Angeles City Council voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People’s Day. The national holiday‚ which was proclaimed a national holiday in 1937‚ has been under debate a lot recently. Many cities are debating to follow L.A.’s decision by changing it to Indigenous People’s Day. Here‚ I will explain why Columbus Day should no longer be recognized as a national holiday‚ and instead recognize that day as Indigenous People’s Day. Many people see Columbus as the hero who first set foot on America
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1. The desire to spread Christianity and obtain money led to European exploration. The European countries believed that they had a duty to convert non Christians all over the world. Merchants and traders traveled overseas to get spices and luxury goods from Asia.The trading of spices and luxury goods was a profitable business in Europe. Spices such as nutmeg‚ cinnamon and pepper were introduced during the Crusades. After the Crusades‚ the demand for spices increased‚ but their wasn’t enough of a
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Reasons the Europeans Were Victorious The European explorers were able were able to defeat the Native Americans and overpower the West Africans was due to many proximate and ultimate factors that granted the Europeans the advantage. The proximate factors that helped the Europeans were their guns‚ germs‚ and steel. The Europeans had built immunity to many of the diseases and germs that they had been exposed to over the years while in Europe. But the Native Americans had never seen such diseases
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number of similarities‚ the Europeans of the early 16th century had many differences with the Native Americans of the same era. When the Europeans first "discovered" the Americas in the late 1400s-early 1500s‚ they expected to find a land filled with savages that had little or no intelligence or technological advancements. However‚ these European explorers came to realize that the Native Americans were far more civilized than they had imagined. When the first European explorers reached North America
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Since the 15th century‚ Europeans have been exploring the world‚ colonizing new lands‚ and interacting with the people of these new lands. These interactions were caused mostly by the economic motivations of Europeans‚ as these places often provided Europe with valuable goods. Throughout this period of interaction‚ European views of foreigners changed from those of respect and tolerance in the late 18th century to those of complete superiority and dominance in the early 20th century. This change
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European Union became a very successful organization helping countries recover after wars as well as boost their economy and standard of living. At first the goals of the European Union where to unite fighting neighbours‚ now it is about uniting all European countries to preserve their culture and become a one big “family”. Looking at the quality of life in Europe I believe that the European Organisation has successfully achieved more than the goals that they have set. Rich countries set examples
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European Empires in the Americans: By using the oceanic way‚ the Western Europe’s places expanded among the Americas‚ and it conquered most of the lands by the mid-19th century. British‚ French‚ and Dutch‚ which dropped out‚ are examples of colonies in the North America‚ and Spain and Portugal were colonies in the South America. The European got benefits from the movement towards the Americas. Their Atlantic states were well placed that they could straightly reach the Americas‚ which were beneficial
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RESEARCH METHODOLOGY Study on Psychology of People towards Various Fitness Activities and its Impact Submitted By - Pradeep Kaky 106 Prathik Ramachandran 108 Priyam Sinha 110 Riddhi Banerjee 119 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Physical fitness is the most prominent factor for both mental and physical health. Many start it for recreation or fun and it ends up being a boon for the health of a person. This paper is basically to study
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Foreign TV has a significant impact on my society due to its highly pervasive and easily accessible nature. In Singapore‚ we are constantly exposed to foreign – mainly Western – TV shows‚ from Gossip Girl and Project Runway to entire channels of K-pop. In the same way fashion trends on the red carpet become pervasive in fashion magazines and soon hit high street stores such as H&M and Topshop‚ thus influencing how people dress‚ our exposure to fashion trends on TV also influence the way we dress
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Imperialism was the driving force that made people become nationalists. European imperialism caused many countries to begin having nationalist feeling towards their own country. The idea of using nationalist’s feelings to imperialize other countries leaded to the World Wars. Europe conquered many different places during this time to modernize and create a more European world‚ which many countries began to reject. Imperialism is extending the rule or authority of a nation over foreign countries
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