columbus thought he landed in Asia. First, Columbus…

extraordinary. This is because Spain was not a unified nation until the late fifteenth-century. Historians attribute many factors to the unification of Spain including, “the conquest of Granada, the expulsion of the Jews, and the publication of the first grammar of the Castilian language [; which] all occurred in 1492.” Due to its late unification, Spain was not immediately influenced by ideas popular during the Italian Renaissance. Before the Renaissance arrived in Spain, buildings were…

The Granada War took place in Spain around the Iberian Peninsula. The war itself was one of the first to use cannon warfare to their advantage. As a result of this war, all of the Islamic Rule was eliminated and gave Christianity power across the Iberian Peninsula region. These battles also gave birth to an entire genre that is called romances fronterizos. There were many things that this war inspired for years to come. This essay is going to talk about the lasting effects of the Spanish and…

Exploration in the 1400s Science and technology improved exploration in the fourteen hundreds. One type of ship used by explorers Christopher Columbus, Bartholomew Dias, and Vasco de Gama was the caravel, invented in the thirteenth century. The caravel was originally used as a fishing boat and it used lateen sails. Lateen sails are triangular sails, which allowed explorers to use the wind to their advantage when sailing. Caravels had a tilted bow and two masts. These masts were called the…

the age of exploration, the spice trade was in full swing and European countries were searching for new trade routes to India that would make travel faster, easier, and less expensive. One of the reasons why exploration occurred at this point in history is because of their new technological prowess which enabled them to advance in their sailing abilities. The navigational compass was one of the many new inventions to emerge in the sailing industry. The emergence of new technology generated new…

As the 17th century turn into the 18th, the “golden age” of piracy drew writers to explore the world at the time. Alonso Ramirez and Marcus Rediker were two writers that explored the world of piracy in the 1700’s. Ramirez was born in Borrinquen, Puerto Rico—current day San Juan, Puerto Rico. Following in his father’s footsteps he became a ship carpenter (López Lázaro, 106). His accounts of piracy encounters, show his readers the type of pirate he was and how he distinguished himself as a pirate…

ongoing topic. In the wake of the September 11th 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the twin towers in New York City, the United States has changed its policies on immigration. It was without a doubt, the worst attack on American soil in U.S. history (FAIR) Ever since the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 (PH) almost sixty years earlier, no one…

Unit 2 Essay 3 Describe the expectations and experiences of immigrants during the industrial age. During the industrial age, the majority of immigrants expected to come to the new world and experience a better life. Many immigrants came to the United States for work, as well as to escape problematic conditions of their homeland. Upon arrival in America, immigrants coming from Europe arrived at Ellis Island and faced detainment, as well as inspection. After the process of inspecting the…

The other countries of Europe such as Spain and Portugal were keen to grow rich through trade. They were mostly looking for a sea route to India, China and South East Asia. One writer described the goods carried in Venetian ships, “From India they have pearls, precious stones and plenty of spices…