Associate Level Material Appendix A Midterm Exam * Access the Week Four Electronic Reserve Readings located under the materials section of the student website. * Read this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. * Write a paragraph of approximately 100 words for each of the following questions. 1. Using the critical thinking skills you have gained and the materials provided for this assignment‚ identify two possible strategies that Thomas Hutchinson or Samuel Adams‚ or both
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Discussion a) Interaction between Europeans and Natives in the New World The interaction between the first European settlers and the Natives began with the Spanish settlers headed by Christopher Columbus‚ the founder of America in 1492. The Spanish settlers are the first to settle down in the ‘New World’. The ‘New World’ inhabits more than two million Native Americans before the first European settlement. The early Spanish interaction with the natives is smooth remains calm and friendly. They understood
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The colonists had always desired liberty and independence from the time they immigrated to the New World‚ but there passions were inflamed by numerous grievous actions by the British empire. It is difficult to name just four reasons‚ but I will do my best. 1) Representation. Colonists argued that it was unfair to be ruled by those whom they had not elected. Parliament claimed that the colonies were virtually represented‚ as its members looked out for the interests of the entire empire. However‚
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Emily Thou Mr. G./ Period 1 September 14‚ 2012 Causes of the American Revolution The American Revolution began in 1755 as an open conflict between the thirteen colonies and Great Britain. The Treaty of Paris had ended that war in 1783‚ giving the colonies their own independence. There are many factors contributing to the start of the Revolution‚ but the war began as the way The Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. For example‚ the French
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centuries‚ when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that the Indians society and culture should
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The colonists felt that the british government was being unfair‚ and rightfully so. The british was pressing unfair taxes onto the colonists in order to gain money to fix their own problems. This was a smart move for the british considering that the colonists didn’t have much firepower.... Or at least that’s what the British thought. Picture in your head if you were being taxed for a lot of money by someone who had absolute power‚ and you had no say in the matter. How would you feel? The American
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Relations between early European explorers and Native Americans in North America got off to a rough start. The Europeans were invasive‚ selfish‚ and over-powering‚ and they offered the Native Americans little in return for their demands. Any Natives who chose to resist the Europeans were often met with aggressive behavior and punishment. Eventually‚ the Native Americans stood up for their tribe and fought back‚ and with neither side backing down‚ bloodshed became commonplace. Many lives were
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Jonathan Edwards & Anne Bradstreet Jonathan Edwards and Anne Bradstreet were both famous Puritan writers of their time. Each of their works‚ "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and " Upon the Burning of Our House" convey to their audiences the strong religious beliefs prevalent during that time period. Edwards writes to persuade his audience. On the other hand‚ Bradstreet writes to inform her audience. Edwards mainly talks about hell and damnation in his writings‚ however Bradstreet talks
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When the Europeans arrived in the Americas‚ in 1492‚ they greatly changed the Native American’s way of life. There were four major things the Europeans brought to the Native Americans: disease‚ war‚ technology‚ and Christianity. These‚ among many other things‚ massively effected the lives of most‚ and ultimately all of the Native Americans. The effects of most of these are still being felt today‚ although to a lesser extent. First‚ and most devastating is disease. For thousands of years the people
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Evans AP US History 26 September 2012 Causes of the American Revolution Essay Leading up to the American Revolution‚ there were different types of causes including social‚ political and economic but the one that overall caused the revolution was the political influences. About twenty years before the outbreak of the war‚ the French and Indian War took place because of the French presence on the continent‚ near the settlements. From this‚ the colonists were rid of the French but the English were
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