Lincoln is perhaps one of the greatest wartime presidents and his entire presidency effectively took place during the civil war. However‚ before taking office Lincoln had no prior experience with war as a politician or a general. When he took office Lincoln was aware of his deficiencies in knowledge of military knowledge in comparison to the confederacies leader‚ Jefferson Davis. Lincoln was fully aware that he had to become a knowledgeable wartime leader with adept decision making quickly to successfully
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AP U.S. History: Unit 1.1 HistorySage.com CONTACT: Europeans & Amerindians I. Overview—big ideas By 1600 Europeans had created the world’s first truly global economy. Meanwhile‚ the "age of discovery" resulted in the greatest human catastrophe the world has ever known: 90% of Amerindians died by 1600; slavery of tens of millions of Africans. Cultural differences between European and Amerindians were so immense that major conflict occurred in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th centuries. Summary
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Jamestown and Plymouth Plantation are two colonies but are very distinct from each other. John Smith and William Bradford came from England to explore the Americas‚ but each with their own intentions. They both had trouble coming here establishing their new colonies because survival was difficult. John Smith barely survived what he went through stating‚ “Such actions have ever since the world’s beginning been subject to such accidents‚ and everything of worth is found full of difficulties…”(Smith)
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What is the significance of Jamestown? “Jamestown introduced slavery into English speaking North America; it became the first of England’s colonies to adopt a representative government; and it was the site of the first clashes between whites and Indians over territorial expansion. Jamestown began the tenuous‚ often violent‚ mingling of different peoples that came to embody the American experience.” Dr. James Horn A Land As God Made It. In the 1400’s Europe had very little land for agriculture
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race/group‚ but he and England’s rules and firepower were far more superior. While he mentioned religion‚ "above all things‚" as a reason to go to the colonies in "A Description of New England" it did not show through much in his tactics to intimidate Powhatan and his people. William Bradford lived in similar conditions as Smith‚ with harsh winters and epidemic disease that whipped out over half of his people. However‚ they came to Plymouth for religious freedom‚ being English Separatists. Also
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colonists to the New World and tell them it’s better than England. William Bradford was leader of the Plymouth colony but John Smith was more than a leader for a colony‚ Smith was president of Jamestown. On one of his trips he was captured by a tribe of Powhatan and nearly beaten to death. His colony struggled with food supply. And due to the fact that he was selfish he kept food all for
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The four British colonies in North America can be known as the New England colonies‚ the Chesapeake colonies‚ the Middle colonies and The Carolinas. All four of these colonies have various similarities and differences that characterized and influenced the settlement‚ including religious beliefs‚ laws‚ government corruption‚ economics‚ disease‚ and population. The New England colonies consisted of New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts‚ Connecticut and Rhode Island. The Chesapeake colonies consisted of Maryland
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The New England colonies include New Hampshire‚ Massachusetts Bay Colony‚ Rhode Island‚ and Connecticut. The Chesapeake colonies include Virginia and Maryland. These colonies were primarily settled by the english‚ but in about one hundred years later the New England‚ and Chesapeake colonies have became very different. These two sets of colonies have very different social‚ economic‚ and political structures. First of all they were very distinct economically. The Chesapeake colonies wealth mainly
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The natives lived their lives peacefully with their own way of thinking and traditions. Settlers saw them as savages in need of saving. On March 22‚ 1622 Openchancanough and the Powhatan Indians attacked the plantations around Jamestown. The last stage I’m doing is Preparation‚ natives faced harsh conditions. High death rates resulted from disease‚ starvation‚ and extremely harsh conditions during relocation. The Native Americans
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APUSH Chapter 1-5 Notes Chapter 1 Chapter One starts out with the shaping of North America. The section explains that because of the Great Ice Age and the Canadian Shield that now we have present-day America. Early evidence shows that people had already began traveling to the Americas in crude boats or going along the Bering Isthmus. Before the Europeans arrived‚ it is estimated that 54 million people already inhabited these areas of interest. Although the Europeans did not see how many people
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