... once more under Spanish control. Bolivar returned to Colombia where the first of his political statements urging for independence in Venezuela titled El Manifiesto de Cartagena was publicized. With this, Simon Bolivar emerged as the ultimate leader of the liberation of the young republics in Latin America. On ... army once again defeated him. Bolivar escaped to Jamaica. It was here where while in exile, he wrote his most important document, La Carta de Jamaica. In it, he presented his idea of developing constitutional republics in South America shaped on England's system where the presid...

• Word Count: 1164
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... the 7th International Conference on Minority Languages in 2000 in Bilbao, Catalan wasn Ÿt included in the list of the minority languages Ÿ and afterwards Lluis Jou (the president of La Generalitat de Catalunya at that time) concluded that "it Ÿs growth had possibly been successful enough for it not to have to be included as minority language, with some 94% of the ... ...

• Word Count: 1941
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... , Alexander V. On his first voyage to the New World, Christopher Columbus was accompanied by a group of Franciscans. The first convents in America were established by Franciscans, at Santo Domingo and La Vega in what is now the Dominican Republic. The rapid conversion of the Native Americans and the consequent enthusiasm of the missionary-minded in Spain led to the further spread ... southern part of the New World as far as the Pacific Ocean, the French friars, who had arrived in Canada in 1615, at the behest of the French explorer Samuel de Champlain, set up missions throughout the nort...

• Word Count: 2701
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate