Pre-Hispanic period The strategic location of Manila along the bay and at the mouth of Pasig River made it an ideal location for the Tagalog and Kapampangan tribes and kingdoms to trade with merchants from China‚ India‚Borneo and Indonesia. Before the first arrival of Europeans on Luzon island‚ the island was part of the Majapahit empire around the 14th century‚ according to the epic eulogy poem Nagarakretagama which described its conquest byMahārāja Hayam Wuruk. The region was invaded around 1485
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The end of the civil war should’ve marked a major turning point for the position of African Americans. The north’s victory marked the end of slavery and in addition‚ the fourteenth and fifteenth amendment guaranteed African Americans full civil and political equality. However‚ the end of the civil war and the beginning of the reconstruction era was seen a ‘false dawn for the slaves in the former confederacy and border states. 1865 saw the creation of the freedman bureau to provide food‚ shelter
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that. Angrily‚ the Southerners created the Ku Klux Klan to torture all of the freed slaves by burning down their houses‚ robbing them‚ and even worse... murdering them. The Ku Klux Klan‚ or KKK for short‚ was founded by six confederate veterans in Pulaski‚ Tennessee. The Ku Klux Klan have been on the streets ever since the end of the Civil War with an estimate of about 500‚000 Klan members. The Klansmen wear white robes with white hoods that cover up their faces. The goal of the Ku Klux Klan was to
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Stamp act and Boston Tea Party. The Boston Tea Party was by Massachusetts colonists on December 16th 1773 at the Boston Harbor. The colonists were disguised as Indians to retaliate against the Tea Act as they boarded three British Tea Ships. They were dressed as Indians because they no longer considered themselves British. The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22 1765. The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed
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I‚ Angela‚ aka the perfect beauty. I don’t get how so many people have so many flaws. I could name tons for everyone. And you know what‚ I just might do that. In partners for The Westing Game. Let’s start off with my faker partner‚ Sydelle Pulaski. She literally faked a broken ankle for attention. I mean‚ oh my. Cause when that 2nd bomb went off the doctor said ¨It’s a simple fracture¨ And if it was already broke it wouldn’t be a ¨simple¨ fracture. You know what I mean? Also how about my mom
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famous for their white capes and riding horseback at night time to scare previous slaves‚ and other ethnic groups. The white capes were meant to represent‚ the ghosts of confederate soldiers coming back from the dead. The Ku Klux Klan started in Pulaski‚ Tennessee. It was founded by former confederate soldiers at a drinking club.(-Cavendish‚ Richard.). There was also a rumor that it was formed by college students that would wear costumes and run around after dark. After hearing that previous slaves
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established at Quebec 3. Robert de La Salle f. French explorer that explored the Great Lakes‚ the Mississippi River‚ and the Gulf of Mexico 4. Fort Necessity g. After Washington and his men fired and killed some French troops and their leader outside of Fort Duquesne‚ Washington set up hastily constructed breastworks called Fort Necessity h. After a ten hour siege‚ he was forced to surrender his entire command in July 1754‚ but was permitted to march his men away with the
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But Dessalines didn’t stop there. He continued to order many battles against the French to capture the remaining towns still under French occupation. In doing so‚ houses and plantations were destroyed‚ casualty rate increased in both sides. As Joan Dayan wrote in Haiti‚ History and the Gods “…the terrors of pestilence‚ a city become one vast charnel
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The First generation of the KKK‚ formally known as Klu Klux Klan‚ was originally found by six Confederate veterans from Pulaski‚ Tennessee on December 24‚ 1865‚ while the South was going through a reconstruction after the Civil War. Ku Klux Klan was derived from the Greek word kyklos‚ meaning "circle‚" and the Scottish-Gaelic word "clan‚" which was chosen for the sake of alliteration. Controlled by a number of philosophized white racial superiority‚ the group employed violence which led to pushing
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Men were subjected to being hung from their wrist‚ in some cases with bones that had been broken either by the beatings of the Vietnamese during capture or from interrogations for information. Electroshock torture was not uncommon; the Vietnamese were creatively brutal using many different electronic devices that were attached to the POW’s to dispense the maximum amount of pain possible. The torture
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