Overview of time period Reasons things are changing Expanding Population Causes many babies born lots of immigrants more diverse culture market expansion Numbers 1700: 250‚000 1775-1800: 2-5‚000‚000 see settlement expansion before‚ all settlements 50 miles from coast 95% of world’s population never went past 25 miles of their birthplace by revolution‚ settlements west of appalachian mountains 95% of world’s population never went past 25 miles of their birthplace land becomes scarce
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alongside the repeal of the Stamp Act‚ it reaffirmed Parliament’s unqualified sovereignty over the North American colonies. Townshend Acts (1767) – External‚ or indirect‚ levies on glass‚ white lead‚ paper‚ paint and tea‚ the proceeds of which were used to pay colonial governors‚ who had previously been paid directly by colonial assemblies. Sparked another round of protests in the colonies. Boston Massacre (1770) – Clash between unruly Bostonian protestors and locally stationed British redcoats‚ who
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o Colonies = solution for landless peoples Merchant capitalism o Merchants in look for investment opportunities Development of joint-‐stock companies Nationalism o Spain = Britain’s greatest rival o Defeat of Spanish Armada o Belief that Britain could compete with Spain Mercantilism o Economic theory o Increase nation’s wealth at expense of other countries Export more Import less o Colonies to provide
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AP U.S History Tenochtitlan ID: The ancient Aztec capital in about the 1325 and was demolished by the Spaniards in 1521. SIG: Tenochtitlan was one of the largest cities in the world in 1521. It was a very wealthy city with powerful economics‚ politics‚ and religions. Matrilineal ID: The inheritance one receives through the female line of ancestors. SIG: The pattern of culture in Lenape or modern day Delaware were fishing and other types of farming which were matrilineal. Many Native American
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one of the biggest upsets militarily. The Superior British army seemed to have every advantage‚ however the United States experienced key political‚ diplomatic‚ and military advantages that led to the success of the Revolution. Politically the colonies had gone through many key changes in ideology that gave the idea of revolution the traction that it would need to gain public support. The people that encouraged revolution such as Thomas Paine‚ the writer of the essay entitled common sense‚ would
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the new world) | Erie Canal | Federal support for Technological growth (Telegraph) | First Amendment (Five freedoms) | First Bank of the United States | First Great Awakening | French and Indian War (causes and effects) | French Colonies (Success and Failures) | French Revolution(impact on America) | George Washington as General of Continental Army (goals‚ strategies‚ successes‚ failures) | Hamilton’s Financial Plan | Hartford Convention | Henry Clay’s American
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British East India Company If the company collapsed‚ the London government would lose much money. Therefore‚ the London government gave the company a full monopoly of the tea sell in America. Committe of Correspondence Created by the American colonies in order to maintain
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------------------------------------------------- Madison Markey * ------------------------------------------------- AP US History‚ P.2 * ------------------------------------------------- 30 September 2012 * ------------------------------------------------- DBQ Homework #1 * ------------------------------------------------- * ------------------------------------------------- Question Analysis: The question is asking to explain how the French and Indian War affected the three main principles that
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lifestyle in the three American colonies sections‚ varied dramatically‚ the most obvious was the difference between the New England and the Southern colonies. The New England colonies varied in many ways from the southern colonies‚ the most obvious were the motives for the founders‚ the political and social beliefs‚ and economic differences. The New England colonies were much more interested in starting a new way of life for the generations to come‚ the Southern colonies based lived for the day and
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the terms of society and economy. Both colonies developed their own characteristics based upon the factors of: the economic motivation of the settlers‚ the political and religious motivation of the settlers‚ and the natural resources and climate of the region. Although located in different parts of the Americas they shared similarities and differences. In 1607‚ James I granted a charter for the settlement of Virginia. The first settlement in the Virginia colony was Jamestown on the James River‚ named
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