Voice of America

Long ago, the Spanish traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to Latin America. The Spanish settlers colonized the native people and taught them Christianity. Three centuries later, about 1808, the Spanish settlers thought that the king's laws were unfair. The taxes were too high and King 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…

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…

America the Story of Us Episode 1: Rebels In May of 1610 a ship named “The Deliverance” was making its way towards America. Young English farmers were upon this ship taking the treacherous journey in search of a new life. The majority of the common people will not make it to see the land of the free. But that does not shift the people's persuasion in the chance of opportunity. Land, wilderness, gems, and more are laid throughout the America’s waiting to be claimed. Ten years later new…

Many British colonists shared a common interest to migrate to a new land. While some differences between Jamestown and Plymouth are that the people of Jamestown came to America to make money and the people of the Plymouth plantation came to America for religious reasons but, one similarity they have is that they both traveled to America for a fresh start. The English people left Europe for a new chance to make money, have the opportunity to build their own government and have freedom. The…

Mason S. History 10: Columbian Exchange Essay Before the late 1400’s, the idea of a global economy was non existent. Most countries lived a life of seclusion and independence from there surrounding territories. Even the most advanced and successful countries of the time didn’t have very much communication with outside countries. It can be argued that the most dominant nations at this time were large european powerhouse countries such as Spain or England, and the constant struggle for power…

Have you ever wondered who Christopher Columbus was before he discovered the Americas? As a young boy, Columbus always wanted to sail. This fueled his passion to attempt and sail around the world. He worked fervently and ceaselessly to gather support and funds for his voyage. Christopher Columbus had worked his entire life on a journey that he didn’t know would change the world. Columbus was born to a wool merchant in Italy during the Age of Discovery in 1451. While he was a teenager Columbus…

Brazil is one of the top most outstanding world travel destinations. The country has become a popular honeymooner’s choice because of the variety of sights and sounds that Brazil can give to any tourists and here are the ten must go places if you are going to Brazil. The Olympic games are going to take events in Brazil over the next few months, so If you are travelling here it is worth taking time away from the pub, stadia, TV screens and bars. You could enjoy the scenery of most beautiful…

together and accomplishing a goal as a team is much better than doing things alone. In the poem, Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing by James Weldon Johnson, it illustrates how the black community joins together through the struggles to escape the harsh times of slavery. The poem was a commemoration to Abraham Lincoln who helped them escape from slavery.…

Q6: I think the one thing that was mainly different about the South American Revolution and the Mexican Revolution was that in the South American Revolution, the peninsulares and the Creoles were the leaders in the army for South America. In the Spanish Revolution, the lower class people were the leaders in the armies. In the Spanish government they had different social classes. At the top of the Spanish-American government and Society where the peninsulares who are people that had been…

Like any other continent, Latin America is a melting pot of many cultures and people: some of them are indigenous, others primarily descended from Spanish Europeans who sought a new way of life and independence in what were once Spanish colonies, some who were born in this new and exciting land, and sadly, those who were forced to migrate to Latin America as slaves. But the fight to separate Latin American colonies from the Spaniards who resisted giving up their control did not occur all at…