The Spanish became wealthy from mining large amounts of gold
The answer is: Francisco Pizarro. (1471-1541, sailed for the New World in 1509)
Francisco Pizarro was a Spanish conquistador from Central Spain, who was a cousin of the other famous conquistador, Hernan Cortes, who conquered the Aztec Empire.
Answer:
Davy Crockett was a backwoodsman from Tennessee. His skill as a hunter and storyteller helped get him elected to three terms in Congress. But when he started his first
political campaign, Crockett was doubtful about his chances of winning. “The thought
of having to make a speech made my knees feel mighty weak and set my heart to fluttering.” Fortunately for Crockett, the other candidates spoke all day and tired out the
audience. “When they were all done,” Crockett boasted, “I got up and told some laughable story, and quit. . . . I went home, and didn’t go back again till after the election was
over.” In the end, Crockett won the election by a wide margin.
Explanation:
A prince should only take and listen to the advice of his advisors
- Able to understand things independently
- Try to balance being loved and being feared (if it is not possible for the two to coincide then the latter is preferable)
- He must make it his first priority to escape the hatred of the most powerful parties
- Princes become great by defeating opposition
- He should honor his word
- Promises are not important when the grounds of the promise are no longer relevant or if the promise is holding the prince back
- Princes achieve the most success when they are crafty, cunning, and able to trick others.
- A prince must have no other objective, no other thought, nor take up any profession but that of war
- A prince's priority is to safeguard the state, even if this means possessing some negative qualities
- A prince should not concern himself with living virtuously, but rather with acting so as to achieve the most practical benefit.
- Above all, princes should win a reputation for being men of outstanding ability
- A prince's best defense is his own valor
- Times and circumstances change, so a prince must adjust to them in order to remain successful
