A group of former indentured servants led by a wealthy frontier farmer began an uprising called Bacon rebillion
The majority of canals built in the United States were in the Great Lakes. That was the region.
The Counter-Reformation (Latin: Contrareformatio), also called the Catholic Reformation (Latin: Reformatio Catholica) or the Catholic Revival,[1] was the period of Catholic resurgence that was initiated in response to the Protestant Reformation.
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