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Challenges and Success of San Antonio de Bexar

During the days when Texas was part of New Spain, many arrived at San Antonio de Bexar to seek success. As a result, the area on ...

Spanish Colonies and Trade

prevent bankruptcy. Much of the taxes were not reaching the royal treasury (Lea 1898). If the taxes within their own country could...

Democratic Spanish King Juan Carlos

In eleven pages this research paper examines how Francisco Franco's dictatorial form of government was replaced in Spain by King J...

Spain and U.S. Nutrition

In five pages this paper considers nutrition in a contrast and comparison of the food and drink consumption of Spain and the U.S. ...

The Basque Region and its Relation to Spain

The Basque region is the focus of attention in respect to its secession. Nationalism is also discussed in this fifteen page report...

Overview of Spain

period, the dissolution of the Moroccan state culminated in an unpopular war (PG). The Spanish civil war began in 1936 and did n...

Bernal Diaz del Castillo and Hernan Cortes

In seven pages the writings of these two men are contrasted and compared with Castillo's The Conquest of New Spain and Cortes' Let...

Interactions Between the Franciscan Missionaries and the Maya

In five pages this paper examines how these groups interacted and how the missionaries were motivated by both the prospect of mone...

Post Franco Spain

In five pages this paper considers Spain after the 1975 death of Generalissimo Francisco Franco in terms of socioeconomic, gover...

Colonial Rule by the Portuguese and Spanish

In twelve pages this research paper discusses the territories ruled by the colonial governments of Portugal and Spain. Six source...

Cortez' Lover Dona Marina

In five pages the woman who was both interpreter and lover of Cortez is examined in terms of her varying interpretations that incl...

Case Study on UK Retailer European Expansion

In eight pages this paper examines a retailer in the United Kingdom's desire for continental expansion and discusses such relevant...

Spain and Introduction of Scooters

In ten pages this paper examines the introduction of scooters to Spain in a discussion of conditions and concerns that need to be ...

Ernest Hemingway's 'Death in the Afternoon'

The relationship between ancient sacrifice and bullfighting in Spain is examined in this analysis of 'Death in the Afternoon' by E...

Spain and U.S. on the Abortion Issue

This is a paper that contains eight pages in which the laws in Spain and the U.S. that pertain to abortion are compared and contra...

School Systems in Spain and the United States

Schools in Spain and those in the United States are arranged on a notably different structure. This paper compares and contrasts t...

Mexican Independence Contributions of King Ferdinand the Seventh

In fifteen pages this paper examines how the bid for Mexican independence had been unknowingly strengthened by the actions of King...

Ancient Spain and the Romans and Visigoths

In six pages this report discusses the Romans and Visigoths that influenced the historical course of ancient Spain. Five sources ...

Commercial Appraisal of Spain

at the end of February 2002 the inflation rate was 3.1%, for 2001 it was 2.7% and for 2000 it was 3.4% (CIA, 2002, FT, 2002). I...

Holland, Surrounding Countries, and Seventeenth Century Art

land and the pastimes of the Dutch people who were an increasingly prosperous merchant middle class" (Anonymous Dutch Baroque Peri...

Spanish Connection Between George Orwell and Ernest Hemingway

much of his writings, including The Sun Also Rises and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Orwell, a self-described socialist, was al...

Sixteenth Century Spain

the entire imperial system was based on (Payne 2002). It was also the social norm to accept the aristocracy as leaders (Payne 2002...

Holy Roman Emperor Charles V

the Holy Roman Emperor from 1519-1558. He was born to King Philip I of Castile in February 1500 and although he was born in Ghent,...

Venezuela Independence and the Ideals of Francisco de Miranda

Both the similarities and the differences in conditions in the new United States and in Venezuela fascinated Miranda. He notes in...

Democracy and the Peaceful Transition of Spain

Franco y Bahamonde of Spain died on November 20, 1975, he had been the chief of state and the commander in chief in that country s...

How Contemporaries Depicted Hernan Cortes and Christopher Columbus

The first impression that we get is that Cortes is a determined and logical man. He attempts this journey, and has to overcome...

Aztec Conquest by Spain

goes without saying that many thousands of peoples lives were spared once the Aztec nation was forced to discontinue this ceremony...

Care at the End of Life and Cultural Variations

(1997) observes: "Involving the family in hospital care, maximizing the family as a resource, and creating an environment where h...

911 and its Effects Upon San Diego's Islamic Community

communities after two of the hijackers of the jetliner which crashed into the Pentagon were linked to their community. Since the a...

Function of Printed Media

been used before with old messages. However, when they are read it was possible to put them into a different order, to place diffe...