Motives of European conquest to America- land‚ trade‚ missionary: A series of wars began between Christians and Muslims. They were fighting for control of the area of Southwest Asia called Palestine. This area contained Christian shrines and holy places. Land: each noble ruled a piece of land and hoped to rule more. Strong rulers were able to unify nearby lands. Purpose of the American colonies in eyes of Europeans- Mercantilism: mercantilism is guided by economic principles. Governments held
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The Clovis were an ancient group of people who were believed to be the first to inhabit North America. They were believed to initially come down from the land bridge known as the Bering Strait around 1300 years ago. Some believe that this is not the case. Evidence of human existence in the Americas before this period has been few and far between until now. In a sinkhole about 30 miles west of Tallahassee‚ Florida‚ under 9 feet of murky water‚ divers found many artifacts‚ such as a stone knife and
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interests were not only divided between Russian and Chinese forces of communism during this time‚ but South Vietnam was peaking curiosity as they were attempting to take over their nearby democratic brother‚ North Vietnam. For many years‚ the French had ruled over the two areas‚ and America remained repeatedly conflicted between which side is best to take with communism involved‚ although in the end they allied themselves with France to ensure that they had an ally during the Cold War. While the
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Why does North Korea kill people? War with North Korea is a bad idea because thousands of lives would be lost‚ especially if nuclear weapons are used‚ North Korea has ICBM’s that can travel to the USA mainland.People cares about other people in North Korea. It’s not fare to kill people. .North Korea continues to develop ICBM’s‚ some can even travel far enough to hit the United States. Other countries would also be affected if war was to break out in North Korea. Kim jong un is a dangerous dictator
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Why did the Liberals win the 1906 election? In the1870s‚ the Conservative Party won three out of four elections and formed the government for 17 years out of a total of 20 years. It reflected the Conservative Party was the most powerful party in England at that time; they even had an overpowering majority of seats in the House of Lords. They had support from everywhere. However‚ the situation changed dramatically when the Liberal party won the general election in 1906 with an overwhelming majority
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If you had two options to win the war‚ what what you do? Truman was in that same situation when he was president. Truman had two options‚ option one was to invade japan‚ option two was to bomb them. While Roosevelt was president Truman had no idea about the A-Bomb he had no clue that their was an A-Bomb but as soon as Roosevelt died Truman was introduced to the A-Bomb. Truman wanted to end the war completely so he had to think of what he was going to do‚ option one or option two. While Roosevelt
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The battle was fought on Senlac hill 10 kilometres away from Hastings. The battle started because when King Edward died‚ he left no heir to the throne. The men who claimed to be king were Harald Hadrada‚ Harold Godwinson and William of Normandy. This essay will decide why William won the battle of Hastings by looking at the tree following factors: William’s skill‚ Harold’s poor leadership and Harold’s bad luck. The first argument as to why William won the battle of Hastings‚ is that he had the bet
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Places‚ better said‚ continents‚ like South and North America‚ were not always like they look now. There was no countries‚ no big cities‚ and no civilized life. There was only native tribes and nature. What we look now is product of what it’s called "colonization". Of course‚ none of the two pieces of the continent were colonized in the same way. First‚ I am going to explained how was the colonization in the USA‚ and then the colonization in South America. North America‚ XVII century. It all
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America‚ A Christian Nation...? Introduction to Religion REL 2000 April 24‚ 2012 It has been said before that the United States is considered a Christian nation. Many citizens truly believe this‚ while other strongly oppose this belief. Contrary to what critics imply‚ a Christian nation is not one in which all citizens are Christians‚ the laws require everyone to adhere to Christian theology‚ or all leaders are Christians. America is a Christian nation only in the sense that the majority
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On August 19‚ 1910 the Big Burn in the Rocky Moutains began‚ recorded as the largest and most destrustive fire‚ in North America. At the time the United States fire service was only five years old‚ with very little experience and preparation to handle such a large forest fire. It destroys an area the size of Connecticut within a matter of 36 hours‚ equaling more than three-million acres of forest‚ and $1 billion worth lost in timber. There were atleast 78 firefighter fatalities‚ however it is unknown
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