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    Jersey was the only state that granted suffrage to any citizen that met the voting qualifications. Women first gained the right to vote via the vague wording in the voting clause‚ in the New Jersey Constitution of 1776. The voting rights acts of 1790 and 1797 explicitly indicated that women had the right to vote‚ though each law affected a different area of New Jersey. Then in 1807‚ there was a voting act which revoked the right to vote for women. The varying laws about women’s suffrage in New

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    Genoa‚ in the 11th century‚ Genoese and Pisans captured Almadia and Subelia in Africa. In the 15th century‚ the hundred year war ended from a frightful time from the Europeans. The 15th century was a time of change and Europe and Spain made the effort to move to the American lands. Spain and Europe did not know what to expect when it came to traveling to the new world. Soon came of Chistoforo Columbo or Cristobal Colon‚ born in 1446. Columbus as he is known after his death in 1506 changed the

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    Americas Socio Economic Evolution from 1492-1750 During the period of 1492-1750 the world experienced a process of transformation as the continents connected. In this era America experienced discovery and colonization from the Europeans. As a result‚ Native Americans entered a process of evolution. They were deeply influenced by the modern Europeans. Socially and economically they grew and evolved. All this changes influenced the Americas by influencing and shaping it. As a result of the blending

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    United States of America the colonists and later Americans had to deal with the Natives that were rightfully there first. The federal government’s diplomacy approach with Native Americans during the time periods of 1790 to 1880 and 1880 to 1900 differ in a few ways. During the period of 1790 to 1880 the government participated it removals‚ treaties‚ reservations‚ and even war. In addition‚ the treaties and acts in this time period that the government approached with‚ usually ended in the U.S. taking

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    be ashamed Introduction During this year in United Stated we will celebrate again Christopher Columbus day; to be exact is going to be on October 16‚ 2016. During this day we will commemorates Christopher Columbus discovering a new world back in 1492‚ but with the past of the years this celebration had been a remembrance of a difficult and a deep marked in our history that many Americans feel and trying to erase from their past. Did Christopher Columbus was a brutal colonizer that brought slaves

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    geographical discoveries in human history. He was in his youth believer in the theory of spherical Earth and not leading the famous Marco Polo every respect and appreciation‚ and the determination to become a navigator. During the period between the year 1492 and in 1502 crossed the Atlantic Ocean four times and discovered the American continent and became a great crew in the history of the world.   Columbus Italy and had a passion for navigation and exploration since he was young and looked forward to

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    he landed in the north coast of Cuba on October 28‚ 1492‚ because he was told that there was a great amount of gold to be found in the “Island called Samoete”(Young). However‚ he went looking for it‚ but did not find any. He renamed Cuba to Juana in honor of the young prince‚ the son of the King of Spain

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    Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20‚ 1506) was a navigator‚ colonizer‚ and explorer who was instrumental in Spanish colonization of the Americas. Though not the first to reach the Americas from Europe‚ Columbus’ voyages led to general European awareness of the hemisphere and the successful establishment of European cultures in the New World. It is generally believed that he was born in Genoa‚ although other theories exist. The name Christopher Columbus is the Anglicization of the Latin Christophorus

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    To gain the support for his journeys‚ he went the Catholic Monarchs of Spain. As part of his offer‚ he said that he hoped to be able to spread Christianity to ‘heathen lands’ in the east. In 1492‚ he sailed from Europe to America. He and his sailors crossed the Atlantic Ocean‚ not knowing where they would land. It was a voyage into the unknown as they say. Columbus did not find America‚ There were many people already living there Like native

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    after 1492. This exchange between the two worlds was brought on by the “discovery” of America by Christopher Columbus in 1492. This ecological change resulted in the introduction of new vegetation and animals to the New and Old Worlds as positive effects of this grand exchange‚ but the negative effects include the new‚ deadly diseases spread throughout the New World‚ killing millions of people. The world is arguably a better world because of the effects of the Columbian Exchange after 1492. Examples

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