|
News Articles on Portugal
Portugal: homework help plz plz plz ?
1) After which battle did the French and Spanish ally with the United States? Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown, Princeton
2) Which country defeated the Spanish Armada and gained colonial power? Portugal, France, Holland, England
3) Which country was NOT considered a colonial power during the 1700's? England, France,China, Spain
4) The official declaration which brought an end to the American Revolution? Articles of Confederation, Treaty of Paris, Declaration of Independence, Bill of Rights
5) Thomas Paine's coverage of the Boston Massacre can be described as what? Propaganda,Slander,Yellow Journalism
05 Sep 08, 02:09:39
Portugal: Does this answer the question for school I kind of went off on a tangent I needed to fill the page?
It kind of sounds like I'm pro Spain, but I'm just trying to answer the question what do you think?
2. Is the view of the Spanish and Portuguese as especially harsh conquerors and exploiters valid-or is this image just another version of the English “Black Legend” concerning the Spanish role in the Americas?
It's not completely true, wile some Spanish and Portuguese conquerors were very cruel, harsh, and exploitive, it's not fair to say all of them were.
A lot of people came from Spain and Portugal to create a system, similar to the one's in Europe, in the New World. They needed the Indians to do the labor that peasants would have done in Europe. If they killed thousands of Indians, the Europeans would have to do the work themselves, so it was important for them to take care of the Indians. It just wouldn't make sense to be cruel and harsh to people that you need for your feudal system to work.
Also, many of the Spanish and Portuguese married Native Americans, and combined parts of each other cultures into their own. If they were just hash conquerors and exploiters they would have just conquered the Natives, and destroyed them. They wouldn't of married them, and incorporated parts of the Native American' culture into their own.
Many of the Spanish and Portuguese converted and baptized Native Americans. They thought it was very important to the Native Americans salvation to be converted. It shows that they did some things they thought would benefit the Indians. They did more than just destroy and conquer, they built churches and missions for the Native Americans.
A lot of the stories about how the Spanish and Portuguese were hash conquerors and exploiters was started by the British, who were in some ways worse to the Native Americans. The Spanish needed the Indians for their feudal system, but the British didn't. They were self governed, so they had no need for the Indians to be around. The result was a lot of tension and fighting between them, and in many places killing or kicking the Native Americans out.
The British started a lot of these stories, the “Black Legend” because they didn't really like Spain, the two countries didn't get along very well. One of the biggest points of tension between the two was religion. Spain was strongly Catholic, wile Britain on the other hand was protestant (Church of England). Henry the VIII, broke off of the Catholic Church and started the Church of England which was ruled by the monarch, not the pope. He died, he was succeeded by his son Edward, who was also Protestant, but died after, only reigning for a little wile. Henry's Daughter Mary I became Queen. She was strongly Catholic and married Phillip II of Spain. During that time Brittan was on good terms with Spain, because the Spanish King had control over both countries. When She died she was succeeded by her half sister Elizabeth I, who was protestant. This caused tension again between Spain and England and with Elizabeth's ascension to the English throne, Philip lost control over Britain.
The British didn't like Spain converting so many Native Americans to Catholicism. They wanted to convert them to be Protestant.
The British also didn't get along well with Spain because their American colonies were giving them a lot of wealth. They were able to create the Spanish Armada, and basically control the Atlantic Ocean. Elizabeth even secretly paid sailors such a Sir Francis Drake, who she later knighted, to seize Spanish treasure ships.
With all the tension between the two countries, it's believable that the British made up, or exaggerated stories about the Spanish and Portuguese, because they didn't get along with them.
So, the view of the Spanish and Portuguese as especially harsh conquerors and exploiters isn't completely correct. Some were, but most weren't. They needed the Native Americans, to be laborers in their Feudal system, so it didn't make sense to be especially harsh to them. They also wouldn't have married Native Americans and wouldn't have gone to the trouble of converting, baptizing and building churches for the Native Americans if they were just cruel conquerors. They would have just destroyed and took over the Native Americans. Most of the stories about their cruelty were started by the British, who were in some ways more cruel, because they didn't get along very well with Spain.
