For the other Latin American countries Spain's influence and presence was not welcomed at all. ... If the natives of the individual countries resisted the oppression brought upon them, there was documented Spanish law that was set to keep the natives in check. ... Along with the tyrannical European rule in their native countries, there came some of the radical reformative thinking of the Age of Enlightenment. ... They were reluctant to give up on the maintained status of systematically oppressing the native people. ... The human condition overall in Latin American was such that no one ...

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Americans already had a head start in accomplishing the American dream. ... Immigrants would leave their own native country in order to become wealthy. ... It was clear that the American dream was based off of wealth because immigrants were leaving their own native land. ... Immigrants who have lived in their native countries, coming to America would be a major culture shock for them. ... Immigrants knew that in order to live the American dream they would have to leave their native land no matter what their disadvantages were. ...

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Immigrants would leave their own native country in order to become wealthy. ... It was clear that the American dream was based off of wealth because immigrants were leaving their own native land. ... Immigrants who have lived in their native countries, coming to America would be a major culture shock for them. ... America did not want to allow too many immigrants into America. ... Immigrants knew that in order to live the American dream they would have to leave their native land no matter what their disadvantages were. ...

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Many horrific things took place for no justified reason by the Spanish to the natives because of selfishness and greed, when all the natives wanted to do was make trades and have peace with people they have never seen or heard of before. ... Before the Spanish set sail from Europe they already had a few goals in mind that they wanted to achieve when they made it to their destination, which was the Americas. ... The Spanish took the natives by surprise with their plans of turning the native lands into their own private settlement. ... When the Spanish and natives first came in contact with one...

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America's identity is made up of many cultures put into one. Spanish colonization has had huge impact on the Americas in ways such as shaping the American character, contributing to American ranching practices, and by obtaining vital territory for its survival. ... Beef is a big part of the American diet today. ... They killed tens of thousands of Native Americans and enslaved even more in the first decades. Many more also died from European diseases to which the Native Americans had no immunity. ...

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The Spanish came to the Americas seeking gold. ... Essentially, the Spanish sought the exploitation of Latin (or the beginning of Latin) America's resources for the mercantilistic economic benefit of Spain and encountered little resistance from the natives in achieving this end. ... Hence, the lines between God and Spain were blurred by ordained design, further decimating the shards of Native American culture that remained in Latin America. The church became very much a tool to be wielded unhindered by Spain in that the church welcomed conquest for purposes of conversion- in fact ow...

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The whites who were at the top, next were the Creoles, beneath them were the Native Americans, who were the official wards of the Crown but yet they were still greatly exploited and abused. Mestizos, who are people of mixed Native American and white heritage, and they suffered legal and social discrimination. ... The enlightment strongly changed the ideas of people in Europe, America, and Latin America. ... Other Latin American uprising occurred with Simon Bolivar, who led the South American independence. ... These imposed ideas left the continent weak and resulted in the loss of culture, the ...

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The large inflow of Latinos, combined with growth in the U.S. native-born Hispanic population, have considerably altered the demographic structure of the country in this last century. ... In this nation, Hispanics make up nearly 17 percent of the populace, and at this time we have 11 million undocumented illegal immigrants in America. ... There is nothing in this for republicans, independents, Americans and it isn't good for the American people, the only thing it will be good for democrats. ... Obama said it best: "If you are a citizen you should not have to wait years before your family...

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John de Crèvecoeur's Letters from an American Farmer. ... Many hardships had to be conquered to settle a New World; from uncultivated land to angry natives, from diseases, to slow economic processes, these people were besieged by problems. ... Another benefit in coming to America was that no matter what the immigrant's original nationality, this new country allowed them to keep a piece of themselves; immigrants were not forced to give up their national identity, their roots to their native countries were unchallenged and there was no need to "Americanize" since there...

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As you all know, it can be extremely aggravating trying to communicate with someone who is not familiar with your native language. ... We are America, we cannot go backwards. ... America was established to be a melting pot of all sorts. ... The problem is, counties such as Europe and Asia spend triple the amount of time in school than Americans do teaching usually one or two other languages aside from their native language. ... In this way, the non-native English-speaking students and the non-native Spanish-speaking students have the opportunity to develop the ability to speak English and Spa...

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Economic Growth in Latin America in the 1800's Argentina: Most immigrants coming to Argentina in the mid-nineteenth and twentieth centuries were of European descent (primarily Italian and Spanish). ... The extremely high percentage of immigrants brought a European sentiment, which left many native-born Argentineans upset and questioning their own nationalism. ... Also unlike Argentina, most of Chile's labor force was native born. The lack of internal investment, dominance of foreign investment, minimal rail due to highly mountainous terrain, and native laborers meant that ...

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Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus wanted to find a shorter route that would get him to Asia but while on his search he accidentally found North America. ... This historic event of Columbus' discovering North America would eventually lead to many bloodshed battles between the Spaniards and the Natives. ... For this and many other reasons, the French were more successful than Spain in its dealing with Indians and accumulation of wealth from America. ... The French and the Natives became allies through trading. ... Trading with the Natives prove to be very profitable for the French and ...

