However the turning point of the French and Indian war resulted in more colonial unity such as the Albany Congress; intercolonial congress summoned by the British to achieve greater colonial unity and to assure Iroquois support in the war with French. This sense of colonial unity emerging is huge and very important. Without colonial unity America may not even be a country today. The unity lead to formation such as first continental congress and eventually led the
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First Nations- European Contact From the moment the Europeans arrived on the coast of Northern America; the Indigenous people have felt the influence of their presence. From the start‚ this contact was beneficial to some of the Indigenous people‚ as they gained an ally in warfare and received many modern metal goods in trade. However‚ it did not take long for the negative effects of this contact to affect the Indigenous people. The contact affected and changed the Indigenous people of Canada socially
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Terms and Essays: 1. Traditional paradigm- transplant of English institutions or English culture into North America 2. Atlantic System paradigm- the creation of the Atlantic Ocean as a system or network of exchange after the voyages of Columbus 3. Christopher Columbus- an Italian explorer and navigator from Genoa‚ who asked King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella for a grant to find India and its treasures. He landed in modern-day Bahamas and claimed he “discovered” America 4. 1492 Edict of
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Virgin-Soil Epidemics a. Death spreads into the North American interior i. Simultaneous illness in whole villages‚ multiple simultaneous illnesses‚ waves of epidemics‚ etc. b. The Aztec and Inca examples c. The Iroquois (Mohawk) and Algonquin i. Overhunting as “revenge” on the beaver? (theory) -all nature has spiritual power; animal spirits very powerful; believed small pox came because they made Gods mad; Indians thought beavers
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The French and Indian War Impact on the American Revolution As Europeans settled the New World‚ they encountered difficulties that they had not perceived before. The first of which was the Native Americans who were not thrilled on the idea of giving up their ancestral land for European settlement. So‚ it was not a surprise when conflict arise between the Natives and the Europeans. Because the Europeans brought over diseases that were fatal to the Natives and had more developed weaponry‚ they were
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The time period between the 1600s and 1700s was a time of major change for the natives of North America. The incursion and colonization of Europeans into North America had considerable impacts on Native American lives. Suddenly‚ North American natives found themselves entangled by European power politics. European empires at the time‚ such as the French‚ English and Spanish empires‚ often fought against each other for power and control. The arrival of Europeans into the North American continent meant
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AP US History Chapter 2 Identifications 1.) English Protestant Reformation: took place in 1530’s when King Henry VII broke with the Roman Catholic Church. 2.) “Sea Dogs”: English buccaneers who sought to promote the twin goals of Protestantism and plunder by seizing Spanish treasure ships and raiding Spanish settlements. 3.) Francis Drake: famous “sea dog” who returned in 1580 with his ship full of Spanish booty and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth on the deck of his ship. 4.) Sir
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2. What commonalities do you find among the different representations here of Native American women? What different? The European portray Native American as uncivilized‚ barbaric‚ and cannibalistic. The Europeans would painted the Native American women as idealized represented of what women should look and be like using European women as their model. The women in art showed aspects of virtue and liberty. The artist would paint these women in such a way to encourage people to explore the New World
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Chapter Two: The Planning of English America: 1500-1733 1. England’s Imperial Stirrings 1. Only 10 % of the Indian population of 1492 survived 2. Colonization of North America: Spanish at Santa Fe- 1610‚ French at Quebec- 1618‚ English at Jamestown- 1607 3. English crown confiscated Catholic Irish lands and ‘planted’ them with new Protestant land lords from Scotland and England. 4. Many English soldiers developed in Ireland a sneering contempt for the ‘savage’ natives‚ an attitude that they
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Granada Hills Charter High School A.P. United States History – 2010 Summer Assignment DUE: Day 1 of Fall 2010 semester Instructors: Mr. Klevs cklevs@ghchs.com Ms. Byars kbyars@ghchs.com 1. Students need to read book #1 Patriots: The Men who started the American Revolution by A.J. Langguth [ISBN‐10: 0671675621] by August 17‚ 2010. Students need to read book #2 K Blows Top: A Cold War Comic Interlude Starring Nikita Khrushchev‚ America’s Most Unlikely Tourist by Peter Carlson [ISBN‐10: 1586484974] by January
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