1. Because many of the colonists felt like they were Americans. It started to be conflicts around these colonies, so for avoiding problems it was a good reason.
2. Today the infrastructure is so good so we don't need to colonize other countries. Now days we can talk with each other very easily. Back in time it was harder to travel across countries and talk to each other so colonies back in the time was very good to have. Today it isn't necessarily to have colonies in my opinion.
3. The Americans feel this is important for safety, but i think it's very dumb. Because of this it is massacres and much crime. It is only the feeling of being safe you get. How many people would fire shots with the gun they got?
4. List of historical events: The Viking Period: was from between 800-1100 AD, At the start of the Viking Period, Norway was not one united country, but many small kingdoms. Harald Fairhair (Harald Hårfagre) became king of a large portion of Norway in 872. The union between Denmark and Norway: During the 1300s Denmark gained more and more influence over Norway and, in 1397, Norway was absorbed into a formal union with Denmark and Sweden. The union was ruled by a common king. Sweden gradually seceded from the union, but Denmark and Norway remained united until 1814. The union was governed from Denmark. Copenhagen was the cultural centre of the union and Norwegians read and wrote in Danish.The plague: The black death came to Norway in 1349, in short time it had killed a third of the norwegian population. The Norweigan constitution: The Norwegian constitution was formed in 1814, and thus we broke free of the danish grasp. WW2: The natzi's invaded us in 9th of April 1940, and by that, Norway was drawn into the war.
