Economy of North America - Agriculture. to be completed Economy of North America - Manufacturing. to be completed Economy of North America - Investing and banking. to be completed ...

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Economy of North America, Economy of North America - Economic development, Economy of North America - 1945–1990, Economy of North America - 1991–2003, Economy of North America - 2004, Economy of North America - Future, Economy of North America - Regional variation, Economy of North America - Currency, Economy of North America - Economic sectors, Economy of North America - Agriculture, Economy of North America - Manufacturing, Economy of North America - Investing and banking, Economy of North America - Global trade relations, Economy of North America - Economy by country/territory

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to be completed - dates taken from European version, need to be changed to reflect major economic changes in North America Economy of North America - 1945–1990. Economy of North America - 1991–2003. Economy of North America - 2004. Economy of North America - Future. ...

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Economy of North America, Economy of North America - Economic development, Economy of North America - 1945–1990, Economy of North America - 1991–2003, Economy of North America - 2004, Economy of North America - Future, Economy of North America - Regional variation, Economy of North America - Currency, Economy of North America - Economic sectors, Economy of North America - Agriculture, Economy of North America - Manufacturing, Economy of North America - Investing and banking, Economy of North America - Global trade relations, Economy of North America - Economy by country/territory

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Chinatowns in North America - Arizona. A Chinatown-themed shopping center built to traditional Chinese architecture was opened in 1997 near the Sky Harbor Airport in Phoenix. The Chinese-American supermarket chain 99 Ranch Market operates a branch there. The shopping complex has attracted few tenants due to high rents. However, throughout Phoenix, there are many pockets of Chinese communities and areas nearby contain many Chinese supermarkets and rest ...

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Chinatowns in North America, Chinatowns in North America - Chinatowns in the United States, Chinatowns in North America - Arizona, Chinatowns in North America - California, Chinatowns in North America - Florida, Chinatowns in North America - Georgia, Chinatowns in North America - Hawaii, Chinatowns in North America - Illinois, Chinatowns in North America - Louisiana, Chinatowns in North America - Maryland, Chinatowns in North America - Massachusetts, Chinatowns in North America - Michigan, Chinatowns in North America - Missouri, Chinatowns in North America - Nevada, Chinatowns in North America - New Jersey, Chinatowns in North America - New York, Chinatowns in North America - North Carolina, Chinatowns in North America - Ohio, Chinatowns in North America - Oklahoma, Chinatowns in North America - Oregon, Chinatowns in North America - Pennsylvania, Chinatowns in North America - Texas, Chinatowns in North America - Washington, Chinatowns in North America - Washington D.C., Chinatowns in North America - Chinatowns in Canada, Chinatowns in North America - Alberta, Chinatowns in North America - British Columbia, Chinatowns in North America - Manitoba, Chinatowns in North America - Ontario, Chinatowns in North America - Quebec, Chinatowns in North America - Saskatchewan, Chinatowns in North America - Further readings

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The Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America (PCCNA) was formed as part of a unification of charismatic and pentecostal bodies and a movement toward racial reconciliation. Whereas the PFNA was formed to help bridge doctrinal divisions, the PCCNA set a broader goal of also the racial and cultural gaps. At a meeting in 1994 in Memphis, Tennessee, the Pentecostal Fellowship of North America was dissolved, and the ...

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Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America, Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America - Pentecostal Fellowship of North America, Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America - Charter members of the PFNA, Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America - Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America, Pentecostal/Charismatic Churches of North America - Members of the PCCNA

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As a nationally respected body, ISNA provides various services for Muslims and Muslim communities in North America. They publish information about Islam to be distributed with the intention of informing Muslims and non-Muslims about various issues in the religion. They provide a forum for discussing ageing and mortality as well as domestic violence. ISNA also certifies restaurants as Halal, and issues Islamic marriage certificates to couples with a marriage licence and who have performed the religious ceremony. Although only a small percentage of mosques are official members, mosque membership in ISNA is an impo ...

