History of Spain

The Baroque Period Perhaps one the most notable time periods of all time is the Baroque period. The Baroque emerged in Rome, Italy around 1600 and later spread to the rest of Europe. Literately translated as the “irregularly shaped pearl”, the Baroque period was characterized by exaggeration, movement, drama, exuberance, and emotion. These key characteristics were seen in many art forms including theater, paintings, sculptures, and music. New art techniques, such as chiaroscuro, emerged and…

Some of the actions the Spaniards took competing for colonies around the world following the exploits of Christopher Columbus was when Cortes took Montezuma hostage and killed him in order to capture Tenochtitlán. The fall of the Aztecs at Tenochtitlán marked the beginning of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. The next event that took place competing for colonies was lead by Francisco Pizarro that was similar to Coronado's situation in Peru. He tricked Atahualpa into meeting for a “peace…

Ferdinand VII didn’t allow them to have free trade. Some of the Spanish settlers, Creoles, knew about the French and American Revolutions, so they decided to revolt against Spain. The Creoles fought for independence from Spain until 1825, when all the Spanish colonies of South America became independent nations. While Spain was fighting Napoleon Bonaparte, a French military leader, the Creoles created many Juntas, state councils, across South America. Normally,…

Christopher Columbus, an experienced salior, was obsessed of obtaining support for his scheme to sail west across the Atlantic Ocean to reach China and Japan, convinced that it was possible to reach tiches of the east by sailing west. On October 12, 1492 Columbus landed on a very little Caribbean island about three hundred miles north of the eastern tip of Cuba. There he confornted natives called Tainos; this was a huge discovery, this event ignited a spark of exploration. In spite of finding a…

n 1492, Christopher Columbus, a explorer for Spain, tried to sail to India but accidentally landed in a large land mass which is now known as present-day America. This land mass was never seen or known by any Europeans. Because of this, he believed he was in India. Instead, he landed in present-day Bahamas. In the Bahamas, a archipelago located south east of Mexico, Columbus found native people that he misjudged as the native people of India for no one knew about the land mass in the middle of…

The early exploration of Florida started when Ponce de León and Christopher Columbus started another exploration to the Americas. Ponce de León found a close island called Borinquen. When he was there he found large amounts of gold. He left , but he came back again in 1508 because the king wanted him to go back, but explore and colonise the land. He named the island Puerto Rico. He was the governor for two years, but the king wanted Columbus’s son to be the governor. Ponce de León was hurt…

These independence movements had a focus specifically on local issues which created issues in future years. “The revolts had started not as a revolution but as a protest in the mold of colonial uprisings- aimed not at independence or the overturning of the colonial regime, but at righting local wrongs, replacing abusive local officials, and reducing taxes and other unpopular governmental demands” (page 174). However, this is not what ended up happening and grievances overall were not addressed…

“The truth is, today’s immigrants, as they have for generation after generation, work the longest hours at the hardest jobs for the lowest pay, jobs that are just about impossible to fill” (Luis Gutierrez). This quote shows that immigrants are extremely hard workers and persevere through all the obstacles they face in America. Immigrants in America are successful based off of how they are treated. Immigrants should be considered an American once they have worked hard enough to support themselves…

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The Origin of the Mariachi Music from very remote times has been part of people's lives. Simple sounds that could create a rhythm can be considered music. For instance, in the region of Mexico, music existed before the colonization of the Spanish people. Throughout the years, different rhythms and instruments were created and adapted. Consequently, little by little distinct genres and groups of music were form and known. One of these is Mariachi, a genre of music that is very particular in…