[APUSH] Review #1 1. Chapter 1 Hopewell is a large Native American society located in the Mississippi Valley. They live on hunting and growing crops (maize) with prosperous culture of mound-building and distinctive pottery. Their political system is based on chiefdom with powerful ruling class. The Iroquois Confederacy is a powerful association of 5 different Native American groups occupying the Eastern Woodlands region. The political authority is granted to councils of sachems. They live
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different tribes of Indians Backcountry: The back country was important because it had an abundance of water‚ causing its farms to grow very well without any outside aid. As the colonies grew‚ so did the population of people in the back-country as the planters grew in prosperity and power threatened to shift from the low country. Great Awakening: The Great Awakening was a series of religious revivals in the North American British colonies during the 17th and 18th Centuries. During these "awakenings‚"
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passengers (B). Not only did families tend to move to New England‚ but whole congregations made the journey to find a place where they could set up “a city upon a hill”‚ and become an example to all who follow to live by as John Winthrop put it to his Puritan followers (A). Contrastingly‚ the Chesapeake colonies only had profit in their mind‚ which pushed them to become
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England: From New York and New Jersey northward. Meant to bolster colonial defense. Imposed by the Parliament. New England Confederations: Mass. Bay Colony‚ Plymouth‚ and Connecticut banded together to defend against Indians‚ French‚ and Dutch. Puritan only. Weak‚ but a notable step to colonial unity.
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Symbolism of The Scarlet Letter A symbol is a literary device which is employed to portray another object or individual. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne‚ it is most often a tangible object he uses to represent an undefined idea‚ complex in scope and significance. More times than not‚ it represents reverent‚ profound‚ or virtuous concepts of merit. From the substitution of one idea or object for another‚ to creations as massive‚ complex‚ and perplexing as the veil in the Minister’s Black
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before reaching the Atlantic ocean. Off New England’s jagged coastline are the richest fishing grounds. Puritans were the leaders in the area the were in charge of most stuff the made it so men of the church could vote but it was not a democracy. Governor Winthrop calls democracy the "meanest and worst" of all forms of government because he distrusted the common people. Also‚ Puritans believed everyone should be educated so they can read scripture for religious purposes. By the end of the seventeenth
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William John Chapter 4 Notes How was New England a freehold society? In the 1630s‚ England’s land was mostly owned by nobles and gentry. They used lease holdings to make farmers work on their fields. However‚ in New England‚ Puritans created a yeoman society where there was equal landowning in different farm families. By 1750‚ the influx of so many people to New England decreased the amount of fertile land available. How were woman treated in the household economy? Men were at the head
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indentured servants and allowed to work off the price that was paid for them and then freed. They worked alongside white indentured servants. As time went on the slave‚ population there grew through natural reproduction. b. As some of the British planters became more successful and held more land in an effort of their own interest introduced the “Unthinking decision” (Chattel Slavery) which officially drew a line in the racial divide between Africans (Blacks) and Whites. The Chesapeake region was
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government to act Persecution of missionaries and slave rebellions turned the public from the british planters The planters’ attitudes in response to the amelioration was dissatisfactory and proved that it was necessary for parliament to act. Humanitarians spoke on the uneconomical nature of slavery. Others were industrialists who had taken over in the reform parliament from the west india british planters and were in favour of emancipating the slaves. Provisions of emancipation act Apprentices could
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As many as 75 million indigenous people lived in the Americas right before European contact. This was about the same as the population of Europe at that time. The majority of these peoples are thought to have come over via the Bering Strait region from 100‚000 to 14‚000 years ago during the periods when Ice Ages caused land bridges to form between Siberia and Alaska. Other possible origins include Polynesia and South Africa. Theorists such as Thomas Jefferson believed they originated here in America
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