major areas of the Americas set in motion two of the most far-reaching processes in modern history. One involved microbes‚ the other precious metals." Explain. Consider the experiences of the typical African slave. Where did the person come from? Where would he or she be most likely to go? What happened between the moments of capture and arrival in the western Atlantic? 8) Analyze the backgrounds‚ ideologies‚ goals‚ and modes of settlement among European immigrants to North America that produced distinctly
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Norse Expansion into North America In 985 or 986‚ with the Norse expansion west from Iceland into Greenland‚ the Icelanders met with a distant world‚ different from what they had left. Opportunities for agriculture were grimmer but game resources infinitely greater. Livestock farmers by preference‚ the newcomers spent their first decade clearing land for pastures and nursing their herds to increase the limited number of cattle‚ sheep and goats they had been able to ship over from Iceland. For
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In his narrative‚ Imagining Native America in Music‚ Michael V. Pasani documents the musical representations of Native American culture. In his introduction‚ he states: “Music‚ which plays such an extraordinary role in organizing and shaping our societies and our social values‚ remains an unspoken and too often unacknowledged contributor not only to the social history of America‚ but to the creation of its folkways and myths as well. Cultural historians‚ while they may acknowledge the relevance
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GKE 1 Task Three Themes in U.S. and World History REVISED Colonialism in North America During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ several European nations dispatched delegations set on colonializing portions of the Americas. The British were undoubtedly the most successful in this regard by first establishing the Jamestown colony in 1604 and then the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629 (Reich‚ 2010). The Native Americans that the explorers encountered were weary of the unfamiliar
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The colonization of North America‚ following its discovery in 1492‚ was a competition --based on the claim and settlement of lands in the New World-- between the major European imperial powers. The English‚ Spanish‚ and French colonization of North America was primarily a religious endeavor that focused on the desire to convert the Native Americans to Christianity‚ the need for religious havens to worship freely and openly‚ and the belief that Europeans had a God-given right to the lands in the New
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The French settled in America during the colonization of the 17th century. King Louis XIV’s decision of stripping the Huguenots of their political rights unless they converted to Roman Catholicism was one of the main reasons of french immigration to America. The main places throughout America that the french settled was was Louisiana‚ New England‚ and New York. The first migration to America was during the 1660’s when New France was under military control. Many of the French immigrants came to the
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The three cultural regions of North America preceding colonization were the southwest‚ south‚ and Northeast. In these three cultural regions‚ there were several different groups of people that occupy the land. The Southwest region has the Pueblo Peoples or Pueblos. The south region has the Cherokee. The northeast has the Algonquians. The Pueblo peoples or the Pueblos settled mainly on the east of the Grand Canyon. The Pueblos traditional homes were made from the sandstone‚ which was held in place
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and the North American colonies. A large scale war‚ taxes‚ and revolts all played a part in the hostilities between the two nations. Economics‚ however‚ may have been the spark that started the fire between the two nations‚ and might perhaps be the most significant cause of the future conflicts between the North American colonies and Great Britain. The French and Indian war was fought from 1754-1761 primarily between the French with Indian allies and Britain for control of North America. This war
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Europeans were drawn to North America for economic and political reasons. Closely followed by Columbus’ “discovery” of the New World in 1492 were the establishments of European colonies as well as the French. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. The British tended to oppress Native Americans economically and culturally and denied their potential contributions to helping growing settlements in the New World. The Spanish
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British and Spanish Colonization Efforts in North America Prior to 1763 Starting in the late 1400s‚ and continuing for hundreds of years‚ Spanish and British colonization efforts have‚ in many ways‚ shaped North America. Because they had different goals‚ the Spanish and British went about their pursuit of the Americas in very different ways‚ and did not do many things similarly. When the Spanish came to America‚ they were mainly in search of silver‚ and gold‚ but they also wanted to spread their
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