When the colonial efforts began, Spain was rather poor compared to other European countries. The New World gave the Spanish an opportunity to not only extend their empire, but also extend their wealth and religious beliefs. According to Antoinette Lee, who wrote an article discussing Spanish colonization titled “Spanish Missions,” their colonial efforts were quite successful and backed by the belief in the spread of the Christian faith despite the brutality of the efforts. “News of the oppression of native populations spread,” he wrote, “leading to criticism of both the atrocities of the Spanish rule as well as the idea itself.” He continued, “However, the involvement of the religious orders deflected this
Their settlements didn’t last as long as Britain’s colonies because they did not have anything else to do economically after they ran out of gold. They did try to go into agriculture, but it never worked out. In the end, they were never successful. The Spanish themselves never worked, they made the Indians do all their labor. The English were mostly Puritans and pilgrims.
The first couple of years were not easy for the settlers. The question is Why did so many colonist die? To start off with, one of the problems they faced was environmental problems. Many of Jamestown’s colonist died because of brackish water which was some salty water due to the mixture of fresh and salt water, because of the tides that would happen twice daily. Also, they would dump their human waste into the water and make it even more contaminated so when the people of Jamestown would drink or use the water it would make them ill and even to the point that they died.
Many believe that the budget cuts had the biggest impact on proletarian families due to the fact that they would suffer as they had not the money to pay substantial amounts for things that, due to the cuts, increased in price. However, others believe that it was other factors that caused the outbreak of riots such as technology, a lack of education in the hooligans who did riot and some even believe that the rioters are simply bad people. The government have been blamed several times for the outbreak of the riots in London. There are many reasons for this and one is the very cornerstone of the outbreak – the death of Mark Duggan. On Thursday 4th August, Duggan was killed by the Metropolitan police force.
“Was Henry's authority weak in the period from 1540 to 1547" In the final decade of Henry's rein there was undoubtedly a decline in his authority. He had become seriously ill and after the death of Cromwell he has started to lose control over the faction fighting. However, it could be argued that Henry did not lose complete authority, he was just playing the factions off each other. Throughout Henry's rein faction fighting was an on-going problem, and threatened to undermine Henry's power. The fall of Thomas Cromwell was the start in the decline of Henry's authority.
Certainly these changes were massive, quite abrupt and differed drastically from the norm; however that does not necessarily make them bad. Except, that is how they are viewed by many historians today. The historian N.Reeves believes Akhenaten was unsuccessful, but more in his religion reforms. 'For ordinary folk, there is little doubt that Akhenaten's actions as king over time inflicted the greatest misery: the people were confused by the man's religious vision, frightened by the ruthless manner in which it was imposed and quite likely appalled by his personal behaviour.' Reeves believe that the changes would have confusing and scary for the common people.
This upset many, but it would not cause the indigenous people to revolt until the reform of the church occurred. Spain ordered the expulsion of the Jesuits, who helped in educating and converting many indigenous people. The Creoles, who were educated by the indigenous people, became angered as well. Soon the change had begun to grow more and more upsetting to many. The rich grew richer and the poor grew poorer.
Aside from reducing state revenues for overseas expeditions, the domestic policies of Philip II further burdened Spain and would in the following century, contribute to its decline. This caused inflation and a high tax for all the workers under his rule. The Spending of all this money lead to Spain's first bankruptcy in 1557 due to rising military costs. This eventually led to a failure in leading his people, and it was his debt that truly ended his reign. (http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Philip_II_of_Spain) (Spielvogel,456, The Human
However, the unjust system of Three Estates- First Estates being clergy, Second Estate the nobility and Third Estate the rest of population- and unreasonable taxation was a more significant cause than the American Revolution. Although it did accelerate the happening of it, American war of Independence was not the most significant long-term cause of the French Revolution; in reality, at the basis of it was the long rooted system of Three Estates. American revolution is widely regarded as one of the main causes of the French Revolution. There are two key reasons why it had such impact on France; one is the financial impact and two is the intellectual impact. The ministers and the king of France gave full support to the American rebels, both financially and militarily.
Amanda Porter 12 Angry Men GROUPTHINK VS. MINORITY INFLUENCE The jury situation portrayed in 12 Angry men had a lot of symptoms that would normally lead to a groupthink phenomenon. For example, the majority of the group had a belief in the moral correctness of their decision—they were punishing a bad person, they had a stereotyped view of the people who opposed them (bleeding heart, do-gooders). There was extreme pressure to conform, an illusion of unanimity (at least in the beginning), many of the jurors engaged in self-censorship (they didn’t initially voice their opinions) and strong personalities that were trying to push the group in a certain direction. Despite these symptoms, the minority was able to override the majority and sway the vote