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The refusal to accept New Mexico as a state says a lot about what people at that time thought it meant to be American. Thet showed a racist behavior because the United States Congress did not accept the New Mexico's application to be a state of the Union. The reason? Congressmen had many doubts about the kind of people -mostly Native American Indians- that could be part of the United States.
Yes, I see contemporary parallels or similarities with present events. Recent racists events have taught us that racism practices are very ingrained in some parts of American society.
The primary achievements of John Rolfe had to do with agriculture, since he was an early English settler in the colonies who was primarily responsible for making the exportation of tobacco from Virginia incredibly profitable.
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Arguably, the First Amendment is also the most important to the maintenance of a democratic government. ... The freedoms of speech, press, assembly and the right to petition the government and seek redress of grievances proclaim that citizens have the right to call the government to account.
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