Name ____________________ APUSH (Unit 1‚ #4) Date _____________ Pd ____ 17th Century English Colonies: Opportunity and Oppression in Colonial Society I. Colonial Society in the 17th Century A. New England 1. NE was more stable than other colonies due to families‚ access to marriage‚ longer life expectancy 2. Education was valued in NE: led to high literacy rate & Harvard (1638) 3. “Golden Age” for NE women? Important contributions but
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Erin Garcia Social Studies P6 Due: November 4 DBQ Progressive Era Essay Where will you put your milion dollars? Did you know that there is an underside to America that people do not talk about? During 1900’s to 1920 in America‚ there have been many troubles in which a reform movement called Progressivism is working to try and fixing these problems. Accordingly to Aunt Bessie where will you put your million dollars? is the task at
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Following the Crusades‚ European interest in Asian goods skyrocketed. This interest led to a need for new cheaper direct water routes to Asia. This led to the accidental discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. This discovery is seen as one of the most successful failures in history‚ as Columbus failed to find his target‚ India. However‚ the failure was a disguised success as new trade routes were discovered‚ colonies for European nations‚ and new crops were discovered. Columbus’ methods were
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1. eIntroduction 1. Within twelve troubled years‚ the American people had risen up and thrown overboard both the British yoke and the Articles of Confederation (not best training for government) 2. Finances of the infant government were likewise precarious; the revenue had declined to a trickle‚ whereas the public debt‚ with interest heavily in arrears‚ was mountainous 3. Worthless paper money‚ state and national‚ was plentiful as metallic money was scarce 4. Nonetheless‚ the Americans were brashly
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Brian Sanchez AP U.S History Period 5 30‚ October 2013 A Real American Revolution When defined by the English Oxford dictionary‚ the word revolution is the overthrow of an established government or social order by those previously subject to it. The American Revolution was the first significant strive for the colonies in America to obtain their independence. However‚ many including historians have argued that the American Revolution should really be known as the “British Revolution” as it marked
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F1 Outline I. The Great Plains A. Background 1. The Great Plains had blazing temps in the daytime and frigid cold at night. The only vegetation that could survive was grass which made the Great Plains a great place for livestock that needed to graze B. Indians of the Great Plains 1. There were about 100‚000 native Americans in the great plains i. A portion of them were settled in permanent villages. These people were decimated by European diseases such as smallpox ii. The others belonged
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Federalist and Republican Mudslinger How did the conflict with France cause problems for the Federalist party? - The conflict with France caused problems with the Federalist party‚ because John Adams refused to declare war with France. they had raised a bunch of taxes and built a good navy‚ and then had not gotten any reason to justify such spending‚ making them seem fraudulent as they had also swelled the public debt What tactic did the Federalists take to try to gain support? List some examples
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A. Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11‚ 1755 on the island of Nevis‚ British West Indies. In 1777‚ Hamilton became General George Washington’s assistant. In 1788‚ he convinced New Yorkers to agree to ratify the U.S Constitution. He then served as the nation’s first secretary of the treasury‚ from 1789 to 1795. B. Born on March 16‚ 1751‚ in Port Conway‚ Virginia‚ James Madison wrote the first drafts of the U.S. Constitution‚ co-wrote the Federalist Papers and sponsored the Bill of Rights. He
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1. Common Sense- Thomas Paine’s legendary pamphlet urging the colonies to declare independence and establish a republican government. 2. Deism- Belief system that emphasized reasoned moral behavior and scientific pursuit of knowledge; they believed in a Supreme Being but rejected the divinity of Christ. 3. Stamp Act-Widely unpopular tax on an array of paper goods‚ repealed in 1766 after mass protests erupted across the colonies 4. Virtual Representation-The British said the colonies need
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The Last of the Mohicans 1. Provide a brief synopsis of the film. (When does the film take place? Where does the film take place? What is the storyline?) The movie The Last of the Mohicans took place in 1757 during the French and Indian War. In the movie the main character Nathaniel Hawkeye and his adoptive father and brother save Major Duncan Heyward and the two daughters of Officer Edmund Munro who were set up by their guide Magua. While on their way to the fort where Munro is Hawkeye and the
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