1. lived in China for twenty years--Marco Polo
2. searched for the Fountain of Youth--Ponce de Leon
3. first to explore the St. Lawrence River--Cartier
4. began the first permanent French settlement--Champlain
5. explored the Mississippi with Marquette--Joliet
6. followed the Mississippi to the Gulf--La Salle
7. first to round the Cape of Good Hope--Dias
8. discovered the Mississippi River--De Soto
These questions highlight the period of exploration occurring in the 15th-16th century. Marco Polo was the inspiration for the period because he introduced Asian productions to Europeans. Exploration had the goal of finding a direct route to Asia. Exploration eventually led Europeans to the Americas where explorers would take the risk to discover the geography and resources of the new land.
Philip II invaded England <span>to spread Catholicism.
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After the colonies declared their independence from the crown they joined together to form one country, however each state was self governing.
In order prevent infighting and animosity between them it was sought to create a single unified government. With that in mind, every state sent a delegate to meet in a convention to plan how this was to be done, the result of this convention was the creation of the first government in the United States in 1781 under the "The Articles of the Confederation".
This new central government proved to be weak and ineffective and failed to prevent infighting between states over land boundaries and taxes.
As such it was sought to create a stronger federal government to overcome the deficiencies the first government had.
After many meetings and discussions, on September 17th 1787, during the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention, the United States Constitution was finally signed.
Answer:
Virginia House of Burgesses
Explanation:
The emerging in a new class in the colonial period helped establish the first colonial legislature as the Virginia House of Burgesses in 1619.
House of Burgesses established with George Yeardley after he arrives from England to change the martial law to the legislative assembly in colonies. The members of Burgesses selected respectively. It became the first assembly in American colonies.
