How the 13 Colonies Were Named The first thirteen colonies were either named after people‚ Indian names or‚ places in England. The original states/colonies are‚ Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ Georgia‚ North Carolina‚ Maryland‚ South Carolina‚ Delaware‚ Pennsylvania‚ Virginia‚ New Hampshire and New Jersey. The three states that are named specifically after Indian names are Massachusetts‚ Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Puritans named Massachusetts‚ after a local Indian
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How Barbaric were the Mongols The Mongols were very barbaric‚ their reputation was not pretty‚ they slaughtered entire cities and left one person alive so they could tell the terrible story. North China Genghis Khan’s first serious target was North China‚ their army of 200‚000 rode east. Numerous cities felt Mongol brutality. Slaughter was so great‚ streets were greasy of human fat and flesh. Russia and Eastern Europe In 1227 Genghis Khan died‚ so one of his four sons took over. After a long
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During the period of 20 years between 1950 and 1970‚ black Americans were able to improve their level of civil rights. Therefore‚ it is logical to say that they were at least partly successful in achieving their civil rights. This was accomplished through a variety of ways‚ two commonly used techniques being legal strategies and non-violent direct action. However‚ because they were unable to attain complete equality‚ there must have been factors that worked against the civil rights movement. One
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What were the fundamental differences between southern society and northern society in the decades leading up to the Civil War? Before the war there were great changes that occurred in the United States. The North was rapidly industrializing that created a separation between the North and the agricultural South. Both the North and South did have some similarities‚ but the differences between the North and South gradually lead to the Civil War. There were many similarities between The North and South
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second reason why the blacks were miserable was because they did not get as much aid as the whites. White people would not allow the blacks to get the aid they needed. “In early public assistance programs African Americans often received substantially less aid than whites‚ and some charitable organizations even excluded blacks from their soup kitchens.” (Encyclopedia Britannica‚ 2017) Blacks should have gotten the aid they needed. They were starving and they were sick. Blacks were treated like they
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things were happening in the South during the 1800’s and the mid 1800’s. Like for instance the cotton gin. In the early 1800’s the South was the number one producer of cotton in America. But then the north started to produce more cotton then the south and soon enough the souths production of cotton stopped. But the south sure did love there slaves. The slaves in the South got to work on plantations and the free slaves in the north worked in factory’s. Late into the 1800’s the slaves were put into
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How Serious Were The Threats To Elizabeth? There were three main threats to the throne of Elizabeth I; The Spanish Armada in 1588‚ The Northern Rebellion in 1569 and Mary Queen of Scots. These threats can be seen as both very serious and not so serious. Whilst Elizabeth was Queen‚ she faced many threats as a result of all the religious tension at the time. All three of these threats involved the removal of Mary’s throne and so can be seen as serious. The most serious of which was the threat
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The free land is not free The author of “In the Land of Free”‚ Edith Maud Eaton‚ with pen name Sui Sin Far‚ was not a direct immigrant from Asia to the United States‚ but she portrayed the harsh treatment Asian immigrants faced upon entering in the U.S. in the late 1800s. Sui Sin Far‚ working as a journalist for Fly Lea‚ had exposed the extreme injustice done to Asian Americans in U.S. while she was living on the west coast of the United States. In addition‚ Sui Sin Far’s narration throughout “The
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Mongol Essay The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the “Barbarians”?” The Mongols did accomplish a lot as an Empire. But‚ as they accomplished what they wanted‚ they were completely barbaric groups of people. In the 13th century‚ the Mongols warriors swept across the lands of Asia‚ the Middle East‚ and Eastern Europe. “Nothing like it had ever been seen before. Nothing quite like it was has been done ever since.” ( Quote from Article:“The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the“Barbarians”?”). The “great” leader
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Francisco Pg. 640 1. Almost three thousand years ago‚ people who lived in the starkly beautiful part of the world we now call Greece were telling stories about a great war. 2. What are Homer’s great war stories?Iliad and the Odyssey 3. Homer’s stories can probably be traced to what and where? Historical struggles; Aegean sea to the sea of Marmara and Black sea. 4. Homer’s first epic poem and Iliad tells to story of ?Be Specific 10 year war fought outside troy. 5. Who was the Trojan War fought
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