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    In the year of 1763 the french and indian war had ended and the land was completely destroyed and North america was under british rule at the time that the war had ended. Due to the war being as expensive as it was the british parliament had passed a group of laws that said that the colonist would be taxed for the damages. This is what lead up to the nation that we call america. One of the main reasons the american colonies broke away from under the british rule was because britain was denying

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    (1) Define Sir Walter Raleigh and the Lost Colony of Roanoke and the purpose of English colonization. Towards the end of the 16th century‚ the English began to think more seriously about North America as a place to colonize: as a market for English goods and a source of raw materials and commodities such as furs. The English started to realize that colonizing the new world would bring England many advantages and would help Brittan better compete with Spain‚ England’s economic rival at the time

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    date before October 31st‚ 1451‚ in Genoa‚ which is part of modern day Italy. He had a family that consisted of his mother (Susanna Fontanarossa)‚ his father (Domenico Colombo)‚ three brothers and a sister. It is claimed that Columbus had gotten some early training in the field of boating‚ stating that he was out at sea by the age of ten. In 1470‚ he found himself as a hired hand on a ship whose destination and mission was to conquer the Kingdom of Naples. In the year 1473‚ Christopher Columbus became

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    Vladir Diaz Thirteen Colonies The thirteen colonies in the United States are‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Delaware‚ Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina and Georgia. Each one of them has their own story characteristics that I’ll be listing them in the following paragraphs. Massachusetts was founded on 1630 by John Winthrop and others. Their major industry consists of fishing‚ corn‚ livestock‚ lumbering‚ shipbuilding and their

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    Era : Early 1970s Trend : Ethnic clothes Impact on fashion trend or history: There was no acute impact or revolution in fashion trends‚ as result the popular trends in late 1960s continued into 1970s. Much of hippie style had been integrated into mainstream American society by the early 1970s. The Mexican peasant blouses‚ tunic and Indian fabrics were still popular. The Also‚ the seventieth was a individualism decade. Everyone could wear anything anywhere so that the first phase of early

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    The Need for Slavery in the Colonies Farming‚ sewing‚ and taking care of livestock were just a few responsibilities that were left to slaves during the 1600 ’s. White families received all of the benefits from the work done‚ yet they rarely had to lift a finger‚ unless it was to correct a slave. Today ’s generation reads about slavery and regards it as morally wrong. While I agree that slavery was one of America ’s greatest wrongdoings‚ it paved the way for America as we know it today. One

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    Opinion: Why do Americans get married so early? Growing up in Germany I’ve been living in America for one and a half year and I honestly have to say that I got used to the culture‚ values and traditions pretty quickly. But one thing I never understood and I’m still doubting about is why Americans get married with an age of 21 or even younger. In European countries and many other ones like China and Japan the average age of marriage is 30. There is a world out there‚ new things to experience

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    North American Civilization Paper Early North American cultures were drastically different than today’s cultures. The earliest North Americans migrated from Asia in about 35‚000 B.C.‚ this was during the prehistoric glacial period. They continued to migrate even after 8‚000. Over a span of 25‚000 years settlement of early North Americans spread down to the Alaskan coast. After that spread deep into the North America‚ then they migrated down to Central and South America. The early North Americans

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    How did early agriculture societies different from those of the Paleolithic era? Early agriculture societies: - Africa was the place where “human revolution” occurred - In Africa humans started to live in environments within Africa such as the forests and desserts where no human mind has lived there before. - The Europeans who lived among the Paleolithic era have lived a life where physical competition among men was expressed in frequent which resulted to bloody battles Into Eurasia: - Around

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    Imagine you an Native American working around your house just peacefully doing what you have to do. Then you see some settlers walking on your land with a gun ordering you out of your land. If you were that Native American what would you do? Native Americans once had all their land and were living peacefully then they signed a piece of paper and lost it all and got moved away. Then settlers and miners kept on taking and taking and taking their land away from them breaking the paper the Natives signed

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