The transatlantic slave trade began during the 15th century when Portugal, and subsequently other European kingdoms, were finally able to expand overseas and reach Africa. The Portuguese first began to kidnap people from the west coast of Africa and to take those they enslaved back to Europe.
Peasents were working for the higher man AKA Rich people
<span>General Zachary Taylor (1784-1850) commanded the
northern campaign in the Mexican-American War and later became the
twelfth president of the United States. President Polk ordered General Taylor to approach the Rio Grande after the U.S. annexed Texas in late 1845.</span>
Mexico offers much greater job opportunities in the cities and maquiladros by the U.S-Mexico border, so many from the more poverty-stricken, rural countries of central america travel to Mexico for a better living or to send remittances back to their families.
Joseph Addison and Richard Steele invented the journalistic essay for their newspapers.