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The Spanish were pushing hard to convert many of the Natives in America to thier Catholic religion, while many settlers in the Northern region of America were moving there for religious freedom. ... All the native people mined silver in the mountians, and often at the expense of thier own lives. ... Like the Spanish, The Portugese took over the land and then forced the natives to work it. ... These plantations were much like the Spanish settlements where they used native people to tend the lands. ... The Dutch also colonized parts of North America. ...

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Blaine in the 1880's as he attempted to assemble a market in Latin America for American products. ... The navy the Americans would come to build would pay dividends within the next decade of the Spanish-American war. ... The American army was woefully unprepared, poorly organized, and divided about the West and "conquering" the Native Americans. ... If kept, or worse annexed, it would plant America in the frontline of Far East issues, something America did not need. ... The Spanish American War was a huge step in the American quest for respect as an enduring world power. ...

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Benjamin Franklin was quoted for saying "Why increase the Sons of Africa, by planting them in America, where we have so fair and opportunity, by excluding all blacks and tawneys, of increasing the lovely white or red?"... 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. What they found when they got there were the natives they called Indians. ... (Poole 1542: 8) These words are very strong and can only make people imagine what the native Indians ...

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The fusion of these two groups with the Spaniard brought about the Latin American civilization (Arnade, 1960). ... On the other hand, the American provided the Indians with cheap good, liquor, and guns (Arnade, 1960). ... This led to the final overthrow of Spanish Florida by the Americans hence the failure. ... Native and Spanish New Worlds: Sixteenth-Century Entradas in the American Southwest and Joutheast. ... The Failure of Spanish Florida.The Americas, 16(3), 271–281....

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The missionaries intermarried with the Native Americans and began to protect and educate the Native Americans. The natives lated revolted against the Spanish, and a new sort of a mix of Spanish and Native American culture was formed. ... The colony, named James Town in honor of King James, nearly failed, but was saved by Native Americans who offered aid in the form of food and by the leadership of John Smith. A law of "He that will not work shall not eat" was imposed by Smith, and boundaries were set up with the Native Americans. ... Unlike the other two nations, the English fought with the ...

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Is immigration hurting the American economy or do we gain from an immigrant who comes to this country for freedom and a new economic life. ... The unskilled immigrate will take whatever job is available at a much lower age that most Americans would receive for the same job. ... These immigrates compete primarily for jobs with each other and with Americans who do not hold high school diplomas. Because of this competition native-born Americans have seen wages fall about 5 percent (cited The New Americans: Economic, Demographic, and Fiscal Effects of Immigration). ... This could have a reverse...

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The causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence were similar in many aspects. The Latin American and American independence movements were caused in part by similar economic reasons. ... The economic causes of the American Revolution and the Latin American Wars of Independence are quite similar. Both the Americans and the Latin Americans resented the heavy taxation imposed by the mother country. ... Both America and Spanish America were restricted from free manufacturing. ...

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The different native cultures included the Aztecs and Mayans as well as many smaller tribes. ... Aside from its primary goal of converting the native Americans, the church built schools and hospitals, provided nursing care for the elderly and mentally ill, and established church based schools to convert native American children to Christianity. ... There were also the Crillos, who were born in the Americas but were still of Spanish lineage. ... The Mestizos were Mexican born citizens of mixed nationality, with one parent being Native American and the other being of Spanish descent. ... Overall...

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This discovery that he thought was a short cut to the Indies turned out to be the beginning of the biggest pilgrimage over the sea at its time, and began what we know today as America. The Indians, which were actually Native Americans, shared precious information with the settlers about agriculture and hunting on the land, which was crucial for survival. ... Then I try to picture what the Native Americans must have thought about the Spaniards. ... I personally feel bad for the Native Americans. ... He managed to communicate and trade with the Native Americans and helped bring more wealth a...

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For Columbus to achieve his goals he needed the Arawak natives help. ... From his own words, Columbus felt that based upon his actions he should be worshipped by the Arawak natives. ... By not taking advantage of the Arawak natives when they first arrived Columbus felt that the treatment the natives gave him was appropriate. ... Columbus claimed that he did not allow his men to trick the natives, and by doing so the natives thought he was godly. ... "The first American? ...

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America! America!" ... No, this beautiful paragraph was once stated by an unlearned immigrant just stepping onto American soil for the first time. ... It is not sugar-coated, nor does it leave out all of the gruesome details of early American life. ... The character's dreams are soon crushed as they reach America, only to find it is just as downtrodden and oppressed as their native land. ...

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Was life really better in America? ... The last reason that people came to the US in the 1900s was because there was a war going on in their native country. ... A lot of people's lives were worse than they were in their native country. ... (Documentation of American Immigration Pg. 66-67) Most people that came to the US made more money and had more luxuries than they had in thier native country. ... For some reason Americans looked at them like they were dirt. ...

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Instead of Indies, he had landed in the Americas. ... " European countries promptly rushed to allege lands in the Americas. ... In his journal (1451-1506), Columbus requested the permission to his highnesses to promote the holy Faith and convert the Native Americans. ... Captivating tales like that of the Fountain of Youth, often told to the Spaniards by arrested Indians and slaves, stimulated these adventurers to attempt regularly to conquer the land, as well as its native communities. ... After that, Queen Elizabeth granted charters to Sir Humphrey Gilbert and Sir Walter Raleigh to col...

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