Philip II was king of Spain in 1550; but had religious problems with his country. ... Philip had problems with England, so around the 1570's he sent out the Spanish Armada. The Spanish Armada was an attempted mission to attack England. ... Henry VII, the first realy English tudor helped rebuild England's commercial prosperity. ... Elizabeth helped restore England with the poor laws and saving government money. ...

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I signed up for a fourteen-day trip to tour the countries of Spain, France, and England. ... As I walked around the church, drone-like with my mouth wide open, I could not help but notice the inconsistency of the architecture. ...

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During the early 1500's the Spanish and Portugal lead the world with their great and dominant Navies. The Spanish discovery of silver in Zacateces and San Luis Potosi allowed Spain to have a lot of trading power with East Asia in the way of silk and back home in Spain helped to put money back into the treasury after the 800 year-long recon quest of Iberia form the Moors (The world that trade created, pg. 54). ... But as time goes on the Spanish and Portuguese hold on the world scene lessens, in many ways due to privaterring, which lead to losses in Spain and gains for the Dutch, Engl...

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Believing that he had found the outskirts of the Orient he returned to Spain. ... Significance These three items helped nourish a world wide population explosion--Something like a five fold increase between 1630 and 1950. ... In 1567 the Dutch Netherlands rebelled against Spain. Queen Elizabeth secretly aids in raids on Spanish ships. 3. ... The defeat of the Spanish Armada signaled the beginning of the end of Spain's empire. ...

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Spain and Portugal were the most powerful monarchies in this race, in part due to their association with the Catholic Church in Rome. ... After his death in 1509, his son, Henry VIII, ascended the throne, and in an attempt to keep relations with Spain stable, married the Spanish king's daughter, Catherine of Aragon. This gave the English the ability to trade with Spanish colonies, but it limited their aspirations for independent colonization. ... These events were followed by the publication of the first Bible in 1539, which helped stir many radical ideas among the common. ...

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Reminiscing about my past experiences helps me to determine my plans for the future. ... I was born into a Spanish speaking home, with both parents being immigrants. ... Fortunately because I could speak thou not fluently English and Spanish at the age of six I was able to be the family advocate. ... Benefiting by being fluent in both Spanish and English I will be able to serve the Hispanic immigrants. ...

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Some farmers turned to Landlords for help but even if they got some financial help they had to give something in return and if they didn't, they were forced to become a puppet of a Landlord. ... This would help out a lot in the current condition. ... He said that one of the countries that was smart enough to take the advantage of the New World was Spain. Because of Spain's colonization, it had a breaking success financially and socially. ... That would really help out with the economic imbalance. ...

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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. ... The Spanish dream in the new world was to kill, conquer and take the natives captives and make then slaves. ... The Spanish dream was a frightening experience to the native residents. ... Beginning with the fantasy of freedom to the belligerent need for expansion, it helped shape the nation that it is today. ...

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They spent that summer touring France and Spain. Hughes then moved on to teaching when he got back to Cambridge until his first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was released in 1957 and helped establish him as a unique and promising writer. ...

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Britain had done little to help the colonists, even with the knowledge the they were struggling, nearly starving and needed medical and financial help. ... A) The hatred of Britain once again grew as the 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 Britain's help it further pushes the threat of an insurrection against the British government. ... Overall, the British has done nothing, but anger the colonists; the British has provided no actual hel...

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Massachusetts Bay Colony Two to three thousand years ago, Algonkin tribes settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony area. Before the colonists arrived in the early 1600's, they lived there peacefully and settled near streams and rivers. Although they were still considered to be Algonkin, several d...

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" James I followed pro-Catholic foreign policy with Spain and discriminated against conservative Protestants known as Puritans. ... They agreed to help the king as long as he abandoned his absolutist ways. ... In desperation, the king called in the Scots and Irish catholic troops for help. ... Cromwell was very liked by the people he helped England by creating a marine fleet, encouraged the return of the Jews to England ,supported the arts and sponsored many ventures to the Americas. ...

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The Governor of Virginia, William Berkeley, asked the King of England to help out. ... Georgia was founded to try and get rid of debtors in England and create a buffer between English America and Spanish Florida. ... Although each of these regions had quite a few aspects in common (which helped them to eventually unite against the mother country that was England in the war for independence in 1776), they were also very much different from one another in areas such as their ethnic makeup, their religious denominations, and economic strengths, weaknesses, and strategies. ...

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The term "white man's burden" came into existence during the Spanish-American war, and came to represent the magnanimous and charitable attitude of white society toward "less-civilized" cultures, which were seen as the economic burden of the white race ("History Matters," N.D., para. 1). ... This theory helped motivate the European compulsion to "domesticate" those they considered uncivilized, in order to make the world a safer place for the white man and his family. ...

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During the period of the great immigration in the early 17th century, basically all the English settlers strived to make a permanent settlement, unlike the Spanish who were there for conquest and the French for trade and conversion. ... Lotteries were unanimously accepted, because they helped raise money for churches and colleges, which education was seen as a necessity in the New England colonies. ...

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In Holland it was called Mosphond, :in Spain Doguillo, in Germany "Mops"in France "Carlin"The name pug came about when a Pugs facial expression was compared to a monkey called pug. http://www.pugvillage.com/your- first-pug/history-pug Pugs have a variety of health issues from skin problems, eye problems ear problems, and breathing problems. ... This can help you find any problems that are getting worse. ...

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Italy with Dante, Machiavelli and Ariosto, while Spain with Juan del Encina and Fernando de Rojas. ... Shakespeare gave us a new world in words and insights which would colour, help, deepen, lighten and depict our lives in thought and feeling. ...

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