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of Jamestown, Virginia, in 1607, immigrants have been coming to America. Immigration is usually caused by push and pull factors meaning, certain elements that attract immigrants to the United States, and certain influences, which force them to leave…

Mexican War is perhaps the least known. It has been long overshadowed by the later Civil War, and is still today frequently confused with the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836, the Spanish-American War (1898), or the Mexican intervention and border troubles…

Its major culprit is the hostilities between the United States and Mexico. This contempt led to the provocation of the United States into a war with Mexico. President Polk’s words to Congress suggest this, “Mexico…has shed American blood upon American…

K. Polk informed his cabinet that he intended to ask Congress to declare war upon Mexico. Congress agreed, and soon, the United States of America was at war with its neighbor Mexico. These actions by our country will forever remain as a blemish upon…

May 9th, 1846 President James K. Polk delivered a war message to Congress, stating that “Mexico has passed the boundary of the United States, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil.” Four days…

Empire. The Pagan religion was under threat from the huge up rise in Christian followers. Christianity quickly became a standard religion with churches, Bishops, officials such as the Pope, and most importantly the cathedrals, which were strongly influ…

important river in the U.S. However, its tributaries are just as important. The Missouri and Ohio rivers are the largest tributaries of the Mississippi, and perhaps the most important. The largest tributary of the Mississippi River, the Missouri,…

Indian Through out the years, many Native Americans have been cruelly punished for the greed of other countries. I absolutely disagree with the European's idea that they could just invade a new land, kill the natives, decide to, "own" the land that…

and the C. S. S. Virginia were the first ironclads to grace the waters of the American Civil War. Their battle in 1862 at Newport News Point is still considered one of the best and most exciting naval engagements of all times. The reason…

and Plutarch's View of the Moral Decline of the Roman Republic Though there are varied dates as to the time that the Roman Republic stood, it is agreed upon as lasting approximately 500 years. During the last century of its existence (133 BC…