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On November 9, 1731, Benjamin Banneker was born in Baltimore County, Maryland. He was the son of an African slave named Robert, who had bought his own freedom, and of Mary Banneky, who was the daughter of an Englishwoman and a free African slave. Benjamin grew up on his father's farm with three sisters.
The Louisiana Purchase strongly suggests that the overarching goal of Manifest Destiny was to expand the border of the United States until the western border hit the Pacific Ocean, since this purchase added a huge amount of land to the continental US.
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Vasco De Gama discovered the route.
Explanation:
The first European to find a successful trading route to India was Vasco De Gama. His discovery of the route helped the Portuguese establish a long lasting colonial empire in Asia and Africa.
He started his journey from Lisbon and sailed past the Canary Islands to the Cape Verde islands then sailed out into the South Atlantic and swung down to the Cape of Good Hope then anchored at Mossel Bay, South Africa, then sailed to Mozambique at the Rio do Cobre (Copper River) and continued on until they reached the Rio dos Bons Sinais (River of Good Omens). Here they erected a statue in the name of Portugal. They then went to the Island of Mozambique. After trading with the local Muslim merchants, da Gama sailed on once more stopping briefly in Malindi (in present day Kenya). He hired a pilot to help him navigate through the Indian Ocean. They sailed for 23 days, and on May 20, 1498 they reached India.
The Declaration of Independence was a document mainly written by Thomas Jefferson. John Locke was an English philosopher that came up with the basis of a legitimate government, and this heavily influenced Jefferson while he was writing the Declaration.
The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of four laws passed by the U.S. Congress in 1798 amid widespread fear that war with France was imminent. The four laws–which remain controversial to this day–restricted the activities of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech and of the press.
