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 Timeline of Events in Westward Expansion Summary
4,122 words, approx. 14 pages 1622 Indian chief Powhatan's younger brother, Opechanough, starts the first Indian war by attacking colonists in Jamestown, Virginia, to protest white use of Indian land.... summary from source:
 Spanish Exploration and Colonization Summary
1,806 words, approx. 6 pagesBeginning in 1492 with the first voyage of Christopher Columbus (1451?-1506), Spanish explorers and conquistadors built a colonial empire that turned Spain into one of the great European powers. Spanish fleets returned from the New World with holds... summary from source:
 History of North America Information
3,276 words, approx. 11 pages
 This is the history of North America, an area where human habitation only started relatively recently, compared to Africa, Europe, and Asia. Scientists have several theories as to the origins of the early human population of the North America. The... 
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 Human Biology A Population History of North America
02/01/2002: 525 words, approx. 2 pages A Population History of North America, edited by M. R. Haines and R. H. Steckel, Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2000. 736 pp. $75.00. This compilation of 13 review articles and case histories addresses the often revisited subject of New World population origins... summary from source:
Environmental History Canada and Arctic North America: An Environmental History
10/01/2007: 711 words, approx. 2 pages Canada and Arctic North America: An Environmental History. By Graeme Wynn. Santa Barbara, CA, Denver, and Oxford, England: ABCCLIO, 2007. Nature and Human Societies Series, xxi + 503 pages. Maps, index, and bibliography. Cloth $85.00. This volume, eighth in ABCCLIO's Nature and Human... summary from source:
 The New York Observer How It Gets There From Here\'d1 With McPhee Riding Shotgun
5/28/2006: 958 words, approx. 3 pagesWe consume. We rarely think of how food or energy is created or how it gets to where we purchase it. We may see a truck, but we rarely think about large ships or the trains that deliver America’s new old favorite energy “alternative”—coal. I... summary from source:
The New York Observer How It Gets There From Here- With McPhee Riding Shotgun
5/28/2006: 959 words, approx. 3 pagesWe consume. We rarely think of how food or energy is created or how it gets to where we purchase it. We may see a truck, but we rarely think about large ships or the trains that deliver America’s new old favorite energy “alternative”—coal. I...
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 Essay Grade: 78%Major North American Events from 1000 to 1763
1,315 words, approx. 4 pages
A general timeline of events occurring on the North American continent from the growth of native settlements in 1000 to the end of the French and Indian War in 1763. Events include Columbus' discovery of America, Cortez' conquest of Mexico, the founding of the first American colonies, and the Salem witch trials. A brief description of each event is included.
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