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    .     The year of 1492 is a year the congregation of Jewish people will always remember.  This was the year that over 200‚000 Jewish people were forced to leave the land of Spain because of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand ordering the removal in a somewhat peaceful manner‚ thanks to Father Tomas de Torquemada.  Father Tomas de Torquemada stalled the time of the expulsion of Jews’ to March instead of January.  Spain was under invasion by Muslims at the time and had just defeated the Muslims

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    in race and sex. And in such as world of conflict‚ a world of victims and executioners‚ it is the job of thinking people‚ as Albert Camus suggested‚ not to be on the side of the executioners.” (Howard Zinn‚ A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present). This theory shows that we have the ability to learn from our mistakes‚ but America has not taken the opportunity to do change. Though we have not repeated many past mistakes we have not taken the chance to change. Zinn says we have not

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    in Genoa‚ Italy 1451. Columbus spent years trying to convince someone to pay for his voyage. He was able to convince Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to pay for the trip. He set sail on August 12‚ 1492 with three ships named the Nina‚ the Pinta‚ and the Santa Maria. On October 12‚ 1492 land was found. It was an island in the Bahamas that Columbus would name San Salvador. Christopher Columbus died in May 20‚ 1506. He died never knowing he landed in a new land called America. Leif Erikson

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    the Native American because he is the one who leads those Spaniards to ravage and ruin the land‚ he also opens a door for Native American to see that they need to improve the way they live on the land for connecting the rest whole world. Before 1492‚ the people on the “New World” and people on the “Old World” had knew nothing about the existences of each other. On the

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    Equation: When in the year 1790 because this is the population when To find in the equation for the population function using the data from the year 1800‚ the values of and are substituted in: the population of the USA in the year 1800 which is 5.5 million. the population of the USA in 1790 which is 3.6 million. the number of years since 1790 which is 10. constant rate of population growth. Therefore the

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    The first of four voyages: 1492‚ 1493‚ 1498‚ and 1502. In 1493 he came back to the New World with an impressive fleet of 17 ships and 1‚200 men. It was a venture of colonization. Due to the destruction of his fortress of La Navidad (created in 1492‚ in Hispaniola today’s Haiti)‚ he erected the first European-American town: Isabela (in Hispaniola‚ Dominican Republic). Columbus believed

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    its nickname of “the city of brotherly love.” .Pennsylvania’s capital‚ Philadelphia‚ was the site of the first and second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775 .Now the largest city in Pennsylvania‚ Philadelphia served as the nation’s capital from 1790 until a permanent capital was established in Washington‚ D.C.‚ in 1800. Both the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution were signed in Philadelphia. King Charles II owed William Penn £16‚000‚which Admiral Penn had lent him. Seeking a

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    In 1790‚ the first U.S census revealed that of the four million U.S residents ‚ seven hundred thousand were black slaves. Who didn’t had rights or liberties they were owned by the farm or plantation owner just as if they were livestock. Benjamin Banneker‚ the son of former slaves‚ was a farmer‚ astronomer‚ mathematician‚ and author. In 1971 Banneker wrote a letter to Thomas Jefferson arguing against slavery. In his letter Banneker describes how atrocious the black slaves are treated . Banneker’s

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    In the 1790s‚ the United States was troubled by both domestic and foreign affairs. As the new nation began to develop‚ relations with France would inspire foreign affairs and the rise of political parties would control domestic affairs. Throughout this time period‚ the American leaders experienced domestic and foreign affairs that came to be important in the rise of the new nation. Beginning with the election of George Washington to be the first president‚ domestic affairs played a key role in shaping

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    migration can provide social stability‚ and the number of people who have migrated. In writing this essay I will examine the history of the Caribbean people and migration from 1492 to present. Migration has been occurring over a long period of time‚ from 1492 to present‚ and as such it is a cultural trait of the Caribbean people. In 1492 during the encounter period‚ the Tainos migrated from Asia along the bearing strait to the Caribbean where Christopher Columbus found them. Columbus had migrated from Spain

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