European colonization of Africa was mainly due to its need for raw material.
The invasion, territorial split, colonization and annexation of African territories during the period of the New Imperialism was know as The race for Africa, period which protracted from the 1880s to the beginning of World War I.
By the early twentieth century much of Africa, except Ethiopia and Liberia, had been colonized by European powers, despite the resistance Africa put up against the attempt to colonize their countries.
Answer: no, but maybe god can?
Explanation:
Here is the excerpt from A Rumor of War which best illustrates Vietnam's uncomfortable climate:
<span><em>The tedium was occasionally relieved by a large-scale search-and-destroy operation, but the exhilaration of riding the lead helicopter into a landing zone was usually followed by more of the same hot walking, with the mud sucking at our boots and the sun thudding against our helmets while an invisible enemy shot at us from distant tree lines.</em></span>
There were 13 original colonies. The way you know that is by counting the stripes on the American Flag. The original 13 colonies were, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
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