met what he called the Native Americans “Indians”. As the Europeans started arriving‚ a rapid disease started spreading. This affected claimed lives and survivors. As the next two centuries went by the European Nations explored America and established colonies. The colonies sometimes took land from Native Americans. Spain had a voyage from the Caribbean in Central and South America. France then established thirteen colonies along the mid atlantic coast of North America. Even though there are only
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and stardom despite the racism of America at the time. Black musicians were the original inventors and innovators of jazz music. The creation of jazz was a huge accomplishment for the black people living in America at the beginning of
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really think Columbus discovered America? What does discovering a country consist of? Well‚ Columbus may have started the expansion of the “The New World” but‚ certainly did not find it first. Native Americans were living on “The New World” way before Columbus and the English came along. When Columbus arrived to America in 1492 he thought he landed in India but‚ come to find out this was “The New World”. Despise his actions he had millions of innocent Native Americans killed and tortured. Do you really
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revolutionary war did not come to the end‚ but they were nuisance to each other. During the Napoleonic War‚ French planned to embargo on Britain how seizing the navy and other colonies. However‚ this plan have actually caused British to grow as the only major power of Atlantic. Due to the war between British and French‚ Great British prevented and pressured America from trading with French. United States felt British’s action was violation of international law‚ and the war was ignited by American anger against
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“On the fourth Thursday of November‚ Americans celebrate Thanksgiving‚ a national holiday honoring the early settlers and their harvest feast known as the first Thanksgiving. Long before settlers came to the East Coast of the United States‚ the area was inhabited by many Native American tribes. The area surrounding the site of the first Thanksgiving‚ now known as southeastern Massachusetts and eastern Rhode Island.” People that incorporated in The Plymouth Colony were groups of English people that
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America is a country of democracy‚ hope‚ freedom‚ and opportunity. The Land of the free and the home of the brave is a common expression when speaking about America. However‚ the country is not without issues. Politics are becoming more and more complex and in the eyes of the American public‚ it is seen as ineffective and unproductive as Congress seems to make no progress in the betterment of America. In our political system‚ Congress is supposed to work for the people to improve the lives of the
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Hayes were to be president‚ he would have to remove the last federal troops from the South. The importance of this election includes details such as the cause of the civil rights of the African American population being abridged in the South and further division of the North and the South. It also showed how corrupt and standing the politics of the time were‚ being
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How did 9/11/01 affect the way we live in America today? There have been many turning points in American History; however none have the same effect as September 11‚ 2001‚ and many Americans relate the day to the country’s loss of innocence. As a result of 9/11 many American’s lives were affected emotionally‚ physically‚ economically‚ and politically. A month after the terrorist attack in the US‚ a war was launched by the United States. This war was known as the “fight back” war. It was the
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The Wartime Boom help shaped the history and growth in Oakland and the American history for that matter. This economic boom brought World War II the much-needed relief from the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Wartime Boom had a great impact the city of Oakland in particular: Oakland’s productive port‚ the largest seaport in Northern California‚ and its strategic location at the terminal of major rail lines‚ made the city an important center of goods production. The wartime industrial growth led
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Although the Spanish American war endured around ten weeks and not as many lives were lost‚ it was a big part of the beginning of the United States. During the Spanish American war‚ there were a variety of disasters as well as gossip and fear around the people that lived during that period of time an example was the Maine battleship. The Spanish American war of 1898 was a huge contribution of the Cuban Insurrectos behavior which led the rising of the barbed-wire concentration camps‚ as well as the
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