The Rise, fall and Expulsion of the Jesuits The Jesuits are a sect of the Roman Catholic Church that came to South America to spread Christianity and establish missions in South America. ... The Jesuits created legacy in South America which continues to this day. ... The Jesuits first arrived on South American soil in 1549. ... Moreover, he believed his work in South America was of biblical importance. ... Soon this lead to a war between the reduction Indians and the Caaugas. ...

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They placed taxes on the mestizos (mixed Indian and Spanish), the Indians and the Negroes. ... Four years later the Catholic Church in Spain was under attack. ... In the early seventeenth century a vast group of puritans founded what is now New England in North America. ... A year later the Declaration of Independence bound the colonies together as the United States of America. ... Mexico however was decimated by the war with the US losing half its total land area and decreasing the countries already tiny store of natural resources. ...

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In 1917 he proclaimed American's entrance into World War I a crusade to make the world "safe for democracy." ... The Treaty of 1763 was signed by Great Britain, France, and Spain. ... "France lost Canada to Britain, Cuba and the Philippines were restored to Spain, and India in effect passed to Britain"(Internet 2). ... In addition, the warring European powers-Britain against France and Spain, with the Dutch as armed neutrals-effected a large-scale peace settlement. Spain reacquired the Floridas and Minorca from Britain, and Britain relinquished its restrictions on the French port ...

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The American Pageant pages 25-65 I. The Planting of English America 1. ... Spain dominated the New World. ... With decline of Spanish superiority, England began dominating the seas; greatly affected America. ... Virginia Company declared war in the Indians. ...

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Fearing the danger of Spanish control of Cuba, Teddy strongly advocated war against Spain; but McKinley was doubtful of starting the war, waiting for public opinion to lead him what to do. Then when the US battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 250 Americans, Roosevelt placed the blame on Spain, and the public was agreeing with it. ... Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. ... He passed laws to ensure the safety of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace. He placed millions of acres of land un...

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Fearing the danger of Spanish control of Cuba, Teddy strongly advocated war against Spain; but McKinley was doubtful of starting the war, waiting for public opinion to lead him what to do. Then when the US battleship Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, killing 250 Americans, Roosevelt placed the blame on Spain, and the public was agreeing with it. ... Then when Japan went to war with Russia over control of Manchuria and Korea in 1905, Roosevelt arbitrated the dispute. ... He passed laws to ensure the safety of food and drugs sold in the American marketplace. He placed millions of acres of land un...

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He understood the art of bullfighting like few Americans did. ... Following World War I, Hemingway returned to Michigan to write, hunt, and fish. ... Hemingway later moved to Key West, Florida and then Cuba following the outbreak of World War II. ... This is why Hemingway frequently places his characters in war, bullfighting rings, or on the African plains. ... Although many Americans felt the sport was nothing more than a barbaric goring of innocent animals, Hemingway was able to perceive the bullfight as the Spanish did. ...

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The years following the Civil War had seen a steady preparation for this. ... He declared that it was the duty of the United States to enforce the findings of this commission "by every means in its power," which meant war if Britain remained adamant. ... During World War II, the United States stationed 65,000 troops in Panama to protect the canal. ... America's 1898 war with Spain made a canal seem essential. During the Spanish-American War, the only way for U.S. battleships to sail from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean was to make an 8,000 mile journey around Cape Horn at the tip of Sou...

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Everyone knows that the Second World War was horrible, even worse than the First, but it has yet to be unequivocally decided what exactly was Hitler's role in bringing about such a catastrophe. ... As early as that speech given on 13 November 1919, little more than a year since the conclusion of the first war, Hitler was calling for a new one. From now on, war, for Hitler, became one of the most self evident means for achieving political goals. ... This trait that allowed him to use circumstances to help attain his goals was seen in 1920 with Italy, and would continue after h...

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Benevolence The island of Guam was ceded to the United States as spoils of the Spanish-American War by way of the Treaty of Peace between the United States and Spain of 1898, otherwise known as the Treaty of Paris. ... Guam has been colonized by three empires starting in the 1500's with Spain, Japanese occupation during World War Two, and now the United States. ... As American citizens, a dichotomy of identities exists for the colonized people of Guam. On the one hand, Guamanians have the freedom to take part in the American experiment -to practice self-governance and hence self-dete...

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President George Bush confronted little difficulty in winning Americans" support for the potential war against Iraq. ... S. public opinion in favor of war. ... Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in early August 1990, King Fahd of Saudi Arabia invited American troops onto Saudi soil. ... The war also was financed by countries which were unable to send in troops. ... Bhagdad was bombed fiercely by the coalition's fighter airplanes in the first ...

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The publication has only one poem that hints of color and only one Spanish word. ... Alvarez is quoted as admitting, "I am a Dominican, hyphen, American. ... "In English or Spanish? ... Throughout the book, there are numerous degrading references made about white Americans and their inane view of life. From the safety of a typewriter, Alvarez declares war on all those that are not like her. ...

