After the Brown vs. Board, ruling many southern states urged their white citizens to display acts of massively resistance against federal mandates outlawing segregation. One of the ways the Georgia General Assembly showed their disdain for these federal regulations was by changing the state flag.
The Portuguese colonized Brazil, and that's why they speak Portuguese.
Like many of the early American colonies, the Massachusetts Bay Colony, founded in 1630, has its roots in the search for religious freedom. The Puritans of England came to Massachusetts in hopes of living free from persecution for their religious beliefs.