participants at the Albany Congress. 3. French and Indian War- The last of the Anglo-French colonial wars (1754-1763) and the first in which fighting began in North America. The war ended with France’s defeat. Also known as the Seven Years’ War. 4. Treaty of Paris- the formal end to British hostilities against France and Spain in February 1763. 5. Royal Proclamation of 1763- Royal proclamation declaring the trans Appalachian region to be “Indian Country.” 6. Republicanism- a complex
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The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago-Pangaea “supercontinent” 10 million years ago- Rocky Mountains exist Appalachians exist Continents are separated 2 million years ago- an Ice Age envelopes the planet and the water level lowers 35 000 years ago- the Bering Land Bridge appears animals cross‚ followed by nomadic Asian hunters 10 000 years ago- the Ice Age ends nomadic people create civilization By1492 AD‚ the population grows to 72 million *only 7-10 million
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period‚ including Protestant Christianity’s impact on colonial social life. The Protestant Reformation causeds memebers to reform the Practices on the Catholic Church. (Keene‚Cornell‚ &O’Donnell 2010) 4) The effects of the Seven Years’ War. 1756-1763 The Seven Years war expanded the British territory in the North America and the debt in British
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powerful testaments to liberty and equality in world history.In June 1776‚ the Congress appointed a five-man committee (Jefferson‚ John Adams‚ Benjamin Franklin‚ Roger Sherman and Robert Livingston) to draft a Declaration of Independence. The committee then chose Jefferson to author the declaration’s first draft‚ selecting him for what John Adams called his "happy talent for composition and singular felicity of expression. In June 1776‚ the Congress appointed a five-man committee (Jefferson‚ John Adams
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the Wealth of Nations published in 1776. Adam Smith was born in the small town of Kirkaldy‚ from Edinburgh‚ Scotland. His father died six months before his birth and he was raised by his mother Margaret alone. Smith graduated from Glaslow University with an MA. In 1763‚ during a three year tour of Europe as a travelling tutor he worked on what was to become his massively influential masterpiece An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. In 1776‚ he published this book and it became
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APUSH 29 November 2012 Slavery DBQ At the end of the Revolutionary war against Great Britain‚ the United States of America was created as an independent country. Thus began the roots of an entirely new American identity. Taking influence from its former mother countries‚ the United States began its own system of representative government. Furthermore‚ the American identity‚ shaped in the early years of 1775 to 1830‚ incorporated the ideals of agrarian farming‚ laissez-faire economic standpoint
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The Dynamic Mrs. Peters In the play‚ Trifles‚ by Susan Glaspell‚ there was one character that stood out the most. Throughout the play‚ Mrs. Peters’s character was continually developing. She was the most dynamic character in the play. Mrs. Peters entered into the Wright’s house as a timid and hesitant woman who did not see a need to stand up for herself‚ and later she became strong enough protect Mrs. Wright almost as a way of standing up for women who were in oppressed situations as she was. Mrs
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Name: _______________________________ Period: __________ REVOLUTIONARY WAR DOCUMENT BASED QUESTION ESSAY Directions: Answer CRQ questions in documents 1-8. Then answer the essay question in Part II based on the accompanying documents (1-8). Some of the documents have been edited for the purpose of the question. The question is designed to test your ability to work with historical documents. As you analyze the documents‚ take into account both the context of each document and any point
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They say that he was so dedicated to his state that he worked 6 days a week on it even though he owned a little more than a hundred slaves. One day he was reading the news and something peculiar catched his eyes… THE BRITISH PROCLAMATION ACT OF 1763!!!! That meant he couldn’t go hunt at his favorite spot anymore and drink booze with his friends where Martha wouldn’t catch him! Two years later came the Stamp Act and s later the Townshend Act. By that time Washington was an angry man‚ he had to
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Chapter 18 - The Enlightenment and the American Revolution. (1707-1800). (1) Philosophy in the Age of Reason. (2) Enlightenment Ideas Spread. (3) Britain at Mid-Century. (4) Birth of the American Republic. Hobbes. Locke. Bach. Voltaire. Rousseau. ________________________________________________________________ 1651. 1690. 1721. 1759. 1762. (1) Philosophy in the Age of Reason. Setting the Scene. During the Enlightenment philosophers felt they could use reason to discover natural laws that govern
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