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    “Compare and contrast the early colonial empires of Portugal‚ Spain‚ and England in terms of motives‚ economic foundations‚ and relations with Africans and Native Americans. What factors explain the similarities and differences in the two ventures?” Darwin proclaimed that when push comes to shove‚ only the robust characters would survive. Outfitted with an effective military‚ a divine hostility against competing faiths and diseases unknown to even the carriers‚ three powerful and greedy nations

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    Mikaela Duguil  Period: 6          Chapter 1 Cornell notes  1. What was not an important goal of the early English explorers and colonists? It was  not an important goal to build a new nation.  2. Discuss the factors that transformed the colonist and caused them to envision and  creating an independent nation: common bonds‚ language‚ farmers‚ untouched by  tyranny of royal authority‚ official religion and social hierarchy‚ individual freedom‚ and  willingness to subjugate to others.  3. What factors divided the colonists

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    HIST 151 Spring 2013 Exam 2013 Plymouth- originally headed toward Virginia but strayed off course of and made it to Cape Cod belonged to radical sect of Puritans called the separatist. Started to make their own congregation in England. King James hanged the separatist leaders and many fled to Holland and eventually to America. Taught how to grow corn and catch fish by the Indians. No charter from the English. Own form of government in 1620 not first English colony. Indentured servants- came

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    Several sects from all over Europe made North America their home throughout the 17th century. Beginning with the southern Chesapeake colonies‚ the North American regions were assembled by their founding nations. English Puritans and Separatists and Spanish Conquistadores eventually formed settlements in the New World; however‚ Puritans and Separatists and Spanish Conquistadores differed fundamentally in their original motivation to explore the foreign paradise. After facing prosecution in England

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    Social: human rights‚ families‚ women‚ relationships between rich and poor‚ art‚ music Political: rulers‚ diplomacy‚ war Religious: impact of religion on everything else Intellectual: big ideas‚ philosophy Technological: inventions‚ wars Economic: trade‚ money‚ inflation‚ poverty Renaissance society viewed itself as a rebirth began ~1400‚ Florence ended with french invasion of northern italy in 1494 ends in italy with destruction of rome by troops of charles V in 1527 it spread to europe

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    The Columbian Exchange Historical Context: In the late 1400s‚ European explorers found the North American continent. Native American peoples who were already living in North America had created a system of government and society that rivaled Europe ’s. The cultural and biological exchange between the "New World" and the "Old World" (North America and Europe‚ respectively) is often called the Columbian Exchange in reference to Christopher Columbus. Directions: The following question is based on

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    Tahreem Yaqoob Elva Crawford HIS 101 18 April 2013 History Paper Introduction Ferdinand Magellan was an explorer who wanted to get to the Spice Islands sailing west instead of east. He was the first to circumnavigate the globe. Magellan wanted to get to the Spice Islands and prove that they were not far from the new world colonies in doing so‚ Spain could claim the islands. In completing the task‚ he gained profit and knowledge first for Spain then himself and he would have had more possibilities

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    Chapter One - New World Beginnings - 33‚000 B.C - A.D 1769 America’s fruitfulness began when it developed as a landmass and began to show traits of an area that flourished in riches and abundance‚ this was recognized by the Spanish‚ whom took advantage of the untouched land. The Shaping Of North America MI: Chunks of terrain broke off from Pangaea‚ opening up the oceans‚ and forming the land masses we know today. More continental activity formed mountain ranges‚ but after the Great Ice

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    Since the time of Christopher Columbus’ voyages in 1492 through 1503‚ many explorers were looking for new routes to the Indies. Spain realized that the lands to the West of the Atlantic were not part of Asia‚ but a new continent. Because the Treaty of Tordesillas reserved the eastern routes to Asia around Africa for Portugal‚ Spain decided to explore westward to find a way to Asia (Briney‚ 2010). The year was 1519. Five ships left Seville‚ Spain on a mission to find a new commercial route to Asia

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    Chapter 1: New World Beginnings 500 years ago Europeans came across the Americas I. The Shaping of North America a. Existence of a super continent b. 10 million years ago the basic geological shape of N America emerged c. 2 million years ago - The Great Ice Age d. When the glaciers retreated (10‚000) N America’s current landscape for formed e. Only the Great Salt Lake exists as remains from Lake Bonneville II. Peopling the Americas a. The Great Ice Age also led to populating of

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