Up until 1750‚ Britain practiced salutary neglect toward their colonies in North America. Although a sense of mercantilism existed‚ Britain’s lack of supervision gave the colonies a chance to govern independently and to develop separately from Britain. Britain’s salutary neglect toward the colonies influenced the development of legislative assemblies‚ commerce‚ and religion by forcing the colonies to become more independent‚ therefore further developing characteristics of and desires to be a sovereign
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Chapter Name/Term | Identify | Significance | Royal Africa Company | The Royal African Company was a slaving company set up by the Stuart family and London merchants once the former retook the English throne in the English Restoration of 1660. It was led by James‚ Duke of York‚ Charles II’s brother. Originally known as the Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa‚ it was granted James II. | | Middle Passage | Part of the Triangular trade. The part of the journey where millions of enslaved
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1443 Unit One Reading 1 IDs Henretta Chapter 1 pp. 618 and Chapter 2 Identifications: Briefly define in 23 sentences each identification (person‚ place‚ event‚ idea) and explain the significance of each to the time period being studied. 1. Tribute Tribute was a way to collect goods from the groups conquered by the Aztecs. They would take advantage of the trading routes of the valley and the goods imported to them. The city displayed great wealth with the gold‚ textiles‚ cacao
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Chap 14-The Territorial expansion of the United States A. Community: Texans&TEJAOS “Remember the Alamo.” 1. 1836‚ Santa Anna(President of Mexico) came to subdue Texas-1‚500 Mexican died‚& Texas defenders(failed)- “remember the Alamo” eventually forced Santa Anna to recognize Texas independence. 2. Tejanos(S. Texans)-favored A. Settlers for their economic plan-authorized A. Colonies w/in Texas(central/ east)-attracted ppl from Miss. Valley-introduced slavery&cotton-Tejanos‚ both wealthy rancheros&poor
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The Cold War (continued) Chapter 27 to page 837‚ plus 863-64 in Chapter 28 The Eisenhower Presidency 1. Eisenhower - What type of chief executive was he? He gave peace and stability. He gave a sense of unity‚ inspired confidence and even Democratic liberalism and republican like him .With McCarthyism and desegregation of schools‚ he had a hand off approach. 2. “Dynamic Conservatism” - How did it differ from conventional conservatism? - Reduce taxes‚ contain inflation‚ and govern efficiently
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“That man should redeem himself from the sin of eating an apple by committing a murder on Jesus Christ‚ is the strangest system of religion ever set up.” -Thomas Paine Views on Education citizens must be educated to vote not out of ignorance applied only to males bc those = prospective voters not all states created working system of schools‚ 1815=no states had edu system 1789 MA law said each town must have school that served both males and females‚ but no enforcement VA ignored Jefferson’s
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Progressivism #80 While some states passed protective legislation business owners fought back claiming that such laws deprived them of their property. Courts often sided with businesses and ruled that social legislation violated a workers freedom of contract. Labor unions joined progressives to improve work conditions. Closed shop: a workplace where all employees must be a union member. Open Shop: nonunion workplace. Most workers and labor unions did not want to eliminate capitalism and the
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Document Based Question 1: The Transformation of Colonial Virginia Taking the step to become a settler in the seventeenth century was a big deal‚ understandably. Many people left the comfort and safety of their native homes‚ often becoming the first generations to leave. They faced new and scary experiences‚ along with a range of challenges. The colonists who settled in Virginia in the seventeenth century were no exemption. The Virginians had many challenges thrown at them and had to learn what
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Chapter 1: The New Global World Intro Before the French Natchez people complained that French treated them like slaves Before 1490s Natchez only knew their people 1502: Nicolas de Ovando replaced Columbus as governor of Hispanola His fleet of ships carried Span adventurers/African slaves which created triracial societies 1949--> Columbus unleashed 200 troops w/ 20 on horseback to terrorize the natives b/c he was upset he couldn’t govern Also released greyhounds to rip indians to pieces
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1. What was Macon’s Bill No.2 and how did it lead to the War of 1812? Macon’s Bill No. 2 replaced the Non-Intercourse Act in 1810. This Bill was issued by Congress. It reopened American trade with the entire world. Also it promised American restoration of trade to France and/or England if either dropped their commercial restrictions. Macon’s Bill dangled what congress hoped was an attractive lure. Napoleon had his opportunity: in August of 1810‚ he announced that French commercial restrictions
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