A SELECTION OF PAST AP U.S. FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS: Part 1: Colonial Period to Civil War Colonial Times 1607 -1775 1. From 1600 -1763‚ several European nations vied for control of the North American continent. Why did England win the struggle? (73) 2. In the seventeenth century‚ New England Puritans tried to create a model society. What were their aspirations‚ and to what extent were those aspirations fulfilled during the seventeenth century? (83) 3. In the two decades before the
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Timeline Part II NOTE: Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B‚ and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 3 assignment entitled. “Timeline Part II.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers
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August 10‚ 2010 In 1862 Thomas Alvin Edison hung a telegraphy line from Port Hudson Railroad station to Port Hudson village and worked in the telegraphy office as he was taught as a child by his father this trade. In 1876-1877 Thomas Edison invented the telephone “button” the carbon transmitter that started telephony’s commercial success . In the 1870’s Alexander Graham Bell and Elisha Gray both invented the telephone‚ even though they both went to the patent office
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criteria should cultures / societies be evaluated? 4. How do the stories of American history that are told over time influence the development of society? PERIOD 1: 1491-1607 - On a North American continent controlled by American Indians‚ contact among the peoples of Europe‚ the Americas‚ and West Africa created a new world. PERIOD 2: 1607 – 1754 - Europeans and American Indians maneuvered and fought for dominance‚ control‚ and security in North America‚ and distinctive colonial and native societies emerged
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Edwin Church’s The Aegean Sea November 19‚ 2015 Religious References Using Detailed Depictions of Nature Frederic Edwin Church used his representation of nature in order to include religious themes in many of his paintings including The Aegean Sea (1877). This was shown as a representation of nature using an American landscaping painting style called luminism. This is shown in his painting called the Aegean Sea by use of aerial perspective‚ blending in any rough paint strokes‚ and his use of light
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Actual DBQ and Essay Questions 1991-2010 compiled by Tony Miller (Organized by historical chronology) Part A (DBQ) 1. Although New England and the Chesapeake region were both settled largely by people of English origin‚ by 1700 the regions had evolved into two distinct societies. Why did this difference in development occur? (1993) 2. In what ways did ideas and values held by Puritans influence the political‚ economic‚ and social development of the New England colonies from 1630 through
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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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population to about 250‚000 by the end of the 19th century > the thanks giving was not so great There were wars going on. The 13 Colonies were all on the eastern coast near the water and were all settled for different reasons. They were settles between 1607 and 1733. Each colonies developed their own government‚ cultures and economies. > Slave economies and non-slave economies. Jamestown was the first successful settlement; it was a principally commercial purpose‚ but most of its settlers died in the
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imperialism Timeline explanations from Empire to Commonwealth Questions to class Sources 1. The British Empire The phrase‚ "the Empire on which the sun never sets"‚ has been used with variations to describe certain global empires that were so extensive that there was always at least one part of their territory in daylight. The British Empire was the largest colonial empire in history. In Britain were two empires‚ one of them was called “First Empire” (1607-1776) and the other
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“continued to view themselves as Europeans‚ and as subjects of the kings. Some believed that if a nation were to arise from the English dominance in the New World‚ it would be identical to the English empire. However‚ between the settlement at Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763‚ a different society from England emerged in the colonies. Changes in religion‚ economics‚ politics‚ and social structure illustrate this to the Europeans. By 1763‚ although some colonies still maintained established
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