North America is a historical melting pot of cultures and identities. South America is has great landscapes with snow covered mountains year around‚ thick forests‚ mesmerizing waterfalls and one of the world’s spectacular mountain ranges. In my paper I will be discussing the regions of North America and South America. In the following paragraphs I will compare and contrast the physical features of the two regions‚ which include the location of each region and their proximity to bodies of water
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European Nations Settle North America Competing Claims in North America The French‚ English and Dutch established colonies in North America Explorers Establish New France Giovanni da Verrazano‚ an Italian in the service of France. In 1524 he sailed to N/A in search of sea route to the Pacific Verrazano discover the New york harbor Frenchman Jacques Cartier reached a gulf off the eastern coast of Canada that led to a broad river ( St. Lawrence) He also found the island Mont Real‚ which
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Northern & Southern colonies were close to each other‚ they held many similarities and differences. America was a place of dreams until immigrants began sailing to its’ shores. An influx of immigrants came to America in the 17th century were English‚ but there were also Dutch‚ Swedes and Germans in the middle region‚ a few French Huguenots in South Carolina and elsewhere‚ slaves from Africa‚ mainly in the South‚ and a scattering of Spaniards‚ Italians and Portuguese all through the colonies. They had sailed
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The English colonies in North America were actually settled by immigrants from many different European countries which resulted in a very cosmopolitan and multicultural society rich in diversities of language and religion. Because of this nascent colonial diversity the United States of America emerged as a new type of nation‚ one that guaranteed in written constitutional form the rights of minorities against the possible tyranny of the majority. However‚ while the nation could use “E
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Introduction Segregation not only occurred in America‚ but also in South Africa (Apartheid). In this research paper‚ you will learn about the following: the different restrictions between the two countries‚ pervasive racism that took place in America and South Africa‚ which country was the racism worse‚ and also the similarities of segregation and apartheid. It is important that everyone knows that segregation and racism didn’t just happen in one country‚ but other countries. Was segregation worse
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Final Study Guide: American History 1st Topic: European Exploration and Colonization of North America. Mayflower Compact * Was an agreement signed by all of the pilgrim men which said that they would remain loyal to the king and. * They would have just and equal laws * It provides the foundation for American democratic government Jamestown (Important to Know England sent a crew to establish a colony in America; they settled near the Chesapeake Bay and named it Jamestown after
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between the North and the South were promptly obvious well before the American Revolution. Economic‚ social‚ and political structures varied essentially between the two areas‚ and these differences just augmented in the 1800s. In 1861‚ the Civil War emitted between two sides‚ and a great part of the contention encompassed sectional differences. When the war ended‚ Reconstruction decreased some sectional differences however expanded others. The real difference between the North and the South- and the
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The North and The South After 4 grueling years‚ The Civil War finally came to an end on May 9th‚ 1865. Most believed the Civil War was started was because of the “Free states” (The North) and the “Slave states” (The South) couldn’t come to a compromise over the power of national government to stop slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 and vowed to keep slavery out of territories. The Civil war is an incredibly crucial part of history
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achieve these goals including Indians‚ unfarmed land and unfamiliar weather. Each colony began building and working toward their goal. The differences between the colonies started to form soon after they were settled. According to the ship’s list of emigrant bound for Virginia there were very few women. Without women the men weren’t motivated to work‚ and many men died. Since the men didn’t feel like the colony was stable‚ they started to have relationships with Indian women. This made what little
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Many things were happening in the South during the 1800’s and the mid 1800’s. Like for instance the cotton gin. In the early 1800’s the South was the number one producer of cotton in America. But then the north started to produce more cotton then the south and soon enough the souths production of cotton stopped. But the south sure did love there slaves. The slaves in the South got to work on plantations and the free slaves in the north worked in factory’s. Late into the 1800’s the slaves were put
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