Sir Martin Frobisher, the English explorer, was the first European to explore (1576–78) the eastern approaches of the passage. John Davis also explored (1585–87) this area, and in 1610 Henry Hudson sailed north and visited Hudson Bay while seeking a short route to Asia.
If im not mistaken i was Greece that influenced most of Romes culture :)<span />
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America.
<span>The laws passed by southern states to prevent african americans from owning land was the reconstruction acts of 1867. The Reconstruction Acts of 1867 laid out the process for readmitting Southern states into the Union.</span>