The Spanish-American War The Spanish-American War had a good many causes. The stated U.S. cause for war with Spain was the Cuban struggle for independence, American Imperialism was also another factor and the sinking of the Maine was a big factor as well.The war grew out the Cuban struggle for indep...

The Spanish-American War was a relatively short war, it lasted less than four months. Aggressions took place between April 25 and August 12, 1898. The United States fought Spain in and around the Spanish colonial possessions of Cuba and the Philippines. The United States had deep historical and emot...

The Spanish-American War was a relatively short war, it lasted less than four months. Aggressions took place between April 25 and August 12, 1898. The United States fought Spain in and around the Spanish colonial possessions of Cuba and the Philippines. The United States had deep historical and emot...

The Spanish, the Dutch, the French, and the English all practiced mercantilism. A term meaning that the world's wealth was finite and that only one nation could grow rich if another one failed. A nation had to extract more gold from a foreign land and export as little as possible to other na...

In the Elizabethan age the Spanish Armada controlled the seas with an iron fist. The Armada was extremely rich and incredibly powerful. Throughout all of the years Spain's Armada won countless battles, most of the battles were with the country of France (Easton 221). But France wasn't t...

The liberalization of telecommunications in Spain has resulted in new undertakings in the telecommunications market which need the authorization of the owner of the land to establish their network, for example, buried cables, antennas on the top of the buildings. When there is no agreement betwee...

Was the fall of the Aztec Empire inevitable? When Hernando Cortez and his conquistadors landed on the shores of Mexico, they had no idea what they were going to face. They set out searching for gold, and what they found was an advanced civilization of people with an incredibly beautiful city. Th...

The Spanish ArmadaThe Spanish Armada was a fleet of armed ships that attempted to invade England in the year of 1588. "This Spanish Fleet had at one time been called the Invincible Armada, supposedly because the Spaniards thought it could not be defeated" (World book Multimedia Encyclopedia). The ...

The Spanish government did not form successful colonies in the New World because of their obstinate desire to convert Native Americans to Christianity and their vain hunt for gold and riches. Many explorers from Spain embarked to the New World specifically to find gold and become rich. They robbed...

On November 8, 1519 Hernan Cortez landed in the great city of Mexico accompanied by six hundred Spaniards and a great amount of native allies. Cortez's arrival in Mexico City was welcomed by the friendly Aztec people, who mistakenly believed that Cortez was one of their gods, Quetzalcoa...

The Spanish Armada was a powerful navy that attempted to enter England by force in 1588. This navy had been called previously "The Invincible Armada", because the Spaniards thought that it could not be defeated (The History of...). Philip II of Spain had many reasons to want to get rid o...

The French and Spanish responded differently to the culture and economy of the Native Americans. Even though both countries traveled to the New World for riches, their ways of obtaining the riches could not have been more different. The Spanish decided to conquer and enslave the Indians. The French ...

Ferdinand and Isabella used the Inquisition to eliminate opposition in Spain. Their thoughts were that by eliminating the Jews, Muslims, and New Christians in Spain they would gain unity, wealth, and power. They wanted to make a Christian and only a Christian Spain. Since Ferdinand and Isabella we...

During this era there was much development in the world of slavery. It first started when the Portugese started importing slaves from Africa. The Africans were treated as slaves mainly because of their skin color. England was the first country to bring slavery over to North America. It was a ...

The Spanish-American War- 1898 The event and country under scrutiny is the United States of America and the 1898 Spanish American War. The concepts relevant to the Event and country chosen are Militarism, Imperialism and traditional diplomacy/war. To explain, Militarism is the desire to use th...

Jesse Rodriguez Chile was once sparsely populated mainly by Araucanian Amerindians. In the early 15th century Chile came under the strong influence of the Incas. When the Spanish conquistadors arrived in Chile they tried to over take the Amerindians. The Amerindians of course resisted with force. Wh...

Spanish Plan for Colonization When the Spanish decided that they were going to colonize various parts of Texas they did not realize the task they had before them. The Spanish's main goal was to convert the Indians into Christians or Spaniards. They decided to build missions to teach the...

The purpose of this paper is to prove that although both the English and the Spanish saw the natives as uncivilized and vulnerable savages; ultimately, the English, more so than the Spanish, took advantage of these characteristics to lead to bad relations with the Native Americans. Whereas the Span...

A number of factors contributed to the U.S. decision to go to war against Spain. Since the early years of the 19th century, many Americans had watched with sympathy the series of revolutions that ended Spanish authority throughout South America, Central America, and Mexico. Many people in the Uni...

The Spanish American WarThe Spanish American War of 1898 was a turning point for United States foreign policy because it established us as a world power by becoming a Imperialistic nation. Although the United States had been debating about Imperialism for a period of time and had many rationales f...

Spanish Influenza Epidemic Influenza is and acute infectious and Contagious disease sometimes becoming Pandemic. It is characterized by an inflammation of the mucous membrane of the respiratory tract. Epidemics of this disease have been recorded as early as 1510. The Influenza pandemic of 1...

A bloodshed, reckless, and frightening, the Spanish inquisition became a threat to anyone who did not follow the beliefs of the catholic churches. It was almost destined to happen, after the way Spain came to life. The nation-state was born out of religious struggles between many different belief sy...

War of Deception Newspapers are a major influence on the way people perceive the world. It is a source which connects readers to many different topics of interest. Newspapers have also become a competitive business. With a desire to increase circulation and obtain more advertising re...

Bartoleme de Las Casas gives an account of the effects of Spanish subjugation of the mainland and islands that comprise the Indies in the forty-nine years that Spanish settlers arrived in Hispaniola. He could have called his account "How to Depopulate in Less than 50 Years." He de...

"Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister" It is nearly impossible to discuss the poetic form of the dramatic monologue and not associate it with Robert Browning. Robert Browning is considered by many the creator and master of the dramatic monologue. It is believed that modern poetry has had ...