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    another country‚ you probably could feel like a stranger. It is a different place with a variety of characteristics that you probably are not used to. Not only for the language or for geographical features‚ but you also find cultural dissimilarities. If I have to choose three cultural variances from Venezuela and US‚ I will select housing development/city‚ sports and behavior. Firstly‚ Venezuela and US have a dissimilar meaning about housing development‚ urbanization or city must be. According to the

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    The colonization of North America‚ following its discovery in 1492‚ was a competition --based on the claim and settlement of lands in the New World-- between the major European imperial powers. The English‚ Spanish‚ and French colonization of North America was primarily a religious endeavor that focused on the desire to convert the Native Americans to Christianity‚ the need for religious havens to worship freely and openly‚ and the belief that Europeans had a God-given right to the lands in the New

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    belong there in the first place. As Christopher Columbus departed from Spain and landed in central america‚ he strongly believed that he had encountered the Indies but as years came‚ conquers captured regions for Spain. Not only were massacres occurring at at the islands‚ but missionaries on the islands were trying to convert the indians to catholicism. But as Spain was removing gold from central america‚ this surprisingly devastated spain economy by basically reducing the amount of how much money was

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    million metric tonnes of sesame seeds in 2010. Sesame seed cookies and wafers‚ both sweet and savoury‚ are popular in places like Charleston‚ South Carolina. Sesame seeds‚ also called benne‚ are believed to have been brought into 17th century colonial America by West African slaves. Since then‚ they have become part of various American cuisines. US Customers • Two long term customers are in contact at present. DIPASA Inc. ‚Texas Sunshine International Foods ‚ Massachusetts Products • We ship colour

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    has different foods‚ clothing‚ religions‚ races‚ architecture‚ geography‚ and many more influences. These subjects define us and how we live. They contradict us from everyone else; they are examples of our unique characteristics. In the 1860’s the North and south were different. Besides the fact that we were in the middle of a civil war‚ the cultures were almost opposites. The southern parts of the United States were mostly based on farming. The rich owned slaves‚ and harvested crops such as cotton

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    Colonization is the process by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and its components (Colonization‚ 2016). Currently‚ the U.S. is deciding whether or not to colonize South America. This decision is being based off of the European colonization in Africa. South America is a country that has not yet been colonized‚ but it is home to an abundance of natural resources and waterways. South America is also home to many countries within it that are unique areas. Colonization would

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    America before Columbus Early Migrations Many people came to America by the Bering Straight COLUMBUS WAS NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO DISCOVER THE AMERICAS!! Civilizations in the Americas Incas ( located in Peru; largest empire in the Americas Mayans (located in Central America; developed a written system‚ calendar and agricultural advancements. Aztecs (Tenochtitlan- largest city ever to that time period) Southwestern US (based mainly on agriculture like maize‚ and they also built elaborate irrigation

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    Compare and contrast Spanish and British colonization efforts in North America prior to 1763. Prior to 1763‚ both Spanish and British colonization efforts expanded into various regions of North America. In less than a century‚ from 1625 to 1700‚ the movements of peoples and goods from Europe to North America transformed the continent. Native Americans either resisted or accommodated the newcomers depending on the region of the colony. Though the English colonies were by far the most populous

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    Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America Benjamin Franklin describes the cultural difference between the savages and English in North America. “Perhaps‚ if we could examine the manners of different nations with impartiality‚ we should find no people so rude‚ as to be without as to be without any rules of politeness; nor any so polite as not to have some remains of rudeness” (Franklin 219). Franklin is saying that nations who are polite usually don’t have rules to have a polite society and

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    The Columbian Exchange and the Colonization of America The Columbian Exchange refers to the exchange of diseases‚ ideas‚ food crops‚ and populations between the New World and the Old World following the voyage to the Americas by Christopher Columbus in 1492. While some had cataclysmic results for the indigenous populations‚ other interactions led to exchanges of ideas and resources. These exchanges altered life on both sides of the Atlantic. In North America many native cultures had lived and

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