Queen Isabella gave Columbus 1/10th of all the riches he bought back.
Columbus received the Castilian equivalent of a knighthood, the honorific Don, as part of the contract, called the Capitulaciones de Santa Fe, that he signed with the Spanish Monarchs on 17 April 1492. That contract also gave him the titles of Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Viceroy, and Governor-General of any lands that he acquired for Spain.
The United States acquired the Philippines as a result of the Spanish-American War.
Colonel John Sutter purchased the land where gold was eventually discovered from the Mexican government in 1841. He acquired a land grant for the area known as Sutter's Mill, located in present-day Coloma, California. This site became famous in 1848 when gold was discovered, leading to the California Gold Rush.
well, it all started in 1637 when cristopher Columbus dicovered the Americas by exploring and expanding!!sincerly, anonomus!Well, it all started in 1637 whan Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas!!loleeeAnswerIn the span of five years, the United States increased its size by a third. It annexed Texas in 1845; negotiated with Britain for half of the Oregon country; and acquired California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming as a result of a war with Mexico. America's dramatic territorial expansion intensified the sectional conflict between North and South and raised the fateful and ultimately divisive issue of whether slavery would be allowed in the western territories.
They Were Acquired By kidnapping and taken from places. (mostly Africa)
Queen Isabella gave Columbus 1/10th of all the riches he bought back.
First of all they had just finished fight Grenada, so they were celebrating. Also they had recently acquired the Canary Islands, so they knew there was land to the West.
October 27 1492 was the date Christopher Columbus conquered it for the Spanish.
He ultimately died of effects of venereal diseases that he acquired abroad, or from numerous different starvations.
Wake Island was discovered by the US in 1840 by the Navy. However it wasn't until 1899 that it was officially claimed by the United States.
Quaoar was discovered on June 4, 2002 by astronomers Chad Trujillo and Michael Brown at the California Institute of Technology, from images acquired at the Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory.
In May 1999 Columbus McKinnon acquired overhead crane manufacturer Washington Equipment Co. of Eureka, Illinois
Yes, he had a son, Diego Colón Moniz, who eventually acquired all of the titles granted his father and was Viceroy of the West Indies.
The Midway Atoll was acquired by the US in 1867. In 1859 Captain N.C. Brooks discovered Midway and claimed it for the United States.
On December 10, 1898 was when America acquired Wake Island as a territory.
Columbus received the Castilian equivalent of a knighthood, the honorific Don, as part of the contract, called the Capitulaciones de Santa Fe, that he signed with the Spanish Monarchs on 17 April 1492. That contract also gave him the titles of Admiral of the Ocean Sea, Viceroy, and Governor-General of any lands that he acquired for Spain.
It is acquired