The majority of persons arrested on charges of witchcraft in Salem

European strains of Smallpox are believed to have decimated nearly 90% of the Native American population by the 16th century, creating the world’s worst demographic disaster. Scholars such as Jared Diamond argue that the reason Smallpox spread so rapidly in the Americas was

Based on Columbus’ journal entries, the Taino

Studies of nineteenth century prostitution in New York City suggest that

The Crusades created a mentality in Europe which emphasized

Agriculture changed Archaic cultures because it

The eighteenth century the economy of the New England colonies centered on

In the U.S. South, a “planter” was considered a person who owned at least __________ slaves.

Despite the great diversity of Ancient Native American peoples in North America, it is now known that the largest civilizations of Native Americans prior to the 1500s were located in present day Central and South America. 

The Aztecs, who are said to have controlled an empire of nearly 25 million people by 1519, lived in present-day