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On January 4, 1903, Thomas Edison performed a shocking demonstration at Luna Park, Coney Island. It was an attempt to prove the deadliness of alternating current, backed by Edison’s competitors George Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla.
Edison himself was looking to preserve the use of direct current, and jumped at any opportunity to discredit his competition.
The political issues that caused the most division in Washington, DC, as the United States moved westward in the 19th century, was whether each new state admitted to the Union would be "slave" or "free". The issue eventually resulted in the Civil War.
Spain-South/Latin America
France- Canada
Britain- Virginia and New England
All 3 had territory in the Caribbean.Spain settled in S.A. to find gold to bring back to Spain.
France was mostly interested in fur trapping and trade with the natives.
Virginia was settled because the English thought they could find gold there as the Spanish had in South America. when they realized there was no gold to be found they turned to tobacco farming, which was also very lucrative.
New England was settled by people who wanted to escape from the religious oppression they had experienced in England, primarily the Pilgrims and the Puritans.
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