World > International Relations These are key dates in Cuban history, from Columbus's arrival in 1492 to the present. 1492 Christopher Columbus arrives in Cuba and claims the territory…
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(Encyclopedia) Presidents of Mexico since the Constitution of 1917
President
Dates in Office
Venustiano Carranza
1917–20
Adolfo de la Huerta
1920
Álvaro Obregón
1920–24
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In 1902 Euclides da Cunha wrote his masterly description of an uprising in the…
From Chinese laborers in the 1800s to millions of U.S. citizens today by David Johnson When they first arrived in the United States, Asian (usually Chinese) immigrants were welcomed, or at…
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