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What was the route of the voyage of Jacques Cartier?

Cartier earned the trust of King Charles I due to his trips to Brazil. He sailed with two ships and 61 men, spending three weeks to make the trip across the Atlantic. After discovering Prince Edward Island, he sailed through Gulf of St. Lawrence and returned to France.\nFor his second voyage, the king gave Cartier three ships and 110 men. Cartier got as far down the St. Lawrence as Montreal before winter forced him to stop. Due to deteriorating relations with the Iroquois Indians in the area, Cartier quickly returned back to France.\nThe king gave Cartier five ships and tasked him with setting..

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Who was the first man to sail around the world?

Magellan did not fully complete his voyage. He was killed in a battle in the Philippines called the Battle of Mactan, long before returning home. While he may not have lived to reach Spain or Portugal again, he did return to waters that he had sailed previously coming from the opposite direction, meaning that he had personally sailed around the world, even if it was not all in one trip.

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Why is Thomas Jefferson important?

Jefferson served as magistrate and lieutenant at the lower levels of government. He later joined the House of Burgess, then progressed to the Congress. There, fellow members tasked Jefferson with drafting content for the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson, through the Declaration, established fundamental rights for citizens, including equality for men and women and people of all socioeconomic statuses. Jefferson assigned the federal government as a democratic system, designed as a transparent entity allowing and encouraging public participation. Following his tenure in Congress, Jefferson ..

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Which countries remained neutral in WWI?

As most of the war took place in Europe, it was very difficult for countries not to become involved in the war. America tried to remain neutral during the war but Germany had a policy of attempting to sink any ships in war-zone waters and as a result, several American ships were sunk. The war began in 1914 and lasted for four years. The Allies and Germany signed an armistice on November 4, 1918.

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Did Mayans really think the world would end in 2012?

The date that corresponded with December 21, 2012 on the Mayan calendar was indeed the end of something, but that ending was not so dramatic as to include the existence of life. Instead, the Mayan calendar was based on 400-year cycles known as Bak'tun. The December 2012 date was simply the end of one of those Bak'tun. If the Mayan civilization still existed in 2012, they would simply have celebrated the end of an era and rolled the calendar over to start anew.

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What happened 60 years ago?

It is also in this year that the Cold War is going on between the United States and the USSR, and the country is experiencing "the red scare," which involves the condemnation of communism. At this time, so many people are afraid of communist spies that the government calls upon Senator Joseph McCarthy to find people with communist sympathies. McCarthy starts blacklisting people as being communist and turns the process into a witch hunt, which is the basis for the famous play by Arthur Miller called "The Crucible."\nThe U.S. economy is finally starting to turn around, and according to the Baby ..

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What weapons were used during the colonial days of North Carolina?

Most firearms during this period were single-shot muzzle loading flintlocks. Rifles had greater accuracy but were slower to load. Muskets were quick to load but had little accuracy. Pistols were only effective at close range. During the colonial period, British troops in North Carolina commonly used the Brown Bess musket, and the colonists and natives more often used rifles or long rifles.\nColonists and natives were more familiar with knives and tomahawks for close quarter combat. Soldiers carried bayonets, long knives designed to attach to the barrel of a musket transforming it into a spear...

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What was the first bank in the world?

The Taula de la Ciutat opened in Barcelona in 1401 to act as a treasury resource for the Catalonian government. The bank is on record as the first official bank in the world, although the practice of banking has been traced back for several centuries. The oldest continually operating bank in the world is Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which has been operating as a bank in Italy since 1472. It was originally named The Monte di Pieta. The original goal of the bank was to offer charitable loans to the poor. The bank continues to operate today and has branches throughout Italy.Other longstanding..

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How did Julius Caesar become dictator?

Although Caesar is well known in the annals of history, the truth is that his rule of Rome lasted just a single year before he was assassinated. During that year, however, Cesar made many reforms that changed the face of Rome forever. Changes in the Roman Senate ensured that it better represented the people. He resurrected Corinth and Carthage, cities that had been previously destroyed, and shored up his rule and power.Caesar was assassinated in a coup on March 15, 44 B.C. His death led to a power struggle that eventually brought down the Roman Republic. He was the first Roman figure to receiv..

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Who were the Hessians?

It was common practice among some European monarchs to rent out armies to other leaders when they weren't needed in their home countries. The Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, Frederick II, was particularly notorious for this. He enlisted as much as 7 percent of his country's population into the military, and "expendable people" such as the unemployed, bankrupt people and servants without masters were subject to mandatory drafting. Once in the military, tight discipline and generous rewards for good performance gave even the most reluctant draftee incentive to do well. Frederick II used the..

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