The Renaissance paved the way for an age of discovery and exploration. The Renaissance was a time when people started thinking a different way - thinking for themselves. They no longer relied on just the church for information and began to instead refer back to classical times (Greek and Roman). This led to the Scientific Revolution, Age of Discovery, and The Enlightenment.
The Minoans are considered the first European civilization. They were in one sense the first "Greek" civilization. But the people were not Greek. ... The Minoans had a fleet to protect their trade ships from pirates, but probably not a military navy.
It allowed for slaves to be counted as people halfway to please the abolitionists, but didn't allow them to be citizens to please the pro-slavery side.
Most native american deaths resulted from disease brought from the old world (Europe)
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By the time of the onset of the American Revolution, Britain had attained the status of a military and economic superpower. The thirteen American colonies were one part of a global empire generated by the British in a series of colonial wars beginning in the late seventeenth century and continuing on to the mid eighteenth century
