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Colonial Period: Plymouth Colony

The Plymouth Colony is the first lesson in the Colonial Period unit with Massachusetts Bay Colony, Marquette and Joliet, Bacon’s Rebellion, and the French and Indian War to follow. The pre-Colonial Period saw European explorers, through the use of triangular trade and particularly the Atlantic Slave trade, colonize indigenous people...

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Despite Third Quarter Gains, The Pandemic Economy Is Still Behind Schedule

The Commerce Department reported that the pandemic economy grew at an annualized pace of 33.1% in the third quarter. That headline figure overstates the actual growth rate, however, just as the official number for the April to June quarter showing an annualized contraction of 31.4% exaggerated the economy’s decline (Both figures describe...