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    Europeans Settled in North America over 500 years ago‚ but why? I have three reasons that I think is what pulled the Europeans to settle in North America. My three reasons are freedom of religion‚ the discovery of new land‚ and to find resources that are rare. The first pull factor for the settlement in North America is the freedom of religion. “Catholic leaders in Spain often burned heretics—nonbelievers—in public during the Inquisition of the 1400s and 1500s.” “Heretics” or "nonbelievers" were

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    blacks got angry and wouldn’t stand for the oppression. They also struck fear into the hearts of blacks by physical and psychological tactics. The KKK was created by a group of confederate soldiers because the blacks helped the north win the war. Which is also why it was so hard to make the south conform to new laws that the government passed. As Mary Daly once said‚ “I had explained that women asking for equality in a church would be the same as a black man asking the KKK for equality”. Well

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    period between the 1600s and 1700s was a time of major change for the natives of North America. The incursion and colonization of Europeans into North America had considerable impacts on Native American lives. Suddenly‚ North American natives found themselves entangled by European power politics. European empires at the time‚ such as the French‚ English and Spanish empires‚ often fought against each other for power and control. The arrival of Europeans into the North American continent meant new political

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    The south and north had both felt confident they both could win the civil war; however the north won the war victoriously. I perceived upon my reading the historic roots of the north union army history and my thoughts regarding why the north union army would indeed win the civil war. George Washington was born in Virginia‚ which was considered a southern state and would be naturally a part of the confederacy. George Washington lived and died in Mount Vernon Virginia; however during his life span

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    Slavery in North America: introduction and development: I. Introduction of Africans in North America: This map represents the 13 colonies founded by the British between 1607 and the 18th century. This is the original United State in the 18th century. We must say that the British when they colonized America were a bit late because other European nations had colonized America (both North and South) before the British. The first British settlement in America was in 1607‚ in

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    The main reasons England won this struggle was because of the sudden downfall of the Spanish Empire‚ and England’s successful establishment of its colonies. Throughout the 16th‚ 17th‚ and 18th centuries‚ Spain maintained an impressive hold on American territory. As The American Pageant describes‚ they had attained a “sprawling empire from California to Florida to Tierra del Fuego”. Perhaps contributing to their success‚ the Spanish blended their culture with the Native Americans through marriage

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    Final Study Guide: American History 1st Topic: European Exploration and Colonization of North America. Mayflower Compact * Was an agreement signed by all of the pilgrim men which said that they would remain loyal to the king and. * They would have just and equal laws * It provides the foundation for American democratic government Jamestown (Important to Know England sent a crew to establish a colony in America; they settled near the Chesapeake Bay and named it Jamestown after

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    Assess the reasons for the communist victory in the 2nd Indochina War The communist victory in the second Indochina war was highly due to the failures of conventional warfare from the US and ARVN such as the bombing of the Ho Chi Minh Trail and search and destroy missions which did little to bring down the Viet Cong. The Tet Offensive also contributed by being a turning point for the war‚ leading to a decreasing American support for the war as it caused media chaos. The end of US aid through the

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    In early colonial America‚ there were thirteen colonies. The English started them all‚ but those colonies varied indefinitely. The two primary regions of the colonies were the Chesapeake and the New England Regions. In the very beginnings of these regions‚ there were ample amounts of differences to create two very different American cultures. The first permanent English settlement in America is Jamestown‚ Virginia. Jamestown began as a business venture and then failed. Later a Virginia Company of

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    1.1 Why did humans migrate to North America? Humans have migrated to North America for better cultivation of crops and repopulation. It has been theorized that people have crossed to North America on a Land Bridge‚ which had emerged linking Asia and North America across into what is known today as the Bering Sea. Groups of people that have traveled from the bridge have spreaded to North‚ Central and South America‚ where tons of tribes have emerged. Many tribes have noticed that North America soil

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