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They didn't have a reason NOT to think there was gold. They wanted riches so they looked for gold and silver. The legend of cities of gold had existed for a thousand years and they didn't know geology so there was no reason to think there wasn't gold.

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English philosopher who believed people had the gift of reason and the right to govern their own affairs Author of Treatises on government?

That would be John Locke


What was the reason world war 2 was fought?

the reason was the Germans did not leave Poland so they had to declare war on Germany otherwise the Germans would attack us and take over us.


What two cities were destroied in world war 2?

Are you thinking of Nuclear Bombs? That would be Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Otherwise.., there were hundreds of cities 'destroyed' during WWII by conventional bombing as well.


What does people in 1596 interested with?

People living in the 16th century (15 hundreds) would be interested in order, religion, formal perfection, classical themes . . . I am thinking from the English and American Literature perspective. During this era, the people distrusted originality until the 19th century. Hopefully this helps Olympus


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What reason did the English have thinking there would be gold in the new world?

They didn't have a reason NOT to think there was gold. They wanted riches so they looked for gold and silver. The legend of cities of gold had existed for a thousand years and they didn't know geology so there was no reason to think there wasn't gold.


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If you like a boy and you told him you do and then he asked you out and you said no what would he be thinking?

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Who had the most useful colonies in the new world -the French or the English?

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What important condition was written into the English bill of rights after king James was dethroned?

You are thinking of this, that no Catholic would henceforth be permitted to ascend to the English throne, nor could any English monarch marry a Catholic.


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