Chapter 2: The Invasion and Settlement of North America‚ 1550-1700 Rival Imperial Models: Spain‚ France and Holland The Spanish seized Mesoamerica and South America and converted many Indians to Catholicism. The Indians were forced to work as gold miners and farmers. The French and Dutch merchants created fur-trading colonies with North American natives. New Spain: Colonization and Conversion 1540s- Vasquez de Coronado discovered the Grand Canyon‚ the Pueblo peoples of the Southwest‚ and the Kansas
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APUSH Summer Assignment Chapter 1 1. Mayans Same Aztecs Yucatan Peninsula | Irrigation | Central Mexico | Tikal | Temples | Tenochitlan | Approx. 300AD-800AD | Hieroglyphics writing style | Approx. 1325AD | 20‚000 | Hierarchy | 200‚000 people | Mainly farmers | The use of religious rituals | Human sacrifice | Large religious centers | Declined due to drought around 800 BCE | Used Trade routes | 2. Tribe | Political Structure | Economy | Location |
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The colonists’ decision to grow tobacco changed Jamestown by improving the economy of the settlement. Suddenly‚ they had a way to make money and attract new settlers. Tobacco was the “cash crop” of Jamestown. 7. The Virginia Company created the House of Burgesses because settlers were complaining about how they had to take orders from London. They decided to let the settlers
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A (Mostly) Historical Introduction to the Civilization of the United States. 6 Self-Contained Lectures • Colonial Times I (1600s-1770): when the British colonies in north am decided to become indep from the kingdom. • Colonial Times II • Independence: the war for indep‚ the am revolution. • The Young Republic (1790-1830): the first 40 years of the am history‚ marked the transition to a republic democracy. • The Antebellum Period (1830-1860): Before the civil war • The
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King James a charter to found a colony in N/A. About 4 months later‚ 1607‚ the reached the coast of Virginia. ( The named the settlement Jamestown in honor of the king The settlement at Jamestown The colony’s start was disastrous. Te settlers were more interested in finding gold than in planting crops. 7 out of ppl die because of hunger‚ disease‚ battles Jamestown became
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Powhatan Confederacy was a part of the Algonquin tribes that occupied land in the Virginia Territory during the settlement of Jamestown in the 1600s. Wahunsunacawh (aka Chief Powhatan) organized the confederacy which held land in eastern Virginia. Their affiliation with the English settlers eventually led to their downfall as more English encroached on their land. The chief’s
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CHAPTER 3 COLONIES TAKE ROOT 1587-1752 Section 1: The First English Settlements I. England Seeks Colonies -Like most of Europe in the age of exploration‚ England was a monarchy. However‚ in England‚ the power of the king or queen was limited by law and by a lawmaking body called Parliament. -Ever since the 1200s‚ English law had limited the king’s power. The king could set new taxes only with Parliament’s consent. Still‚ the king’s powers were much greater than those of
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History V07A. Week 1: 6/18/2013 1. American civil war is first modern war‚ where technology dominated(#15 from list of reasons to study US hist.) 2. Reasons the Europeans expanded into the known and unknown worlds 15th and 16th centuries 3.1. Collapse of environment in middle ages and lack of natural resources stopped progression and expansion. 3.2. Econ. Depression 1350-1450AD caused by defeat in crusades (1096-1298AD) and internal conflict pushes states into econ tailspin
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Rowlandson all include different stories about the encounters between the Natives and Europeans. John Smith‚ an adventurous explorer and leader‚ arrived in Jamestown hoping to expand English colonization of the New World. Smith had several different encounters with the Natives. The first encounter was during the first few years of settlement when Smith and colonists’ were experiencing many hardships. Luckily‚ most of the Natives were welcoming to Smith and the Englishmen. The Natives saw their
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Although through the trial and hardships‚ from 1492 to 1877 the core of the american identity‚ the frontier had a constant presence through the years‚ but through the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth‚ the American Revolution‚ Declaration of Independence‚ Benjamin Franklins virtues‚ letters‚ Abolitionist‚ such as William Garrison‚ Fredrick Douglas‚ and the civil war‚ the definition of american identity as the frontier grew and developed into something that defines what it means to be an american
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