However, many enslaved Africans throughout the Caribbean, Central America, South America and North America rebelled and ran away into the mountains, because they had promised that they would be freed if the Spanish won. ... The Maroon language was a mix between African dialects, Spanish, and broken English. ... An extremely brave and warlike people from Africa rebelled and soon after join forces with the Spanish-freed Maroons. ... She also helped developed many plans with the Maroons to free enslaved people. By doing so for over 50 years, 800 enslaved people became free and also helped  many ...

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Not that Hemingway wasn't a great writer, he was and was very knowledgeable of Spain, my knowledge of Spain, however should come from something more factual. ... It seems to me that from the beginning of the Spanish civil war, until recently the United States has completely ignored Spain. ... It was the first time for nearly sixty years that free elections had been allowed in Spain. ... The Soviet Union and few other countries supplied little help but most countries including the United States opted to remain neutral. ... The non-intervention and trade embargo on the part of the Unit...

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Spain is surrounded by beautiful beaches and mountaintops. ... Spain has given great effort to help support the people of the country. They have done this by using their money to create toll-free highways, fighting for worker's rights, deflate the public deficit, and increase wages. ... Spain has a 20% unemployment rate. ... Spain went deeper and deeper into debt until 1982. ...

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The Spanish version of the Festival of Toxcatl tells a story of how the Mexicas had planned to rebel against the Spanish. It is said that the Mexicas wanted to "liberate Moctezuma" this is believed because they fought saying, "free our god and King if you don't want to die." ... Then the Spanish entered The Patio and began to kill the Mexicas. ... Some of the Spanish soldiers have already crossed the bridge and because of this the Spanish were divided and had a hard time assisting each other. ... They decided to go back and help the others left behind, but as they went back Pedro de Alvar...

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So in our Nations best interest we agreed to help them and enter war in Europe against Germany and Italy. ... The U.S made a deal to help the Russians in WWII, since in return they would agree after defeating Germany that they would help us fight Japan and in return get land that they had lost in the Russo-Japanese war in 1904. ... At this time Spain was trying to gain control over Cuba while Cuba was fighting for their independence from Spain. ... The Spanish Empire was practically dissolved. Cuba was freed, but under U.S. tutelage by terms of the Platt Amendment, with Spain assuming the...

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The Americans were brought into The Spanish and American War on February 15,1898. ... With this explosion, the navy used it by having a slogan ,"Remember the Maine," to get volunteers into the navy to help fight. We though that the Spanish were to blame for blowing up our ship. ... He even captured a couple of the Spanish soldiers and turned them over to the Americans. ... After we had freed Cuba and took it over ourselves from the Spanish we went to take the rest of Spans land. ...

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In the trial, the justice asks Sarty, " I reckon any boy named for Colonel Sartoris in this country can't help but tell the truth, can they" (pg. 154)? ... The inciting force takes place after Sarty and his family move to a house owned by a man named De Spain, under the assumption that they will cultivate De Spain's farm and give him a portion of the crop. After the family moves into the house, Abner decides to have a word with De Spain, so he and Sarty make their way to De Spain's house. ... In this scene, Abner proceeds to go into De Spain's house and wipes his soiled fee...

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The Louisiana Purchase In the last part of the eighteenth century the Louisiana Territory was owned by Spain. This meant that the Spanish government controlled access to the Gulf of Mexico from the Mississippi. ... This all changed with the secret treaty of San Ildefonso in 1800 between France and Spain. ... President Jefferson attacked this problem on two fronts: 1) He sent James Monroe to England to seek a military alliance to help with the protecting of American interests. 2) He instructed James Monroe to tell Robert Livingston (the American Minister to France) to offer France 2 mill...

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This would help the Spanish Empire become wealthy and powerful, causing them to become a leader in the emerging global economy. ... The Spanish thought the Aztecs were not as developed as themselves because they did not have the same level of culture in the eyes of the Spanish. ... The profit than helps the country expand even more. ... Slaves were traded all over the world and helped provide a global market through slave trade. ... However, that public trade helped expand resources all over the world. ...

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Two different stories from Las Casas, a Dominican priest ,and Josephe an Indian that spoke Spanish that witnessed the brutality that the Indians had to face will be discussed to paint a clear image for what happened in the past, and to help show the historical context of the arising history. ... Soon Cortes after arriving took the Aztec empire over with the help of bombarding them with disease that the Indians had no immunity to and were powerless to defeat without the help of modern day medicine. ... The Spanish used the Indians, and also imported African slaves to help gain wealth by min...

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Anarchists argue that anarchism is not a unrealistic ideology as humans are individuals in which seek to help others in a collective manner, however, these views on human nature are unrealistic. ... Due to this nature, it would cause instability in society as individuals would be less willing to help others. ... Syndicalism was popular in France, Italy and Spain. ... This idea of a free market is strongly supported by individualist anarchists who argue that even police, jails, courts and so on could be privately run as they would be living in a utopia full of fair and free individuals. ... Whi...

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American pass tax free act on Hawaii sugar. ... So government pass the law that stop tax free on sugar. ... It was Spanish colony in new world. ... Spanish didn"t blow the ship. ... Spanish will also loose Porto Rico. ...

