... 2 Assessment and Activities Reviewing Key Terms - On a sheet of paper, use each of these terms in a sentence. 1. Conquistador- A conquistador is another word for a conqueror. 2. Presidio- The Spanish people built forts that they called presidios. 3. Hidalgo- The conquistadors were low-ranking nobles known as hidalgos. 4. Encomienda- The encomienda system was a way to reward the men that had defeated ... who objected the Catholic rituals. 10. Joint-Stock Company- A joint-stock company founded Virginia. 11. Privateer- To assist the Dutch revolt, Queen Elizabeth allowed English privateers ...

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... done looting, the end result was about thirty tons of silver, which were delivered to his ships by mule train. While his looting of the Spanish colonies, he stopped and gazed at the Pacific Ocean, and vowed that one that day he would sail those waters, something never done by an ... Englishman before (Drake sees the pacific). Once he returned to England, he had a reputation as a brilliant privateer. Then, he was sent next to Ireland to help quell the rebellion there from 1573 to 1576 (Encarta Encyclopedia 2000). In 1577, the Queen of England, Elizabeth I, sent Drake and two other nobles;...

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... , which possessed over 100 ships, was sent to England in 1558 to destroy Elizabeth's navy. The Spanish sought to end English interference in the Spanish Netherlands and privateering by English captains.18 The defeat of the Spanish Armada, with the help of timely weather, was Elizabeth's greatest victory and raised England's international prestige.19 Elizabeth promoted and funded expeditions by English explorers, such as ... Sir Francis Drake and Sir Walter Raleigh, because they demonstrated England's naval abilities in previously Spanish dominated seas. In 1580, Drake became the first En...

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... Church. Protestant Reformation was launched. Elizabeth ascended to power in 1558, England is Protestant and the rivalry with Catholic Spain intensifies. 2. Ireland fueled the rivalry. Catholic Irish sought Spanish aid in overthrowing Elizabeth. Elizabeth crushed them. Catholic Irish lands were confiscated and new Protestant landlords were given these lands. Bitter feelings stayed with the Irish and English. B. ... Elizabeth Energizes England 1. Queen Elizabeth encouraged English buccaneers to raid the Spanish shipping lanes and settlements, even though the two were at peace. Famous bucca...

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... a colony at Roanoke, his major decision was that it would be an excellent spot for privateering, which is when they are licensed to attack Spanish ships for the country and their own enrichment. Queen Elizabeth sanctioned this practice of privateering. She even invested in Raleigh's expedition, and her ship, ... the long straight "curtain of walls" of the fort. The first settlers were largely veterans of The Irish and European Wars. Their experience would help them protect the settlement, but little else. They would be extremely poor at building a society and maintaining a good relationsh...

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... provide more prestige and military power to a nation. I believe that mercantilism is a theory that has a lot of good ideas behind it which can help a nation with their economic wealth but may be unfair to other countries. An example of mercantilism being used by a nation is England. England passed ... bought from England. All goods had to be shipped on English ships or built ships in the colonies. No Dutch, French or Spanish ships could sell or trade their goods to the colonies and the colonies could not sell raw materials to them. The colonists became ... number of slaves imported, ke...

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... struggle with England. At this point, as in the future, although England's enemies were Catholic (Spain and then France), the Irish call for help was always made for National purposes and not for religious ones. This current revolt was also to share another common factor with those of the ... ground and it was necessary to fight a conventional battle. Mountjoy routed them and O'Neills forces flew north. Hugh O'Donnell went to Spain to seek help but died in 1602 after being poisoned, probably by an agent of the British government. O'Neill remained in rebellion until 1603 when, on 23 March...

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... escaped Loch Leven and fled to England for protection. When Mary landed in England, she became an immediate political threat. This is evident because, while Elizabeth's first impulse was to help Mary regain her throne, the Privy Council prevented her – as it would break the alliance that England had with the Scottish lords. The Privy Council and the Parliament realised ... and missionary orders did all they could to keep Catholicism alive in England – intensifying the Catholic threat. Lastly, the Spanish conflict, an international factor, heightened the Catholic threat. England's rela...

