The Latino Population Boom US
Like most other cities in the nation, the bourgeoning number of Latinos settling in Washington, DC, has been in large part the result of transnational ties and political and …
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Portsmouth, New Hampshire
The earliest inhabitants on the site of Portsmouth were most likely bandof Pigwacket and Piscataqua natives, and their first meetings with English traders and fisherman were largely peaceful exchanges. …
Latin American NOTABLE LATINOS
Fernandez, Joseph Marion (1783-1857). Fernandez was the first Hispanic to serve in Congress and the first delegate from the territory of Florida. From 1835 to 1838 he served in …
Potomac River Map
The Potomac River stretches 290 miles from western Maryland to the Chesapeake Bay, forming the present border between Virginia and Maryland for much of its length. As the river …
Praying Towns
The term praying towns generally refers to Christian Native American villages set up by the Massachusetts Bay Colony between 1651 and 1674, although similar settlements were also created in …
Precious Metals
The quest for gold and silver played a large role in the European colonization of the Americas, particularly in its earliest stages. Columbus noted in the diary of his …
Latin American Guide
The federal capital is transferred from Philadelphia to the District of Columbia. Two years later, Congress provides the city with its first municipal charter. Joseph Marion Fernandez (1783-1857) becomes …
American Puritanism
The first group of Puritans, or Pilgrims, landed in Plymouth (modern-day Massachusetts) on December 20, 1620, and established the Plymouth Colony in New England. Upon landing, forty-one persons composed …
Powhatan Confederacy
By the time the English established their colony at Jamestown in 1607, the native villages under the chief Powhatan numbered around thirty. These communities ranged across much of eastern …
Travel to America
The population of the American colonies continued to expand in all directions. From 1700 to 1775, population increased steadily at a rate of 3 percent per year. The biggest …