American History
New York used to belong to the Dutch. No, I didn't lose my mind just now, the Dutch established New York way back in 1624, but back then, it was called New Amsterdam, and the surrounding area was called New Holland. The English, seeing the success of the
European History
In the Roman society education had three different levels called Primary School, Grammar School, and Rhetorical school. Primary School Primary school started when children were seven years old. These kids would go to school at the crack of dawn. If they failed a quiz, or they could not memorize something
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Contrary to popular belief, the Plymouth settlers didn't invite the Indians over for a Thanksgiving Feast. Neither did they even call the feast they had “Thanksgiving”. So, what really happened? After their first successful harvest, the settlers decided to make a feast for themselves to celebrate the fact
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The Plymouth Colony was founded in 1620 by Separatist colonists fleeing from England. The Separatists were a group of people who left England because they felt that the Church of England was departing from the Scripture. They wanted to found a church that exactly followed the New Testament. A good
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The Romans were famous for building many structures, one of these being the giant building we now know today as the Colosseum. This colossal building was used by Romans as an arena where gladiators would spar, wild exotic animals were paraded, and "naval battles" took place. The original
American History
Nathaniel Bacon was a settler who came to Virginia in 1674. He became a farmer but was not satisfied by the way that the governor, William Berkley, ran Jamestown. Jamestown was at this point one of the world's largest exporters of tobacco, and this continuous sale of the
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In the late 16th to early 17th centuries, England was simply chock-full of jobless people, and the population was growing rapidly. One way to solve this was to get land overseas to free up space. King James I granted a charter to colonize Virginia, a land discovered and named by
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The ancient Roman emperor gained territory by sending his army on multiple missions that were usually battles. A legion consisted of four thousand to six thousand foot soldiers. Most legionaries (soldiers) were drafted farmers who could not afford to farm anymore and had to make money some way or another.
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Many people wanted to go to the New World. Among these people were the English, who didn't want to be outpaced by their rivals, Spain and especially France in getting land in the New World. I mean, they had been fighting each other for hundreds of years! Sir
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The French came to America for a few reasons: to find wealth, to escape from religious persecution, to find a passage to Asia, and trade. In 1524, the French King commissioned Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano to find a passage to Asia through America, and maybe to find some treasure
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The Spanish went to North America with a mind to conquer (oh, and also to steal gold). There were many Spanish attempts to take land, whether through combat, converting the natives, or through using sickness to their advantage. Spain used conquistadors, which were professional soldiers to fight the natives in
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The Columbian Exchange started when Columbus got to the New World. He brought various items with him from Europe to exchange with the Native Americans. Because of this, things from the Old World were brought to the New World and vice versa. Many things were exchanged during this time, like