Read‚ Watch‚ or Listen (RWL) Project AP US HISTORY Name: Directions: Each RWL project will consist of two sections. First‚ you will choose a source that relates to each of our units in United States history (read a book/portion of a primary source‚ watch a movie‚ or listen to an ITunes University lecture). Second‚ you will either answer five analysis questions or write a reflection paper based upon your source. Unit 1: Formation of Colonies – Colonial Wars (1607-1763) Unit
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Evan Sobol Mr. Hicks AP US History 9 January 2012 Self Interest of Idealism? Expansion to foreign nations was a very important factor in America during the early twentieth century. Self-interest and idealism play large roles in America’s foreign policies from 1895-1920. Although both factors were very common‚ idealism seems to have been the dominant factor during this time period towards foreign affairs. Speakers such as Senator Albert Beveridge and William Sumner were very important because
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why this subject was chosen was because I have study the Salem witch trials back in high school‚ so I already knew something about the subject matter. The theme that connects both “Insufficiency of Evidence Against Witches” and “Wonder of the Invisible World” is that both Increase and Cotton Mather were both puritan ministers that participated in the Salem witch trials. In addition‚ both father and son had different views on how the trials should be handled. The author of “Insufficiency of Evidence
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11 September 2014 AP American History Maryland During the 1630 ’s‚ there was a religious civil war. This war was between the Puritans‚ also known as the Protestants‚ and the Cavaliers‚ also known as the Catholics. This relgious war lasted from the year 1642 until the year of 1651. During this time‚ King Charles I was the monarch of England. His father‚ James I was ruler prior. James did not change anything about England after Queen Elizabeth ’s death. He did not change the government
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Anthony Edwards 8/24/12 AP US History - Jones Colonial America DBQ An interesting characteristic of the colonies that the English founded during the 17th and 18th centuries on the eastern coast of modern day America is that while all were indeed settled by people from England they each developed their own very distinct cultures and ways of life. While the varying environments from each colony to the next certainly isn’t a negligible factor in the diversification of
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To what extent can the high concentration of witch trials in the German states be explained by political and religious tension? The late sixteenth and seventeenth centuries were a time of dramatic change in Germany‚ both religiously and politically. Religiously‚ the Protestant Reformation‚ driven by Luther’s ninety-five theses‚ challenged Catholicism. Politically‚ the Holy Roman Empire grew weaker whilst territorial states such as Ellwagen gained power. The changes within these political and religious
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DBQ ~ Science has made many leaps forward throughout the centuries‚ bringing the world advancements it has never imagined. People may argue the negatives and positives of science these days and centuries ago it was no different. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries‚ the works and findings of scientists were greatly influenced by the approval of political figures due to their desire for power and monetary gain‚ the support and understanding received by influential religious
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 Payne 1 Max Payne AP English 11 Ms. Paul 13 November 2012 The Rise and Fall It is November 9‚ the Year of Our Lord 1799‚ and a battered French army begins the arduous climb up the Alps‚ just as a light snow begins to gently fall‚ a precursor of the hardship and bone chilling temperatures to come. They are led by the newly crowned consulate and France’s savior‚ Napoleon Bonaparte. There is a fear that Genoa may fall to Austrians. This fateful journey was captured in a painting by artist‚
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The Salem Witchcraft Trials and The Nuremberg Trials are two alike yet very different trials. The Salem Witchcraft Trials is about the trials of people who were accused to be witches. The Nuremberg Trials is about the trials of the men charge of the Nazi Germany army and the killing of inconcent men‚ women and children. The two trials are alike because they both have to do protecting the public and doing good for the public. They are diffrent because Salem Witchcraft Trials Trials is about witches
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Separatists: a person who separates‚ withdraws‚ or secedes‚ as from an established church Trade and Navigation Acts A series of laws which restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies‚ started in 1651 Peter Zenger trial He printed a document that criticized William Cosby‚ the Governor of New York; shortly afterwards‚ Cosby had Zenger arrested on a charge of seditious libel; later found innocent of the seditious libel House of Burgesses The elected lower house in
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