mainland, migrated from Asia, beginning between 40,000 and 12,000 years ago.[40] Some, such as the pre-Columbian Mississippian culture, developed advanced agriculture, grand architecture, and state-level societies. After European explorers and traders made the first contacts, many millions died from epidemics of imported diseases such as smallpox.[41] New England's Mayflower Compact placed London ex-cons and Separatist men on an equal footing in the new land 1620. Culture-clash. Native American…
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