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    Land Ownership in America During the 1700’s Native Americans in the early 1700’s saw land as a communal matter‚ while European people viewed land as an entity to be possessed and sold. To Native Americans‚ the concept of exchanging currency for land was undiscovered; property was to be used by all peoples of a tribe without tariff. However‚ Europeans had been doing this for a protracted period of time and the idea of boasting a plot of land was commonplace. When the British landed in Maryland

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    The Age of exploration was from the late 1400 to the 1700. It was a time period where many countries sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored‚ colonised and made more voyages

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    and resources to afford the basic necessities such as decent housing or sufficient food or basic services like child care or doctors. About 12% of American do not have enough to eat or suffered other material hardships. That amounts to 37 million people who live below the poverty line in other words 1 in 8 American. 12 million of the children live with the families with income below the federal level.

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    there was much racism against blacks used during their trials that made an impact on history. In this essay‚ three major impacts on American history caused by the Scottsboro trials that occurred during the 1930’s is going to be clarified. The first major impact that was caused by the Scottsboro Trials was heightening the nation’s emotions. The second impact was being seen by nation and world. Thirdly‚ the trials that took place affected the nation’s laws.

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    Age of Exploration: Innovations that changed Europe. During 1400-1700‚ Europe’s age of exploration would change them forever. Europe had many innovations that aided exploration. They came up with stern post rudder‚ the compass‚ the trade winds‚ and Lateen and square sails in combination. All these new findings enabled them to search new land and they discovered goods they had never seen before. Items like coffee‚ tea‚ potatoes‚ chocolate‚ squash‚ maize‚ all gave Europe’s economy new life. With

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    Introduction: The Age of Exploration (1400-1700)had a tremendous impact on the history of the world. Before this‚ there had been no lasting contact between the New World (the Americas) and the Old World (Europe‚ Africa and Asia). Beginning with the Portuguese in the mid 1400’s‚ European explorers went on voyages of discovery‚ in search of gold and glory. The places and people that they came in contact with‚ as well as the exploring nations themselves‚ were forever changed. Introduction:

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    European influence in the Americas commenced in the late fifteenth century‚ when Christopher Columbus set sail for the Indies.However‚ he discovered a "new world"‚ the Americas. This phenomenal breakthrough would forever change the complextion of the world. European prominence in the Americas can be viewed as a catastophe. These newcomers exploited gold and silver from the native americans. A more severe consequence to the native americans was the exposure to "old world" diseases such as smallpox

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    forced to pay very high taxes to Britain. In 1776‚ Maryland joined the other American colonies in declaring their independence from Britain. To declare independence‚ the new nation (The United States of America) declared war on Britain. There were many battles up and down the East Coast of America during this war that continued until 1782. While there were very few battles in Maryland‚ many of Maryland’s men left their homes and jobs to join the fighting‚ and many other Marylanders concentrated on

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    proved to have a great impact upon all of Europe. Politically‚ there is a clear scene of what impact the War had on the main powers in Europe: for some countries‚ such as France and Britain‚ the change in regime was merely slight‚ in Germany rather significant‚ whereas in Russia it proved drastic and sparked off two revolutions. Hence‚ there were several common aspects of political impacts‚ both direct and indirect. One of the instances of indirect political impact of WWI was the steadfastly developed

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    Cromwell Age of Exploration During the Age of Exploration in 1400-1700‚ European explorer discovered new lands. The reason why explorers travel were God‚ gold‚ and glory.Europeans believed they were going to Asia for the spice trade‚ but actually discovered The New World . From the discovery of The New World‚ two cultures collided.People debated about whether or not European explorers should still be glorified to society. The effect of exploration were both positive and negative. EUROPEAN EXPLORERS

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