What is the significance of the Jamestown settlement?: Jamestown was the first successful colony set up by Great Britain in the New World. It's also the first place slaves were brought to in North America in the year 1619. Without Jamestown, there would be no precedent for successful colonies in America. What helped the settlement to survive?: Neither gold nor silver saved the Jamestown settlers but tobacco. Plantations of tobacco sprang up along the banks of the James River and the settlement of Jamestown was assured.
John Locke's First and Second Treaties on Government were written in defense of D. Glorious Revolution, when William of Orange overthrew King James II of England.
Houston had fought for Texan independence from Mexico and guided the fledgling Republic into the Union. He did not want to lose his life's work.
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In the social pyramid of ancient Egypt the pharaoh and those associated with divinity were at the top, and servants and slaves made up the bottom. The Egyptians also elevated some human beings to gods.
Everybody thinks that tulips come from Holland<span>. Actually, Tulips are native to </span>Central Asia<span> and Turkey. In the 16th Century they were brought to </span>Holland<span> from Turkey, and quickly became widely popular. Today Tulips are cultivated in </span>Holland<span> in great numbers and in huge fields.</span>
