Spanish settlements in North America had one purpose only: to protect their shipments of gold and silver from competing European powers. The first successful settlement in North America, St. Augustine, Florida was built to protect Spanish fleets from attack by privateers. The statement above that the Spanish had "big cities. large farms" is patently incorrect.

It should be noted that the first successful rebellion in America; Pope's rebellion, also known as the Pueblo revolt, was the result of numerous failed promises on the part of the Spanish. Four hundred Spaniards were killed in the revolt and the Spanish lost control of New Mexico.

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What kind of background did franklin roosevelt have?

Reika [66]

During early 1941, with war raging in Europe, Franklin D. Roosevelt pushed to have the United States' factories become an "arsenal of democracy

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What was one characteristic that native americans and europeans held in common in the 1490s?

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Native Americans and Europeans were great explorers in the 1490's. Europeans adventurers came to a continent that was an unknown place to them. They saw it as an entirely new territory, with new species to discover. They met new people with surprising ways of living and a totally new culture and beliefs. Native Americans also arrived at different times, over several thousands of years. They traveled from Asia on foot or by boat, crossing the Bering Strait. Their explorations took them through icy landscapes, deserts, forests, swamps and along the coastlines. After some time, these native American explorers spread out over the entire continent, until the territories of Patagonia, in the extreme south. Adventure and conquest of new land was one characteristic that Europeans and native Americans had in common at that time.

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