Chapter 2 Exam Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. How did Columbus react to the natives when he reached the Western Hemisphere? [A] He thought they were gullible fools. [B] He thought they were descendants of earlier Viking explorers. [C] He thought they could be Christianized and become good servants. [D] He thought they were descendants of the lost tribe of Israel. [E] all of these 2. In general‚ European society in the sixteenth century
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Luther. After posting his 95 Theses on October 31st‚ 1517‚ a spiral of events followed. One may even argue his public publishing of arguments led to the settling of America: while most seeking the New World at Jamestown did so in a financial gamble for economic gain‚ most landing in Plymouth immigrated for religious liberation from the chains of the Catholic Church. (source) While Luther intended for reformation of the Catholic church‚ complete split from the community was never intended. His frustration
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American Literature influenced and shaped the American Colonies. Studying the six types of genres/categories helps us to recognize the magnitude of history in the New World‚ known as the United States of America Journals and diaries are noteworthy and play a vital role in history because people document their daily experiences that they faced. Several examples of historical figures are Christopher Columbus‚ Captain John Smith‚ and William. Mr. Columbus documented about his adventures‚ so that he
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Associate Level Material Appendix A Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics listed in the left-side column for the five groups named. | |Native Americans |Northern Colonists |Mid-Atlantic Colonists |Southern Colonists |West Africans | |Political Structure|These societies continued to exist|Many of these were settled by | The Mid-Atlantic colonies had
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Terms for Chapter 2 Sea Dogs-roving English ships that plundered Spanish treasure ships (1560s) St. Augustine–fort Spain created in Florida 1565 to protect the route of its treasure fleet against English ships‚ French settlers‚ hostile Indians (1st permanent Euro. settlement in US) Comprehensive Orders for New Discoveries-new policy Spanish leaders introduced after military setbacks to pacify Indians by Christianizing missionaries not conquistadores (1573) Ecomenderos-privelaged spanish landowners
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order of importance for both nations‚ and would shape their existence to the present day. Another development of crucial significance was the foundation of the first British colonies on the North American continent‚ at Jamestown‚ Virginia in 1607‚ in Newfoundland in 1610‚ and at Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620‚ which laid the foundation for future British settlement and the eventual formation of both Canada and the United States of America. The most notorious event of James’s reign occurred
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University of Phoenix Material North American Colonies Project Part 1: Native American Resources Access and review the Early Native Peoples interactive map link available through the HIS 110 [pic] page. Study the map identifying the regional distribution of Native Americans (also located in Ch. 1). Using the grid‚ identify the seven regions. Then indicate how each of the native tribes within the regions supported themselves prior to the arrival of European civilizations. |Region:
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Exam one study guide US History to 1865 Tenochtitlan-city surrounded by Lake Texcoco. Aztec Capitol. Imitated the ruined temple city of Teotihuacan. Hernan Cortes defeated it in 1519 Pequot War- 1637 The Pequot Indians resided near the mouth of the Connecticut River which is also where Puritan settlers led by John Winthrop’s son were trying to launch a town. Fearing the Pequot would recruit all other Indians against the English‚ the English unleashed an all-out war with the Pequot. The Puritans
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History of Iron and Steel I have researched the origin of hot metal cars for many years. In the very early years of iron production and later steel production historical is sketchy at best. Almost in plant equipment was built on sight and sometimes no drawings were used. The ability of American fabricators in the late 1700 and the 1800 amazes me. A case in point is Otto Mears a German immigrant that built most of the three foot gauge railroads in the Colorado Rockies. He had a third grade education
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North American Indian Timeline (1492-1999) 1492 From their nakedness‚ Columbus inferred the native people to be an inferior race. Columbus wrote of the Indians he encountered‚ "They all go around as naked as their mothers bore them; and also the women." However‚ he noted that "they could easily be commanded and made to work‚ to sow and to do whatever might be needed‚ to build towns and be taught to wear clothes and adopt our ways." Although Columbus also wrote that "they are the best people
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