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Islamic Society of North America, Islamic Society of North America - Services, Islamic Society of North America - Criticism, Islamic Society of North America - Response

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Chinatowns in North America - Alberta. There are actually two Edmonton Chinatowns: The newer Chinatown North dominated by Hong Kong Chinese emigrees and the older Chinatown South. The Chinatown in Calgary (see Chinatown, Calgary) is the largest in Alberta and one of the largest in Canada. It stretches east-west from 1 St SE to 2 St SW and north-south from Bow River to 4 Av SW. This Chinatown consists of a large shopping centre called Dragon City Mall and a Calgary Chinese Cultural Centre located at 1 St SW ...

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Chinatowns in North America, Chinatowns in North America - Chinatowns in the United States, Chinatowns in North America - Arizona, Chinatowns in North America - California, Chinatowns in North America - Florida, Chinatowns in North America - Georgia, Chinatowns in North America - Hawaii, Chinatowns in North America - Illinois, Chinatowns in North America - Louisiana, Chinatowns in North America - Maryland, Chinatowns in North America - Massachusetts, Chinatowns in North America - Michigan, Chinatowns in North America - Missouri, Chinatowns in North America - Nevada, Chinatowns in North America - New Jersey, Chinatowns in North America - New York, Chinatowns in North America - North Carolina, Chinatowns in North America - Ohio, Chinatowns in North America - Oklahoma, Chinatowns in North America - Oregon, Chinatowns in North America - Pennsylvania, Chinatowns in North America - Texas, Chinatowns in North America - Washington, Chinatowns in North America - Washington D.C., Chinatowns in North America - Chinatowns in Canada, Chinatowns in North America - Alberta, Chinatowns in North America - British Columbia, Chinatowns in North America - Manitoba, Chinatowns in North America - Ontario, Chinatowns in North America - Quebec, Chinatowns in North America - Saskatchewan, Chinatowns in North America - Further readings

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The Thirteen Colonies which formed the United States: Connecticut Colony Delaware Colony Province of Georgia Province of Maryland Province of Massachusetts Bay (including present-day Maine) Province of New Hampshire (permanently separated from Massachusetts Bay in 1691) Province of New York Province of New Jersey Province of North Carolina Province of Pennsylvania Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plan ...

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British North America, British North America - List of colonies in British North America in 1763, British North America - BNA colonies after American Revoultion

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Several small towns in the western United States and Canada have or once had a Chinatown that sprang up as a result of early Chinese settlement during the late 1800s and early 1900s. Many of the Chinese that formed these Chinatowns were from the primarily rural Sze Yap ("Four Districts") region of Guangdong province of China, including speakers of Toisan (台山, Pinyin: Taishan) and Chung San (中山, Pinyin: Zhongshan) Chinese (these are various subdialects of Cantonese Chinese). Experiencing hardships, especially discrimination and prejud ...

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Chinatown patterns in North America, Chinatown patterns in North America - Frontier and rural Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Origins, Chinatown patterns in North America - Locations and layout, Chinatown patterns in North America - Decline, Chinatown patterns in North America - Urban and suburban Chinatowns: old vs. new, Chinatown patterns in North America - Atmosphere and offerings, Chinatown patterns in North America - Locations and landmarks, Chinatown patterns in North America - Ethnic origin of population, Chinatown patterns in North America - Decline of urban Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Chinatown Gentrifcation, Chinatown patterns in North America - Rise of satellite Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Neighborhood evolution, Chinatown patterns in North America - Architecture and attractions, Chinatown patterns in North America - Professionalism and occupations, Chinatown patterns in North America - Politics and activism, Chinatown patterns in North America - Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Chinatown patterns in North America - Media, Chinatown patterns in North America - Inter-Chinatown transportation, Chinatown patterns in North America - Intra-Chinese diversity, Chinatown patterns in North America - Immigration trends in North America

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The different Acts of the series are distinguished by appending the year of their enactment. BNA Acts were passed in 1867, 1871, 1886, 1907, 1915, 1916*, 1940, 1943*, 1946*, 1949, 1949 (No. 2)*, 1951*, 1952*, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1974 and 1975. Those marked with (*) have since been repealed. British North America Acts - British North America Act 1867. See Constitution Act, 1867 British North America Acts - British Nor ...

