Cambria Rooney 10.10.11 Period 4 The Black Plague struck Europe for the first time in the 15th century‚ wiping out one third of the entire western population. This pandemic changed the way the people who were affected thought and how they lived their lives. The Europeans’ actions within the 15th through 18th centuries were influenced by the need to control the disease‚ fear‚ and their own self-interest. The Europeans tried many ways to maintain the plague from getting worse and spreading
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Two of the major powers in Europe quickly took the lead in settling the New World. The first‚ Spain‚ was very interested in acquiring huge amounts of gold‚ silver‚ and other rare valuables. In fact‚ the only reason they stumbled upon America is because they were en route to the Far East in search of the "fabled wealth of the Indies." What they found turned out to be much more valuable than a shipload of gold. A new continent was discovered-- one with unbelievable potential. Spain was able to take
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During the Middle Ages‚ feudalism was common and people lived mainly under their lords. Peasants were assigned to work on their lord’s land and were not able to move around freely. Peasants generally lived under their lords and would only get the surplus food after they provided for their lords in exchange for the use of the land. In the late Middle Ages‚ peasants started fleeing local king owned communities and went to vast‚ open‚ and totally uninhabited land. The reason why this shifted is that
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Irene Kim AP Euro Winter Assignment 1/2 Unit I 1. There are several relationships that can be pointed out between the Middle Ages and modern times. One such example is the overpopulation that Europe faced before the Black Death and the overpopulation that the world is facing at this moment. Although not everywhere‚ there is poor sanitation and malnutrition in many areas of the world as there were back then. Another example is the economy and how there were a lack of jobs and pay for people
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alan katz AP Euro Age of European Explorations The renaissance’s curiosity helped pave the way for the European age of exploration‚ which took place from 1450 to 1525. There were many factors‚ including technological‚ economic‚ political‚ and religious ones. The age was promoted by many specific factors‚ including the invention of caravels and other nautical inventions‚ the commercial and price revolutions‚ the new monarchs‚ and the constant growth that the Catholic faith wanted. “God‚ glory
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Broderick Haney AP Euro Period: 1 14 September 2012 The Progressive Peasant Revolution Inhabiting the Holy Roman Empire in the 16th century‚ the upper class considered peasants a mere subhuman. Conversely‚ Martin Luther‚ a German professor of theology‚ influenced reformation to the German state. This reformation focused on the peasants‚ especially the peasant revolt of 1524. As the revolution continued‚ the Peasant Parliament formed to coordinate activates and strive for optimistic results
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Witchcraft DBQ (Many of the people who were persecuted as witches from the fifteenth to seventeenth centuries were those of a seemingly inferior mindset‚ those who are blamed for problems in the community and those who were social outcasts.) This time period occurred throughout the Protestant‚ Catholic and Scientific revolutions. The victims of the witch trials were usually persecuted in Europe as a whole however focused on areas like South Western Europe. Witches were usually people who were
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DBQ Introduction: In the late 18th century‚ Europe experienced a substantial amount of urbanization due to the increase of industrialized factories‚ especially in the textile industry. Question: Describe the inventions that improved production and the European marketplace through the pre-Industrial Revolution. How did these advances affect social classes? Document 1: Letter from Leeds Cloth Merchants (a major center of wool manufacture in Yorkshire)‚ 1791. Defending the use of machines. “yet
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Shelby Mazzone 10/24 AP Euro DBQ Elizabeth I was the Queen of England who ruled from 1558-1603. Elizabeth’s reign achieved great success including great achievements in the arts and an increase in literacy. Overall Elizabeth’s rule established political stability‚ although Elizabeth battled opposing views‚ during that time‚ from people who saw a women unfit to rule and superior to men. Even through these negative views Elizabeth responded by applying strong leadership skills
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/ 259 AP Euro Notes Unit 1: Renaissance and Discovery I. The Renaissance in Italy (1375-1527) Renaissance-a time of transition from the medieval to the modern world Jacob Burkhardt: the renaissance was the release of the “full‚ whole nature of man” Started after the death of Pertrach‚ “the father of humanism” and ended with the sack of Rome from Spanish-imperial soldiers. A. The Italian City-State Growth of City-States: endemic warfare between emperor and pope of Italy weakened one
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