the rival superpowers during this time were Spain and Portugal. They competed to find new trade routes and resources. Ferdinand Magellan was born in 1480 in Portugal‚ and was raised in a noble family. He served King Manuel I by establishing Portugal’s influence in India‚ but they had a falling out so he went to Spain. Spanish King Charles I funded his expedition of finding a commercial route to the Spice Islands by sailing west. The expedition began in 1519‚ but Magellan did not survive it. However
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The plague was an event in Europe that totally transformed European society and restructured the economy through necessity as there was simply no other option for returning to the former way of life after all of the deaths associated with the plague. Following the plague‚ extreme inflation emerged because of the difficulty associated with the procurement of goods through trade as well as the inability for goods to be consistently produced‚ which resulted in high inflated prices for goods throughout
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Reconstruction was a period of time after the Civil War when the government set conditions for the South to join the Union. Many changes came from this; some good‚ some bad. Some of these changes include new white supremacy groups being formed‚ the assassination of Abraham Lincoln‚ and the introduction of sharecropping. One of the social changes that came with Reconstruction was new white supremacy groups being formed. White supremacy groups were formed to enlist fear onto mainly Blacks. One
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The March On Washington was a part of the civil rights movement in 1963 held in Washington D.C. The March on Washington was a racial protest against white people for coloreds to have equal rights to jobs and‚ have their own equal freedom. August 28‚ 1963 over 200‚000 african americans gathered peacefully in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial to demand equal rights and justice for all of the people under that law. In fact‚ The March On Washington was when Martin Luther King Jr. had spoke and presented
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The invention that has changed the American way of life since the early 20th century is the car. The Model T has been around since 1910 and was invented by the genius Henry Ford. Henry was good at making mechanical things and he created a convenient way to get around. It changed the way that we do things like go to work. Before the making of the car was out‚ it took people really long to get to work because they didn’t have a form of fast transportation. Once the invention was on the market it allowed
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rice cultivation has yielded splendid results‚ wherever applied. In Europe‚ the production per acre is much higher than in our country. So high yielding strains should be used and double harvesting is to be ensured every year. Science can help agriculture in another way by fighting down the insects and bacterial pests that destroy considerable quantities of grains and crops. Plants are liable to be attacked by these pests at all times. Faulty methods of storing food also
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Seabiscuit is about a surprisingly small horse that had crooked legs‚ and was considered a bad-racing horse‚ and how he became America’s lift during the great depression by making a comeback that no one even imagined was possible. The horse was ridden by a jockey‚ Red Pollard‚ who was half-blind and didn’t win any races before Seabiscuit. A man named Charles Howard bought the horse after going through a tragic loss of his son and divorcing his wife. He originally owned a bicycle shop then afterwards
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Christopher Columbus was an italian explorer who needed funding in order to start his expedition. Columbus was ready to sail for whatever country would pay for his voyage. He went to Portugal‚ England‚ and France to ask for help. In spite of everything Portugal rejected Columbus’ plan twice and England and France were not interested in the topic. In 1486 Columbus decided to try to get Spain to fund the expedition. When he went to spain he talked to the spanish Monarchs‚ King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella
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Agriculture in Pakistan Farming is Pakistan’s largest economic activity. In FY 1993‚ agriculture‚ and small-scale forestry and fishing‚ contributed 25 percent of GDP and employed 48 percent of the labor force. Agricultural products‚ especially cotton yarn‚ cotton cloth‚ raw cotton‚ and rice‚ are important exports. Although there is agricultural activity in all areas of Pakistan‚ most crops are grown in the Indus River plain in Punjab and Sindh. Considerable development and expansion of output has
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The industrial revolution was a period throughout the world in which society moved to a focus in machines‚ factories‚ and other new technology’s. The revolution had a rapid change in the economy by the introduction of driven machinery by an important change in the prevailing methods of use of such machines. The revolution of technology improved the economy by using more efficient concepts to increase growth. The key economic benefit was the increase in trades between countries. The invention of
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