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Hace 22 horas · The European background. The English colonization of North America was but one chapter in the larger story of European expansion throughout the globe. The Portuguese, beginning with a voyage to Porto Santo off the coast of West Africa in 1418, were the first Europeans to promote overseas exploration and colonization.
Hace 2 días · His role as a redeemed neo-Nazi in American History X (1998) earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor. He also starred in the film Fight Club (1999), which garnered a big cult following.
Hace 1 día · The Declaration was a formal explanation of why the Continental Congress voted to declare American independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain, over a year after the American Revolutionary War commenced with the Battles of Lexington and Concord, in April 1775.
Hace 3 días · United States - Watergate, Vietnam War, Stagflation: Nixon and his national security adviser, Henry Kissinger, believed that American power relative to that of other nations had declined to the point where a fundamental reorientation was necessary.
Hace 3 días · The United States is the fourth largest country in the world in area (after Russia, Canada, and China ). The national capital is Washington, which is coextensive with the District of Columbia, the federal capital region created in 1790.
Hace 2 días · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
Hace 4 días · Celebrating, Honoring and Preserving the history of the drum and bugle corps activity around the world. This virtual museum features information on thousands of drum corps from all eras. Scores, repertoire, photos, historical narrative, and a wide range of collectibles from uniforms to bobbleheads.
