List of Real AP Essay Exam Questions (2001-2014) Chapter Question 4 In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through the 1660s? 4 Analyze the origins and development of slavery in Britain’s North American colonies in the period 1607 to 1776. 4 Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct
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Victor-Marie Hugo was born in Besançon‚ France‚ on February 26‚ 1802‚ to mother Sophie Trébuche and father Joseph-Léopold-Sigisbert Hugo. His father was a military officer who later served as a general under Napoleon. Victor Hugo studied law between 1815 and 1818‚ though he never committed himself to legal practice. Encouraged by his mother‚ Hugo embarked on a career in literature. After training as a lawyer‚ Hugo embarked on the literary career. He became one of the most important French Romantic
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A SELECTION OF PAST AP U.S. FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS: Part 1: Colonial Period to Civil War Colonial Times 1607 -1775 1. From 1600 -1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? (73) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. In the two decades before the
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1750-1850: A brief survey Great Social Thinkers Inventions 1750-1800 1752 1755 1757 1758 1761 1769 1774 1775 1784 1785 1791 1792 1794 1796 1799 * Benjamin Franklin invents the lightening rod. * Samuel Johnson publishes the first English language dictionary * John Campbell invents the sextant. * Dolland invents a chromatic lens. * John Harrison invents the navigational clock or marine chronometer for measuring longitude. * James Watt
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1792-1802: French Revolution • 1813: Buchner was born • 1804-1815: Napoleonic Wars begin • 1834-5: Buchner is under threat of constant arrest from the authorities. He writes the “Hessian Courier” and later “Danton’s Death” • 1818-1883: Karl Marx revolutionises Socialism (a stage of society in Marxist theory between capitalism and communism‚ distinguished by unequal distribution of goods and pay according to work done) • 1830s/1840s: Industrial Growth in German states • The German middle-class
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of the United States‚ and then in 1803 Jefferson made his magnificent purchase of Louisiana. In 1812 President Madison declares war against the British for their blockades of American Ports. Also‚ in 1812 President James Madison is reelected. In 1815‚ the British‚ totally clueless that the War of 1812 is over‚ attacked General Andrew Jackson and lost over two thousand soldiers. General Andrew Jackson was considered a hero. In 1817 James Monroe became our fifth President of the United States.
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Europe‚ following the incessant French wars of 1790 to 1815 saw the rise of new political ideologies that had an unprecedented voice in European politics. European thought had been turned on its head as liberal ideologies dominated the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Following the defeat of Napoleon the legacy of liberalism and its sponsoring of personal participation breathed life into civil society wherein all citizens became educated and proactive in the politics of the day. This exciting
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Lieutenant Colonel William Bliss White Hall on August 17 was born in New York‚ 1815. He is in class 9 ranking in September at the age of 17‚ he July 1‚ 1833 graduated in 1829 the United States Military Academy at West Point 43 graduates entered. He was considered a child prodigy in his friends call him the Academy "Perfect Bliss." Later the family of Zachary Taylor was nicknamed like him. He was a master of six languages with a reading knowledge of scholars and 13 languages. His information was during
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The antebellum era held many beneficial innovations for the United States. The Market Revolution led to improvements in both travel and technology that guided America to become a more productive nation. More opportunities became available to all Americans which led to growth and prosperity of the people. The Market Revolution was beneficial to America in every way possible. When the term “Market Revolution” is heard‚ the first thing many people associate it with is Eli Whitney’s Cotton
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the areas north of the Mason-Dixon line‚ leaving a great part of the South a long ways behind. In 1860‚ the South was still prevalently rural‚ profoundly subordinate upon the offer of staples to a world market. By 1815‚ cotton was the most significant fare in the United States; by 1840‚ it was worth more than every single other fare consolidated. Be that as it may‚ while the southern states delivered 66% of the world’s supply of cotton‚ the South had small assembling capacity‚ around 29% of the railroad
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