Vasco de Gama was a Portuguese explorer who voyages to India opened up the sea route from western Europe to the East by way of the Cape of Good Hope.
It was in "Berlin" Germany that the European nations met to discuss how to completely dominate Africa, since this was during the "Scramble for Africa," when many different nations were trying to capitalize on obtaining abundant natural resources.
One major pull factor that contributed to the population growth shown in the urban area of northern Illinois and Indiana was "<span>racial discrimination," since many blacks in the South fled to the North in the hopes of living better lives. </span>
President Jefferson authorized Robert Livingston and James Monroe to purchase all the Louisiana Territory This agreement was known as the Louisiana Purchase. The purchase itself included land from fifteen present day states including portions of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska, South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado.
