The Homestead Act of 1862 was a federal law promoting westward expansion by allotting 160 acres of free public land to individual settlers.
Hernán Cortés was a Spanish conquistador, or conqueror, best remembered for conquering the Aztec empire in 1521 and claiming Mexico for Spain. He also helped colonize Cuba and became a governor of New Spain.
"Like many explorers we know about today, Hernán (also known as Hernando) Cortés's role in the Age of Exploration was influential but controversial," said Erika Cosme, Administrative Coordinator of Education and Digital Services at The Mariner’s Museum and Park in Newport News, Virginia. "He was a smart, ambitious man who wanted to appropriate new land for the Spanish crown, convert native inhabitants to Catholicism, and plunder the lands for gold and riches."
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Images of Christian symbols and figures and biblical stories
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Just took the test on Plato, and got it correct :)
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This is known as Pangaea.
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Pangaea was a supercontinent which existed approximately 200 million years ago. All the continents we now know in the world were <em>assembled as one </em>main continent and began separating until they formed the world as we know it today.
This is based on the evidence for Plate Tectonics, which have moved throughout the centuries to create the continents we now know and which are still in movement to this day, shifting.