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The Roanoke Colonies were an ambitious attempt by England's Sir Walter Raleigh to establish a permanent North American settlement with the purpose of harassing Spanish shipping, mining for gold and silver, discovering a passage to the Pacific Ocean, and Christianizing the Indians.
When he arrived at Roanoke Island in 1590 he found “CROATOAN” carved on a post and “cro” on a tree. He found no distress marks. They literally made a sign. It was expected the colonists would go with their friends, the Croatoans and tribe member, Manteo, Dawson
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One way in which Americans developed a unique cultural identity after the Revolution was by ratifying the Constitution, which created a true "nation" as opposed to a lose confederation of states, which allowed people to develop a sense of nationalism and "pride" in their country.
Cortes did not believe in the actual existence of the Aztec Gods, but used these gods to his advantage when trying to convince the Aztecs that he was a god himself--thus tricking them into giving him their gold.
