The Berlin Conference of 1884<span>–85 was a </span>meeting<span> between European nations to create rules on how to peacefully divide Africa among them for colonization. The </span>conference<span> was convened by Portugal but led by Otto von Bismarck, chancellor of the newly united Germany.</span>
The Second Continental Congress was the second meeting of the colonies' delegates in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. The delegates, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, were elected in part by colonial assemblies and in part by the provincial congresses that had sprung up to replace those rebellious legislatures dissolved by royal governors. The Congress commissioned Washington to organize a continental army and assume responsibility for the siege of Boston. It formulated regulations for the conduct
<span>for trade; issued paper money; and sent emissaries abroad to negotiate with foreign powers for financial, diplomatic, and military assistance. Most of the delegates, including Washington , still hoped for reconciliation with Britain, but by the end of 1775 this possibility had faded. In August the British monarch had issued a proclamation " for suppressing rebellion and sedition " in the colonies and in September had hired 20,000 Hessians. Two days later Congress approved a formal Declaration of Independence. It caused war against Britain.</span>
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<u>Photos</u><u> </u>hung on the <u>East and West</u> sides of the Great Hall balcony in the Ellis Island<u> immigration facility</u><u>.</u>
Explanation:
The Great Hall in Ellis Island was an immigration facility in the United States used by immigrants between 1900- 1924. Here, <u>photos</u> from the early 1920s hung at the <u>balcony</u> on the <u>East and West</u> sides of the <u>registry room </u>located on the<u> second floor</u> of the building.
Notably, at the entry point of the peak immigration, large portraits were hunged on the walls.
For over two decades (1900-1924) immigration service officers inspected legal and medical examinations for the new arrivals of new immigrants.