When the Europeans landed in the Americas‚ they were surprised to find that other people had already populated the land. These people came to be known as Indians to the Europeans‚ and Native Americans to us today. They were called Indians due to the fact that the Europeans at first thought that they were in India‚ as they stumbled across the Americas whilst looking for a quicker shipping route to India‚ not knowing the fast land masses that separated Europe and India. Eventually though they discovered
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Over the past 50 years‚ European Colonies have seen a massive growth in their population. With immigrants from Ireland‚ Scotland and Germany coming to America in search of religious freedom‚ a new American culture has seemed to evolve. Data shows that Englishmen have dominated the Colonies with an outstanding 49%. 14% of the population consists of Scottish and Germans‚ and the Scots-Irish make up 5% of our general public. While Blacks make up 20% of the Colonies‚ and are generally located in the
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Why Nations Fail by James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoglu a b o o k r e v i e w INTRODUCTION Why Nations Fail is a non-fiction book by James A. Robinson and Daron Acemoglu which is based on the views and insights from the economic history of each country to be able to answer why nations grow differently‚ why others succeed while others fail. The stories are linked with a common narrative theme‚ the distinction between inclusive and extractive institutions
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the 1700s the English came to the New World and settled in The Chesapeake and New England regions. The lives of the people settled in these regions were centered on two dissimilar lifestyles. Distinctive differences between these regions were in expectations‚ beliefs‚ and social cultures. The differences created a clear cut between North and South. The wide gap between the development of The Chesapeake and New England regions was mainly because of the way their lives were centered. The Chesapeakes
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relationship between the Europeans and the indigenous people varied from place to place. In general‚ Europeans never considered the indigenous people as their equal. The Europeans and the Native Americans had such different beliefs on religion‚ farming practices‚ economic practices and political practices that the Europeans always thought as themselves as better than the Native Americans. The relationship between the Europeans and the Africans was unequal. The Europeans thought of the Africans as
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history’s greatest wars. This war was between the North (the states that did not have any slaves otherwise known as non -slave states) and the South (the states that ha slaves otherwise known as slave states). The North (otherwise known as the Union) won this war. The North won because they simply outnumbered the South (otherwise known as the Confederacy). After four years of hard fighting‚ the South just stopped receiving reinforcements like the North continued to get. The Union had certain advantages
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further argue that not every nation benefited from the industrial revolution of the1688 for different reasons. Acemoglu et al (2012)‚ argue‚ some groups have intentionally kept their people in poverty to ensure that their grip on power remains unshaken‚ i.e.‚ improving the lives of others might mean distributing their political power‚ or even losing their political and economic privileges that absolutism grants them. Examples of these case include the Communist Party of North Korea‚ and sugar planters
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century expansion became a key theme across the face of Early Modern Europe; this caused the sixteenth century to acquire the retrospective name of the Age of Expansion or Age of Discovery. According to the historian Richard Mackenney the cause of European expansion during this period can be explained in terms of three major symptoms: overseas discovery‚ population growth and price inflation all of which are tied together in a complex multiplicity making in difficult to isolate one symptom from the
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On October 13th of 1812‚ Americans raid Queenston Heights‚ hoping to capture Queenston Heights and possibly Detroit. The battle is fought‚ ending with British with a gain and loss. During September of 1812‚ Americans started to bring together an army of soldiers‚ which would attack Queenston Heights‚ (which is close to the town Queenston). They created a plan to cut the British supplies to Detroit. On October 12th‚ 1812‚ the Americans launched their New York militia‚ which contained of citizens
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In 1848‚ Americans wanted to expand their country by taking Texas. Although they did end up marking new territory in Texas I disagree with the decision. During the process they caused hurt feeling towards Native Americans. In addition to‚ they made mexico relent them because of the way they handled the situation. Lastly‚ they did a lot of the things they did because of greed. John O’Sullivan‚ very vocal american citizen‚ says that America wanted the expansion because it would bring peace and happiness
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