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The map also had rather substantial America, when a Waldseemüller map of the world made in 1507 had only the east coast of America.
 
The map also had rather substantial America, when a Waldseemüller map of the world made in 1507 had only the east coast of America.
 
Also, near the bottom of the map, you can see the word "Americam" which would date it after Amerigo Vespucci
 
Also, near the bottom of the map, you can see the word "Americam" which would date it after Amerigo Vespucci
The map seems to lack the tip of South America which would date it soon after Magellan sighted Tierra del Fuego  
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The map seems to lack the tip of South America which would date it in-between the voyage of Magellan when he sighted the fires on the shore and named it tiera Fuego, and the voyage of Frances Drake when he discovered that it was an island NOT a continent as Magellan had beleived.
 
   
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H1.'''Using American history as your guide, predict what will happen in the first two years of the Obama Administration.'''
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H2.'''Write about any issue debate or mystery related to the lecture or its time period.'''
 
H2.'''Write about any issue debate or mystery related to the lecture or its time period.'''
 
Debate: Do you think Congress should pass treaties as ordinary laws when unable to obtain the 2/3rd vote required under the Constitution to ratify a treaty?  
 
Debate: Do you think Congress should pass treaties as ordinary laws when unable to obtain the 2/3rd vote required under the Constitution to ratify a treaty?  
    
I think that Congress is wrong to pass treaties as ordinary laws when they could not get the two thirds vote that the founding fathers required in the constitution in order to pass a treaty.
 
I think that Congress is wrong to pass treaties as ordinary laws when they could not get the two thirds vote that the founding fathers required in the constitution in order to pass a treaty.
H3.'''"Free trade": good or bad? Your view please, while mentioning NAFTA and WTO. '''
      
H4.'''What is your view off the government spying on its own citizens, such as authorized by the Patriot Act?'''
 
H4.'''What is your view off the government spying on its own citizens, such as authorized by the Patriot Act?'''
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H5.'''Write about any issue relating to American history at any time.'''
 
H5.'''Write about any issue relating to American history at any time.'''
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Debate: Should England have been able to impose direct taxes on the colonies?
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I think that England should have given it's citizens in America the same rights as it's citizens in England including representation, and that the colonies were right to complain.
 
[[Category:American History lectures]]
 
[[Category:American History lectures]]
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