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This is also the start of a nuclear war between the United States and Russia. ... Fidel didn't have no other alternative but to legalize the use of the American dollar among businesses and allowing self-businesses in order to get his country back up to its feet. ... And the same thing goes for Americans traveling to Cuba. ...

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After learning about the Holocaust, I've asked myself many times how this could have happened. Why would anyone believe it's acceptable to massacre an entire people? This is my reasoning for writing my paper on how Christian theology influenced anti-Semitism. Much of the Holocaust appears to have it...

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The main goals in the expansion were to Christianize the Indians, to gain trading power, to expand their empire, and of course, to gain the great mineral wealth of the Americans. ... The Spanish thought the Aztecs were not as developed as themselves because they did not have the same level of culture in the eyes of the Spanish. The Aztecs did not have weapons, ships, or other technological advances that the Spanish had. The Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs because the Aztecs did not have the modern advances. ... The chief employment in all these countries was agriculture, and both mal...

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The tax served its purpose in supplementing revenue during the Civil War and World War I, but continued taking from Americans" income in peacetime, allowing fewer dollars to be spent on goods and services. ... Prior to the Civil War, the vast majority of government funds came from tariffs on imports. The only exception was during the War of 1812, when blockades by the British, as well as the war being with the young country's number one trade partner, lowered income from tariffs. ... Hansen, investments in the war-torn North were better protected if they were taxed than if they were lost ...

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Spanish conquistadors set out hoping to trade goods for riches, but quickly enslaved the Native American people to make them search for gold and silver. Millions of Native Americans died either from disease, malnutrition, or Spanish torment. ... Since slavery was viewed as unchristian and illegal in the early years of the Spanish colonies, special permission for slavery had to be granted (called the asiento). ... Mining silver Peru, Africans worked alongside with Native Americans. ... Ships sailed from Columbia to Panama where African captives were transported to South America. ...

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Tripoli War (1801-05)- A conflict between the United States and Tripoli, incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. ... It also prevented war with France, over the Mississippi River. ... He oversaw the Navy that blockaded Tripoli to win the Tripoli war and also forced the Algiers and Tunis to renounce attacks against Americans. ... In reaction, Jefferson did not declare war, because he knew Britain had a superior Navy. ... War may have been avoided, but by closing all American ...

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He did mention to St Halena that "I fought fourteen campaign: two in Italy, two in Africa and Asia, two in Poland and Russia, one in Spain and two in France3. ... f. 1808 - Occupation of Spain. ... From this main strategic manoeuvre he derived and applied a number of wars principal. NAPOLEON PRINCIPLES OF WAR Before embarking in determining the limitations of Napoleon's strategy on war, one should understand the principles of war that he applies in various battle and campaigns. ... He always concerned and emphasized the security aspect in his war. ...

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In the 1800's everyone's feelings about slavery, good or bad, culminated in one big war, the American Civil War. ... Some blacks even fought in the Civil War. ... Once the North had defeated the South in the war, the slaves were freed from bondage, however, that did not mean that they would be free from the terrible prejudice that still permeated the country. ... Even though education was instituted for African Americans, which was a step in the right direction, it was a very small step and still didn't give blacks the education they deserved. This treatment preva...

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This was especially true of Queen Elizabeth of England and King Philip II of Spain. To this end, the English tried to establish a colony in America. ... She also did not want Spain and King Philip II to have control of the New World. ... These were built with the intent of protecting the English from Spanish attacks. ... The first settlers were largely veterans of The Irish and European Wars. ...

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The Spanish were the first European settlers to come to the Indian-dominated North America. ... The Europeans savored the furs of North America more than any other land. ... One of the few wars fought in North America was the Civil War. ... Country folk and African American slaves mainly formed the regiments. ... One of the best conclusions of war lies within the sacred pages of a book that most Americans own, The Bible. ...

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But even as a kid; homeless people, kids with no parents, wars on the news and even death made me ask "If there really is a God, why is suffering and pain present?... "Love your neighbor as you love yourself," a message foreign to the people who were witnesses of countless civil wars. ... The countless wars they took part of made them a people familiar of the way of the sword and bloodshed. ...

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Some, feeding of the ideals espoused in the American and French revolutions, and taking advantage of England's weakness during the American Revolution, saw the reasons and opportunity for independence from Britain. ... England and Ireland were ruled by the senior nobility of England. 1553 Mary ascends the Throne. 1558 Accession of Elizabeth I. 1562 Elizabethan Wars in Ireland. 1588 Spanish Armada sent by Philip of Spain, to conquer England. 1594 August. ...

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He himself called America, "the police man of the world." ... He spent two months on Rutherford Hayes" tour of America campaign. ... Even before the sinking of the Maine which eventually persuaded McKinley to fight Spain, Roosevelt was sending letters to Congress telling them to sign in a new conscription act. ... He went back to New York as a hero of the Spanish American War in which he fought with the first Calvary unit, "The Rough Riders." ... When Roosevelt became president at age forty two many people were critical of the young rambunctious war hero. ...

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