Who discovered America? When most people think about this‚ the first thing that comes to mind is Christopher Columbus. When Columbus returned from the Antilles in 1493‚ he was not the first European to have stepped foot on the New World. What if I were to say that the Vikings were the ones who actually discovered America? However‚ they didn’t get credit for it because of the bad things that they have did. Leif Eriksson set out from Greenland towards the west and first reached Baffin Island which
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MOST of us know‚ or think we know‚ what the first Europeans encountered when they began their formal invasion of the Americas in 1492: a pristine world of overwhelming natural abundance and precious few people; a hemisphere where -- save perhaps for the Aztec and Mayan civilizations of Central America and the Incan state in Peru -- human beings indeed trod lightly upon the earth. Small wonder that‚ right up to the present day‚ American Indians have usually been presented as either underachieving
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Racial Diversity ETH/125 03/13/2014 Sylvia Franceschini-Kern Historical Report on Race Native Americans went from being the original Americans to now being put into a small part of land that is called a Reservation; they stand really low on the social and income standings. They have some of the highest levels of poverty over the other races‚ in 1999 the white population only had a 9.1% that were below poverty level but the Native American population had 25.7% that were under poverty level
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What people may have come to America before Columbus? In researching for people who may have arrived in the Americas prior to Columbus I found these three groups of people. They were the Tania‚ Guineas‚ and the Islamic Muslims all have archeological evidence to substantiate the fact that they possibly could have arrived in the Americas prior to Columbus. In reference to the Tanio‚ I found that archeologists have unearthed two separate sites with artifacts of their existence. One such site
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Was disease the key factor in the depopulation of Native Americans in the Americas? Was disease the key factor in the depopulation of Native Americans in the Americas? There can be no denying that disease played its role in the depopulation of the Americas. Populace tribes went from tens of thousands to hundreds in a matter of years. But the question here is was it the “key” factor or did something else cause their demise? "European opinion ran the gamut from admiration to contempt; for
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Jenna D’Ottavio 31 May 2014 Unit 1 Essay This essay will explain the differences and similarities among the Spanish‚ British‚ and French during the colonization of North America from 1519-1720s. The impacts on North and South America‚ as well as the peoples inhabiting both continents will be explained. The colonial leadership will be interpreted‚ as well as the relationships between other colonies. A major reason for exploration was the “Three G’s”. The first “G” is glory. The British‚ Spanish
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Europeans were drawn to North America for economic and political reasons. Closely followed by Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World in 1492 were the establishments of European colonies as well as the French. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. The British tended to oppress Native Americans economically and culturally and denied their potential contributions to helping growing settlements in the New World. The Spanish
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late 15th century when Spain entered South America . They were taking over it turned into a virtual dictatorship. Since other countries were rebelling to be free South America wanted to do something. So somebody had to stand up. Since Simon was born in Venezuela he liberated them first. When Simon was young he was living under a dictatorship and wanted to be free. So he took a stand to liberate South America. Three way Simon Bolivar liberated South America by gaining support from allies‚ drafting papers
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1. The factors that motivated the European (Spanish‚ Portuguese‚ French‚ Dutch and English in particular) to explore and colonize North America and South America concerned material gain and / or religious freedom. True. I believe many of the motivators for the Europeans to move to and colonize North and South America was due to material gain and religious freedom. First I would like to talk about several of the material gains that were either made or expectect to be made in the move to
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land-basedempires. However‚ their power dwindled as travel and trade by waterbecame more important. 5) Labor systems were transformed - The acquisition ofcolonies in North and South America
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