He NAACP opposed racist views that terrorized and segregated people of color. They were an intellectual group that help to bring about fairer education (Brown vs. Board of Education, 1957) kinder housing and anti-lynching, They felt all humans should be treated with justice, kindness and equality and lobbied to foster positive change in America. (Thank goodness they brought awareness to so much cruelty and injustice. It still makes me cringe to think the U.S. was and still is so uninformed about human issues.)<span>
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The original purpose was to protect pilgrims from danger.
The Colonies that became the original United States were part of Britain's land claims. The colonists also demanded land, labor, and resources from the Indians when they could. (However, before they gained their independence, Britian did not allow them to take any extra land, because they did not want to be at war with the Indians. This resulted in overcrowding of the colonies and anger towards the British government)
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