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    2005 AP U.S. History Study Kit -2- TABLE OF CONTENTS 2006 FRQ Study Guide ....................................................... 3 2006 DBQ Study Guide ........................................................ 4 Historical Periods To Memorize .............................................. 6 Key Dates to Memorize ......................................................... 8 Key Terms You Must Know ...................................................9 Colonial Period Study Guide ..............

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    Many colonists held a stronger loyalty to their American Colonies than to England by the eve of the Revolution. The battles and trials that they endured gave them an identity and a unity‚ they had survived through many hardships and any group that does that had some sort of bond. The unique combining of cultures‚ geography‚ and the many political ordeals that American colonists had endured provided them with a sense of identity and unity. There was a combining of culture in America that was unique

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    ransomed for £20 raised by the women of Boston in a public subscription‚ and paid by John Hoar of Concord at Redemption Rock in Princeton‚ Massachusetts. In 1677‚ Reverend Rowlandson moved his family to WethersfieldConnecticut‚ where he was installed as pastor in April of that year. He died in Wethersfield in November 1678. Church officials granted his widow a pension of £30 per year. Mary Rowlandson and her children moved to Boston where she wrote her captivity narrative. It was published in Cambridge

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    Language has been a political and an emotional struggle for many people since the early 1750’s. British settlers in the 1750s felt threatened by German settlers moving into Pennsylvania who did not speak English. In 1780‚ John Adams attempted to have English declared the official language of The United States of America. Adams was not successful in his endeavors. Congress has opposed having an official language since John Adams first approached them. At least once a year since 1981‚ Congress has

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    moved 1677 to WethersfieldConnecticut. Joseph Rowlandson died 24 November 1678 after preaching a powerful fast-day jeremiad. Mary Rowlandson remarried 6 Aug 1679 to Captain Samuel Talcott. He died in 1691; she lived until 1710. Disgrace later came to the family: her son Joseph got his brother-in-law drunk and sold him into servitude in Virginia. While a prisoner‚ Mary Rowlandson travelled some 150 miles‚ from Lancaster to Menamaset then north to Northfield and across the Connecticut river to meet

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    Betsey Johnson was born on August 10‚ 1942 in WethersfieldConnecticut. As a young child‚ her hobbies included drawing and dancing. Her old dance costumes from endless recitals and competitions inspired her to develop clothes of her own. Much of her funky personality was contributed by the clothes she designed earlier in life. Growing up in Connecticut‚ Johnson is a designer that represents the Fashion Capital of New York City. "What I tried to do was a combination of dance and art‚" she recalls

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    and Hannah was very odd. The first reason that Kit should not have saved Hannah is that it hurts her reputation. If she helped Hannah escape‚ she would be put on trial for witchcraft. This could result in her being brutally banished from WethersfieldConnecticut. This would make her reputation worse than it already was. The second reason that Kit should not have saved Hannah is that she could have been executed. If she saved Hannah and was proven guilty of witchcraft‚ she could be tortured. It would

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    in 1745. When he was almost 2 years of age‚ his family emigrated to America‚ disembarking at New Castle‚ DE. While the father traveled about the country‚ apparently selling tinware‚ the family lived in New London‚ other places in Connecticut‚ and in Trenton‚ NJ. In 1750 he settled in Princeton‚ NJ. There‚ he became a merchant and manufacturer of tin goods. His prosperity enabled William to attend local private schools and the College of New Jersey (later Princeton). He took a B.A. in 1763 and an

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    The life of Henry Knox Early Life Henry Knox was born on July 25‚ 1750 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. He was the seventh of ten children to William Knox and Mary Knox. In 1759 William Knox a migrant captain died at the age of fifty after suffering financial difficulties. Three years after the death of his father and at the age of twelve‚ Henry Knox was forced to leave the “Boston Latin Grammar school” and went to work to support his family. He was hired as a apprentice to a bookseller were

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    Becoming a civil engineer may not be the toughest feat someone will overcome‚ but becoming one of the most known civil engineers would be a bit more harder. One of the most famous American civil engineer is Benjamin Wright. He was born in WethersfieldConnecticut on October 10‚ 1770. His past though is not what you would think it would be for someone to have such a job. His father was a farmer. His mother stayed at home with him and his siblings. The only reason he got into the field of engineering

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