In the novel Lieutenant Hornblower there were a few scenes were
Hornblower was a success and a few were he was a failure.
In my opinion the first success of Hornblower was when he used all the
cannons on one side of the ship to free them from the mud holding the ship.
Another success was when Hornblower suggested a landing attack on Samana Bay.
The commanding officer agreed with his suggestion, and they put together a
landing party. Hornblower had the whole attack planed and the coordinates
marked. His surprise attack on the Spanish at Samana proved to be a success.
Once the fort was taken over he was successful in firing red hot shot at enemy
ships, even without ever using that technique before. Then when the negotiation
with the Spanish took place he had a brilliant idea to mount a nine pound cannon
at the upper end of the peninsula to prevent the Spanish from escaping. This
enabled them to turn down the terms of the proposal that the Spanish wanted and
get what they wanted without giving anything to the Spanish. These achievements
made by Hornblower is what later earned him the command of the Retribution,
although his command of the Retribution did not come until later when the war
started again.
Hornblower had also had a few failures that hindered his successes.
Among these was when Hornblower was using the red hot shot to sink enemy ships.
This was both a success and failure. It was a failure because after heating the
shot for a considerably long period of time the shot began to deform. This
deformity of the shot wouldn't allow it to fit into the cannon. Hornblower
realized his mistake after one of the shots wouldn't fit into the cannon. This
slowed their operation down but didn't cause a defeat to them. The situation
with Hornblower gambling is mostly in my opinion a success but it could also be
a failure. The way I think it would be a failure is that he lost a lot of his
Luis de Onís was the minister of Spain at the time and he was the Spanish representative to the U.S. His instructions from the Spanish government was to transfer the Florida's to the United States in return for the American settlement west of the Mississippi. Onis was also to get a promise that the United States would not give material aid to, or recognize the independence of Spain's colonies in South America because of their lack of cooperation.
At 11:54 p.m., Hashimoto ordered 6 readied torpedoes at a depth of 4 meters and a speed of 48 knots. Next, Hashimoto had the torpedoes fired at the ship. At 12:02 p.m., the first explosion came and then the second. Red flames shot up lighting up the darkness. Smoke soon followed.
From the foothills of Barcelona in Spain, a man came to be. Full of strength, honor, wisdom, and courage, this man was named Hernan Cortes. He, as the Spaniards would say, was a god among men. Legend says he had cat-like reflexes, and also had the mind filled with strategies. He may not have been the tallest person in the crowd, but he had the most will to achieve greatness. He is one of Spain's most influential, if not the most, conquistadors.
When they found the “new world” is too weak to resist the invasion of European, they started to establish the colony in America. Bartolomé de Las Casas used to be a priest who explored America on Hispaniola and Cuba. But after he witnessed the colonists enslave and mistreat Indians, he changed his mind and start to protect the Indians. He free his Indian slaves in 1514, and start to against Spanish mistreat them (Foner, p.7). After that, he made the effort to liberate the Indian slaves, and he had backed to Spain several times want to make the King reduce the heavy labor of Indians. Finally, Spain published New Laws in 1542, which indicate that Indians no longer be enslaved (Foner, p.7).
...hich wooden ships were beginning to be unable to handle. 18 and 24-pounder guns were replaced with 32-pounder guns, and because of the power of the stem-propelled ironclads, 68-pounders were made use of.
The Expedition had a radical political impact on The United States of America. The range in which the campaign was to investigate was close along Spanish region and a segment of the endeavor was in Spanish domain. The Spanish government was exceptionally uneasy with the Corps progressing towards them on the grounds that they thought The United States was assaulting them. They dispatched a little gathering to catch the Corps anyway they almost missed them. Another political effect was the now issue of Indian relations. America simply procured a lot of area that was previously possessed by Indians and they now needed to disclose to them that the
The Chicano and Black Power movement’s call for self-determination emerged due to the broken promises made to them by the American Government. After the Mexican-American War, the Treaty of Guadalupe was supposed to provide Mexican Americans with protection of their land and certain rights such as education, citizenship and the freedom to practice religion. The government never owned up to these promises. Instead Mexican-Americans were forced to assimilate into the American culture, their land stripped away from them, and they were not recognized as citizens.
The Expedition had a drastic political effect on The United States of America. The area in which the expedition was to explore was very close along Spanish territory and a portion of the expedition was in Spanish territory. The Spanish government was very uneasy with the Corps advancing towards them because they thought The United States was attacking them. They dispatched a small group to intercept the Corps however they nearly missed them. Another political impact was the now issue of Indian relations. America just acquired a great deal of land that was formerly owned by Indians and they now had to explain to them that the land was no longer theirs and that they were now a part of the United States. Indian relations would be fine until they were forced to move off their land. The United States had to set up a new branch of government just for Indian relations. Previous to the expedition there were only little issues of dealing with Indians.
The U.S requested the also be given the Rio Grande. The Rio Grande was south of Texas and clearly belonged to Mexico (refer to figure 1). The U.S felt that the Rio Grande was part of Texas and should be given to the U.S with Texas. Mexico would not give up the Rio Grande because they were certain that the Rio Grande belonged to them. America's greed is THE major reason this conflict occurred. The U.S also believed the Mexico should have to pay for any of the U.S's debts that were incurred during Mexico's conflicts with Spain. America was in debt 3 million dollars because of the Mexico and Spanish conflicts and America very strongly believed that these debts were Mexico's fault and they should have to pay for them.
Spain had a great military presence, including a large Navy and mainly settled in broad areas of the Southwestern and Northwestern parts of North America from 1492 to 1898. The Spanish wanted to conquer, colonize, and politically rule as much of the western hemisphere as possible ("Spanish," n.d.). The Spanish Empire used an encomienda system to set up their colonial government. Encomienda was a system of forced labor where an allotment of native people was granted to conquistadors and officials symbolizing “one of the most damaging institutions that the Spanish colonists implemented in the New World” (Busbin, n.d.). The King gave the Spanish conquistadors land and Native Americans for work, and they engaged in conflicts with the native tribes. The purpose of the conquistadors was to forcefully assimilate the Native Americans by teaching them Spanish and converting them to Catholicism though many tribes rebelled. The role of the conquistador was essential to the colonization of the Americas (Carney, 2013).
THESIS : “ The United States didn’t want to get involved in the Spanish-American War, but was dragged into it due to yellow journalism, they wanted to control the seas, and wanted complete control over Cuba.”
...them, plus, the northern territories of Mexico were not populated, so it was very inviting for them. So, basically, it was the Americans invading Mexican territory and the Mexicans were just defending their selves from the invading settlers. The Mexicans were also angered by the annexation of Texas, which used to be apart of Mexican territory.
In 1895, American citizens took notice of a Cuban revolt against their corrupt Spanish oppressor. The Cuban insurgents reasoned that if they did enough damage, the US might move in and help the Cubans win their independence. Not only did Americans sympathize with the Cubans upon seeing tragic reports in the newspaper, but they also empathized that the US once fought for their own independence from Britain. If France didn’t intervene, the Americans probably would not have won their freedom. As if this did not rally enough hate for the Spanish among the American Public, fuel was added to the flame by the Spanish General (“Butcher”)
was lit on fire. This caused great damage to enemy ships, but also made the
...restructure their laws and traditions. The whole country became enlightened by spreading around French related materials that influenced other Spanish nationals in the country. Spain began also developing commercial relations with the French that later improved the colonial economical activities that had been initiated earlier through Bourbon’s reforms.