enlightenment and that gave way to many economic and social advances. In particular the 19th century saw an increase both in the literature associated with this movement and the amount of leaders that nominally subscribed to this theory. In Latin America, specifically, liberalism took a very unique path that culminated in the abandonment and complete rejection of these theories. The adoption of liberal policies both economically and socially moved from adhering very strictly to the theory at first
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social issues. The Spanish conquest of the Americas was one of great expansion in more ways than one. The Spanish crown not only added new areas of the world to their kingdom but simultaneously spread Christianity throughout this New World. The Catholic Church, a powerful institution in its own right, with the dedicated word of European missionaries, the growth of the religion led to the conversion of much of the indigenous populations in the Americas. The missionaries built missions and had haciendas
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the Europeans were very cruel to the Indians while on their quest for gold. The book then jumps to the year of 1619 when America started to transport slaves from Africa for free labor, by the 1800s America had over 10 million slaves. After, the book starts to highlight the American Revolution, Zinn believes it was a fight for power between Colonial Elites and England. America was able to fight the revolution because so many citizens were armed, allowing
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Poor people of Mexico spend their days trying to survive, searching for food, while the upper class have people making their food for them. Mexico became independent in 1810 but the church and Spanish Nationals owned most of the land. In 1840 the president of Mexico, Benito Juarez granted land to people living on it. By the 1960s, Mexico City was rapidly industrializing creating factories and jobs. When it comes to the topic of spatial inequality in Mexico City, most will agree it exists because
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is no surprise that the crime rate is as high as it is. Currently crime rates in Brazil is one of the countries biggest issues. Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world, as well as the largest country in South America, and it shares a border with every country in South America except Chile and Ecuador. The fact that Brazil shares its border with so many different countries makes it much more simple for crime to happen. Especially when it shares a border with three of the world’s largest cocaine
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Revolutions. This dealed with Latin America and the Caribbean, which the area was controlled by Spain and Portugal. This revolution was influenced by the French, North American and Haitian Revolutions. Spain's colonies was also influenced by ideas from the European enlightenment. The fight for colonial independence was a dramtic change that caused chains of external events and tension, it also created positive effects. Before the independence movements Latin America/Caribbean were living harshly, mainly
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The economy in Colonial Latin America was complex and contained elements of similarity to the mother country system. Although many of the colonies’ economies in Latin America are influenced by the parent country, there different in nuance. Steve Stern does a great job of showing Colonial Latin America utilize attributes from both capitalism and feudalism to create its own sense of an economic system. The fusion of feudalism and capitalism helped to sustain slavery and provide European colonists with
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Essay 1 In the 1720’s, France, England, and Spain were in competition for land in North America . Spain controlled Florida and France had control of Canada and the Louisiana territory. England decided to build the first British garrison in the Georgia colony . The fort was established in 1721 as the southernmost outpost of British North America . The fort was constructed at the mouth of the Altamaha River to protect the British claim to the Georgia colony and also the surrounding area was rich in
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Pedro Menendez de Aviles was probably the person who has played the largest role in shaping Florida. He was the man who claimed Florida for Spain and made the first ever permanent city in Florida which endured many battles. He founded the first city in all of North America.Overall he was an very huge help for the progression and founding of Florida. When Menendez first became a sea-bearer at the young age of 14, he was hired by Charles 1 of Spain to ward off pirates from the coast. This escalated
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and colonized the Americas was because of Spain. On page 42 in the first two paragraphs of Exploring American Histories it states, “Spain decided to punish England… and sent a massive armada to spearhead the invasion of England… the two nations were rivals, and the defeat of the armada provided them as well as the Dutch and English with greater access to North American colonies.” This was something huge that would finally give the French a chance to get a foothold in North America. Since Spain had
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