Pedro I of Brazil

He was given an Encomienda, after seeing the injustice and harsh treatment to native Indians he decided to give up his encomienda and become a priest. He was one of the first to speak out about the injustice towards the Indians. He wrote: "I saw here cruelty on a scale no living being has ever seen or expects to see”. He pleaded with King Ferdinand to stop the encomienda of course without much accomplished because most Spaniards owned encomiendas. Casas had a hard time trying to bring…

sort, and do not worship idols. “Ahura (God) is everywhere at once. He is all-knowing. He knows what we are thinking and doing at this very moment. When Ahura Mazda first created humanity, He gave the following order: “Be diligent to save you souls; I shall then provide for your bodily matters. For it is impossible to save your souls, without you. There is a remedy for everything but death, a hope for everything but wickedness, and everything will lapse except righteousness.” – Zoroaster God…

Scottish-born American inventor and teacher of the deaf, Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) is best known for perfecting the telephone to transmit vocal messages by electricity. The telephone inaugurated a new age in communication technology. Alexander Graham Bell was born on March 3, 1847, in Edinburgh. His father, Alexander Melville Bell, was an expert in vocal physiology and elocution; his grandfather, Alexander Bell, was an elocution professor. After studying at the University of Edinburgh…

It is hard to imagine that America did not “exist” to the ancient civilizations centuries ago. This first discovery of America by the Vikings was in approximately 1000 A.D. They first established a colony in Greenland and later went to discover Labrador, Newfoundland, and the Baffin Islands. Later on the Spanish explorer, Christopher Columbus was the first explorer to land in the Bahamas, thus leading the frenzy between countries to gain new territory. The exploration of America not only brought…

The English and the Algonquins at Roanoke. • It was late August 1590 when English ships made their way north through rough seas to Roanoke Island, (off the coast of present-day North Carolina) • Virginia Dare, the first English baby born in America. • Walter Raleigh, a wealthy adventurer who saw prophet and prestige by organizing an English colony to compete with Spain Powerful Empire in the New World. • Although Manteo, from the village of Croaton, argued that their technology would make the…

complex, and violent history of any other Latin American country during its colonization. In this class, we have focused primarily in Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil and Peru from pre-colonial civilization to their independence, but due to the short amount of time, there cannot be a coverage of all the Latin American countries such as Puerto Rico or Guatemala. I had found lately when we delved into independences of the Latin American countries; Venezuela stood out to me due to the little-to-no knowledge…

I spent one year training at Ginásio Clube Português which is located near a refined square where a beautiful garden stands. My ping pong teacher took me and two other colleagues into somewhere in a white Renault 4; later I met Canina there at the football field. I have met two Canina´s. Canina means a boy which is short in analogy into dogs. The first Canina scored a good goal at my elementary school while the second was traped in our high school though he could fought back and around 1995…

In addition, some of our ingredients, such as aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, saccharin and ascorbic acid, as well as some of the packaging containers, such as aluminum cans, are available from a limited number of suppliers, some of which are located in countries experiencing political or other risks. We cannot assure you that we and our bottling partners will be able to maintain favorable arrangements and relationships with these suppliers. The citrus industry is subject to the…