On that first day of ERA ratification in March 1972, many senators, journalists, activists, and other public figures predicted that the amendment would soon be ratified by the necessary three-quarters of the states—38 out of 50. New Hampshire and Delaware ratified the ERA on March 23. Iowa ...
Spanish colonial motives were not, however, strictly commercial. The Spanish at first viewed the Philippines as astepping-stoneto the riches of theEast Indies(Spice Islands), but, even after thePortugueseandDutchhad foreclosed that possibility, the Spanish still maintained their presence in the archi...