That's ok, look at what I wrote up about Columbus lol yeah
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AnPxP8.vNVtVOo3Gd760wEvty6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20080830122738AAEhr1X&show=7#profile-info-AA12115311
05 Sep 08, 02:09:40
Portugal: for conservatives, why are you conservative?
not just US Republicans, but UK Tories and every1 else.
Ok first thing's first, I am a staunch liberal & that will never change, EVER. Being black, one of my biggest reasons for being a liberal is the disgust I have for the treatment that has been dealt to blacks and peoples of other races, backgrounds and religions throughout the history of conservatism.
This continues to this very day as the mostly black victims of Hurricane Katrina were left w/out help from the government for 4 days. The US has not intervened in Sudan, despite the fact that the atrocities being commited there are far worse than were commited in Iraq. The very city in which George Bush lives has one of the highest homicide rates in the world, plus some of the worst schooling in the world. The Ronald Reagan administration wholeheartedly supported Apartheid in S. Africa and Portugal's war against Angola.
The fact that the US has a legal military base in the territory of one of it's strongest rivals (Guantanamo Bay) for the sole purpose of using interrogation methods that are illegal in the United States. The anti-semitism, anti-Islam, anti-black commentary by conservative voices.
the list could go on but I'll probably bore you. What I'm trying to ask, why be part of a party that shows t never has and never will care for anyone but the world's top 1%? I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT WANT ANY RACIST REMARKS OR REMARKS INSULTING RELIGIONS. I do want civilized conversation, b/c if u act stupidly, u give me an even worse perception of comservatives
05 Sep 08, 01:09:11
Portugal: I can't send and receive emails...from an email who is: ............ @hotmail.de?
My email is hhhhhh.kkkkkk@hotmail.com
And i live in Portugal.
I'm trying to send an email to Germany... Her email is: ............. @hotmail.de
I cant also receive....
What's wrong? Please help me...
05 Sep 08, 12:09:09
Portugal: which if any faculty member(s) at UNLV is(are) from portugal?
04 Sep 08, 11:09:11
Portugal: Can something coming from the same continent still be held down at customs?
Here is the deal. I orderer something from the United States some time ago (I reside in Portugal). It was the first thing I ever orderer from the U.S., and it got held down at customs, and I had to pay a whole lot of money to get it back. I have orderer things from the U.K. tons of times, and never got the same problem. The question is, is there a risk of getting something orderer from the UK held down at customs, or do they judge by the item, not where it comes from?
04 Sep 08, 10:09:45
Portugal: should the usl merge with the mls?
all great soccer nation ie argentina -- brazil---- mexico---- spain---italy--
france---germany-----portugal---- england -- have a tier system
what that means is if the usl champ can be ascended to the mls and the lowest percentage team in the mls should descend to the usl unless a system like this develops i dont see the mls ever grow in status so who else agrees
04 Sep 08, 09:09:56
Portugal: countries legal ages and swimming with dolphins :)???
just wondering what is the legal age for drinking and buying alcohol in the following countries:
Egypt?
Mexico?
Spain?
Portugal?
Morroco?
Cyprus?
Greece?
Also are there any countries in Europe where you can swim with dolphins? if so where?
thanks
xx
04 Sep 08, 08:09:44
Portugal: piano please answer =] ?
my grandma went to a sykick (not sure how to spell it ) in portugal and she showed her a pic of me nd she sykick said that i used to play the piano (which is thrue btw) and my grandma said that i dont play it anymore
the lady said that i would have had a great future in it and that i was verry smart
do you think i can still be as good i i would have been if i kept playing if i start again
and can i still have that great future?
thank you soo much 4 the answers i really aprecciate it and i wish i could choose all of them for best answer
04 Sep 08, 05:09:36
Portugal: Whats the best job you ever had?
. A couple of years ago I was paid to hand out flyers for a pub in Portugal, 5 hours a night, wages and free booze all evening. All I had to do was talk to people and I was class at getting people in. (Stuck in an office now, wish I could go back!)
04 Sep 08, 11:09:27
|
