Acquiring Guam allowed the United States to have a naval base in the Pacific. How did the acquisition of Guam in the Spanish-American War affect US trade?
It allowed the US to increase trade with the Philippines.
The Reformation promoted an individual relationship with God and that anyone could find salvation through hard work.
Democracy--the Protestant reformation taught people they could have a say in the own salvation and did not need a Church leader such as the Pope to provide them salvation. This thinking convince people they could lead themselves and have a say in other parts of their life such as their government.
Individualism--because the Reformation taught that individual people could be the key to their own salvation, it began to convince people they could find progress on their own. Individualism grew as an idea as more people believed they could control their own destiny through their own hard work.
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North Africa and Southwest Asia are the birthplace to three major monotheistic religions: Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. All three claim similar holy places and the dominant group has changed over the years.
New York was originally part of the colony New Netherland.
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