The miracle of democratic America comes home to one most strongly only when one has seen the endless Great Plains of the Midwest ; ;

After approximately 1150, North America experienced significant climatic change in the form of a 300-year drought called the Great Drought.

The Industrial Revolution in Western Europe and North America, but perhaps most especially in Great Britain and in New England, led to a proliferation of manufacturing and invention.

* 1679 – The brigantine Le Griffon, commissioned by René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle, is towed to the south-eastern end of the Niagara River, to become the first ship to sail the upper Great Lakes of North America.

* Schiff, Stacy, A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America, ( 2005 ) Henry Holt

A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America ( 2005 ) ( UK title Dr Franklin Goes to France )

At a War Cabinet meeting, held on 31 October 1917, Balfour suggested that a declaration favorable to Zionist aspirations would allow Great Britain " to carry on extremely useful propaganda both in Russia and America "

There is also some co-operation between the Central ( Amended ) and Unamended Fellowships in North America – most recently in the Great Lakes region, where numerous Amended & Unamended ecclesias have opened fellowship to one another despite the failure of wider attempts at re-union under the North American Statement of Understanding ( NASU ) in recent years.

In the 1920s democracy flourished, but the Great Depression brought disenchantment, and most of the countries of Europe, Latin America, and Asia turned to strong-man rule or dictatorships.

Thus, the 11th edition is " dedicated by Permission to His Majesty George the Fifth, King of Great Britain and Ireland and of the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of India, and to William Howard Taft, President of the United States of America.

It would seem that the lineages of the Maned Wolf and the Falkland Islands Wolf separated in North America ; canids did not appear in South America until roughly 3 million years ago in a paleozoogeographical event called the Great American Biotic Interchange, in which the continents of North and South America were newly connected by the formation of the Isthmus of Panama.

The social burdens caused by war included the huge war debt, made worse by the loss of France's colonial possessions in North America and the growing commercial dominance of Great Britain.

The 50 stars on the flag represent the 50 states of the United States of America and the 13 stripes represent the thirteen British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain and became the first states in the Union.

Both France and Great Britain were ready to fight for control of the region and both sent troops to North America in 1755 ; war was formally declared in 1756.

The Great Lakes, sometimes disambiguated as the Laurentian Great Lakes, are a collection of freshwater lakes located in northeastern North America, on the Canada – United States border, which connect to the Atlantic Ocean through the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Great Lakes Waterway.

* 1721 March – Philip V of Spain requested the restitution of Gibraltar to proceed to the renewal of the trade licences of Great Britain with the Spanish possessions in America.

Great Auks by John James Audubon, from The Birds of America

On poverty, Hoover said that " Given the chance to go forward with the policies of the last eight years, we shall soon with the help of God, be in sight of the day when poverty will be banished from this nation ", and promised, " We in America today are nearer to the final triumph over poverty than ever before in the history of any land ," but within months, the Stock Market Crash of 1929 occurred, and the world's economy spiraled downward into the Great Depression.

Wesley's contribution, along with the Second Great Awakening in America led to a new style called gospel, and a new explosion of sacred music writing with Fanny Crosby, Lina Sandell, Philip Bliss, Ira D. Sankey, and others who produced testimonial music for revivals, camp meetings, and evangelistic crusades.

On March 11, 1969, the Great Synod of Bishops of the Orthodox Church in America ( OCA ) solemnly proclaimed the Act of the Universal Church Canonization of the Staretz Herman to Sainthood in the Orthodox Church in America: " Taking into consideration the long and undisputed witness of the grace of God, appearing through the servant of God, the Staretz Herman of Alaska.

Never given to mincing words, he places heavy blame upon the faulty, uncourageous leadership of Britain and particularly America.

His reception remained warmer in America than Britain, and he continued to publish novels and short stories, but by the late 1930s the audience for Milne's grown-up writing had largely vanished: he observed bitterly in his autobiography that a critic had said that the hero of his latest play (" God help it ") was simply " Christopher Robin grown up ... what an obsession with me children are become!

This genus is considered invasive in North America and Britain.

The focus of conservation development then accelerated in Britain and America, and it was in Britain that the first International Conservation Organisations developed.

While the term fall gradually became obsolete in Britain, it became the more common term in North America.

Examples include ‘ The Streets of Laredo ’, which was found in Britain and Ireland as ‘ The Unfortunate Rake ’; however, a further 400 have been identified as originating in North America, including among the best known, ‘ The Ballad of Davy Crockett ' and ' Jesse James '.

The large spindle-shaped genus Fusulina and its relatives were abundant in what is now Russia, China, Japan, North America ; other important genera include Valvulina, Endothyra, Archaediscus, and Saccammina ( the latter common in Britain and Belgium ).

An example of this is colonists living in America who were only allowed to trade with and purchase goods from their respective mother countries ( Britain, France, etc .).

However, deteriorating relations between Britain and the USSR and Britain's economic reliance on America steered policy towards supporting America.

The majority in Britain, Australia and North America amended their statement of faith accordingly.

