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23 ore fa · A large number of British colonists who were "energetic and of good character" moved to Florida, mostly coming from South Carolina, Georgia and England, though there was also a group of settlers who came from the colony of Bermuda. This would be the first permanent English-speaking population in what is now Duval County, Baker County, St. Johns ...
23 ore fa · Decolonization. Decolonization is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby imperial nations establish and dominate foreign territories, often overseas. [1] The meanings and applications of the term are disputed. Some scholars of decolonization focus especially on independence movements in the colonies and the collapse of ...
23 ore fa · Contemporary illustration of the 1868 Washita massacre by the 7th Cavalry against Black Kettle's band of Cheyennes, during the American Indian Wars. Violence and conflict with colonists were also important causes of the decline of certain Indigenous American populations since the 16th century. Population figures for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas prior to European colonization have ...
7 ore fa · American white pelicans have once again returned to a local nesting colony they abandoned last year, as well as nested on Hat Island -- the first time the majestic birds have done so since 1943 ...
23 ore fa · Arizona is the sixth largest state by area, ranked after New Mexico and before Nevada. Of the state's 113,998 square miles (295,000 km 2 ), approximately 15% is privately owned. The remaining area is public forest and parkland, state trust land and Native American reservations.
23 ore fa · Chick #1 hatched on March 23 to parents Pepper and Pinga. Pepper, age 7, who was born at the Santa Barbara Zoo, is a fourth-generation penguin in the colony, continuing the legacy of his father ...
23 ore fa · First European settlement above tidewater in North America. San Antonio: New Spain United States: 1718 AD Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city in 1731 became the first chartered civil settlement in what is now present-day Texas. New Orleans: New France United States: 1718 AD
