In terms of accumulation of wealth, the French also had an advantage over the Spanish. One big factor was because the Natives feared the Spanish and not the French. ... The Spanish did not get a higher end of the deal as the French for one main reason, fear. ... The Natives despised Spain but worked together with the French, which helped the French to earn huge profit. ... For these reasons, the French were more successful in dealing with the Natives than Spain....

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One factor that accelerated expansion was political centralization in the major European countries - Spain, France, and England. In 15th Century Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella united the various Spanish kingdoms under their rule. With its monarchy stronger than ever, Spain was ready to venture out into foreign territory. ... Although the favorable location helped Portugal in expansion, this "Age of Discovery" was also stimulated by various technological developments. ... One of the major reasons for expansion that Spain and Portugal had was the desire to Christianize Muslims. ...

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The rediscovery of their classical past helped to give Europeans a new sense of history as well as of their own capabilities. ... Some prime examples are the Sistine Chapel, the plays of William Shakespeare, and the uniting of two kingdoms to form Spain. ...

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He helped them feed themselves and spoke with the fellow natives on their behalf. ... When warfare with Spain started to disrupt the commerce between Holland and the Iberian countries, the Dutch needed to make their own trade with the new world so they took steps in that direction. ... The Dutch West India Company, Charter in 1621 was intended to take over Spain's control of the territory discussed. ...

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It included Germany, France, Northern Spain, and most of Italy. ... In 778 he led his army into Spain to battle the infidel Sarcens. ... He had local officials called counts to help him. ... He was crowned the Roman emperor of the new Holy Roman Empire, and relied on counts to help him. ...

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Spain was involved in a religious crusade at the time. Columbus used this crusade to his advantage by telling King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella he would help spread Christianity. ... Columbus returned to Spain with gold and Indians. ... He was not only turned down by Spain, but also by England, France and Portugal as well. ... Once he came back to Spain and other countries found out, they started to sail that route as well. ...

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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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The Portuguese focused primarily on a trading empire while the Spanish were more interested in seeking a territorial empire they could colonise. ... This gave Portugal a seventy-year head start over the Spanish, and it was not until Columbus" voyage in 1492 that the Spanish were finally in a position to challenge Portugal's dominance in exploration. Although Portugal and Spain were the major players in this global game, there were also other smaller players such as England, France, Italy and Poland. ... To seek allies to help wage battles against the enemies of Christianity 5. ....

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., Spain was at the peak of power with the rulers King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. ... Once Spain had conquered many lands and pushed out the Muslims, they started to fund voyages. ... Lery wanted to correct the natives wrong doings and help them to convert to Christianity. ... The gold was collected and then sent back to the King and Queen of Spain. ...

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It had a lord who ran the town and had a castle that would help protect the villagers. ... In 1492 the two kingdoms of Costelli and Aragon united becoming Spain. ... So he claimed the land for Spain. ... Both Spain and Portugal went to the Pope do decided who got what. ... The first center of power for Spain was Hispanola....

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During his reign, the reforms he carried out weakened the old absolute monarchies and helped to spread the powerful forces of liberalism and nationalism. ... They are: Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle 1818, where France was admitted to the Quintuple Alliance Congress of Troppeau 1820, which was a response to revolts in Spain, Portugal, Piedmont and Naples Congress of Laibach 1821, where Austria and Russia were ready to send soldiers against Italian revolts. Congress of Verona 1822 , when French troops were used against rebellion in Spain and which Britain withdrew from the Quintuple Allianc...

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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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I would use the words genocide and holocaust to describe what the Spanish did to the native people they encountered. ... Columbus just picked these men, women, and children up on his voyage to help him achieve what he wanted which was his greed for gold. ... As you can see there is a strong parallel between the horrible actions of Nazi Germany during WWII, and what the Spanish did to these native people. ...

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Not only did they have to help nations like the Philippines but also they have to do so quickly so the adaptation of American traits and social life will result in a profitable way. ... However, the U.S. did not consider that the Philippines did have already a civilization, which was based firstly on their own culture and secondly on Spanish occupation before the U.S. came to this territory. ... This was false, since already more advanced and "civilized" groups existed due to the impact of the Spanish settlers. ... By convincing the general public that becoming a colonial power was of great im...

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By Loewen, discovering America and its wealth helped European domination. ... Loewen, also, gives examples of European advancement in military technology that helped Europe in exploitation of rest of the world. ... In return for bringing Spain gold, Columbus was promised 10% of profits, governorship over newfound lands, and the fame that would go with new title: Admiral of the Ocean sea. ...

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Another reason why Turkey should be added to the EU is because their is an "increasingly well-educated population can help the EU cope with the problems of an ageing population " (bbc). ... There has been a high unemployment rate in Greece and Spain that is causing Europe lots of trouble. ... The EU could increase its competition by adding Turkey, which would help them greatly. ...

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At that point of the history Brits were fighting for their national independence with fire and swords, now they do it with the help of politics. ... By that time, Britain finally becomes a decent rival for such pioneers of exploration as France, Spain, and Portugal. ... Brits are famous for their love to travel: they gladly praise Spain for its beauty, Germany for its precision, France for its sophistication and so on. ...

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The 1848 Revolutions The main cause of 1848 Revolutions was the severe harvest failure during mid-1840s. Drought, bad harvests and a potato blight through out Europe had caused food shortages, the price rising was resulted. Riots by peasants began in February and March of 1846, a group of Po...

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At the beginning of the Renaissance, humanist educators revived the study of the classics and humanities to help students attain salvation. ... Despite this emphasis on the pagan classics, a Renaissance education was designed to help students acquire knowledge so that they could attain salvation. ... In his work Reflections, he wrote that acquiring more superficial or "decorative" skills such as good penmanship, dancing, singing, horse riding and dressing well would lend dignity to an educated man and help him to impress princes. ... A Spanish humanist educator, Juan Louis Vives, reflects t...

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After the 1820's many Western European countries had lost many of its colonies, such as France in America and Spain in South America. ... The duty to civilize non-white primitives and help them evolve became much of Europe's self-indulged "burden." ... The writings and arguments of these critics did result in a form of nationalism and helped to create a cause for liberation within many of the colonies. ...

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The language of the new race compared greatly to most European languages with the exclusion of Hungarian, Finnish, and Basque tongue of northern Spain. ... The installation of the Caste System, helped and helps societies today, maintaining order and sustaining structure. ...

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Because only Spain, Britain, and France were nation-states during the 18th century, other countries felt that they should have their own country. ... Therefore France and Britain helped Greece become a nation-state. ... Cavour turned over his land and men in order to help Garibaldi untie Italy fully. ...

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Due to the extremely contagious and deadly nature of the disease, which was not helped by the medicine practices at the time, priests were more than often terrified to leave the sanctity of the church to visit the homes of the sick and dying. ... Beginning in 1348, massacres of the Jewish people corresponded with the coming of the plague in France and Spain. ...

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The Catholic Church saw fascism as the lesser of two evils and supported Franco in Spain and Mussolini in Italy. ... Thus, the failure of democracy and the yearning for a strong 'messiah' like figure all helped to the rise of Fascist leaders. ...

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Daniel Defoe responded in a document with a similar purpose, stating that "The trading nations of Europe were all afraid of us; no port of France, or Holland, or Spain, or Italy would admit our ships" (Doc. 14). ... Physicians in documents 6 and 10 believed that certain things were able to help cure the plague such as "Gold, fire, [and] the gallows" and patients hanging frogs around their necks "whose venom should within a few days draw out the poison of the disease". ...

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