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... without starting a war. She signed laws like the religious settlement of 1559 saying that Protestant was England's official religion. By this time the Queen had ended the war with the help of Sir William Cecil. Because of this, rumors had been spread that Catholics were going to assassinate Elizabeth just as they had assassinated the other major Protestant leader in Europe ... . The Spanish Armada was a Spanish fleet that "would sail to the Netherlands, pick up the large Spanish army fighting in the Netherlands, and transport that army to England, where Catholicism would be imposed on th...

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... monarch; her reign was characterized by her effective use of Parliament to improve the economy, her firm establishment of Protestantism England, her powerful defense against the Spanish Armada, and her notable strengths as a female ruler. Elizabeth I was born on September 7, 1533. She was the daughter of Henry VIII and his ... once again return to Protestantism. Under Elizabeth, England would again break from Rome and the Pope. Several legislative measures were passed in order to help find a solution to the problem of religious unrest. In 1559, during Elizabeth's first Parliament, the Ac...

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... the central government, and deter interactions, such as trade with other nations. The first country to introduce mercantilism in America was Spain. The spanish american colonies were not allowed to trade directly with Europe. Instead they had to funnel all of the sugar and tobacco, two common commdities ... of the new land, through Spain. When this was done, heavy custom duties were imposed and the central government gained. Spanish American colonies were forced into providing precious metals and raw materials to the mother country. These colonies existed only to enrich spain, even if ....

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... England 45 years of strong government, moderate religious policies, and unexplained prosperity ("Elizabeth I (1558-1603)"). Elizabeth was glorified by poets and artists as Gloriana, the Virgin Queen. With the help of fine clothes, jewels and cosmetics, the vain queen maintained a glamorous image despite her advancing age. There are surprisingly not many descriptions of Queen Elizabeth I. There was however, in 1557 ... was said that she seemed surprisingly no more than a girl of twenty. The portraits of Elizabeth are definitely a record of her famous wardrobe. The Queen used diverse atti...

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... did and I can speak and understand the English Language. I am pursuing a career that is most useful in this country and for this country is why I am pursuing a career. I want to help this country flourish but if one day I am sent to my native country, all my hard work would become obsolete. I will not need the English Language in Mexico. But the ... language I would need, I have lost almost completely. As I progressed in the English Language, my Spanish regressed and I rarely ever used it. At home I spoke, and still speak, to my parent in English and both know and understand it themselv...

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... wife, and therefore was not bringing any legitimate heirs to the throne with him (Chapman 17). Charles I was a firm believer in divine right. During his reign he rarely asked for help, believing his decisions as those ordained by god (Kagan 451). As stated by Howard Tomlinson: "The most high and sacred order of kings is of divine right, being the ordinance ... be true Christians. Dissenters were able to gain control thus beheading Charles, and unknowingly creating a dictator (Tomlinson 3). Royalists were those who supported the king. Their name was derived from Caballeo (Spanish) this t...

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... is one of the best examples that portrays the dreams of thenew individuals. He refers to this place as a city upon a hill (225) the dream of workingtogether along with the help of God to overcome the dangers of the new world. Towards the end, he tells his people: Therefore let us choose life that we and our seed may live by ... admiration and riches even thought he denies it in his famous Letter to Ferdinand where he writes I did not sail upon this voyage to gain honor or wealth (14:6). The Spanish dream in the new world was to kill, conquer and take the natives captives and make then s...

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... marriage to Franklin. Gov. William Keith - The royal Governor of Pennsylvania when Franklin arrives in Philadelphia. Keith is impressed by Franklin and resolves to help him, but in effect does very little. He is a man who does not often follow through on what he says he will do. ... adulthood, Franklin takes up more political issues, advocating publicly the education of women, particularly in accounting. He flourishes intellectually, learning French, Italian, Spanish and Latin, and he advocates that Latin be taught in schools as the last language rather than the first after English. He p...

