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    of spreading religion to new lands. On August 3rd, 1590, Coronado made a report to Viceroy Mendoza. Coronado wrote, “the purpose of my coming to this country, which is, in the name of His Majesty and the commands of Your Lordship, that they and all the others in this province should become Christians and should know the true God for their Lord”(Doc H). This shows that Coronado traveled to this land to spread his country’s religion. Coronado wanted to convert the natives into Christians. He mentions

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    Patterns of Spanish Exploration and conquest, in 1527 a group of Spaniards set sail out of Cádiz, Spain in the control of Pánfilo de Narváez to discover a mysterious land called La Florida. Pánfilo de Narváez had around 500 Spaniard men in his control, little did he know only four men would make it out of this strenuous journey. Those four men were Cabeza de Vaca, Andrés de Dorantes de Carranza, Alonso Castillo Maldonado, and an African slave, Esteban. Although these men were expecting to come as

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    the bloodiest battle of civil war b. “We killed them all…some with fire, others with swords, other with lances” (239). c. Death toll estimated 3,000 Chapter 6: The Southwest o Francisco Vasquez de Coronado – left in search of gold – Seven Cities of Cibola o “In 1540, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado journeyed this way at the head of the only European army ever to invade the U.S. continent by land” (135). o “The route is rough and long” (142) – crossing the desert when the heat often exceeded 120

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    The west part of the United States of America began from Mississippi to the Pacific Coast. Also, it covered from northern plains to the Rio Grande. The Americans were the last to arrive to arrive and explore the land. Previously other countries had already arrived and explored it. Of course, before all of these countries had arrived, the Indians lived here. They knew the land well and believed they were created from it. Eventually, everyone would take an interest after hearing stories about gold

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    The Law of Attraction and the Lottery The Law of Attraction states that whatever energy you have and exert it will attract another energy that is at the same vibrational frequency it is. Everything physical and nonphysical has energy, so this means that you can attract almost anything into your life. If you intently focus on certain things, eventually you'll get it and everything that comes with it. It's sort like magnetism. If you focus on bad things you will get more bad things. However, if were

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    Military Boll History

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    we celebrate the volunteerism, spirit and personal contributions that military personnel give to Coronado. In establishing the Ball, the founders set several goals. First, to include commanders and a deserving junior officer of active duty organizations stationed at Naval Base Coronado. Secondly, it was important that about half of the attendees be appreciative citizens, and that any resident of Coronado have the opportunity to attend the Ball. Additionally, they recognized the importance of assets

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    The west is a vast of lands west of the Mississippi river. Before white people came to the land, it was inhabited for centuries by tanned skinned Native Americans whose ways of living are far different from the foreign people. For centuries big colonial empires tried various ways to claim the west until it became a part of United States of America. However, many Natives sacrificed their lives to protect their land, yet in the end their arrows cannot match the power of the foreigner 's guns and cannons

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    Native Americans were in no way violent to the new settlers, which is contrary to the common belief held that Indians were “savages.” By contrast the Eastern European settlers came to America with the mentality that they sought to obtain glory and gold from the seemingly wild New World and convert any peoples they met along the way to their religion. To ensure that these goals were accomplished the initial settlers came with a façade to the Native American peoples in that they presented peace instead

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    Describe San Diego

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    summer break. Coronado Beach, and Imperial Beach, this beaches are the most known beaches in San Diego because of the biggest waves they have, and the amazing restaurants they have near the beaches. Coronado is a place that many people come for the Recreational activities because there are many options you could do including swimming, surfing, bodyboarding, sailing, fishing, whale watching, beach volleyball etc, Imagine watching the beautiful White Sand, that sparkle through Coronado, that makes this

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    The first and last time Miss Coronado crossed the border was in May of 1992. During this time according to her, immigration across the US-Mexican border was not as strict as it is today. Although, they dint have to walk through the more dangerous part of the desert in order to stay hidden, for Patricia the eighty mile walk was all but a breeze. “Mis pies los tenia bien hinchados y teníamos que caminar muy despacio porque fácilmente me cansaba. Aunque en esa vuelta solo íbamos tres para no llamar

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