The earliest Spanish settlements north of Mexico (known then as New Spain) were the result of the same forces that later led the English to come to that area. Exploration had been fueled in part by imperial hopes for the discovery of wealthy civilizations. In addition, like those aboard the...
The Dominican Republic's claims to sovereignty, however, did not go unchallenged in the twentieth century. Twice, the United States invaded and occupied the Caribbean island, first from 1916 to 1924, and again in 1965. The second invasion played a more significant role in launching the most re...
Some Native American traders in Mexico and, probably, the Southwest drafted their families into the profession. For example, in an undated paper, "The Mobile Merchants of Molino," J. Charles Kelley drew on a 1933 account by Ralph L. Beals to describe a trading family from the Acaxee tribe...
(i.e. East/South Mediterranean and/or Sub-Saharan African) ancestry than individuals migrating to the Americas during the colonial period, due to more recent admixture with other Europeans. In this case SOURCEFIND may overestimate the contributions from the non-European groups. Because of this, ...
These findings suggest that "humans migrating through this area were very adaptable to rapidly changing conditions." All in all, "the million-dollar question still remains: when, how, and why did humans move from Asia to North America?" Farmer said. "We need to compile insights from across...
While most households cited poverty and limited economic opportunities, especially in Guatemala, the motivating factors for migrating varied across communities in the three Northern Triangle countries. For example, in Cortés, Honduras, a coastal area devastated by two hurricanes last year, a higher pe...
I have a feeling that with 85000 jobs lost in December and more to be lost hereon, Americans will start migrating to Afghanistan in large numbers. We all know that that the soil & weather conditions are conducive for Poppy farming in Afghanistan. Hence, the America...
The Canadians who have another ethnic origin would not only be familiar with either English, French, or both, but might also retain their mother tongue to some degree after immigrating to America. They might, therefore, identify themselves as "German Americans" rather than "German Canadian Americ...
Hawaii had begun looking for other pools of unskilled labor on the island of Luzon. During 1907 some 150 workers were sent to Hawaii. Two years later, with Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans now banned from immigrating to the United Sates, the HSPA returned to the Philippines, looking for work...
IRS data show that taxpayers are migrating from high-tax states like New York, Illinois, and California to low-tax states like Texas and Florida. …In time, if taxpayers tend to migrate from high-tax states to low-tax states, and if people receiving government benefits tend to stay in pla...