The Roanoke Island colony, the first English settlement in the New World, was founded by English explorer Sir Walter Raleigh in August 1585. ... These conditions undoubtedly contributed to the demise of the so-called Lost Colony, but where the settlers went after they left Roanoke remains a mystery.
The Romans really invented the modern version of a political veto in the sense that Consuls were allowed one each, because it kept political power from being spread out too much.
Capitalists created the economic force that drove the revolution while the inventors created new technology that made it it easier to create products and make more money which in turn helped the capitalists.
<span>Soon after gaining independence from Spain in 1821, Mexico opened its northern coastal region of California to foreign trade. American vessels from the east were soon engaged in lucrative commerce with the Californios, Californians of Spanish or Mexican descent. Offering such necessities as cooking utensils and boots, as well as luxuries such as brandy, the Americans reaped profits of 200 to 300 percent. In exchange, the Californios exported cowhides produced on their vast coastal ranches.</span>
Well, I know that they had the right to stuff like smoking.
