Mikaela Duguil Period: 6 Chapter 1 Cornell notes 1. What was not an important goal of the early English explorers and colonists? It was not an important goal to build a new nation. 2. Discuss the factors that transformed the colonist and caused them to envision and creating an independent nation: common bonds‚ language‚ farmers‚ untouched by tyranny of royal authority‚ official religion and social hierarchy‚ individual freedom‚ and willingness to subjugate to others. 3. What factors divided the colonists
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AP US Notes Chapter 1. Civilizations of America-prmarily small nomadic bands. Primitive agriculture. Hunting fishing. Incas-powerful empire of 6 million. Complex political system very sophisticated culture. Located in south and central America. Never had any system of writing or paper. Aztec-very advanced‚ located in lower and middle Mexico. Civilizations of the North. Never one large civilization but lots of little ones. Many different tribes. Includes Eskimos‚ tribes of pacific
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Chapter 12 Study Guide 1. Farm Communities- Farming Families that worked together to accomplish goals otherwise not possible alone. (B) They had opportunities to talk about experiences together‚ and share news‚ knowledge‚ etc. 2. The Shakers- Largest of the communal utopian experiments‚ emphasized agriculture and handcrafts‚ l most self-sufficient. (B) Failed because they couldn’t have sex‚ so no future generations to carry on. 3. The Mormons- Most successful communitarian experiment‚ believed
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Chapter 4 A. The Unhealthy Chesapeake Life was nasty because of : Malaria‚ dysentery‚ and typhoid. Half the people didn’t survive till they were 20. as a result‚ population grew very slowly. Only through immigrants‚ mostly male adults‚ who died soon after arriving. Outnumbered women 6:1‚ women weren’t singly for long families were few and small‚ men couldn’t find wives‚ people died‚ etc. Many pregnancies happened for unmarried girls Yet‚ colonists eventually developed immunity to diseases‚
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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 trying to erect a republic on an immense scale 5. The eyes of a skeptical world were on the upstart United States of America 2. Growing Pains 1. When the Constitution
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Native American Experience 1. First Americans 2. Mayas and Aztecs 3. Indians of the North Hopewell‚ Pueblos‚ Mississippians‚ Eastern Woodland‚ matrilineal B. European Society 1. European Peasant Society Peasants 2. Hierarchy and Authority Dower‚ primogeniture 3. Power of Religion Pagans‚ heresies C. Europeans Create a Global World 1. Renaissance Changes Europe 1300-1500 Republics‚ civic humanism‚ ideology‚ guilds 2. West African Society and Slavery Vasco da Gama
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Chapter 8: Varieties of American Nationalism A Growing Economy Banking‚ Currency‚ and Protection War of 1812 stimulated manufacturing Post war manufacturing chaos in shipping and banking- need for new Bank of the United States‚ chartered expiration in 1811 and not renewed‚ protecting new industries‚ transport systems After expiration of charter‚ state banks offered difft currencies at difft values confusion and counterfeiting Congress passed new charter for Bank of US 1816- its size and
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to: c.i.1. Enhance national strength c.i.2. Provide self-sufficiency c.i.3. Pay a standing military c.ii. Favorable balance of trade must exist c.iii. Concentration on production or marketable goods c.iv. Limits on importation of goods and services c.v. Necessary accumulation of hard currency‚ silver and gold‚ to support national wealth and power d. Great Britain d.i. Four major aims: d.i.1. Encourage growth of a native merchant marine fleet d.i.2. Protect English manufacturers from foreign
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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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AP US History Chapter 2 Identifications 1.) English Protestant Reformation: took place in 1530’s when King Henry VII broke with the Roman Catholic Church. 2.) “Sea Dogs”: English buccaneers who sought to promote the twin goals of Protestantism and plunder by seizing Spanish treasure ships and raiding Spanish settlements. 3.) Francis Drake: famous “sea dog” who returned in 1580 with his ship full of Spanish booty and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth on the deck of his ship. 4.) Sir
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