fishing and other types of farming which were matrilineal. Many Native American cultures were matrilineal societies. Peasants ID: A person of low social status. Many farmers were considered peasants in the 1800s. SIG: Peasants would revolt and cause movements that go against the economic reasoning. The movements were usually to gain recognition for their work and other reasons. Yeomen ID: A servant who gives assistance to royal households or other great households SIG: A yeomen farmer was
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1. Orphaned both from parents and grandparents‚ he and older sister Alice were raised by their uncle Robert Bradford. 2. William Bradford returned to Amsterdam temporarily in 1613‚ to marry his 16 year old bride‚ Dorothy May. 3. William Bradford predicted to his friends and family that he would die‚ and he did the next day‚ May 9‚ 1657‚ at the age of 68. 2. William Bradford was the head of the government of Plymouth. He oversaw the courts‚ the colony’s finances‚ corresponded with investors
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HOMEWORK PACKET CHAPTER 3 DUE ON: 3rd & 6th Per’s.- September 16 7th per.- september 17 Chapter 3: Putting Down Roots: Families in an Atlantic Empire‚ 1620-1700 Key Points of Emphasis: stability in New England‚ Puritan Society‚ Plantation Life in the Chesapeake‚ development of race-based slavery‚ rebellion and dissent in the colonies. Readings for the week: Section 1: Per. 3‚6- 9/9; Per. 7- 9/10 Introduction 64-66 Sources of Stability: New England Colonies of the Seventeenth
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Stock market crash – 10/29/1929 Cause of crash #1- Bad Tariff Policy -Fordney McCumber 1922 -Hawley-Smoot 1930 (after the crash) -Closes European markets to US goods and vice versa‚ really hurts farmers Overextension of credit -Farmers are overleveraged from WW1 profitability and aren’t pay mortgages -Consumers are overleveraged from easy store credit‚ they have purchased too many items and can’t keep up installments(debts payment) -Brokers are overleveraged as they have purchased large
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Person/Place/Thing | Who/What | When/Where | Significant Individuals | So What:Significance | Chinese Exclusionary Act | President Chester A. Arthur signed the act banning Chinese immigrants from working for 10 years | May 6th‚ 1882 | President Chester A. Arthur | The United States was supposed to offer freedom‚ but instead they passed the first law restricting immigration into the United States. | Knights of Labor | A secret workingmen’s organization formed in 1860 to defend the interests
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What factors caused America to turn its attention to the world beyond her borders? In the final decades of the nineteenth century‚ America grew hungry for empire and expansion‚ and became incredibly aggressive in its foreign policy Aggressive expansionism became popular in America thanks to the desire to tap overseas markets‚ the yellow press of Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst‚ the racist view that Anglo-Saxons ought to dominate the "backwards peoples" (a view made popular by Reverend
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The 1960’s and 70’s were filled with turbulent changes. The US was still reeling from containment and its domino policy‚ leading it to believe that it had the right to exercise influence in foreign affair. One foreign affair was known as Vietnam. The Vietnam War was the longest war in the nation’s history. This war‚ from both abroad and at home‚ drastically changed the society of America‚ socially‚ economically‚ and politically. It caused for much anti-war sentiment and fueled the counter culture
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The years 1607 and 1629 saw the start of two English colonies in the New World-first Jamestown and then the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Both were mainly populated by people of English origin‚ and yet the differences between the two colonies were significant and evident. As they evolved‚ the two colonies developed contrasting economies‚ societies‚ and institutions. These major differences can be traced to the varying motives for colorizations‚ the types of settlers‚ the geography and climate of the
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Unit 1 Essay Analyze the extent to which religious freedom existed in the British colonies before 1700 Prior to the year 1700‚ the aspect of religion played an enormous role in the British colonies. Religious freedom and toleration was an issue in all the colonies for quite some time. From the northern colonies where religious toleration was very strict‚ to the southern colonies where it was more lenient‚ religious freedom varied from colony to colony‚ but was generally little to none. Out
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Colonial Period to 1750 Presidents: None Foreign Policies and Key Events: * In 1629 a group of non-Separatist Puritans fearing for the faith and the future‚ secured a royal charter to form the Massachusetts Bay Company * During the Great Migration of the 1630s‚ about 75‚000 refugees left England; not all of them were Puritans and only about 14‚000 came to Massachusetts—many were attracted to the warm and fertile West Indies‚ especially the sugar-rich island of Barbados. Important Documents:
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