1763
10 February: Signing of the Treaty of Paris
Ending the Seven Year’s War, also known as the French and Indian War in North America. France ceded all mainland North American territories, except New Orleans, in order to retain her Caribbean sugar islands. Britain gained all territory east of the Mississippi River; Spain kept territory west of the Mississippi, but exchanged East and West Florida for Cuba.
7 October: Proclamation of 1763
Wary of the cost of defending the colonies, George III prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian mountains without guarantees of security from local Native American nations. The intervention in colonial affairs offended the thirteen colonies' claim to the exclusive right to govern lands to their west.
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called the Battle of Midway because the fighting took place around the Midway Atoll
Explanation:
It was called the Battle of Midway because the fighting took place around the Midway Atoll, part of the Hawaiian islands half-way (midway) between East Asia and California. Definition: An atoll is a ring-shaped reef, island, or chain of islands formed of coral.
The Cuban Missile Crisis, (that may not be it) or the fact that at that time America was looking for new land to call its own at the time, and the fact that Cuba was so close could've helped the US in terms of territory.
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After increasing for many decades, there has been a trend of decreasing voter turnout in most established democracies since the 1980s. In general, low turnout is attributed to disillusionment, indifference, or a sense of futility (the perception that one's vote won't make any difference).
