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The culture of Spain is very diverse and lively. It is filled with beautiful colors like the dresses of the Flamenco dancers, or the decorations in the late-night fiestas. Last year my school had a foreign exchange student from a little island off the coast of Spain. Her name was María. She told us all about the crystal blue water that surrounded her island, and the fiestas her and her friends and family would go to until 3 A.M. Spain is a beautiful country, and this paper will explain its most important

Spain Spain is a country located in the Iberian Peninsula of South West Europe. During the early 1900’s Spain had a democratic government, but like most, there were always people who did not support their system. In Spain’s case it was a man named Francisco Franco. He has left a tremendous mark within Spain’s and the U.S’ history. He had gone into dictatorship during his rule, told people of his very own country that they could not express their culture, and he has affected the world in more

years old, my father died. This made my half-brother, Henry IV, the new king of Castile. After Henry’s death in 1474, I became the Queen of Castile. My husband, Ferdinand, was already King of Aragon. This allowed both of us to rule together, unifying Spain. I strongly believe that everyone under spanish rule should be Catholic. I am also patron of education. With my husband Ferdinand I had 5 children. I took it upon myself to make sure that my children received a strong education. At the age of 35 I

European societies have strong sentiments towards using language and its history as the means of shaping regional identity against national identity. This essay thus discusses the languages of Spain and the United Kingdom. Spain’s 17 autonomous regions are grounded in historical tensions of peripheral, or regional, and nationalist movements, and the struggles to demarcate ethnic values from the civic. It amounted with the Castilian language as the assimilating tool of Franco’s nationalistic regime

Spain and Portugal were the first European countries to start the exploration and colonization of new lands across the Atlantic Ocean, and although Portugal led the way from a chronologic standpoint, Spain outpaced Portugal in its conquests. The Spanish were motivated by power-competition with Portugal and religious dominance in expanding Catholicism. After Portugal and Spain’s pioneering steps, England, Netherlands, and France initiated their conquering advances onto the New World. The British’s

Spain and Portugal were ready to take advantage of the New World. Both of these countries created dependent empires in the Americas, and these empires were different than the West’s. The Americas had contacts with Western Europe. Western ideas were forced onto many Latin Americans. The conquerors used these new lands as ways of agriculture and mining, besides others. With increasing demand of American products from Western Europe, there was more work required, therefore slaves were taken to America

the people infesting our island. The people looked like we should address them with deference or our entire civilization will go extinct. The newcomers spoke a language that I couldn’t understand, but thankfully, Xylom, who had worked as a slave in Spain, could. “The newcomers are Spanish conquistadors in search of our precious minerals and raw materials to transform them to manufactured

In the year 1500, Spain conquered Mexico and named it New Spain. Life was very hard under Spanish rule and so many of the native Mexicans mostly (Mayas and Aztecs) were forced into hardship and slavery. More than 300 years later, on September 16, 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a renown Catholic priest, launches the Mexican War of Independence with the his issuing of the Grito de Dolores, or “Cry of Dolores”. In the early times of September 16, 1810, father Hidalgo, followed by several conspirators

Peter Williams Dr. Baun World History 104-08 February 21, 2018 Gladiators vs. Picador Spain is the romantic and graceful side of Rome. The Roman Empire ruled this land for approximately 400 years, under the name Hispania. Roman influence played an important part in shaping Spain and exposing the relevance of cultures and Spanish identity within the country itself. Many of the practices originated solely from Rome and so did the main language at the time, Latin. Christianity has also

The Socialist Party of Spain (P.S.O.E.) rose to power as one of the popular parties in Spain after Franco’s death. Franco and his regime banned political parties that could become a threat. Freedom of the press existed late in the sixties but it had limits. The fact remained that Spain in the 1970s entered a period of uncertainty. Franco’s health had declined and ETA assassinated his successor and Prime Minister, Admiral Carrero Blanco in 1973. The people were unsure of Prince Juan Carlos and his