Unit 1: The Foundation of the Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch and English Colonies in North America * Initial Contact (Spanish) * The French and Dutch Colonies * The English Colonies Part I: Initial Contact (Spanish) #1: Who were the earliest inhabitants of the Americas? * About 14‚000 years ago (12‚000 BCE)‚ people started to migrate across BERINGIA to Americas * By 8‚000 BCE‚ they reached to Tierra del Fuego * 3 waves came from Asia‚ 1 from Polynesia
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Dutch Republic In 1650 the Dutch Republic had become a commercial‚ financial‚ and naval powerhouse‚ which led to other European nations recognizing it as the banking and trading center of Europe. Leading to its commercial success was the monopoly on trade routes in the North Sea. However during the 17th and 18th centuries the Dutch Republic began to decline due to their loss of control in the North and Atlantic Seas and the significant loss of manpower due to European wars. This led to an overall
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Britain the master of an enlarged royal area But victory was very costly; the London government struggled after 1763 to make the American colonists to accept some of the financial costs of the empire What began as a disagreement about economic policies soon exposed clashing differences between Americans and Britons over valued political principles The ensuing clash between the Americans and the Britons gave birth to a new nation The Deep Roots of Revolution: The New World nurtured new ideas
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CHAPTER-2 FOREST POLICY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN COLONIAL AND POST COLONIAL PERIOD 2.0 Introduction Forest policy and management has been a subject of considerable debate and conflict ever since the British established a Forest Department and enacted legislations related to forestry in the 19th century. The imperial needs dictated the British interests in the Indian forest resources‚ which resulted in the establishment of control over forest resources. In the process‚ at least two crucial
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Assess the contributions of the Dutch to the development of the Caribbean. The incorporation of the Dutch into the Caribbean during the latter half of the 16th century and early 17th century came on the heels of them seeing the prosperous economic opportunities at the time dominated by the Spanish. In the Caribbean‚ the Dutch concentrated on wrestling from Portugal its grip on the sugar and slave trade through attacks on the Spanish treasure fleets on their homeward bound voyages. Though the prime
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Nowitzky 1 Chris Nowitzky Professor Noyalas November 23‚2011 U.S. History 121 The Impact of the French and Indian War on Colonial America The French and Indian war was fought between Great Britain and France from 1754 to 1763. Also known as the Seven Year’s War‚ this confrontation eventually erupted into an all out worldwide conflict. Its effects were not only immediate but long term. Although the colonies were not directly tied to the war‚ it greatly impacted them as well as modern America
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group chose is Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (DLMI). Dutch Lady Milk Industries Berhad (DLMI) is incorporated in 1963 and operating based on dairy business. Dutch Lady is the first dairy company who listed in Bursa Malaysia and the top three companies in Malaysia which produce dairy product. Royal Friesland Company‚ in Netherlands is the holding company of Dutch Lady and the second largest holding Dutch Lady shares is Permodalan National Berhad. The primary activities of Dutch Lady are manufacture
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Colonial America was a very troubling and dangerous place‚ but these two chief countries were sought in on their ways. Those core values helped catapult them into the new world in search of freedom‚ food‚ and a source of income. England and France were two dominant countries‚ nonetheless they had their differences socially‚ economically‚ and politically which propelled them towards the new world. When the two nations began permanently settling in the new world the French colonies treated the native
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(1.What is meant by the term?) Introduction Over 50 years ago on 1960‚ when a sprawl bed of liquid gas was discovered in North Sea‚ Netherland overjoyed exploiting the natural resource and became a net exporter of gas. The demand for Dutch guilder in order to purchasing gas‚ rose and made it extremely strong. It left a lot of currency to a level the manufacturing export was no longer competitive. Later on 1970‚ when oil price soured by 4 times; UK was tempted to invest in North Sea oil industry
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Jules Ferry: On French Colonial Expansion (1884) 1 According to Ferry‚ what recent developments in world trade have made it urgent for France to have colonies? Jules Ferry states that France is in need of outlets to be able to export. He incorporates the fact that they do have major industries such as textile but that they are in urgent need of what he explains as outlets. He goes on by saying that Germany who is their neighbor have set up trade barriers and across the ocean the United States
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