America-the land
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- Created on: 05-10-19 16:37
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- America-the land
- As there was no security colonists had to remove any international interest in America by claiming the land
- The land was devoid of white settlers and they drove the native Americans out.
- "Manifest Destiny" - The belief that white Americans were destined to rule and govern the land
- When it encouraged migration/ immigration of people from different cultures it set the scene for racism.
- White setters believed that other people were inferior to them so they could use them as slaves
- Not everyone agreed with slave labour
- American Civil War (1861-5)
- Emancipation of the Slaves 1863
- Triangular Trade - Trade route from Britain to the West Coast of Africa
- Congress banned the importation of slaves in 1808
- White setters believed that other people were inferior to them so they could use them as slaves
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