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    After the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus in 1492, the powerful Old World scrambled to colonize it. The three major nations involved in this were Spain, France, and England. Spain took more to the south in the Central American and Mexico areas while France went north in the Canada region. The English came to America and settled in both the New England and Chesapeake area. Although the people in these regions originated from the same area, the regions as a whole evolved into different

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    colonists countered by burning the natives’ cornfields and attacking their villages. During peace talks in April 1623, the colonists served the Indians poisoned wine, killing two hundred of them. The English would be ferocious in the next nine years of war with the natives, and the Indian’s (whose tribes were separate, not united) stood little chance against them. In 1620, religious separatists called Pilgrims (Protestants who separated from the church of England), and non-separatists would board the

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    Howard Zinn is an Amerixan histrian. Hes alos the author of the book A Peoples History oif the United States. In the book he expalins parts of histroy where most of the details are left out. He gives an alternate interpretation of the inmform,ation at hand. He also guves his poin of view of the victims. And says that people shoukdnt condemn the oekpole but rather learen all the facts and teach others. In traditional books, Christopher Columbus is portrayed as a heroic figure. In the book A People’s

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    Jamestown is located in Virginia (“Jamestown Colony” n.d.) Jamestown was founded in 1607 (“Jamestown Colony” n.d.) Plymouth was located in Massachusetts (“Plymouth Colony”n.d.) Plymouth was founded in 1620 (“Plymouth Colony” n.d.) The Jamestown colonists came from England ( “Stebbins, 2011”). King Jame I gave Virginia its name (“Stebbins, 2011”). The Plymouth colonists came from England (“Plymouth Colony” n.d.) The Jamestown colony was allowed to use the river (“Colonizing the Chesapeake and

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    The Mayflower landed on Massachusetts bay in 1620, some distance away from their intended destination of Virginia and out of the jurisdiction of the Virginia Company. The colonists signed the Mayflower Compact thus establishing a "civil body politic". This was the commencement of another colonial area which would prove to be much different than the already developing Chesapeake region but also share some similarities. The New England and Chesapeake colonies were socially similar yet developed different

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    During the Pequot War the Puritans of Massachusetts were expanding the land that they already had, and this land would push the Pequot people away. With the spread of land the people came into increasingly more conflict. The Pequot was a more war like tribe then many of the others. By 1637 thirteen colonists have been killed by the Pequot tribe. Captain John Mason decided that they could not have this continue and decided that they needed to put an end to the issues they were having with the war like tribe

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    Powhatan and the Indians also knew that the English settlers need their aid. There were goods that the colonists could not “get but by our (the Indian’s) labors.” However, the kindness was not always reciprocated: Smith, a reader of Machiavelli’s Art of War as well as governor of the colony, argued that violence was

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    The significance of the Myall Creek Massacre and the historical significance of Pemulwuy? The Myall Creek Massacre occurred in the early evening of Sunday the 10th June 1838. A group of eleven men, convicts and ex-convict stockmen, viscously slaughtered a group of around twenty eight Wirrayaraay Aboriginal people. They attacked men, women and children who were all either camped peacefully next to the station huts or, inside the station with the other settlers, enjoying dancing and a meal together

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    these wars lowered the social position of the Indians, as well as significantly lowered the population of both sides fighting the wars. Conflicts with the Indians were often about land; however, sometimes they were a European display of dominance. After the many conflicts between Europeans and Natives, the population of Natives within the United States borders diminished. In order to satisfy their need and desire for an abundant amount of land, Europeans who migrated to the Americas picked wars with

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    Example of and influence of a non-English language (88) A language learning book at the library (41.347702, -72.029741) The library contains many informative books of all genres. According to the librarian I spoke to, there has been an increase in the popularity of the“learning a foreign language” literature. Multilingualism is on the rise in the United States due to the rapid increase in diversity of language and culture. The assistance of tutors and literature from the library can make the experience

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