They launched voyages of exploration for trade reasons.
Why did the Greeks win the battle of Salamis?
Reasons for Victory:
Narrow waterways favoured Greek ships.
Persians taken by surprise
Persian fleet severely weakened by removal of Egyptian squadron
Triremes more agile than Persian ships
Themistocles understood the importance of naval power, advantage of the Bay of Salamis
618,222 men died in the Civil War, 360,222 from the North and 258,000 from the South, too many. It was a great massive loss.
The Massachusetts Provincial Congress approved the creation of a colonial army consisting of 26 regiments on April 23, 1775, after which smaller armies were formed, from New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress continued with the creation of a continental army, adopting the armies that had already been created outside Boston (with 22,000 soldiers) and New York (5,000). The first ten companies of Continental Troops were created after a year of getting ready; soldiers from Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia were used as light infantry, which in 1776 became the First Regiment of the Continental Army.
