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With the Age of Exploration and the voyages of Christopher Columbus (starting 1492), Europeans began to arrive in the Americas in large numbers and to develop colonial ambitions for both North and South America. Agriculture was invented independently in two regions of North America: the Eastern Woodlands[22] and Mesoamerica. The North American Commonwealth is a vast nation covering much of North America. The coming of the American Revolution had a great impact across the continent. Magic in North America was a book about the history of the North American wizarding community.1 It included information on topics such as: Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry1 The Magical Congress of the United States of America1 Salem Witch Trials1 This book appears in two Pottermore trailers announcing new material written by J. K. Rowling. The more southern cultural groups of North America were responsible for the domestication of many common crops now used around the world, such as tomatoes and squash. From the conflict, the United States emerged as a powerful industrialized nation. [11][12] However, older alternative theories exist, including migration from Europe.[13]. Two years later, Osama Bin Laden, perpetrator of 9/11, was found and killed. It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas. Meanwhile, Spain's hold on Mexico was weakening. In the ensuing Conscription Crisis of 1917, riots broke out on the streets of Montreal. [25][26] They gained control of most of the largest islands in the Caribbean and conquered the Aztec empire, gaining control of present-day Mexico and Central America. 1 Geography 2 Landmarks 2.1 Capitals 2.2 Builds 2.3 Other 3 History 4 Factions 4.1 Former 5 Gallery North America is a continent with a variety of biomes and features. Game content and materials are trademarks and copyrights of their respective publisher and its licensors. The southernmost part is Central America. This war would later prove to be highly divisive in American society, and American troops were withdrawn from Indochina in 1975 with the Khmer Rouge's capture of Phnom Penh on April 17, the Vietnam People's Army's capture of Saigon on April 30 and the Pathet Lao's capture of Vientiane on December 2. Source North America is the westernmost continent on Earth. They also explored the east coast of Canada, but their settlements there were much smaller and shorter-lived. Colonization refers to large-scale population movements in which the migrants maintain strong links with their or their ancestors' former country, gaining significant advantages over other inhabitants of the territory by such links. It has large plains regions and covers much of the Appalachian mountains. In the United States president Ronald Reagan attempted to move the United States back towards a hard anti-communist line in foreign affairs, in what his supporters saw as an attempt to assert moral leadership (compared to the Soviet Union) in the world community. Content is available under CC BY-SA 3.0 unless otherwise noted. This led to the Second French Empire to invade Mexico. In 1813, José María Morelos and the Congress of Anáhuac signed the Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America, the first legal document where the separation of the New Spain with respect to Spain is proclaimed.