Spain’s goals in colonizing in America revolved around boosting their economy, adding the Spanish culture to the Native Americans’ culture, and finding a shorter route to Asia. Due to the world being much more expansive than people at the time thought it to be, they failed to find a faster and convenient route to trade with the Asians. They did, however, bolster their economical gain by gathering resources and searching for minerals like gold. The Spanish aimed to get as much gold as they could…
the majority of countries in Latin America shifted from military regimes to democracies. While Latin America has been identified as the third most democratic region in the world, after Western Europe and North America, democracy in the region must overcome huge obstacles Western counterparts do not experience as harshly, such as widespread poverty, poor education, and gaping income inequality. After the third wave occurred between 1980 and 1990, Latin America has failed to consolidate…
Who really was Captain America, the man of the shield? Steve Rogers who later becomes known as Captain America goes through a transformation of being an ordinary man to becoming a well known super hero who saves the world from it’s ultimate demise. We will see the transformation of this man as he changes in Captain America the first Avenger. Steve rogers who will later on become know as Captain America lived in New York during the time of World War II. Steve rogers’ parents served in the army…
Gunpowder weapons in the Americas would be even more effective due to the lack of animals such as horses, so they would replace other weapons much faster. Trains, Bicycles, and Cars will also have a much bigger impact when invented in the Americas for the same reason Gunpowder weapons are more effective. Due to not having pack animals and horses the change after these inventions will…
For decades, America has been known as a land of immigrants; people from England, France, Spain, and other countries descended on the New World to leave a lasting impression, one that can still be seen today in American culture. But of them all, England probably had the greatest effect on America. Since the time of Columbus’s discovery of the New World, Spain had been colonizing almost all the areas in the South, in what is today South America and along the South and West coast of what is now…
Millions of year ago North America was just a piece of land that didn’t have no type of human life on it. During the last glacial period, enough of the earth's water became frozen in the great ice sheets covering North America and Europe to cause a drop in sea levels. Making the Bering land bridge. The bridge became a route of human migration to the Americas from Asia about 20,000 years ago. That’s how the first people came to what is now the United States of America. Soon after that the…
Latin America is the combination of Central America and South America. It is a very diverse land separating the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. There are two mountain ranges, the Amazon, and many other physical features. Here is all about Latin America’s Physical Features. The two mountain ranges in Latin America are the Andes and Sierra Madre Mountains. The Andes stretch from the top of South America, along the Pacific Coast, and finishes at the southern tip of South America. With 20,000…
Latin America has one of the most geographical variations of any location in the world. You can travel across Latin America and be close to the Pacific Ocean, a top of the Andes Mountain ranges, or be in the middle of the Atacama Desert. These variations of geography have a major impact on one of the most densely populated regions in the world. “Geography has strong and pervasive effects on economic and social development.” Most of the population in Latin America lives near the coast. Over 490…
A critique on post-revolutionary America, Rip Van Winkle wakes up twenty years in the future and discovers exactly what he once knew, his house, town, and faces aged. However, America has usurped the British troops and overthrown the government, which Rip discovers as he explores his town after his journey through time. Scholars claim that the intent in subtly criticize the new American power, and demonstrate through Rip that pre-revolution America was not what history suggests (Pearce 1).…
Have you ever thought about America as a diverse country? Being diverse is a state where there are numerous different being blending together into a single being. The topic diversity can be discussed through the vastness of ways by different people. In David Brooks’ essay, “People Like Us,” he mentions that America is not a diverse nation, but it’s a land that has various segments of people such as politics or race. So, he provides some solution to the problem of lacking diversity in the US. By…