How Marijuana Affects Cardiovascular Health. Marijuana use raises the heart rate by as much as 100 percent â most acutely after smoking, but this effect may last for a few hours. Other effects of marijuana use on the heart include: Chest pain.
1 1478 - Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition established in Spain. 2  King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile wanted Spain to be entirely Catholic. 3  1492 - Edict of Expulsion ordered Jews to convert or leave. 4  Muslim converts were called Moriscos.arvajal's family was among the estimated one-third of Spanish Jews who converted to Catholicism to escape the Inquisition's clutches. They were known as the conversos. So, Carvajal is technically the descendant of converts.
Scholars estimate that anywhere from a quarter to a third of the enslaved Africans brought to the United States were Muslims. Large numbers of Moriscos (former Muslims of Spain and Portugal) also came to the Spanish colonies, including many areas of what is today the United States. Although enslaved people were denied freedom of religion, many did practice their faith in secret and pass it on to their children.