Note: Puerto Rico is also considered part of North America, though it is classified as an unincorporated territory of the U.S. in the Caribbean Sea. Why Is It Called North America? North America is named after
Over the rest of the century, the United States continued to expand across the continent, with the annexation of Texas, the Oregon Territory, California, and the Southwest. Slaves had been brought into the United States since colonial times, but slavery did not spread to each of these new ...
Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, and even Scottish explorers to claim land in North America and the Caribbean – much of it already settled by Native Americans. This diverse territory would continue to be contested throughout the eighteenth century...
After three years of limited conference attendance, we had a blast at State of the Map US this year! The conference was held in Richmond, Virginia, so a long trip for those of us on the West Coast, but close to home for others, now that we are fully remote. It was great to come...
Prior to European contact, Louisiana was home to multiple North American tribes including the Houman, Natchez and Choctaw. In 1682, French explorer René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, claimed the territory for France, where settlers, traders, and missionaries began to establish colonies and...
These obstacles are mountainous, but some guidelines for success are discernible; we have a map of the territory, and although there are no smooth roads across it as yet, we know how the land lies. For the obstacles, and for means of overcoming them, specific examples are drawn from our ...
et al. The nuclear matrix protein CIZ1 facilitates localization of Xist RNA to the inactive X-chromosome territory. Genes Dev. 31, 876–888 (2017). CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar Sunwoo, H., Colognori, D., Froberg, J. E., Jeon, Y. & Lee, J. T. Repeat E anchors ...
Influenced by settlers from the Midwest and New England as well as immigrants from England, Germany, Scandinavia, and Canada. Much earlier, a pidgin calledChinook Jargonwas developed between the languages of the Native American tribes of this area. It would later also be used and influenced by ...
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The Kespukwitk Conservation Corridor is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq. We are all Treaty people. The corridor stretches from the Bay of Fundy to the Atlantic Ocean and includes the Bear River and Mersey watersheds, Kejimkujik National Park and Na...