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British North America Acts, British North America Acts - Notable British North America Acts, British North America Acts - British North America Act 1867, British North America Acts - British North America Act 1949, British North America Acts - British North America No. 2 Act 1949

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On the other hand, many large American and Canadian cities now have more than one Chinatown—an older mainly urban one, and others attached to newly created suburban communities. The early Chinese immigrants settled in major North American coastal cities such as San Francisco, New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, and Vancouver, thus giving those cities historic and bustling old Chinatowns that still stand today and essentially serving as anchors for another wave of ethnic Chinese immigration. In the early years of settlement, many of the ol ...

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Chinatown patterns in North America, Chinatown patterns in North America - Frontier and rural Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Origins, Chinatown patterns in North America - Locations and layout, Chinatown patterns in North America - Decline, Chinatown patterns in North America - Urban and suburban Chinatowns: old vs. new, Chinatown patterns in North America - Atmosphere and offerings, Chinatown patterns in North America - Locations and landmarks, Chinatown patterns in North America - Ethnic origin of population, Chinatown patterns in North America - Decline of urban Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Chinatown Gentrifcation, Chinatown patterns in North America - Rise of satellite Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Neighborhood evolution, Chinatown patterns in North America - Architecture and attractions, Chinatown patterns in North America - Professionalism and occupations, Chinatown patterns in North America - Politics and activism, Chinatown patterns in North America - Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Chinatown patterns in North America - Media, Chinatown patterns in North America - Inter-Chinatown transportation, Chinatown patterns in North America - Intra-Chinese diversity, Chinatown patterns in North America - Immigration trends in North America

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Main articles: Colonial America and History of Canada The Kingdom of England established colonies along the east coast of North America, from Newfoundland in the north, to as far as Florida in the south. Initially, the name "Virginia", named after Queen Elizabeth I, was applied to the entire coast, including what is now the Canadian Maritimes provinces. Early colonies included: St. John's, Newfoundland, claimed by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583; the Roanoke Colony, founded in 1586; and ...

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English colonization of the Americas, English colonization of the Americas - English North America, English colonization of the Americas - Scottish North America, English colonization of the Americas - British North America, English colonization of the Americas - British North American colonies, English colonization of the Americas - British Caribbean colonies, English colonization of the Americas - British Central and South American colonies

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The first Finnish immigrants to North America arrived at the New Sweden colony by the River Delaware in 1640. Finland was an integrated part of the Kingdom of Sweden at the time, and a Swedish colony in the New World was bound to include subjects from Finland as well. In two years' time, the number of Finns in the settlement had grown to fifty, and was increasing. New Sweden changed hands to Dutch control in 1655, but many Finns had a ...

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Finnish immigration to North America, Finnish immigration to North America - Background, Finnish immigration to North America - The Great Migration, Finnish immigration to North America - Return

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One issue of recent salience in Chinatowns across North America is gentrification. In those cities with older Chinatowns, governments are looking to renovate those neighborhoods which have been affected by urban decay. This issue can be found in a wide variety of Chinatowns across the region with a variety of outcomes. Oftentimes, Chinatowns confronted with this issue will publicly protest redevelopment efforts (for example, those in San Francisco, Philadelphia, and Boston), while less vocal Chinatowns will slowly gentrify as redevelopment takes hold. See also:

