<span>The Renaissance began in
northern and central Italy. Part of it was because of the properity of
Italian city-states. In Italy, growing towns demanded self-rule and
developed into city-states. Each city consited of a powerful city and
the surrounding towns and countryside. Italian city-states conducted
their own trade, collected their own taxes, and made their own laws.
Some city-states, such as Florence, were governed by an elected
council. During the Renaissance groups of guild members, called boards, often
ruled Italian city-states. Some wealthy families gained long-term
control; city-states were ruled by a single family, such as the
Medicis. </span>
Trade made the Italian city-states wealthy. Italy's location on the
central Mediterranean placed its cities in the middle of the trade
routes. People from all over Europe came to northern Italy to buy,
sell, and do their banking. Many city-states developed
specializations. For example, Milan produced metal goods and armor.
Genoa was a trading center for ivory and gold. Venice had hundreds of
ships that controlled the trade routes in the Mediterranean sea, and
silk, spices, and perfume flowed into Wenice.
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The wealth of many city-states encouraged art and learning. Rich
families paid for statues, paintings, beautiful buildings, and avenues
to be created. They built centers of learning and hospitals.
Renaissance ideas spread to the rest of Europe from the city-states of
Italy.</span>
<span>Early people of the Americas used a combination of animals to further their exploration and expansion into new territories. Some populations used horses and oxen as food sources, and did much of their travel on foot, bringing only what they could carry. Others settled in towns, where food and supplies could be purchased or traded.</span>
<span>FDR was not a good president and his socialist legacy harms us to this day. he was an aspiring dictator who ruled for longer than what was gentlemanly (4 terms) and tried to circumvent the Constitution by packing the Supreme Court with Democrats (1937 Judiciary Reorganization Bill). his New Deal policies, according to most economists, extended the Great Depression at least 7 years longer than it needed to last. also, FDR was a communist sympathizer who cozied up with Stalin and allowed the Soviets to take East Berlin.</span>
The Huguenots were French Protestants. They settled throughout the colonies, especially after the French King Louis XIV took away their freedom of worship in 1685. The French Protestants (Reformed) were rarely concentrated in any one colony, however, and had a limited effect on religious life in general. Many eventually became Presbyterians.
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I'm also learning about this in history :D
<span>B. Spanish and Native American patterns.
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