Washington, D.C., is the capital city of the United States. It is not a state, but a federal district. The District of Columbia was created in 1790 to serve as the permanent seat of the U.S. government. It is located on the Potomac River, between the states of Maryland and Virginia.
The European maritime expansion it was the period between the 15th and 18th centuries when some European peoples set out to explore the ocean that surrounded them. These trips started the process of the Commercial Revolution, meeting different cultures and exploring the new world, enabling the inte
The Brazilian people are the result of the miscegenation of several peoples. The indigenous, Portuguese and Africans are the main groups. However, there are several European and Asian immigrants who came to Brazil, especially from the 19th century onwards, who also formed the Brazilian people. Ind
“But it is important to state here that the Peruvian army, although it suffered a tremendous defeat in San Juan, was not destroyed, nor was it almost annihilated (as some writers affirm)”, wrote the hero Andrés Avelino Cáceres in his Memories. It was half past four in the morning and the field was c
The Sete Povos das Missões region resulted from the Spanish governments strategy for the colonization of the Rio de la Plata region, in Spanish America. Location The regions were formed by São Francisco Borja, founded in 1682, São Nicolau (1687) and São Luiz Gonzaga (1687). They were also integrate