Name: Patrick Smith Period: 6th Date: 1/ 29/ 13 CHANGE AND CONTINUITY ESSAY PACKET UNDERSTANDING WORDS This essay asks students to access how larger global issues and themes such as gender‚ trade‚ technology‚ and environment have changed and remained the same. If any one essay will give students difficulties‚ it is likely that this essay will. Students will not only have to identify areas of change‚ but also areas of continuity across
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In 1492‚ Christopher Columbus was sailing for King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain‚ he landed on the islands in the Caribbean. He thought he landed on an island in the Indies‚ but really found the island of Hispaniola which is present day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. He saw the native people and the plants they grew such as peanuts‚ sweet potatoes‚ and tobacco. On his second sail to the islands‚ Columbus brought back saplings of the plants and animals with him. This sparked new global
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Correct Answer(s): A Correct 9. Reconquista identifies: A) a Muslim ’s obligation to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. B) a Muslim ’s obligation to fast during the month of Ramadan. C) the period when the Christians drove the Muslims out of Spain in 1492. D) Muhammad ’s flight from Mecca to Medina. Points Earned: 5.0
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On August 3‚ 1492‚ Columbus and his crew of ninety men along with two other ships set sail from Spain out across the ocean in search of a spice trail to the East. On the morning of October 12‚ 1492 they landed on the shore of what is now Cuba. It wasn’t until 300 years later in 1792 that Columbus was actually honored in America. But every second Monday in October is met with a series of celebrations and protests regarding this man who is said to have discovered America olumbus was born in Genoa
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can give example for primary sources like diaries‚ speeches‚ letters‚ and etc. Journal of Columbus is a good example for primary sources. Journal of Columbus is the first known document announcing the voyage of Christopher Columbus that set out in 1492 and has arrived America. Though Christopher Columbus was considered to be the "discoverer of America” when we were in primary school‚ many of us have grown up with the familiar thought that Christopher Columbus got the green light for his journey
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and it should be noted that the Caribbean was very unmodernised and the Indigenous peoples lived a simple free life. This changed in 1492 with the arrival of the Europeans. The Europeans‚ over a short period of time dominated the Caribbean region leading to the deculturisation as well as the extermination of the Indigenous race. With the arrival of Columbus in 1492‚ the Spanish began to explore the mainland territories of the Caribbean. It seemed as if the Spanish had used Hispaniola as a base for
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Wethersfield‚ Connecticut‚ becoming more "democratic"? Between the years of 1750-1780‚ the American society was becoming more and more democratic as the years passed. Democratic is when everyone has the opportunity to be heard in all matters of the country. Wethersfield‚ Connecticut is a prime example of how the American society was becoming more democratic through property distribution‚ social structure‚ politics‚ and religion between 1750 and 1780. Democratic property distribution allowed everyone the
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I agree that American history began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus made contact with the New World from a national point of view. It was the start of mass migration and exploration of the new lands of the people of Europe to the Americas that would create the colonies and territories that would come to form some of the most powerful and industrialized nations. Of course‚ Columbus’s achievement did not mean that he had created the America’s. The continents have been on Earth since its beginning
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CHAPTER 4: The Bonds of Empire‚ 1660-1750 o Rebellion and War‚ 1660-1713 ▪ Before Restoration (1660)‚ England made little attempt to weld colonies ▪ Royal Centralization‚ 1660-1688 • Restoration monarchs disliked representative government • Charles II rarely called parliament into session after 1674‚ and none after 1681 • James II wanted to rule as absolute monarch
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“Christopher Columbus’s racial discrimination and false achievements have cause the illness and death of many people. Christopher Columbus (1451 - 1506) is claimed to be discoverer of America in 1492. Many people in today’s society believe this lie‚ for in fact Columbus did not discover America. Columbus has been classified a villain for various reasons‚ one of those reasons being that he is receiving all the credit for something that he did not do. The only thing that Columbus did was open up the
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