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Between 38,000 and 10,000 BC people now called Paleo-Indians crossed into Canada over a land bridge called the Bering Land Bridge. These people were hunter gatherers and crossed the bridge following animals. (6)
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Olmec — 1200-400 BC
Maya — 200-900 AD
Aztec — 1150-1500 AD
Inca — 1400-1500 AD
Anasazi — 1500-1300 BC
Hopewell — 1000 BC-700 BC
Mississippian — 700-1700 AD
Ghana — 300-1060 AD
Mali 1400-1500 AD
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Even though the hunter-gatherers of North America learned how to farm in around 5000 BC, they only started growing maize (corn) in around 1500 BC
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In 509 BC, the roman republic was formed. It was a tripartite government that had checks and balances. Those who served in it only served for a term of one year at a time before being re-elected.
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In around AD 300, farmers who were threatened by nomads banded together for protection. This was the beginning of Ghana.
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No Distinct People Groups.
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In 1000 AD, Leif Eriksson reached Canada when a storm blew him off course en route to Greenland.
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October 12, 1492, Christopher Columbus reached the East indies on his voyage to find a sea route to Asia.
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In 1510, the Spanish Government legalized the buying and selling of slaves. Slaves were thought of as the property of their owners and many died from the awful conditions of the slave ships
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In 1517, Martin Luther, a German priest, publicly criticized the Roman Catholic church, starting the Protestant Reformatioin.
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In 1534, Francisco Pizarro defeated Peru. There were many factors that helped him to do this, including better weapons, literature, and most deadly of all: diseases.
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Jamestown — 1607-1667
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The Mayflower was a ship that carried over 100 passengers to seek a better life in the Americas. It departed September 16, 1620.
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In 1647, New Amsterdam (future New York) was founded by General Peter Stuyvesant, but was later conquered without firing a single shot.
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In 1676, a group of formerly indentured colonists led by Nathaniel Bacon attacked Jamestown and burned it when the governor opposed his view.
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The English Bill of Rights was passed in 1689 and reduced the powers of the English Monarch.
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In 1756, the first boycott took place in New York. Boycotts were a way that the colonists could show their displeasure about taxation without representation. They would refuse to use a certain product to force the British government to change their ways.
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On July 9, 2011, South Sudan separated from Sudan. This is similar to Ghana being formed all the way back in 300 AD. In both cases a new country was formed.
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In September 2017, fans threatened to boycott the NFL. This compares to the first official boycott in 1765 against the British government.
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On March 24, 2017, hundreds of Muslims protest against the construction of a Catholic Church. This is similar to the Protestant Reformation because in both cases people are protesting against the actions of Catholicism. A difference is that it is not people revolting against their own religion.
