Rodrigo Borgia in 1494. Obviously it was not perfectly upheld over the centuries. But Brazil, a large area of roughly the East side of South America still has heavy Portuguese influence, while much of the rest is Spanish.
In these issues, proclamations only hold so much power. It's also important who has feet on the ground. Obviously the English, French, and Dutch were able to get their foot in the door too.
Rodrigo Borgia in 1494. Obviously it was not perfectly upheld over the centuries. But Brazil, a large area of roughly the East side of South America still has heavy Portuguese influence, while much of the rest is Spanish.
In these issues, proclamations only hold so much power. It's also important who has feet on the ground. Obviously the English, French, and Dutch were able to get their foot in the door too.
I always thought that was because Spain and Portugal where in a union around the time that the Americas where colonized and when they divorced they split the colonies up evenly
I always thought that was because Spain and Portugal where in a union around the time that the Americas where colonized and when they divorced they split the colonies up evenly
Yeah but wouldn't they have discovered the country by walking over the land bridge?
And they weren't Chinese; there were several waves of migration, including the proto-Inuit...as well as the East Eurasians; but my money's with these guys http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%27ta as possibly beating the Chinese there.
I thought it was because the Spanish colonised the central/southern areas, hence there being Spanish speaking countries there. The English went for the more northern regions.
Exactly right, and why this thread is a fail on so many different levels.
I thought everyone knew that it was the Klingons that discovered North America! They travelled to Earth from the future, back in time to our 13th Century and therefore they were, by far, the first true colonists. That's why the Klingon language is still studied in America's Universities today. :-)
I thought everyone knew that it was the Klingons that discovered North America! They travelled to Earth from the future, back in time to our 13th Century and therefore they were, by far, the first true colonists. That's why the Klingon language is still studied in America's Universities today. :-)
I thought everyone knew that it was the Klingons that discovered North America! They travelled to Earth from the future, back in time to our 13th Century and therefore they were, by far, the first true colonists. That's why the Klingon language is still studied in America's Universities today. :-)
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Well yes but I think we're discussing who discovered them, are we not?
It was actually the Chinese ~15,000 years ago.
Well, I thought it was the discovery of the Americas. But the thread is about why the US's main language is English.
Just out by .................. er, about 14,407 years.
Yeah but wouldn't they have discovered the country by walking over the land bridge?
Myth.
http://www.us-english.org/view/295
Rodrigo Borgia in 1494. Obviously it was not perfectly upheld over the centuries. But Brazil, a large area of roughly the East side of South America still has heavy Portuguese influence, while much of the rest is Spanish.
In these issues, proclamations only hold so much power. It's also important who has feet on the ground. Obviously the English, French, and Dutch were able to get their foot in the door too.
It wasn't the Chinese and you are off by tens of thousands of years, maybe even hundreds of thousands.
Treaty of Tordesillas
1421?
What did they do at the half hour for an encore???
What do they teach them in schools and should we be worried?
So it should:)
And they weren't Chinese; there were several waves of migration, including the proto-Inuit...as well as the East Eurasians; but my money's with these guys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mal%27ta as possibly beating the Chinese there.
S'right and it was a geeza called Lief Ericsson or something like that.
That's what I was lead to believe anyway.
If they were native Americans then where would they have come from to get there?
yes, that is tricky.......
Don't be ridiculous.
Allah invented it.
Exactly right, and why this thread is a fail on so many different levels.
I did that once. :cool:
Should I be writing this down?