Some other topics of discussion will include issues associated with inter-community interaction, treatment of outsiders and enemies, the nature of war and expansion within the empire. ... The average Native American slave lasted barely a year under his or her Spanish masters." ... War and expansion within the empire was something that should not make the people of Spain today proud. ... The Spanish empire expanded from Spain to the Caribbean Islands, Cuba, Mexico, Central and South America. ... Then the Spanish American War all but ended the empire. ...

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This clearly illustrates the Spanish values of wealth and power. ... Their pursuit of gold and silver led them to colonize Central and South America as well as the west and east coasts of North America using slaves from Africa as laborers. ... This triangular trade produced much wealth for the Spanish as well as the English, Dutch, French and Portuguese. ... The Seven Years" War, or the French and Indian War as it is known in America, was an attempt by the French and English to strengthen their own positions on three separate continents. ... Today America is the wealthiest and most powerful n...

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Sculptures of soldiers in war were on both side of the Arc. ... Britain declares war on United States. ... In 1811 Simon Bolivar frees parts of South America from Spanish rule. ... "Rugby ball" balloons capture the imaginations of Draka and Americans. Finally in 1836 the Texas-Mexican War began. ...

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At the beginning of the 1830s newspapers such as The Liberator and societies like the American Anti-Slavery emerged, all with the purpose of immediate emancipation of all slaves (Jones et al. ... In 1839 the Amistad case forever changed the history of slavery in the United States serving as a key factor in the escalation to the Civil War. ... Spain pressed the United States to return the slaves to its owners, Jose Ruiz and Pedro Montez, because the United States did not have any jurisdiction over Spanish subjects. ... President Martin Van Buren was in favor of handing over the Africans to Sp...

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In fact the people who lived in America first were treated like slaves and savages. ... Starting in the early 1500's immigrants and travelers from Spain sailed to America to claim the land. ... Starting in 1542 Emperor Charles, King of Spain, ordered the conquistas against the Indians forbidden. ... (Poole 1542: 8) These words are very strong and can only make people imagine what the native Indians had to go through as America was raped. ... Right now their is to much hate, war, and crimes that pollute are world. ...

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Amistad The movie Amistad centers on a group of Africans who rebelled against the crew of the Spanish slave ship, La Amistad, in hopes of returning to their homeland. ... Throughout the film, both the Americans and the Africans are frustrated as they cannot understand each other. ... Because they were not born into slavery in Cuba, as the Spanish claim, they are no one's property. ... Letting the slaves go free would set a precedent that could very well lead to civil war. ... Only because of the color of their skin did the Europeans and early Americans think it was right to treat Afri...

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Previous to the civil war rose two characters, two heroes, in Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson. ... Together their philosophies define an age in American history. ... The African American push for freedom did lead to positive effects however. ... Jackson, like Jefferson, came into the spotlight during a time of war. ... At this time many other southern American countries had their own revolutions and Spain was forced to take their troops out of this region. ...

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Mendoza is originally a man of trade and no feeling; he captures Native Americans from their homes and sells them as slaves to the Spanish and Portuguese. His character was very significant in the imperialism of the Americas. ... Mendoza was a strong and powerful character notoriously selling slaves to nearby merchants increasing the idea of imperialism and colonization of the Americas. ... The whole mission went to war under his command to resist the Portuguese, but fell at the hands of the advanced European technology. ... The Mission was an interesting movie depicting the harsh treatmen...

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The main goals in the expansion were to Christianize the Indians, to gain trading power, to expand their empire, and of course, to gain the great mineral wealth of the Americans. ... 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 Aztecs did not have weapons, ships, or other technological advances that the Spanish had. The Spanish were able to conquer the Aztecs because the Aztecs did not have the modern advances. ... The chief employment in all these countries was agriculture, and both mal...

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Spanish conquistadors set out hoping to trade goods for riches, but quickly enslaved the Native American people to make them search for gold and silver. Millions of Native Americans died either from disease, malnutrition, or Spanish torment. ... Since slavery was viewed as unchristian and illegal in the early years of the Spanish colonies, special permission for slavery had to be granted (called the asiento). ... Mining silver Peru, Africans worked alongside with Native Americans. ... Ships sailed from Columbia to Panama where African captives were transported to South America. ...

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Portuguese, Dutch, British, Spanish and French traders all took part in the slave trade. ... Even after it was outlawed in America, the slave trade went on long after ( Underground Railroad,15). The Underground Railroad has greatly affected the past and future of America. Slavery took place in the mid 1800's (World Book,21) and before and during the civil war (Compton's, 7). ... The African's helped cultivate land and fought with native American's in the Seminole Indian wars. ...

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Due to the fact this story was written ten years before the Civil War, Melville makes bold statements in "Benito Cereno." Slavery was an emotional subject for every American at this time. ... Ironically, Delano trusts the slaves more than the Spanish sailors. ...

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Just a few years earlier, Queen Isabella of Spain hired a sailor from Genoa to reach India by sailing west. ... The ships then traveled to America, where slaves were exchanged for sugar, rum, salt, and other island products. ... Liberia Liberia is a West Africa nation originally founded by freed slaves from the American South between 1820 and 1865. ... Tolbert, was the grandson of freed American slaves. ... A civil war is a war within a nation, as opposed to a war with other nations. ...

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These animals were signs of a great spirit who ruled the universe, an unseen god who guided them from planting crops, to starting wars, or even moving from one hunting ground to another. ... The area of itself is totally populated by black spanish decendants.footnote) The fact that the priest were present at the coast to aid te slaves with their long voyage through the middle passage, shows that the religion was carried over into the new world. ... Thornton express knowledge of the afro - american culture using the Santeria of Cuba, Cuba is a spanish caribbean island. ...

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What does it mean to be an American? What does it mean to be an American slave? ... Palmer; "Negro slaves played an important role in Spanish life and customs. ... He then traveled to Canada, served for a while with the French in their war against the English, and later passed over into the United States, to become a well-known American. ... He came back to France, and while he was there, his home was burnt down and his wife became a fugitive in the American War of Independence. ...

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Unable to read his own letters at the time, he received a letter from a World War II veteran named Harry, who was bound in a wheel chair. ... He was free from his slave owners, free to collect and earn an honest paycheck, free to choose his own destiny and free to work on building his American Dream. ... Later, his mother came back into his life and he taught her how to speak better Spanish. ...

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