America

14 08, 2017

Thanksgiving becomes a national holiday

By |2019-11-18T07:50:21-08:00August 14th, 2017|North America, Religion|Comments Off on Thanksgiving becomes a national holiday

Sarah Hale, who made Thanksgiving a national holiday Thanksgiving in the 1700s In the 1700s, most of the thirteen colonies had public Thanksgiving feasts at least once a year. Sometimes people held them more than [...]

10 08, 2017

American clothing – 1600s AD

By |2017-08-10T16:55:02-07:00August 10th, 2017|Clothing, North America|Comments Off on American clothing – 1600s AD

Algonquin people with wool blankets In the 1600s, most people still dressed the same as they had before, in deerskins. But in the south-west, Pueblo and Navajo people began to buy wool clothing from the Spanish settlers. [...]

10 08, 2017

American public buildings – Architecture

By |2018-04-19T11:29:03-07:00August 10th, 2017|Architecture, History, North America|Comments Off on American public buildings – Architecture

Iroquois longhouse In 1500 AD, the most important areas in North America for building public buildings were the Pueblo nation in the southwest, the Mississipian culture all along the Mississippi valley, the Cherokee nation in the [...]

10 08, 2017

Navajo houses – American architecture

By |2017-08-10T15:25:24-07:00August 10th, 2017|Architecture, Native American, North America|Comments Off on Navajo houses – American architecture

Can you see the sheepskins? How about the television? (1973) When people met the first Spanish explorers in the 1500s AD, most Navajo people were living in hogans. By trading with the [...]

10 08, 2017

American houses – Architecture

By |2019-08-22T19:28:23-07:00August 10th, 2017|Architecture, North America|Comments Off on American houses – Architecture

American houses - Iroquois longhouse Houses in the Northwest Because North America is a big place, different parts of North America have different weather. In the Pacific Northwest, there were long rainy winters, [...]

7 08, 2017

History of the Jesuits – Catholicism

By |2019-10-14T20:22:51-07:00August 7th, 2017|Modern Europe, Religion|Comments Off on History of the Jesuits – Catholicism

History of the Jesuits: Ignatius of Loyola, who started the Jesuits Ignatius of Loyola In the early 1500s AD, the Protestants were the new thing in Europe. Protestants were getting more and more popular. [...]

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