Chinatown patterns in North America, Chinatown patterns in North America - Frontier and rural Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Origins, Chinatown patterns in North America - Locations and layout, Chinatown patterns in North America - Decline, Chinatown patterns in North America - Urban and suburban Chinatowns: old vs. new, Chinatown patterns in North America - Atmosphere and offerings, Chinatown patterns in North America - Locations and landmarks, Chinatown patterns in North America - Ethnic origin of population, Chinatown patterns in North America - Decline of urban Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Chinatown Gentrifcation, Chinatown patterns in North America - Rise of satellite Chinatowns, Chinatown patterns in North America - Neighborhood evolution, Chinatown patterns in North America - Architecture and attractions, Chinatown patterns in North America - Professionalism and occupations, Chinatown patterns in North America - Politics and activism, Chinatown patterns in North America - Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association, Chinatown patterns in North America - Media, Chinatown patterns in North America - Inter-Chinatown transportation, Chinatown patterns in North America - Intra-Chinese diversity, Chinatown patterns in North America - Immigration trends in North America

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The years between 1870 and 1930 are sometimes referred as 'the Great Migration' of Finns into North America. In the 1870s, there were only 3,000 migrants from Finland, but this figure was rapidly growing. New migrants often sent letters home, describing their life in the New World, and this encouraged more and more people to leave and try their luck in America. There were also professional recruiters, or 'agents', employed by mining and shipping companies, who encouraged Finns to move to the United States. This activity was frowned upon by t ...

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Finnish immigration to North America, Finnish immigration to North America - Background, Finnish immigration to North America - The Great Migration, Finnish immigration to North America - Return

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Most Finnish migrants had planned to stay only a few years in North America, and then to return to their native land once they had become rich. However, only about twenty percent of the migrants returned to Finland. Those who did managed to import new ideas and technologies into Finland and put them into use there. Approximately ten thousand Finns returned from the New World, not to Finland but to the Soviet Union, in the 1920s and the 1930s. This took place mainly for ideological reasons, ...

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Finnish immigration to North America, Finnish immigration to North America - Background, Finnish immigration to North America - The Great Migration, Finnish immigration to North America - Return

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The English established colonies along the east coast of North America, from Newfoundland in the north, to as far as Florida in the south. Initially, the name "Virginia", named after Queen Elizabeth I, was applied to the entire coast, including what is now the Canadian Maritimes provinces. Early colonies included: St. John's, Newfoundland, claimed by Sir Humphrey Gilbert in 1583; the Roanoke Colony, founded in 1586; and the Jamestown Settlement, in 1607. The Popham Colony, which was also founded in 1607 in present-day Maine, was abandoned af ...

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English colonization of the Americas, English colonization of the Americas - British North America, English colonization of the Americas - British North American colonies, English colonization of the Americas - British Caribbean colonies, English colonization of the Americas - British Central and South American colonies

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2003 North America blackout - Background. Electricity cannot easily be stored over extended periods of time, and is generally consumed within hundreds of milliseconds of being produced. The demand load on any power grid must be matched by supply to it and its ability to transmit that power. Any great overload of a power line, or underload/overload of a generator can cause hard-to-repair and costly damage, so the power grid is disconnected if a serious imbalance is detected. Power lines normally grow longer and sa ...

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2003 North America blackout, 2003 North America blackout - Immediate impact, 2003 North America blackout - Media coverage and official reports, 2003 North America blackout - Statements made in the aftermath, 2003 North America blackout - Causes, 2003 North America blackout - Background, 2003 North America blackout - Investigation efforts, 2003 North America blackout - Findings, 2003 North America blackout - Sequence of events, 2003 North America blackout - Effects, 2003 North America blackout - Affected infrastructure, 2003 North America blackout - By region, 2003 North America blackout - Fatalities, 2003 North America blackout - Long Term Effects, 2003 North America blackout - Restoration of service

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*Ottawa-Hull is a special case in that it is divided by a provincial boundary and the Ontario and Québec grids are not interconnected in any way. Gatineau had power. 2003 North America blackout - Affected infrastructure. With the power fluctuations on the grid, power plants automatically went into "safe mode" to prevent damage in the case of an overload. This put much of the nuclear power normally available offline until those plants could be slowly taken out of "safe mode". In the meantime, the c ...

