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    Frederick Jackson Turner

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    modes of travel‚ and thought.  It takes him from the railroad car and puts him in the birch canoe.  It strips off the garments of civilization and arrays him in the hunting shirt and the moccasin.  It puts him in the log cabin of the Cherokee and Iroquois and runs an Indian palisade around him‚ Before long he has gone to planting Indian corn and plowing with a sharp stick; he shouts the war cry and takes the scalp in orthodox Indian fashion.  In short‚ at the frontier the environment is at first too

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    Part II: Checking Your Progress A. True-False Where the statement is true‚ circle T; where it is false‚ circle F. 1. T F George Washington was chosen commander of the American army primarily because of his military abilities and experience. 2. T F Following the Battle of Bunker Hill‚ King George made one last attempt at reconciliation with his American subjects and their Continental Congress. 3. T F The American invasion of Canada in 1775 was based in part on the false belief that

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    US HISTORY UNIT 1 CHAPTER 1 SECTION 1 Assessment (page 15) 1. TERMS & NAMES: For each term or name‚ write a sentence explaining its significance. -nomadic -Pueblo -Kongo -Reformation -Aztec -Iroquois -Islam -Renaissance -Anasazi -Benin -Christianity 2. MAIN IDEA: In two or three sentences describe how America before Columbus was affected by trade and commerce. 3. CRITICAL THINKING: Why DO YOU THINK other European nations lagged behind Portugal in overseas exploration

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    One of the regions in the Native American is the Native American arts have become collected and marketed by Americans and Europeans. some groups produced articles symbolizing status positions or items of religious significance. The Cherokee and iroquois which is the material culture part of the woodland groups their art included decorated pottery and baskets also quillwork and beadwork‚ birchbark utensils‚

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    protect them against white settlers and provide them with more goods and arms. American forces did not like this these decisions so they retaliated by committing raids especially against the Cherokees. Another tribe who was seriously affected was the Iroquois who ended up dividing into factions. I’m sure that Natives were very scared about what would happen if America ended up winning the war which as we all know happened. After the war Britain surrendered its territory east of the Mississippi. This enabled

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    happening from past) Aborigines Tahitians Aztecs Chinese Italians Lewis H. Morgan (1818-1881) Starts in New York as a lawyer then enters anthropology scene 1851 – published Leagues of Iroquois 1871 – published Systems of Consanguity About kinship (family and how families are organized) Iroquois’ families are maternal – all moms side of family‚ if boy born‚ sent out to marry into some other girls family 1877 – published Ancient Society Savagery – (pottery) Barbarism – (iron working)

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    During the birth of the United States there was a struggle to see who would claim North America. In the 18th century‚ Spain‚ France‚ and England were all trying to win control of North America. Spain already had control over Florida‚ and France maintained its reign of the northern and central areas. The Frances interest in fur trade and England’s concern over their tobacco crop caused the inclination for more land that led to clashes between the two countries. England won this struggle for many reasons

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    The Importance of Jean Talon in the History of New France Jean Talon played a big role in the establishment of New France. He came up with the idea of ‘le Filles du roi’‚ and populated New France. Jean Talon also strengthened and extended the seigneurial system throughout New France. The ratio of single women and bachelors was 720 bachelors to 45 single females. Jean talon had a great idea to bring in more women if there were not enough. In order to ensure that population were to increase and

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    Creation

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    1/28 The Iroquois Creation Story: (17) * The Good Mind and The Bad Mind are the two main characters who were twins born by a woman that inhabited the universe * The woman drops down into the lower earth and sits on a turtle to give birth * The turtle changes into an island with sparse vegetation before her birth * While the baby was in the womb‚ the evil twin came out from underneath the mother’s arm causing her to die‚ “the bad mind” * The Good Mind creates the sun and moon

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    Explain current beliefs about how the first peoples settled North America‚ and discuss the ways in which they became differentiated from one another over time. There are varying opinions on how North America was settled. The first peoples believed to have settled in North America were the Indians‚ West Africans and Europeans over five hundred years ago. Specifically‚ the Paleo-Indians are believed to be the first settlers of North America. Some varying opinions were relative to the discovery of

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