The Pilgrims came to New England because they wanted more land and religious freedom. They came from the country of England. They called this land New Plimouth because it was already named Plimouth and it was a new land to them so they named it New Plimouth. On November 11‚1620 the Pilgrims landed in North America. The ship the Pilgrims came over on was called the Mayflower. Two interesting facts that I learned while visiting the MAyflower’s replica was that CHristopher Jones was the captain and
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the way. Some of them can be overcome with some hard work‚ others are harder to resolve. Throughout this essay I will be looking at the different struggles immigrants face to see if there are any ways in which they can be overcome. As the number of immigrants increase year by year it is important that there are ways for them to start of a new life in America with fewer challenges to face and that there are opportunities for them to seek help. The different areas that immigrants find it hardest are:
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The history of North American white indentured servants was as long as the entire North American colonial history. May 1607‚ London sent the first group of settlers to North America‚ built the James Town. The number of first group immigrants was 105‚ including the white indentured servants. Just in decades later‚ a large-scale importation of white indentured servants was filling the town. Initially‚ the Europeans tried to get workforce from indigenous Indians of North America. They had tried every
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the popular vote and the electoral vote. In that election he was running against three other people‚ Henry Clay‚ William Crawford and John Quincy Adams. In the constitution it says that the president must win the majority of electoral votes and even though Jackson won the most electoral votes he did not get the majority and in that case the election went to the house of representatives and they chose the president by vote. Henry clay happened to be the speaker of the house of the representatives which
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This paper centers on the reasons why the US fail to win the Vietnam war. There are many reasons. Firstly‚ the US couldn’t expand the scale of the war. As for the US，it might lose if not expand the scale‚ but it must lose if it expanded. The biggest enemy of the US is the Soviet union‚ and the most important place it should protect is the Europe. If the US expand the scale of the war in Vietnam‚ pitting a large number of troops to the place where is far from the Europe‚ complaining with Chinese
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Before Columbus‚ Scandinavian sailors and European powers‚ including Spain and Portugal‚ conducted early colonization and expeditions in the Americas. Vikings arrived around 1000 AD but couldn’t establish permanent colonies due to hostile environments. The Crusades restored trade and knowledge between Europe and Asia‚ paving the way for the Renaissance and Europe’s growth. European countries‚ like Spain and Portugal‚ sought new trade routes to Asia for economic and religious reasons. Portugal under
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the South seceded from the Union.( Civil War Trust 1). The union wanted to stay in tact‚ (Civil War Trust 1). So the North did not see a legitimate reason for secession. (Civil War Trust 1). The two sides had also been drifting apart because of their cultural and economic differences. ( Guelzo 1 ). The North was advancing industrially and the South was growing agriculturally with their entire economic system relying on agriculture and slaves. ( Civil War 1 ). However the North wanted to abolish slavery
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weapons to help me explain this. The first and most important reason for the victory of the battle of britain was the technology used. Radar was a very important device only used by the british in the battle. Radar was used to detect enemy invation from up to 100 miles away. This enabled british fighter planes‚ the Hurricanes and the Spitfires‚ to get up into the air and prepare for battle. Britain was the only participant that used it‚ germany thought it wasn’t nessery to acquire this technology
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Around the 1870’s Europeans came and started to takeover Africa. Before they even came‚ Africa had a very stable economy. After the settlement of the Europeans‚ they started taking all the wealth for themselves‚ which had demolished the economy of Africa. After the imperialism of Africa was seized‚ Africa became independent. With the Europeans weakening the economy they were already off on the wrong foot. At one point all the world was in poverty‚ but during that time Africa had the worse case
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Why did William the Conqueror win the battle of Hastings? The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14th October 1066 - between Harold Godwinson of England and William of Normandy. The conflict started because when King Edward died‚ he left no heir to inherit the crown‚ which left three men claiming to be the next King of England. These three contenders to the throne were Harold Godwinson who was the only Englishman and related to the old king by marriage‚ Harald Hadrada and William the Conqueror who
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