On March 11, 1888, one of the worst blizzards in American history strikes the Northeast, killing more than 400 people and dumping as much as 55 inches of snow in some areas. New York City ground to a near halt in the face of massive snow drifts and powerful winds from the storm. At the time, approximately one in every four Americans lived in the area between Washington D.C. and Maine, the area affected by the Great Blizzard of 1888.
The thirteen American<span> colonies declared their independence from Britain in 1776.</span>
The idea of the us gaining all land from one seaboard to the other is called manifest destiny the us gained these lands through several different purchases, annexations, and agreements such as the annexation of texas the treaty to give the us land in oregon below the 49th parallel and so forth.
Geography had a profound impact upon Ancient Greece. The deserts brought heat, the coastline helped with trade, and the oases brought grass & water. The deserts, coastline, and oases of Arabia helped shape the Arab way of life.
