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In art history, the 16th century sees the styles we call the High Renaissance followed by Mannerism, and—at the end of the century—the emergence of the Baroque style.
Naturally, these styles are all shaped by historical forces, the most significant being the Protestant Reformation successful challenge to the spiritual and political power of the Church in Rome. For the history of art this has particular significance since the use (and abuse) of images was the topic of debate. In fact, many images were attacked and destroyed during this period, a phenomenon called iconoclasm.
Today there are many types of Protestant Churches. For example, Baptist is currently the largest denomination in the United States but there are many dozens more. How did this happen? Where did they all begin?
To understand the Protestant Reform movement, we need to go back in history to the early 16th century when there was only one church in Western Europe - what we would now call the Roman Catholic Church - under the leadership of the Pope in Rome. Today, we call this "Roman Catholic" because there are so many other types of churches (ie Methodist, Baptist, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anglican - you get the idea).
B. the transfer of peoples, diseases, plants, and animals between the New and Old Worlds
<span>The Columbian Exchange involves the transatlantic exchange of plants, animals, and diseases that occurred after the first European contact with the Americas.</span>
I was in a Canadian History Class at the time. Our prof was concerned but he was calm while everyone else was in a great flurry. He did,however, say that Kennedy had ICBMs Khrushchev did not. He turned out to be very accurate in his assessment. Russia could not launch missiles without retaliation, so Khrushchev blinked. He was a pretty tough guy who had survived Leningrad so it was a pretty big blink.
<span>The United States embraced a laissez-faire policy in the economy during the 1920s. The Secretary of Treasury, Mellon, tremendously reduced taxes, which moved the economy because there was more money to spend. Inventions such as cars and radios, as well as the conservative economic policies, added to a huge economic boom. Many of the economic procedures in the decade would lead to danger especially in the stock market, which would lead to the crash and the Great Depression.</span>
If you define American as a person who lives in America - then the first Americans were the native Americans who traveled from Asia many thousands years ago and they settled the whole American continent
