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Unit 1 Vocab Exchange & Interactions (WXT,ENV) Corn - One of the many crops from the Americas that was brought over to Europe through the Columbian Exchange as a result of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World. Horses - A form of transportation and livestock from Europe that brought itself to the Americas via the Columbian Exchange. Horses heavily aided in the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs and Incas. However, the Aztecs and Incas would later utilize horses for transportation and…

Spanish force of 250,000 men overtook Abd-el-Krim’s army. This defeat resulted in the Moroccan people looking towards a new age of ideology. Groups of young educated Moroccans began demanding political freedom and even spoke about independence from Spain and France. The idea of independence continued to flourish during World War II, when United States President Roosevelt visited Morocco. At the Casablanca Conference of 1942, both Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill spoke…

During the 1810s and the 1820s, independence occurred in the nations of Brazil and Spanish-speaking Latin America. They were developing nations that were breaking away from the strict ruling of Spain and Portuguese. The battle towards independence was not easy for either due to the majority of those livings in most countries being in the lower class. Brazil’s independence came with little to no fight. It started with the invasion of the peninsula by Napoleon in 1808. The goal of the French…

cultural and religious beliefs in Spain and Portugal by the 15th century. While these views do not directly contradict William’s statement from above, they attempt to show the evolution of racist thoughts of feudalism in Europe to capitalism in the…

Christopher Columbus /Diego Columbus, Spanish Diego Colón was born 1479 in Porto Santo, Madeira Islands the oldest son of Christopher Columbus When his father managed the great voyage of discovery in 1492, Diego was made a page at the Spanish court. When his father’s died in 1506, he began a long struggle to regain his father’s former privileges in the Indies. Diego’s marriage to María Álvarez de Toledo, niece of the duque de Alba, the cousin of King Ferdinand, worked in his favour, and in 1508…

The Age of Discovery was a period of time for the Old World to claim their own parts of newly found territory in the west in search for personal gain. Countries like Spain, Portugal, France, and England competed for land that was already inhabited, doing anything they could to get what they desired. Resulting from the European dominance in trade, exploration, and colonization, the most significant consequence of the Age of Discovery was the lasting harsh treatment of Native American and African…

Numerous online articles have been published on colonial mentality; all pointing to the fact that Filipinos nowadays are becoming more foreign in their own land. The culture of migration effectively started in the 1970’s, when the government deployed Filipinos abroad to foster a good relationship with other nations and to lessen the unemployment rate of the country (Asis, 2006). It then “[promoted] the illusion that good societies are places to be found rather than painstakingly built by the…

Richard Blanco was born in Madrid, Spain, on February 15, 1968. His parents left Cuba after the rise of Fidel Castro to power and traveled to Spain before moving to New York City when Blanco was an infant. They eventually settled in Miami, Florida, as part of the area's large Cuban community of the 1970s. As Blanco has put it, "I was made in Cuba, assembled in Spain and imported to the United States," and explorations of culture would be a major component of his future work. Blanco released his…

and only child in, 1480 to a little boy named Diego. Four or five years later, Felipa died. In 1845, Christopher and his son went to Spain. There he met Queen Isabella. She was about the same age as Columbus. Columbus demands had increased. He wanted to rule the lands he sighted. Columbus also wanted to be granted a percentage of the wealth he purchased back to Spain. Then Columbus went on his first journey westward. Columbus captained the third watercraft, the Santa Maria. There was also two…

arguably one of the most influential individuals in American history and his impact is still felt today. In this paper I will begin by discussing the explicit account of Columbus’s first voyage to “The Indies” in his letter to the king and queen of Spain. Then I will go into detail of the implicit meaning behind his letter and the impact it had on the following historical events(what events?)if you mean events after the initial voyage then you need to say something like impact on future…