years before the immigration depot at Ellis Island was built. The very name America is attributed to Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci‚ whose voyages to Brazil and the West Indies established the existence of a second super continent‚ the New World. As early as 1507‚ European mapmakers were beginning to call the continent America‚ the feminine derivation of Americus‚ Latin for Amerigo. In 1610‚ Italian vignerons‚ or winegrowers‚ were sailing to America with Captain John Smith. One of the American South’s
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1. Lesther Kim Orcullo III-OLAN Lesther Kim Orcullo III-OLAN What do you mean by Age of Exploration? The Age of Exploration or Age of Discovery as it is sometimes called‚ officially began in the early 15th century and lasted until the 17th century. The period is characterized as a time when Europeans began exploring the world by sea in search of trading partners‚ new goods‚ and new trade routes. In addition‚ some explorers set sail to simply learn more about the world. Whatever their reasons
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1. A series of events and conditions existed in the Old World at the dawn of the fifteenth century that made New World exploration not only possible but desirable. Identify these events and conditions‚ and explain how each helped set the stage for exploration. a. Isabella avoids an arranged marriage by King Henry‚ her step brother‚ that would limit her power. She marries King Ferdinand‚ ruler of land in Northern Spain‚ in 1469. b. Isabella becomes queen after King Henry‚ a ruler that not made many
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Rachel Wright Sector 3۫۫ 8/2/11 Chapter 1 I. Native Peoples of America A. Iroquois 1. 5 Native Americans 2. Engaged in endless cycles of violence 3. Hiawatha a. Tried to restore peace b. Wandered through nature in search of finding answers. c. Hiawatha & Deganawidah (peacemaker)’s story wasn’t written until the 19th century. c. Found holy man who helped their nation to be introduced in a new message of peace. B. Submerging Differences 1. Made a confederacy based
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Key Explorers Chart Assignment (Classwork and Homework Grade) We will start in the Computer lab and you will complete on your own Due 4B on 2/10 and 4A 2/11 Set up a chart giving information on major explorers of the period. We will be able to use this chart as a study guide/reference as we continue to learn how Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa and the Americas changed. As a result of scientific/technological growth..AKA (Scientific Revolution)‚ and cross-cultural contacts: explorations‚ colonization and trade
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European Validation of Slavery . In Jennifer L. Morgan’s article titled‚ “Some Could Suckle Over Their Shoulder”‚ the author says‚ “This article focuses on the way in which racialist discourse was deeply imbued with ideas about gender and sexual difference that‚ indeed‚ became manifest only in contact with each other.” From analyzing the article‚ we see that the author argues that even before the European travelers made any contact with Native American or African people‚ they already had the perception
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The first recorded use of the word America appears on a 1507 map created by German cartographers Martin Waldseemuller and Matthias Ringmann‚ in honor of Amerigo Vespucci‚ an early Italian explorer of the Caribbean. The term American was subsequently used by European settlers to describe the indigenous inhabitants of the New World and then later‚ themselves and their descendants. Ironically‚ although Congress granted Native Americans born in the United States citizenship in 1924‚ individual state
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end of his life. Christopher Columbus refused to accept that the land he visited and claimed for Spain were not part of Asia. Even with mounting evidence that this wasn’t the case. It was believed in part why the Americas were named after the Amerigo Vespucci‚ the Florentine explorer. On 20 May 1506‚ aged probably 54‚ Columbus died in Valladolid‚ Spain. Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage on August 3‚ 1492 with three ships‚ the Pinta‚ the Nina‚ and the Santa Maria. Columbus first sailed
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The word American can be defined in many forms. In the United States‚ the word refers to someone or something that comes for the country. The word American has the strongest meaning in the United States‚ since it describes the nation. In some countries‚ Americans are people who are from the Western Hemisphere. There are many opinions on how to use the word “American”. In the United States‚ American has a strong meaning. Americans is just not one race‚ but a mix of races. Being American is more than
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In Giovanni Stradano’s engraving Amerigo Vespucci awakening “America”‚ he exemplifies colonial discourse by asserting the idea of writing being a fundamental component to colonization. Both the documentary The Conquerors: Cortez and the fictional film Prospero’s Books work to further develop the concept of writing as the production of myths that is illustrated in Stradano’s engraving through the use of literary techniques such as allegory and narrative in order to communicate and build understanding
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