.... their independence in the nineteenth century. The colonization of Latin America and the Caribbean was dominated by the Iberian countries with small colonies established by the French, English and Dutch. Regardless of the nationality of the colonizers, almost all of the colonies shared basic characteristics, which have persevered over time in some way or another. It is possible to organize the traits of these colonies into four distinct categories: economic development, religious and social mixing, racial and ethnic mixing and political structures. There were two basic industries found in the New World that shaped their economies: a .....

.... to become a doctor, but game up on the idea after he failed Greek and Math on his University entrance exams. Medicine was not his only ambition. He also wanted to be a painter. In 1850, Ibsen entered the first of his three writing periods. His romantic period went from 1850 to 1873. The greatest works from this period are the Brandand Peer Gynt Most of the plays that he wrote during these years are romantic historical dramas. Lady Inger of Ostraat was a romantic drama with intrigue. The Vikings of Helgeland was a simple and sad tragedy. The last play of the Romantic period was Emperor and Galilean. It is similar to Ibsen's other play Cat .....

.... depression in their country. George Washington believed that there was not enough planning of the revolt against the government. They needed a new one and they didn’t plan their revolution good enough to build their new government, which is what their main purpose was, but they used their revolution for vengeance.service of the United States shall be divided or appropriated- of granting letters of marque and reprisal in times of peace- appointing courts for the trial of piracies and felonies committed on the high seas and establishing courts for receiving and determining finally appeals in all cases of captures, provided that no member o .....

.... wealth during the war. The loss of slave property throughout emancipation accounted for a lot of this, but the economic foundation of the South was also severely damaged in other ways. Railroads and industries in the South were in shambles. More than half of the farm machinery was destroyed and forty percent of all the livestock had been killed. In contrast, the Northern economy thrived during the war. During 1860 and 1870, the Northern wealth increased by about fifty percent, yet during the same period, Southern wealth decreased by almost sixty percent. This just shows part of the effects of the war on the economy. The war also .....

.... any physical abilities he lacked. This is clearly shown through Coach Parseghian’s having said to another player, "If you had only a tenth of the heart of Rudiger, you could have been All-American" (Coach Parseghian). Rudy was not blessed with the physical abilities of other players, but rather with the heart to continually persist in achieving his dream of playing Notre Dame football. Rudy’s heart and desire probably got him farther in the game of football than he would have got had he been more athletically gifted. Also lending support to this is Coach Parseghian telling Rudy, "I wish God would put your heart in some of my player .....

.... However, it was uncovered years later that the leader of the Black Hand was also the head of Serbian military intelligence. In order to understand the complexity of the causes of the war, it is very helpful to know what was the opinion of the contemporaries about the causes of the Great War. In the reprint of the article "What Started the War", from August 17, 1915 issue of The Clock magazine published on the Internet the author writes: "It is thought that this war that is been ongoing for over a year, began with the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand. However, many other reasons led to this war, some occurri .....

.... We can do without bananas and coconuts for a while. Sure some trade is necessary but we should not allow one more gram of our natural resources to cross the border. We do not need to import expensive merchandise. We are one of the most highly educated countries in the world. We have the brain power and the manpower to build our own cars, chainsaws, computers, and military equipment. There are two words to prove it; The Arrow. We are not a violent people but we will have to recognize that the rest of the world will want what we have. We can not let them take it. We may be the only country able to build nuclear weapons entirely with o .....

.... immoral and tyrant because they also wants to control everything in the empire. But, by (221 bc) the Shang dynasty faced the last rebellion, in King Wen found the Chou dynasty which believed that heaven gave a mandate to rule, which sanctioned the political authority of the kings. During this dynasty the laws were in based of uniform regulations, they were well-field system, also during this dynasty the Confucianism has began, with Master Kong (K'ung, Confucius, 551-479 B.C.) he did not intend to found a new religion, but to interpret and try to revived the unnamed religion of the Zhou (Chou) dynasty, under which many .....

.... Ottawa, which started an important part of the history of the United States of America, the Lincoln-Douglas debates. The Ottawa debate set the format for the remaining six debates. Lincoln and Douglas agreed that the first speaker would speak for an hour, the second speaker for an hour and a half, and the first speaker again for half an hour. On August 21, excitement was in the air. The town’s population of over 7,000 doubled overnight. At 2:30 p.m. Douglas began speaking and the battle was on! The Little Giant, Douglas, displayed the art that marked him as the master “stump-speaker� of his day. He first criticized Lincoln’ .....

.... development. The four countries expected to join NATO first are: Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. A good relationship with Russia is essential for the NATO countries. Russia does not see NATO as its potential adversary, but Russia is looking for a new role: keeping the status quo or returning to a system of 'spheres of influence'. Germany, after unification, plays an important role in Central and Eastern Europe. Germany's foreign policy towards these countries ('Ostpolitik') is discussed in chapter 5. In the end, I will give a personal conclusion on the next thesis, which will be the guideline to this essay .....