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    Portuguese and Spanish Slavery Thus when Portugal and Spain established the first American colonies‚ they first introduced Africans as a labor source in the New World. Both encountered difficulties turning the native American people into a slave labor force. The Spanish were more successful as they encountered the settled agraian societies of the Andes and central Mexico. The Spanish engaged in a debate concerning the humanity of the Native Americans. The Native Americans were in the end turned into

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    Give Me Liberty Chapter 1

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    Ms. Mobley Celeste Hernandez September 8‚ 2014 AP US History Summer Assignment A 1. The “discovery” of America was one of the “most important events recorded in the history of mankind‚” according to Adam Smith. With Columbus arriving‚ immense changes arrived with it too. Columbus arrived in 1492. No one else has been to the Americas before that except the people from the Bering Strait. The hunters and fishers from the Bering Strait arrived between 15 and 60‚000 years ago. While

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    Indigenous elites became an essential part of the growing propagation of the Spanish rule moreover to the indigenous community in the colonial period of the Andean society. By the arrival of the Spaniards in South America in 1532‚ the life of the indigenous communities was remarkably transformed. These indigenous elites known as the kurakas or caciques were not eliminated by the Spaniards‚ instead‚ they used them to their advantage and contributed to various leading roles that benefited the Spaniards

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    1. Both Christians & Muslims share what belief in God One god omnipotent 2. Buddhist religious statues found in China are examples of what? Cultural Diffusion 3. The Code of Hammurabi illustrates the laws of Babylonian society were influenced by lex talionis and what? Social Class structure – social inequalities 4. What of the following contributed to the fall of both the western Roman and the Han? Invasion by barbarian & borderland tribes (Huns‚ Visigoths‚ Vandals) 5. Graph 6. Describe

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    When it comes to American literature‚ most people think of only the stories that Americans have written throughout American history. They do not think of the Native Americans or the European explorers and settlers that lived in and explored the land. Many of their stories and literature are hard to find‚ translate‚ and research since it was a long time ago. However‚ the natives‚ the settlers‚ and the explorers have literature that is just as much of a big part of American literature than any other

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    Europe and the World: New Encounters‚ 1500-1800 On the Brink of a New World ❖ By the 16th century‚ the Atlantic seaboard had become the center of a commercial activity that raised Portugal and Spain and later the Dutch Republic‚ England‚ and France to prominence ➢ the age of expansion was a crucial factor in the European transition from the agrarian economy of the MA to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. The Motives ❖ Contact w/non-Europeans remained limited until the end of

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    Pasyon: A Factor That Shaped the Filipinos’ Identity Anonymous October 7‚ 2011 _______________________________ Table of Contents Chapter I: Research Problem/Topic A. Rationale……………………………………………………………….3-4 B. Review of Related Literature……………………………………..…4-7 C. Statement of the Problem…………………………………………….7-8 D. Objectives of the Study…………………………………………………8 E Theoretical and Conceptual Frameworks…………………..……9-10 F. Significance of the Study………………………………………….10-11

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    MODULE ONE LOCATION AND DEFINITION OF THE CARIBBEAN REGION Definition of the Caribbean Region Geographical This describes the area washed by the Caribbean Sea and is often described as the Caribbean Basin. It would therefore include most of the islands of the Lesser Antilles‚ Greater Antilles as well as the mainland territories in Central America (Costa Rica‚ Belize‚ Panama‚ Honduras) and Northern South America such as Columbia and Venezuela. The common link here is the Caribbean Sea. Geological

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    Shianne Schimmel Period 2 Chapter 14 Review Discovery and Crisis in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries  Age of Discovery and Expansion By the sixteenth century the Atlantic coast was the center of commercial activity. This age of expansion was a factor in European transition from the farming economy to a commercial and industrial capitalistic system. Expansion led to Europeans meeting non-European people that started a new age of world history. Motives of Expansion • • • • • • • •

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    World 1. Renaissance Changes Europe 1300-1500 Republics‚ civic humanism‚ ideology‚ guilds 2. West African Society and Slavery Vasco da Gama 3. Europeans Explore America Reconquista‚ Columbus 4. The Spanish Conquest Hernan Cortes‚ encomiendas‚ Columbian Exchange D. Rise of Protestant England 1. Protestant Movement Indulgences‚ Calvinism‚ predestination‚ Anglicanism 2. Dutch and English Challenge Spain Outwork‚ mercantilism 3. Social Causes of English Expansion Price revolution

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