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…with Africa was threatened, Britain began to turn trade agreements into stronger and more formal protectorates and even colonies. Britain acted to protect the route east and its connection with the Indian Empire. Rather than to expand the British Empire, Britain…

…on Great Britain. Madison claimed that the British were interfering with U.S. trade and they had stirred up Indian warfare in the northwest. Congress agreed with Madison and declared war on June 18, 1812. ( “War of 1812” World Book Encyclopedia Pg. 28…

…they have been destroyed by the Spanish. Anita Larsen author of "The Roanoke missing persons case" Tends to belive that the colonist were destroyed by the natives. The colonist staying on the island soon recognized that they needed protection from the indians…

…and Indian War, he supplied General Braddock and his men with 150 wagons and 259 horses so he could march on Fort Duquesne. Ben Franklin led a small group of soldiers along with his son to Gnadenhuetten to build a fort to protect Pennsylvania from the French…

…Party The events leading to the Boston Tea Party began already ten years before ( 1763 ), when the English won the French-and-Indian War. The king of Britain passed taxes on the colonies to make up for the loss of money because of the war. He did…

…with various Indian tribes. In 1754, winning the rank of lieutenant colonel and then colonel in the militia, Washington led a force that sought to challenge French control of the Ohio River Valley, but met defeat at Fort Necessity, PA - an event that helped…

…citizens lived and died within the shadow of the mission's walls. Built by Spanish priests and their Indian converts, the mission San Antonio de Valero later became the home to the Spanish soldiers whose company name, Alamo de Parras, would forever be a part…

…”. At the same time in Massachusetts, James Otis was calling for an intercolonial congress. After the end of the French and Indian War, there were 4 problems which in turn directly led to the rise of Nationalism and the Revolution: 1. In 1765 the British acquire…

…major trenches, 17 are found in the Pacific. The only Atlantic trenches are the Puerto Rico Trench north of the Caribbean islands and the South Sandwich Trench east of Drake Passage between South America and Antarctica. The single major Indian Ocean trench…

…communication and comfort. Many Indian tribes endured similar tribulations through usually less demoralizing during the 1880’s. The reservation program tore down the traditional culture without substituting the new at which it aimed. On December 29, 1890…