The navy the Americans would come to build would pay dividends within the next decade of the Spanish-American war. ... Americans became war-mad and war-hungry, wanting to rid the Western Hemisphere of those "dirty dagoes." ... As Spain sent their broken navy to Cuba, disillusioned Americans began to fear for their coastline, but the Spanish armada made it only to the Cuban harbor of Santiago. ... On August 12, 1898, American delegates and Spanish delegates signed an armistice in Paris, which showed the newly flexed muscle of America. ... The Spanish American War was a huge step in the Ame...

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The causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence were similar in many aspects. ... The economic causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence are quite similar. ... Both America and Spanish America were restricted from free manufacturing. ... The American Revolution and the Spanish American Wars of Independence were caused by political reasons as well. ... The Latin American Wars of Independence were caused by similar political grievances. ...

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He was a South American revolutionary, military leader, and politician known as the Liberator for his leading role in the wars of Spanish American Independence (Kinsbruner). ... With this, Spanish rule in South America ended. ... Mexico, even though it is part of North America it is still a Latin Country and was considered New Spain. ... Central America was mostly controlled by Guatemala part of New Spain. ... Then a civil war broke out in 1826 and by 1831 the federation was broken apart into the present Central American nations. ...

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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. ... During the Spanish American wars of independence, 1808-1833, the term caudillo began being used to describe political leaders. ... The remaining Spanish territories fell to San Martín's forces, but by 1825 all of Spanish America had won political independence. ... Similarly to those leaders in the Spanish American wars of independence, the Haitian leaders had characteristics that rep...

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The Spanish are credited for conquering some of the most notable civilizations of the Americas, especially the Aztec and Inca empires. ... After few revolts, the Peru fail to dislodge the Spanish from Peru, but it was civil war between the Spanish conquistadores that would prove to be a setback as fellow conquistador Almagro is defeated and executed when he leads an attack on Pizarro. ... But it was these men that would bring home gargantuan wins for Spain and the Spanish Empire. 2) Explain and compare the administration of the Spanish Americas and the Portuguese America (Brazil). ... The Spa...

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Since the country gained its independence from Spain, it has gone from being a kingdom run by the Spanish elite, a military dictatorship, and finally a constitutional democratic republic. Guatemala's independence wasn't as bloody as many of the other Spanish colonies' struggle towards it, since there was no actual war with Spain. ... "A Central American convention declared Central America independent on July 1, 1823, and formed the United Provinces of Central America, a federation that included Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua."3 A concept si...

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"Total wars" would have catalyzed development of strong states, but given the pre-existing limitations of Latin American states, they could not wage such wars, focusing instead on limited wars directed largely at internal foes-civil wars, if you will-that provided few of the state-building benefits of total wars. ... That is to say, in securing their freedom from their colonial master-Spain--these nations did not have to wage the sort of all-or-nothing, transformative, "war for your very existence" conflict that would have galvanized all social classes in support of their...

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Instead I employed a similar style of writing as that in Foundational Fictions: When History was romance in Latin America by Doris Sommer. ... They ˜mourned the death of their kings, their government in peace and war and the laws they ordained so greatly to the advantage of their vassals.' ... Once successful in war, the Inca would send people to help in the reconstruction of their homes and improvement in the form of roads, highways, aqueducts, irrigation systems, canals and terraces. ... It's no wonder that there was great rebellion and unrest in Peru at the time and a spil...

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Some men even took Indian women as wives since there were so few Spanish women (Anderson 13). ... Mexico revolted against Spain and declared it's independence in 1821, while the rest of Central America followed (Biesanz 20). Costa Rica joined the Central American federation, a confederation of the Central American states. ... The Costa Rican civil war erupted in 1948, after incumbent Dr. ... Conflicts were avoided unlike other Central American colonies. ...

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Bolivar moved to Spain in 1799 following the death of his parents where he went to further his education. ... He continued his studies in literary endeavors and also great interest into the liberation of South America away from the Spanish control. ... In 1805 Bolivar took an oath with Rodriguez that he would return to Caracas to lead the resistance against Spain following the appointment by Napoleon of Joseph Bonaparte as King of Spain. ... From 1812 until 1825, Bolivar was a leader, commander, and visionary in years of wars and trades, negotiations and resistance that brought many countries...

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However, gradually assumptions about The Tempest's relations with American colonization accumulated and "American school" of Tempest interpretation began to emerge. ... By doing so he declared that Caliban was the representation of "the aboriginal American". ... Caliban was no longer just an American Indian, he also became the reflections of the African slave and the European wild man; or the blend if several American Indian types. ... Prospero, they argued, urged his disciples to seek art, beauty, virtue and truth, warning them against materialism and utilitarianism: he identified those ...

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Blaine. " "That rich island, the key to the Gulf Of Mexico, and the field to our most extended trade in the Western Hemisphere, is, though in the hands of Spain, a part of the American Commercial system. If ever ceasing to be Spanish, Cuba must necessarily become American and not fall under any other European domination" " (Appel, Appel 72). ... There was no necessity for the U.S. to intervene in another country's civil wars. ... s presence in Latin America. ... Hugo Chavez's friendship with (and discounted oil sales to) Fidel Castro, his criticism of the U.S. war on terrorism, his c...

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According to the Native American accounts, it is believed that Cortés had always been praised in Tenochtitlán. ... This marked the beginning of the war and the conquest of Aztec Mexico. ... But what was the reason for this war? ... The Columbian Exchange was the reason for this war. ... As for Cortés, he returned to Spain in 1528 as a very wealthy man. ...

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Recent studies believe this is beneficial due to the rapidly growing numbers of the Spanish speaking population in America. ... The acknowledgment of Latinos being a major consumer in America has shown Americans that minorities will not be ignored any longer. ... After all "war and hunger and ignorance and despair have no religious barrier" (366, Sinopoli) and they affect all people in the same manner no matter what religion a person is. ... The America that he describes is one that keeps matters of church and state completely separate. ... Someday there will be no such thing as a Catholic v...

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