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5/14/10 Francisco Franco Francisco Franco was a Spanish Military general (1892-1975). Through his near 40 year reign, there was a lot of nationalism among the people of Spain, as well as a strong Catholic community. He came to power through the death of the leader of the Spanish Civil War Uprising, [|José Sanjurjo]. He died in 1936 and at that time, Franco became the regional commander of part of the army. [|Emilio Mola], the leading regional commander, was discredited when people discovered that he had participated in a group that had facist leanings. People felt that Franco would do well in the position of Head of State and leader of the military because he had good interactions with Italy and Germany and had few enemies. In his rule, he was able to combine both the political parties of his time and named it //[|Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista]// and it was the only legal party of the time. In his rule, he was able to combine both the political parties of his time and named it //[|Falange Española Tradicionalista y de las Juntas de Ofensiva Nacional-Sindicalista]// and it was the only legal party of the time.

12/3/09 Amerigo Vespucci

An Italian Explorer known as Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), was the first to discover that the Americas were in fact not part of Asia at all and was a separate continent. He was born in florence and was orinally educated by his uncle to be a business man. He moved to Serville, Spain in 1491 to work in a business, and this was probably around the same time that Columbus was coming back from his first expedition to sail to Asia. Vespucci helped Columbus prepare for his second and third voyage, and this is probably where Vespucci found his intrest in exploration. Vespucci's first exploration of his own was in 1499 sailing for Spain under command of Captain [|Alonso de Ojeda]. With this man to lead him, they discovered the Amazon rivers down in South America, but not knowing at the time that this was not part of Asia. It was not until a later expedition in 1501 sailing for Portugal that he actually mapped out some of the coast of South America, and soon came to the realization that he was not in Asia; he was in a New World.



Santa Maria Novella == [|Basilica] [|Novella Facts] [|Images] B[|rittanica] [|Virtual Tourist]

The Santa Maria Novella is a church in Flourence. It takes both styles of architecture from early Renaissance and Gothic Cathedral making a treasure to most architects. Building of the church began around mid-13th century under the eye of two brothers Sisto and Ristoro, and was completed around 1355. Leonbattista Alberti started a final facade on the building in 1456 and it was finished around 1470. The interior is beautiful with of the best qualities from all architetural styles. Theres art inside from some of the most famous artists of the time. It is still a tourist attraction today.

10/28/09 A Monk Rebels Understanding the Story Part B

No, I don't think he would try to change religion in America. In America, there are so many types of Christianity, he wouldn't need to. The whole reason that he changed Christianity in Europe was because he didn't agree with what the church was doing. In the US, there is a protestant religion, so he would just become a member of that.