AP US HISTORY Summer Assignment Francis Lewis HS 1. What distinguished the American Revolution from others? The American Revolution was different from all other revolutions because it was the first successful attempt that established a government. Another thing that distinguished this revolution from the others is that it did not occur from within. 2. Why does Ellis think this is significant? Ellis thinks that the distinguishing factors are significant because the American Revolution
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US History AP Outline Chapter 17 The Transformation of the Trans-Mississippi West‚ 1860-1900 I. Native Americans and the Trans-Mississippi West a. The Plains Indians i. Three major sub regions: -The northern Plains: Lakota‚ Flatheads‚ Blackfeet‚ Assiniboins‚ northern Cheyennes‚ Arapahos‚ and Crows -The Central region: Five Civilized Tribes‚ agricultural life‚ before horses -South: western Kansas‚ Colorado‚ eastern New Mexico‚ and Texas: the Comanches‚ Kiowas‚ southern Arapahos‚ and Kiowa
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November 28‚ 2011 2X—Carlson AP History Chapter 19— Early Latin America Homework Questions 1) Many Iberian institutions were transplanted to the Americas such as churches‚ urbanization‚ and a government. Peasants lived in towns and villages‚ which were built on grids. The Iberian Peninsula preserved a tradition of holding slaves and slavery was brought to America. They wanted to create new nobility‚ with the Indians as their serfs. Patriarchal notions were deeply stressed and women held
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AP Studio Photography Summer Assignments Mrs. C. Reed Principles of Design Photograph a Day for 70 Days Please complete the following photos over the summer. Remember you are creating a design portfolio centered on the principals of design using photography as your media. You need to choose 70 of the 100+ from the list below and shoot a photo a day. Now remember this is more than just a snap shot take your time setting things up and challenging yourself compositionally. Please upload your
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Productivity: Slumped after the economic boom 25 years after WWI Inflation: Fed by rising oil prices and Great Society/Vietnam funding w/o tax increases Vietnamization: Withdrawing 540k troops from South Vietnam‚ while training Vietnamese to fight Nixon Doctrine: A doctrine that stated that the United States would stay true to all of their existing defense commitments but Asian and other countries would not be able to rely on large bodies of American troops for support in the future.
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A. Conquest by the Cradle 1. The common term thirteen original colonies is misleading as Britain ruled thirty-two colonies in North America‚ including the Caribbean Islands by 1775 but only thirteen of them staked a rebellion 2. Among the distinguishing characteristics that the eventually rebellious settlements shared was lusty population growth; in 1700 they contained fewer than 300‚00 people; by 1775‚ there were about 2.5 million people a. Of the 2.5 million people‚ about half
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accumulation of information and the understanding of how things work. There are three types of knowledge: knowledge in particulars‚ general knowledge‚ and certain knowledge. Particular knowledge is knowing where you are well enough to survive and general knowledge is understanding concepts. Van Doren gives these examples as a pieces of general knowledge‚ “All living things are born and also die‚” and “...winter follows summer‚ and summer winter” (pg. xx). General knowledge is understanding the cause
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War by Act of Germany -To defend American interests short of war‚ the president asked Congress for authority to arm American merchant ships. -An obstruction of Midwestern senators was a reminder of the continuing strength of American isolationism. -The Zimmermann note was intercepted and published on March 1‚ 1917‚ infuriating Americans‚ especially westerners. -German foreign secretary Arthur Zimmermann had secretly proposed a German-Mexican alliance‚ tempting Mexico with veiled promises
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I. Thomas Jefferson a) Born: April 13 th ‚ 1743 Goochland‚ VA b) Died: July 4 th ‚ 1826‚ Monticello‚ II. VA Educational and Occupational Background a) College of William and Mary b) VA delegate to Continental Congress (1783-1784) c) VA House of Burgesses (1769-1774) d) Governor of VA (1779-1791) e) Minister of France f) Secretary of State for George Washington (1790-1793) g) Vice President for John Adams (1797-1801) III. Terms of Office a) First term: 1801-1805
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Natives as inferiors. Step 2: Research Notes Use the chart below to keep track of primary and secondary source evidence you find that supports your argument. Be sure to fill out each column. The following primary sources can be found on the AP U.S. History Research Library: Thomas Morton‚ "Manners and Customs of the Indians‚" an extract from his "New English Cannon‚" 1637 Pedro Naranjo‚ "Coexistence and Conflict in the Spanish Southwest: The Pueblo Revolt of 1680" Mary Rowlandson‚ "Captivity and
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