evidence that confirms that they originated from Asia. Scientists researching mtDNA have also backed up these findings. As the ancestors of the Polynesians journeyed across the Pacific their culture changed during isolation. The Polynesians last migration was to New Zealand. New Zealand’s climate and landscape was very different from the tropical Polynesia Islands‚ this also led to a cultural change. Many people believed that Polynesians came from South America. One man called Thor Heyerdahl believed
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wooly mammoth‚ mastodons‚ bison‚ and muskox. ≈10000 BC – Wisconsin’s first known inhabitants‚ the Paleo-Indian people‚ are thought to have arrived from the west and south. The Paleo-Indians were nomadic‚ moving frequently to follow large animal migrations. 8500-6000 BC – As forests continued to emerge‚ big game species moved northward toward the receding glaciers‚ forcing people to rely on smaller mammals and gathered plants. Over time people began to travel less‚ instead settling in to particular
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The earliest Mesoamerican state was formed by the Olmec‚ which created the foundation for the basic cosmology of the next Mesoamerican civilizations. Other than that they were also the first to organize elaborate public religious ceremonies or to create a solar calendar and even a network of trade routes. The Mayans had come up with many new advances to what the previous cultures did‚ bringing innovations in math and astronomy‚ such as the concept of zero and developing a calendar. Because
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Running head; AMERICAN COLONIES IN EARLY 1600 AND 1700. American colonies in early 1600 and 1700 Name; Institution; Date; INTRODUCTION America’s colonial history can be described in terms of the economic‚ political and social events of the early sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The two centuries came with two sets of societies altogether. No historian will contest the fact that the start of the 1600 and its formative years marks the starting point of the
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The period from 1700 to 1900 is dominated by European Imperialism‚ and it is no wonder that that would strongly affect the flow of long-distance migrants. During this time‚ people moved for the same reason they always did: better opportunities‚ yet the manifestation of these opportunities and their location were shifting. New technologies and the rise of imperialism affected the flow of people to the United States‚ from or to Asia‚ and from Africa. Time and again inhabitants of the United States
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CHANGE AND CONTINUITY OVER TIME ESSAY TOPICS AS GT EXERCISES Once students have completed studying at least two historical periods‚ they have the content knowledge to accomplish the change and continuity over time (CCOT) essay. Nevertheless‚ the CCOT Essay is often more effectively taught in the second semester during the first six weeks and used as a review technique for the May AP Exam. The topics below correspond to the themes in the AP World History Subject guide. 1. Trace the change and continuities
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St. Louis‚ Missouri is one of the up and coming cities in the United States at the beginning of the 1900s. The city has experienced incredible growth following the end of the Civil War‚ people from all over the United States‚ and the world in general‚ have flocked to this new industrial superpower. St. Louis donned the honor of being the fourth largest city in the United States in 1900 with a population of 575‚238. Having a population of that size brought a large amount of diversity into the city
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Slavery in the 1700’s and 1800’s was crucial to the economy in the southern states and impacted the northern economy as well. The advancement of the cotton industry directly and indirectly influenced slavery in the South. Advancements such as the cotton gin‚ the increase in demand‚ and the increase in available land were some of the major influential changes. The cotton gin was a rather simple invention but it increased the speed at which seeds could be removed from cotton. Due to the increase in
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PJ Schaefer Joel Favino APUSH Railroads‚ Steamboats‚ and Ships One of the big new things of this time period was the railroad and trains. The thing it impacted the most was social living. You could send letters and packages so much quicker without having to send it with a horse and buggy. Also if there wasn’t railroads the western towns wouldn’t have had a chance at survival‚ they needed fresh goods to be carted across the country all the time. The railroad was the means for this. It also
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way back to the 1700’s and has continued today. Superior groups saw colonization as an opportunity to abuse their power and take over inferior colonies who won’t resist with any armed protection. It is noted that throughout history‚ countries used colonization as a way to handle their economic and social issues. It has evolved into a vessel for racism‚ oppression‚ and dehumanization. These patterns of the development of colonization and its impact can be seen dating back to the 1700’s in texts such
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