Queen Isabella put him in charge of a fleet of three ships. The Nina, Pinta, and the largest Santa Maria. He set out in August 1492. He landed on San Salvador on October 12. Columbus mistook the area for India and called the natives Indias.
By 1538, Tejo died and Guzman had been removed from his postion and Antonio Mednoza appointed Coronado as governor. At this time 3 spainards had arrived traveling from the road Culican. One called Cabeza de Vaca, the other Donates, and Castillo Maldonado, and also a Negro. They had all come from a lost fleet of Panfilo de Narvaez in Florida. They informed Don Antonio de Mendoza that the land they travelled through had heard of powerful cities, four to five stories high.
In this POW, we learn about different ways pilgrims immigrated to California. Some families took a ship around Cape Horn at the tip of South America. We were then told a situation where a ship left New York for San Francisco the first of every month at noon. At the same time, a ship leaves San Francisco for New York. Also, each ship arrives exactly six months after it leaves.
Galba was the first of the generals that were fighting for the throne to reach Rome and had himself proclaimed emperor. He was an old man of 75 when he became emperor.He was famous for the mistake that he refused top pay the soldiers the bonus that emperors usually paid them. Otho, a friend Galba had dissapointed, turned his soldiers against Galba and on January 16 69 AD Galba was killed and he only reigned for barely 7 months.The next emperor Marcus Salvius Otho, as soon as he became emperor Otho faced a revolt of his own as the praetorian guard supported him but the Legions in Germany supported a man named Vitellius. As a result ,the German legions marched on Rome to put Vitellius on the throne and to depose Otho.when he heard of this revolt, Otho sent his troops to fight Vitellius. Otho had sent his troops to late and his army suffered a horrible defeat.
Mostly made up of cowboys, criminals, & eastern polo players & athletes During the Spanish-American War, entire Spanish fleet was destroyed at the Battles of - (first) Manila Bay (Dewey) & (later) Santiago – not Havana, Guantanamo Bay, Samoa, El Canay, San Juan & Kettle Hills When US invaded Puerto Rico during SP –Am War – most of population greeted as liberators rather than military occupationists & conquerors *But Puerto Rican nationalism, then & today, sought/seek independence **Today a Commonwealth of the USA since early 20th century Greatest loss of life for USA in Sp-Am War resulted from – sickness in both Cuba & USA (disease Ex, Yellow Fever – summer in Cuba, Typhoid, dysentery, etc… Plus bad canned meat – “embalmed beef”) At the time, most controversial event associated w/ Sp-Am War was – acquisition of Philippines Imperialists wanted them – Anti-imperialists did not want USA to take them All became US possessions under Treaty of Paris (Sp-Am War) – Puerto Rico (Caribbean), Guam (Pacific), & the Philippines & capitol city, Manila (Pacific/Asia) [US controlled Cuba – Caribbean] {Hawaii was not acquired through the war w/
The root of this decision lies in the pirate activity of the four African Barbary states (Document D). When Tripoli demanded the US buy protection in order to stop the naval harassment, Jefferson refused, negating the views of other Federalists who would have done differently. Tripoli declared war on the United States, and Jefferson was forced to augment the size of the navy in order to defeat the Barbary pirates. The Louisiana Purchase is another course of action taken by Jefferson known for contradicting his strict constructionist views. Neglecting the fact that there is no clause in the Constitution permitting him to purchase land, Jefferson used Napoleon’s European conquest to help him get rid of New World worries.
➢ Ottoman Empire had been the strongest and most stable empire after the Roman Empire fell 1453: Conquered Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire was receding in the 18th century and many European countries wanted a piece ➢ Religious Toleration and the Ottoman Government After it administered Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem in 1516, it became the dominant Muslim power Millets: officially recognized religious communities Ottoman Empire used these to govern Dhimmis: non-Islamic people in the empire Second class citizens Poll tax, could not rise in military, could not have big houses Became economically successful Rather than giving powerful families power, the Sultan gave power to foreigners The foreigners would be loyal because they owed their life to the Sultan Devshirme • Recruited elite troops from Christian communities in the Balkans • Janissaries = most famous Better to be a favored slave than a free subject The Role of the Ulama Ulama were Islamic religious scholars • Dominated schools and courts of law • Sultan consulted with them about everything The Ulama resisted change and the Janissaries did not want to lose their privileged status • Hurt the Ottoman empire because it could not adapt to a modernizing Europe ➢ The End of the Ottoman Expansion 1571: Lost Battle of Lepanto 1683: Failed to besiege Vienna Many thought that this was because of an overreaching government, but it was actually a deep symbol of future
In 1535, I sailed to Mexico with Antonio de Mendoza, the colony’s first Admiral. I became one of the governors of New Galacia (one of the Spanish colonies in the New World). Searching for the Seven Cities of Gold Between 1536 and 1539, Admiral Mendoza heard stories about the Seven Cities of Cibolo, the Seven Cities of Gold where the streets and houses were made of gold and jewels. He sent me on an expedition to find them and claim the wealth for Spain. In 1540 I set out with 300 soldiers and about 1,000 Indians.
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The Athenians agreed to send twenty ships to the shores of the island of Lade near Miletus in 494 BCE. The rebellion was unsuccessful; Miletus was defeated, but not without some damage to Persia with the burning of the capital city of western Persia,