In North America those who continued to associate with Britain on the basis of the amended 1898 statement became known as the Amended Fellowship, in contrast to the Unamended Fellowship, who took their lead from the Christadelphian Advocate Magazine of Thomas Williams of Chicago.

* In 1923, the Berean Fellowship was formed, as a result of varying views on military service in Britain, and on the atonement in North America.

Stone axes were being made from about 3000 BC not just from flint, but from a wide variety of hard rocks from across Britain and North America as well.

Deism became more prominent in the 17th and 18th centuries during the Age of Enlightenment — especially in Britain, France, Germany and America — among intellectuals raised as Christians who believed in one God, but found they could not believe in supernatural events such as miracles, the inerrancy of scriptures, or the Trinity.

" The order of the dedications has changed with the relative power of the United States and Britain, and with relative sales ; the 1954 version of the 14th edition is " Dedicated by Permission to the Heads of the Two English-Speaking Peoples, Dwight David Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, and Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth the Second.

The post – World War II folk revival in America and in Britain started a new genre, contemporary folk music and brought an additional meaning to the term folk music.

He cites as examples Hollywood coverage and the use of language in publications like Empire Magazine, as well as blockbuster dominance in multiplexes, but he also notes that this is an industrial matter: " The Full Monty was entirely financed and distributed by one of the US majors, Twentieth Century Fox, The praise went to Britain, but all the film ’ s profits went to America.

Conversely, BBC critic Mark Kermode believes that " the movie industries of Britain and America are inextricably intertwined ", citing numerous examples of how Hollywood provides work to British production staff and studios, whilst Britain enables Hollywood to base their prestigious productions at UK studios.

* A History of Philosophy: Volume VIII: Modern Philosophy: Empiricism, Idealism, and Pragmatism in Britain and America.

Arthur agreed to cooperate, and filed for divorce in America on the grounds of desertion, which was granted 9 May 1901.

The Embassy here has expanded its setup with the appointment of a Military Attache and prospects appear bright for more defence exports as Ecuador has agreed to be the servicing hub in South America for Indian defence equipment.

The war played out in North America and India as well as Europe, and inconclusive terms were agreed to in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle ( 1748 ).

The parties later agreed that Britain and America would launch a cross-channel invasion of France in May 1944, along with a separate invasion of southern France.

Though most economists agree that it is difficult to assess the direct impact of the NAALC, it is agreed that there has been a convergence of labor standards in North America.

saw him as a major source of the republicanism that spread throughout England and North America in the 17th and 18th centuries and Leo, whose view of Machiavelli is quite different in many ways, agreed about Machiavelli's influence on republicanism and argued that even though Machiavelli was a teacher of evil he had a nobility of spirit that led him to advocate ignoble actions.

In 2011, Bank of America agreed to pay $ 335 million to settle a federal government claim that its mortgage division, Countrywide Financial, discriminated against black and Hispanic homebuyers.

The G. Schirmer vocal score published in America agreed with the revised Chappell score, except that it also included Robin's Act II recitative and patter song " Henceforth all the crimes " and both versions of the Act II finale.

Cobb then proposed to Milford that the Press join a combination of firms to send commercial travellers around South America, to which Milford in principle agreed.

In 1984, Britain agreed to transfer the sovereignty of Hong Kong to the PRC ; this triggered another wave of migration to the United Kingdom ( mainly England ), Australia, Canada, USA, Latin America and other parts of the world.

Under the Treaty of Seville ( 1729 ), Great Britain agreed not to trade with the Spanish colonies in North America.

The issue was finally settled by the 1750 Treaty of Madrid in which Britain agreed to renounce its claim to the asiento in exchange for a payment of £ 100, 000 and allowed British trade with Spanish America under favourable conditions.

America and France agreed to come to each other's aid in event of a British attack from the present time and forever ; abrogated in 1800.

America and the Soviet Union agreed not to conduct nuclear tests in space, in the atmosphere or underwater.

In 1803 the United States of America agreed to purchase France's claim to the territory of Louisiana for a total of $ 15 million ( less than 3 cents per acre ).

By December 1973, at the invitation of Secretary of the Interior Rogers Morton, Norman had agreed to participate in a concert to promote the Johnny Horizon ' 76 " Help Clean Up America " campaign.

In 1950s and 60s America it was generally agreed that nude photographs were not pornographic unless they showed pubic hair or, even worse, genitals.

The Atlantic Charter was a published statement agreed between Britain and the United States of America.

The first airline alliance started in the 1930s, as Panair do Brasil and parent company Pan American World Airways agreed to exchange routes to Latin America.

Ten of the students agreed to sign waivers so that the College Board could show Jay Mathews, author of Escalante: The Best Teacher in America, their exam papers.

When the Directors Guild of America insisted he must have a fee, he agreed to take the lowest possible amount.

Swan, who was less interested in making money from the invention, agreed that Edison could sell the lights in America while he retained the rights in Britain.

To discourage players from leaving to play in North America, or to at least compensate teams that lose players, Japanese baseball and MLB agreed on a posting system for players under contract.

Rather than an outright unconditional surrender, Burgoyne had agreed to a Convention that involved his men surrendering their weapons, and returning to Europe with a pledge not to return to North America.