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2003 North America blackout, 2003 North America blackout - Immediate impact, 2003 North America blackout - Media coverage and official reports, 2003 North America blackout - Statements made in the aftermath, 2003 North America blackout - Causes, 2003 North America blackout - Background, 2003 North America blackout - Investigation efforts, 2003 North America blackout - Findings, 2003 North America blackout - Sequence of events, 2003 North America blackout - Effects, 2003 North America blackout - Affected infrastructure, 2003 North America blackout - By region, 2003 North America blackout - Fatalities, 2003 North America blackout - Long Term Effects, 2003 North America blackout - Restoration of service

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According to system logs, a massive power fluctuation affected the transmission grid at 4:10:48 p.m. EDT. Between 4:12 and 4:15 p.m. EDT, outages were initially reported in Cleveland, Toledo, New York City, Albany, Detroit, and parts of New Jersey. This was followed by other areas initially unaffected, including all five boroughs of New York City and parts of Long Island, Westchester County, Rockland County, New Jersey, Vermont, Connecticut, and most of Southern and Northeastern Ontario, including Toronto, Ottawa, Kingston, Sudbury and Londo ...

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2003 North America blackout, 2003 North America blackout - Immediate impact, 2003 North America blackout - Media coverage and official reports, 2003 North America blackout - Statements made in the aftermath, 2003 North America blackout - Causes, 2003 North America blackout - Background, 2003 North America blackout - Investigation efforts, 2003 North America blackout - Findings, 2003 North America blackout - Sequence of events, 2003 North America blackout - Effects, 2003 North America blackout - Affected infrastructure, 2003 North America blackout - By region, 2003 North America blackout - Fatalities, 2003 North America blackout - Long Term Effects, 2003 North America blackout - Restoration of service

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The Kingdom of Great Britain acquired the French colony of New France and the Spanish colony of Florida in 1763. New France became the Canadas. In the north, the Hudson's Bay Company actively traded for fur with the Indians, and had competed with French fur traders. The company came to control the entire drainage basin of Hudson Bay called Rupert's Land. The small part of the Hudson Bay drainage which is south of the 49th parallel went to the United States in 1818. Thirteen of Great Britain's colonies rebelled, beginning in 1776, primarily over representa ...

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English colonization of the Americas, English colonization of the Americas - English North America, English colonization of the Americas - Scottish North America, English colonization of the Americas - British North America, English colonization of the Americas - British North American colonies, English colonization of the Americas - British Caribbean colonies, English colonization of the Americas - British Central and South American colonies

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By evening of August 14, power had been restored to: Parts of southwestern Ontario, particularly areas near the Bruce Nuclear Power Plant, only lost power for a few hours; parts of London, Ontario; western Ottawa and Kanata; a portion of downtown Toronto; three-quarters of the million customers who had lost power in New Jersey; parts of Pennsylvania and Ohio. parts of Long Island Alba ...

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2003 North America blackout, 2003 North America blackout - Immediate impact, 2003 North America blackout - Media coverage and official reports, 2003 North America blackout - Statements made in the aftermath, 2003 North America blackout - Causes, 2003 North America blackout - Background, 2003 North America blackout - Investigation efforts, 2003 North America blackout - Findings, 2003 North America blackout - Sequence of events, 2003 North America blackout - Effects, 2003 North America blackout - Affected infrastructure, 2003 North America blackout - By region, 2003 North America blackout - Fatalities, 2003 North America blackout - Long Term Effects, 2003 North America blackout - Restoration of service

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Western music was first brought to national attention by John Lomax in his 1910 publication, Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads. With the advent of radio and recording devices the music found an audience previously ignored by music schools and Tin Pan Alley. Many Westerners preferred familiar music about themselves and their environments. With the romanticization of the cowboy in the following decades, the music attracted a much greater audience. Hollywood and New York City began composing fully orchestrated four-part harm ...

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Western music North America, Western music North America - An account of Western Music, Western music North America - Western Music, Western music North America - Additional reading, Western music North America - Links to Western music associations

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