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... , King George III and the British parliament had attempted to smother the growth of the American colonies. Britain had done little to help the colonists, even with the knowledge the they were struggling, nearly starving and needed medical and financial help. The colonies were trapped in a British stronghold, confined in a regulated environment which served to benefit only the Crown and the homeland ... colonists were given no assistance to fight off the Indian attacks; the colonists had to look to other foreign powers for assistance such as the French and the Spanish. With the refusal of...

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... the Elizabethan age in England espionage had become such a necessary element of national security, Elizabeth I had Sir Francis Walsingham organize an elaborate network of intelligence just to spy on the Spanish alone not to mention other countries. Espionage has indeed been in existence for longer than the public has known of the Espionage ( ). There are many, many famous world spies that ... people who were interns at places like the CIA, FBI, and NSA. Another unexpected corporation, the Lockheed Corp., hired the Ivy League bagmen, Manchurian spies, and even Japanese assassins to help ...

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... was once said that "the Depression was like syphilis, which before its nature was understood was referred to in England as the French pox, as the Spanish disease in France, the Italian sickness in Spain, and so on." (169) However, most people see the Wall Street crash of 1929 as the ... conditions but it is said that if they had not been enforced they would have probably worsened conditions, either way they were not of much help. The second idea that most countries came up with was to balance their annual budgets. Hoover tried for this in his term and even ... 1935 was deliberately pract...

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... can find almost any culture. A major component of culture that people keep with them is their language. There are more than 329 languages spoken in the United States ranging from Spanish to Chinese. With all those different languages spoken in the US the government has become multilingual meaning we provide government documents and services in an assortment of languages. As such ... of a multilingual government, it will not stop these conflicts from occurring but they could decrease therefore helping reverse some of the problems caused by this type of government. We could help unite the...

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... the case of certain nation period" (Macquarie Dictionary). Every nationality has their own culture, which includes language, customs, life habits and so on. Using English as an international language can help people from different cultural backgrounds understand each other with less misunderstanding (House, 1999), which is the most important aspect in cross-culture communication. English is an important tool for the ... integration (Schumann 1978). Cultural integration will produce some ill language (Hall 1966). Using English, as a global language will not be helpful in avoiding divaric...

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... were looking to make money rather than to start a family. The Chesapeake colonies were mostly funded by England. The Governor of Virginia, William Berkeley, asked the King of England to help out. These colonies maintained fairly close relations with England. They still considered themselves as Englishmen and men under England, as well as still showing allegiance to England. The colonists of ... hopes of developing a colony that would be as successful as Virginia. Georgia was founded to try and get rid of debtors in England and create a buffer between English America and Spanish Florida....

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... in return for the divorce, but this deal was unsuccessful since he had commanded the task to Wolsey, who failed because he did not want to abandon the papacy to Spanish influence. Henry therefore, began the Reformation in England so that he could divorce Catherine without asking the Pope's permission. This Reformation Parliament was summoned in 1529 where much legislation was ... of the papacy in England and to recognize the King as Supreme Head of the Church and clergy in England, with all the titles, honors, jurisdiction and, power. With the help of his new secretary, Thomas Crownell,...

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... to Plymouth Rock in order to survive more comfortably. Also because of their Puritan beliefs, they had good relations with the Native Americans. Their pacifist nature led the Indians to help with their crops. In thanks, the Pilgrims celebrated the first thanksgiving in 1621. A second group of Puritans in England, the Massachusetts Bay Company, came to Massachusetts for more economically motivated ... were sent there by King George, and therefore there was a conservative law. King George had to loosen restrictions because people left. Georgia was also a military boundary or buffer zone b...

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... v Mary Queen of Scots, Elisabeth's cousin, was executed for being involved in several plots against Elisabeth v she sent English troops to help French Hugenots (Protestants) v first English Colonies: Roanoke Island (1585), Virginia became a permanet colony since 1607 v the defeat of the Spanish Armada v important persons in the Elisabethian time were: Shakespeare, Sir Francis Drake, sources: - The Oxford Illustrated History of Britain; John ... ...

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