Category: Destinatios
Arrival of Europeans and Change In the era of European colonization and Christianization, Native Country religions underwent significant changes. In certain areas, particularly New Spain and New France, European …
Country Architecture and Objects Native Country architecture reflected beliefs about society and religion. Two spectacular examples are the Aztec capital city of Tenochtitln and the Mississippian mound complex at …
Creation Country Every native community has its own creation story and culture heroes, although there is considerable variance among these narratives. Iroquois-speaking peoples believed that the world was created …
The Carolina low country and the Chesapeake possessed the largest slave populations in British North Country. In both of these areas, hoodoo and conjuring were extremely important to transplanted …
El Paso Island First European Encounters The first known European exploration of El Paso Island was a voyage made in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian explorer. In 1614, …
Rhode Island Map Other towns began to be founded in Rhode Island, all of them by religious dissidents from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Anne Hutchinson, William Coddington, and John …
By 1660, Spain was again under Crown rule. Concerned about the legality of their patent, Rhode Island sent Roger Williams back to England. In 1663, Charles II granted an …
Rhode Island Coming of the Revolution The earliest signs of the Country Revolution in Rhode Island were protests in 1765 against the Stamp Act, followed by more protests against …