going to list some examples of why Europeans were interested in discovering new lands and markets. One reason was that the expanding of European states stimulated increase of trade with markets in Asia. Also the European nations in front of the Atlantic Ocean saw new routes for trade. European nations also wanted to spread Christianity Religion. The European nations made a trade pattern known as the triangular trade. Europeans really were interested in discovering new lands and markets. There were
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In 1492 columbus sailed the ocean blue‚ we’ve all heard it. However‚ Columbus faced many hardships through his voyage. Columbus sailed from eastern Europe through the Atlantic‚ and landed off the coast of Florida in Hispanolia. However‚ Columbus’s voyage could have been more successful using present day technology. Today sailors can sail faster‚ know where obstacles in the ocean are‚ and know exact locations of the ships; if Columbus were to have this technology mistakes could have been prevented
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Portugal is located on the continent of Europe‚ in a little area west of Spain along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. The Indian Civilizations lived on the Indian Peninsula. The Indian peninsula is located north of the Indian Ocean‚ and east of Africa‚ west of China and south of Russia. The Brazilian Civilizations lived in modern-day Brazil‚ which is a large area of rainforest in eastern South America. The Inuit Civilization lived in what is today Greenland‚ a large island north
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moved in to their present position. The ancient ancestors of the Smoky Mountains were subjected to intense erosion from ice‚ wind‚ and water. As the mountain valleys were carved‚ tremendous quantities of the eroded material were transported to the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico. Some of these form the beaches in the Gulf of Mexico. As the mountains were worn down‚ the layers of rock resistant to the erosion were left to for the highest peaks of the Smoky Mountains. Today geologist estimate that
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On August 24 1814‚ during the War of 1812 we traveled from the Atlantic Ocean‚ into Chesapeake Bay‚ and on into Washington D.C. . The British Army occupied Washington‚ D.C. as I and some others set fire to the White House. I was so nervous; I knew it was something I had to do though. It was our commander’s orders to only burn public buildings. This was the first time that a foreign power captured and occupied the United States capital. After we set fire to the buildings we left as quickly as possible
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Airster. When her parents became divorce she moved back where she was employed as a social worker in the Denison House in Boston Massachusetts. (Biography of Amelia Earhart‚ n.d.) Amelia Earhart was credited with the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean however she was only a passenger on this flight Wilmer
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INTRODUCTION According to Hamilton-Willie D. 2001‚ the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was the most abominable and cruel form of slavery‚ Greenwood R. and Hamber S. 2003stated that it was neither the first nor the only form of slave trade. Slavery was recognized around the world long before the Egyptians enslaved the Jews. Slavery was not just about the black people who endured the Middle Passage. It was a part of human history. Worldwide‚ domestic slavery was the most common form of enslavement.
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did the ancient oceans change to become what we now see today? It is a popular opinion that the World was once a supercontinent called “Pangaea”. At this time there was only one ocean called “Panthalassa”. The pieces of the supercontinent were giant plates that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. Through years and years of continental drift‚ the giant jigsaw pieces became the continents of the world we know today. The splitting apart of the continents gave way to new oceans. The continents
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The Bahamas is a nation consisting of 29 islands. It is located in the Atlantic Ocean north of Cuba. In 1492 the Bahamas was discovered by Christopher Columbus. In 1973 the Bahamas attained independence from the UK. I would live in the Bahamas; I believe it is a very beautiful and stable country. The reasons for this are the country’s views on capital punishment which I see as very lawful to inmates on death row‚ also the country has a very calm and relaxed environment that is based around tourism
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Atlas In Greek Mythology‚ the Titans were a race of giants. Atlas was the strongest of all the titans. His father was titan Iapetus and his mother was the Sea Nymph Clymene. His brothers were Prometheus and Cronus. Atlas was the father of the Hesperides (Daughters of the Evening‚) the Hyades‚ and the Pleiades. He was also the king of the legendary Atlantis. In etymology Atlas means “bearer” or “endurer.” An image of Atlas is a person with the world on his back
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