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In highland Mexico corn was planted and soon became their staff of life. Corn then spread to the Americas from Mexico.
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Small pox was spread throughout Mexico which cause the population to drop. The native population shrank from about 20 million to 2 million. Destroying cultures, languages and ways of life.
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Pocahontas married colonist John Rolfe to seal the peace settlement of the First Anglo-Powhatan War. The marriage was the first known interracial marriage in Virginia.
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The slave code denied lots of fundamental rights to slaves. Their masters were granted absolute control over slaves including vicious punishments for slight infractions.
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Nine colleges were established in the colonial era for convenience and economic purposes. Student numbers were small, about two hundred boys.
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Jonathan Edwards proclaimed the belief in salvation through good. He also proclaimed the dependence on God. He painted a landscape of hell. He believed hell was for unbaptized children.
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