Pedro Pablo Research Paper

Juan Seguin- Juan Seguin joined William B.Travis’ army on February 23 in the Battle of the Alamo. He was there for the 13 day siege but he didn't participate in the actual battle. He left to carry a message to the enemy from everyone in the Alamo. The message was that the Texans "shall never surrender or retreat.". Juan got it across and went to get soldiers to help the Texans. By the time he returned. The Alamo had already fallen to Santa Anna’s

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado was he a hero or a villain? I would say a villain. He set out to find a city of gold and riches. He soon found out that there wasn’t a city of gold. Instead he found something else. He found new villages and land, also new historical lands.

Latino’s haven’t always had it easy in America, some were luckier than others. Hector Garcia growing up was one of the lucky ones. His parents were educators but their credentials were denied. They resorted to teaching their kids inside the home. The Garcia kids were pushed by their parents to become doctors, so they could have a better future. Hector Garcia graduated from the University of Texas and did his residency in Omaha, Nebraska. Garcia volunteered as a infantry officer during world war two, but was denied to practice medicine while in the army. He was eventually able to serve as a medical corps officer before he was dismissed

Hook: “A smooth sea never made a skilled sailor”-Franklin D Roosevelt. Introduce Topic: Juan Cabrillo had mapped out the California coasts, discovered a port and named it San Miguel until it was named San Diego later on. Background info: Cabrillo was a Portuguese soldier who lived in Spain and later explored the coasts of California. The point of Cabrillo’s exploration was to find treasures on the California coasts and to claim land for the Spanish Government. Thesis: Cabrillo accomplished three things; discovering San Diego bay, mapping the coasts of California, and claiming land for Spain.

Ruben Salazar was born on March 3, 1928, in Ciudad Juarez, and moved to El Paso, Texas where he grew up. Ruben Salazar was a well-known journalist and activist who brought together Chicanos and Americans. He was one of the first non-white journalists in an all-white male profession and proved that he was just as capable of journalism as all of them. Salazar brought together Americans and Chicanos in many ways, he reported on Chicano events and put himself in between a very tense boundary. Salazar began as a journalist for The Los Angeles Times and became a foreign correspondent until a new more powerful Chicano movement brought him back. Salazar was the Times’ best choice to report on the movement and brought him back to Los Angeles to report

José Miguel Cabrera Torres (born April 18, 1983), commonly known as Miguel Cabrera and nicknamed "Miggy", is a Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman who plays for the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Since his debut in 2003 he is a two-time American League (AL) Most Valuable Player (MVP) award winner, a four-time AL batting champion, and an eleven-time MLB All-Star. He has played at first and third base for most of his major league career, but primarily played left and right field before 2006. He claimed the 17th Major League Baseball Triple Crown in 2012,[1] the first to do so in 45 seasons.

When Vargas died in 1705 after repossessing the governorship in 1703, he was succeeded by Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdes. Governor Cuervo y Valdes campaigned for a more militant approach against the indigenous tribes, predominantly the Navajos, whose troublesome acts were thought to be influencing the Pueblos to resist the Spanish’s reoccupation. Cuervo in June 1705 launched successive offensive attacks against the Gila Apaches, coming back to the Navajos, who were stealing cattle from settlers and missionaries. Cuervo stated that the Navajos were troublesome because of the “continuous wars that they have carried on from the conquest of this kingdom [1598] until the general uprising of the year 1680 and which they have continued from

Miguel Hidalgo was a Mexican catholic priest and a very intelligent man. He went to college and studied psychology and theology. Although he was a priest he had four children out of wedlock and probably several others that seem to be unknown. Miguel was also said to have a significant sense of style, and he was very flamboyant. From knowing just this little information about him, I could tell he was up for anything. On September 16,1810, Hidalgo lead his people, Indians and other indigenous people, in a revolt against Spain. He was trying to get Mexico out from under Spanish rule. He spoke to his people about a revolution. Miguel had prepared for two years for this to take place, but unfortunately his plans had been leaked. Spain had discovered

(3 POV) Jose Casas was just a normal boy who just wanted fulfilled his dreams, and have a good life. Throughout his teenage years he wasn’t really like the others at school. He was just a 17 year old who wanted to finish school and go to practice and play sports.

Cortes showed up to the Aztec’s land planning on conquering it to be part of Spain. He did not want to negotiate with the Aztecs, he just wanted their land, with or without them. The Aztecs thought that he was a God and gave him extreme amounts of gold when he first arrived, but that did not satisfy Cortes. Cortes held a meeting with the leader of the Aztecs, Montezuma, and captured him, causing the Aztecs to fight the Spanish to get their leader back. Once the Spanish started to make a move to defeat the Aztecs, they realized that they were all dead or extremely ill. This was because the Aztecs were not immune to the Spanish diseases that came into their land, spreading over their people. Cortes eventually got the Aztec land, making it a part of Spain.

Benito Juarez was a lawyer, judge and later the 26th President of Mexico from 1858 to 1872. Juarez as the Secretary of Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Justice of Mexico introduced reforms that limited the power of the Catholic Church. As the President of Mexico, he kept the nation together against a foreign occupation. He also brought forth law that declared equal rights for all in Mexico. His legacy is one of being a great liberal reformer and dedicated to democracy in Mexico.

Location also tells us that it is economically and socially underdeveloped, and is reinforced with the image of isolation given to us when Garcia Marquez writes of Father Gonzaga having to write and send a letter to the bishop. The time period of the story is established as modern day when it is written “…in determining the difference between a hawk and an airplane…(Garcia Marquez 442).” The town’s people are portrayed as simple, primitive and crude as demonstrated when Garcia Marquez writes  “…they did not have the heart to club him to death.” and then instead Pelayo “…dragged him out of the mud and locked him up with the hens in the wire chicken coop (441).” After the child’s fever breaks Pelayo and Elisenda “felt magnanimous and decided to put the angel on a raft with fresh water and provisions for three days and leave him to his fate on the high seas (441).”

Colombia’s Robin Hood & Menace: Pablo Escobar Did Pablo Escobar’s crimes outweigh his legacy left behind? Pablo Escobar is best known for globalizing the drug called “crack cocaine”. He made cocaine a drug of choice throughout the world and along with his special army, he generated revenues of billions of dollars into n the drug trafficking business with his main clientele located in the United States of America. He was so successful and powerful that in 1987 Forbes listed him in on their Forbes’ Top Ten Richest People List, coming in at 7th.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s text depicts the cultural life and setting of Latin America. His inclusion of conventional values portrayed in the novel such as pride and honor influences specific characters such as Pedro

Gabriel's Point of view : My alarm went off and that's when I knew that it was time for me to go to work. My job was not the best thing in the world but even though I did not like it I had to work because i had a family to send money to Mexico. I headed out the door with my cotton sack when I got to the fields of cotton I saw panchito, Roberto and his dad they both had there cotton sack in one hand and a water bottle and the other as soon I got closer to them i said good morning and so they did. After a while of getting ready to start picking the cotton the contratista came and started to yell for everyone to start working. As we started to work I could already feel the hot sun and by this I new it was going to be a hard long day