Georgia and Latin America
With the ousting of the Spanish in the eighteenth century, the history of Latinos living in Georgia remains largely unrecorded from 1742 until modern times. The history of relations …
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Latin American cultural contributions
Multiple community-based Latino associations hold community festivals celebrating the Latino culture heritage and national identity. One of the oldest community festivals is the Latino Festival Fiesta DC in Mt. …
Florida Subway Map
In the midst of the Mariel boatlift, Haitian migrants were simultaneously attempting to cross the Florida straits and reach the United States. But Haiti did not have a communist …
Map of Quebec
In 1763, the population of Quebec City was about 8,000. Under British rule, it remained the administrative center of the region, and its commerce was greatly increased through its …
Map of Florida
The experience of Spaniards in colonial Florida was one of isolation, raids by rival European corsairs and freebooters, tense relations with nomadic Indian groups, and poor funding from the …
Colorado Map
Colorado The U.S. Era As the grant owner, Beaubien not only had to begin fulfilling his obligations to settle the grant, but he had to do so under a …
American Quakers and Social Reform
But Quakers did not withdraw from public life altogether. They remained at the forefront of social reform despite their abdication from power in Pennsylvania government. They were instrumental in …
Quakers
Starting in the late 1680s, Quakers began to migrate to the British North American colonies in large numbers. By the middle of the eighteenth century, they had become one …
English Puritanism
As a reform movement, Puritanism had it roots in the earth-shaking German and Swiss reformations of Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, and John Calvin. These three religious figures spoke out …
Lasting Impressions
John Owen is said to have been the greatest systematic theological thinker of the Puritan movement. He was an adviser to Oliver Cromwell, who in 1651 made him dean …