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For example, the changes to the legal procedure help to explain the growth of persecution. ... On the other hand, strongly Catholic societies like Spain and Italy were relatively free from witch-hunting. The best example of this concerns the attitude of the Inquisitor Alonso de Salazar, who investigated an outbreak of witch hunting in the Spanish Basque country. ... In the process he brought an end to the Spanish Inquisitions connections with the prosecution of witches. The Inquisition subsequently intervened with local jurisdictions in Spain to bring persecution to an end. ...

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It might have seemed that with their territorial advantage and early start, the Spanish colonies were best posed to take control of the new world. ... The unique transformation the United States underwent, from colony to international power, shaped its foreign policy; starting out as an outsider to affairs dominated by Europe, the United States sought to promote self-benefiting policies like free trade while encouraging the growth of the American ideal and standing in opposition to European colonialism. ... The United States' initial postcolonial years helped mold its early support of f...

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The events of the Haitian Revolution helped re-shape the country from the political system they had before, and it introduced new leaders who would become similar to those in the Spanish American Wars. ... Mulattoes were important during this time because they were not only considered to be people of color, but could also be business and land owners if they were freed. ... Toussaint was an inspiration to the hundreds of slaves and free mulattoes who were revolting. ... The remaining Spanish territories fell to San Martín's forces, but by 1825 all of Spanish America had won political in...

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Spain freed Cuba and turned over islands of Guam and Puerto Rico. Spain sold Philippines to U.S. for $20 million. ... They then ran into some trouble trying to help China. US after the Mexican-American war, helped Puerto Rico become independent. ... Least while gaining land we help China for ourselves. ...

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They were smugglers, thieves, liars, cheats and rebels, but they were all the aforementioned traits with a dream to be free from British rule. ... Soon after the aforementioned battles the Spanish and French stepped in and gave the Americans a helping hand. They helped us with armory and fighting on the naval front. Because of the help of the French and Spanish the colonists were able to hold off the British and win their independence. ... The thieving, womanizing, slave owning, rebels made our country free. ...

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So I realized the language Spanish had affected and cause my life difficult. ... When I had free time I would stay in my house read and write Spanish, because I wanted no more satirize, no more unwelcome, no more compare. After 4 years, I can manage spanish not perfectly as Mexicans, but I spoke fluently that could solve problems for my family and I realized knowing Spanish made my life better, I did not know how I began have a lot of friends from school, Facebook, workplace and it helped me to argue or clarify the facts. In Mexico people would take advantages from the people who did not kno...

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Other liberators were known for freeing just one significant country, like how Toussaint L'Ouverture freed Haiti, Miguel Hidalgo freed Mexico, and Dom Pedro helped liberate Brazil. ... For this reason, I believed he helped a lot more than the others did, though each in their own way was influential. ... They aided him in continuing his work and within fifteen years all of the Spanish countries he helped were free. ... According to historytoday.com, "Many Spanish Americans wanted him to be their dictator, their king.... Therefore, he help turn these countries from their former govern...

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This is one of the reasons that Latin America fights for their independence, to be free from the oppression, and the injustice that came with the Spanish monarchy. What is ironic is that, once they are free, they do the same thing the Spanish did. ... The Incas had a trade system with their rural cities, which helped the capital. ... When the Spanish arrived they take advantage of this "trade" system and used it against Latin America. ... Most of the rural population migrates to the cities in hope of finding jobs to help their families and find these inhuman conditions. ...

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In 1898, the United States intervened and helped to win Cuba's independence against Spain. ... Fulgencio Bautista helped restore stability to Cuba by protecting labor unions and announcing a plan for national recovery. ... Today, education is free, even at the university level. ... Even adult education is free. Health care is free for everyone. ...

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He is finally able to do so through the help of a former slave who serves as translator. ... Because they were not born into slavery in Cuba, as the Spanish claim, they are no one's property. The hard task was convincing the judge that they slaves were indeed born free in Africa. ... Letting the slaves go free would set a precedent that could very well lead to civil war. With Adams" help, they are able to convince the Supreme Court to let the Africans go free or return to Africa if they so choose. ...

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Tribes, from further north, starving and desperate for food came down to receive help from the Toltecs and greatly overwhelmed them. ... Later he captured Montezuma, the Aztec emperor, with the help of the Aztec's enemies. ... Cortes named his newly acquired land New Spain. ... By 1800, Mexico's position had intensely improved; however, Creoles detested the Spanish monopoly because they felt that it favored the Spanish-born citizens of Mexico. ... The Spanish and rich Creoles defeated the rebellion and executed Morrelos. ...

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However, she emphasizes the discrimination she has endured for speaking in her mother tongue "Chicano" Spanish. ... She is alienated by other Latinas and Latinos when speaking in Chicano Spanish and is called a "cultural traitor" because Chicano is a "mutilation of Spanish" (Anzaldua, 35). ... " (Anzaldua, 39) Throughout the essay, Anzaldua uses a mixture of both English and Spanish. ... " (Lorde, 242) Lorde displays her anger towards America – ostensibly the land of the free and brave. ... culure and belonging are complicated and the rejection bot...

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The capitol of this mainly Spanish and English speaking nation is Tegucigalpa. ... Spain began to settle the country in 1524. ... In the early nineteenth century, the Spanish power went into rapid decline. ... The rivalry helped to destroy the Spanish influence in Honduras. ... The country was free of the UPCA on November 15, 1838. ...

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