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Henry Hudson was a great English explorer, he was born in 1570 and died in 1611. We do not know much about his early life. From his first voyage as captain of a ship in 1607, we began to know Henry Hudson. Given his talent for navigation, it is assumed that he probably worked on other ships before being appointed commander of a single ship. We also know he was married to a woman named Katherine and he had three sons with her called Richard, Olivier and John. His character remains elusive but…

Chobani is a yogurt making company that started up eleven years ago and today has grown to be the top selling yogurt in America. The 2015 annual revenue of the company was 1.6 Billion dollars. The reason Chobani has grown so much so fast isn’t by accident. Diabetes has been an enormous deal in America for a long time. Most of Americans are trying to make a change and live healthier lifestyles than they used to. Chobani gives a chance for Americans to do exactly that by using all real fruit and…

Through the late fifteen-hundreds, to the sixteen-hundreds, there were many, many explorers to land on our continent known as North America. Henry Hudson was one of these. In his career, he went on four trips that have impacted today’s world. Later on, he discovered what we call The Hudson River. The story starts with Hudson’s background. Then, reasons for his explorations, who sent him, and ends with his expeditions in all. To start with, Hudson’s background was pretty common. Hudson was born…

German Colonies in Early America In 1608, there is a great historical event happened on the American land: the first Germans arrived at Jamestown from far away Europe by ship. For the latter hundreds of years, the German settlers continues to built their colonization on this land. Nowadays, in modern American lives, we could still found the German characteristic. We wonder that for the several hundred years the process of German settlers finding better ways to adapt the environment. What…

This documentary covers the most important events that happened in the century following the Columbian American exchange. Significant issues are addressed; Native american slavery, and exploitation of people for resources, such as the ”8 million slaves died working in silver mines.” After the new world was founded in 1493 by Christopher Columbus, the “two worlds” collided in a massive exchange of ideas, diseases, agriculture, animals, beliefs, and traditions. It really was like discovering an…

to others. But, in the end there is one America, one people, and one reality. This reality may be unnoticed or perhaps ignored by many Americans, the Americans that have the privilege of living blisfully in their ignorance. Then, there’s the Americans that have to face this reality every day and can’t live as happily. Well, what is this reality? The reality is that yes, America has its favorable traits but, we still have a long ways to go to really be America the Beautiful. As an American, you…

In 1952, “Eisenhower Answers America” played on every television set across the United States. President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his team were the first to ever broadcast a political campaign ad on television. Since then, nearly every political candidate seeks to target Americans more directly, personally, and visually through the use of aired advertisements. Whether an ad shows a smiling family, features a catchy jingle, or displays a montage of poor images of an opposing candidate, its…

The society most affected by sports is probably America. From the first colonisation of America, settlers came for the idea to compete for the life they have always dreamed. The American belief of Manifest Destiny can be considered a competition in its own right. People from all over the world came to America to tame the wild west or build wealth as a farmer on the northern plains. Everyone came with a dream and a hope, therefore, everyone had to compete for their success. Even reaching past…

The Lost Colony , also known as the Roanoke Colony was established in 1585 on Roanoke Island in what today’s Dare county,North Carolina . The origins of one of America’s oldest mysteries no one has solved yet . In 1584 , 2 explorers Philip Amadas became the first Europeans to see the Island . Sir Walter Raleigh sent the 2 explorers with a mission to scout the broad sounds and estuaries in search of an ideal location for settlement . In August 1587 , a group of about 115 English settlers…

"The Pinta, the best sailer of the three, was ahead. She makes signals, already agreed upon, that she has discovered land. A sailor named Rodrigo de Triana was the first to see this land. For the Admiral being on the castle of the poop of the ship at ten at night really saw a light, but it was so shut in by darkness that he did not like to say that it was a sign of land. Still he called up Pedro Gutierrez, the king's chamberlain, and said to him that there seemed to be a light, and asked him to…