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    economic and imperial goals involving land and labor that shaped the social and political development of their colonies as well as their relationships with native populations. Topics Notes A.) Spanish efforts to extract wealth from the land led them to develop institutions based on subjugating native populations‚ converting them to Christianity‚ and incorporating them‚ along with enslaved and free Africans‚ into the Spanish colonial society. The Spanish incorporated the encomienda

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    1. Discuss the racial composition (racial groups) of colonial Latin America In order to discuss the racial composition of Colonial Latin America‚ we must first examine the three civilizations that were present when the Europeans reached Latin America. The three civilizations present were: Mayans‚ Aztecs and Incans which could be considered native Indians. The people of Latin America are a mixture of racial groupings that include native Indians‚ white Europeans‚ black Africans. The central

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    Factors that led to Industrialization in America There were several factors that led to the industrialization of colonial America such as new technologies. These new technologies which were developed in rapid succession‚ were crucial to the formation of factories that led to industrialization. Several other large reasons that led to the industrialization in America were plentiful natural resources‚ immigration and population increase‚ improved transportation and investment capital. All of these

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    lot of time manually Pursuant to the plant and machinery has moved largely to cheap labor markets in Asia and Latin America. the world today requires job descriptions typical worker machines to read mechanical drawings and understand designs with the help of computers and operating the machines controlled tools computerized and make important decisions. The United States faces a sharp difference between what the labor market needs‚ and what produced by the education system. There are two aspects to

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    How and why did America become a slaveholding nation? Although it was not a planned system‚ it was‚ unfortunately what we ended up with. Colonial America became a slaveholding society by gradual changes in the laws to gain a stable supply of labor. When the word slavery is brought up‚ most people today would think of African Americans working and struggling under the control of a white man. However‚ this was not always entirely true. Slave labor was an American institution. It wasn’t only

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    Although I do not think that is the biggest issue. Mother may be going into labor‚ this is exactly what I was worried about. Father has just informed me that Mother is in fact going into labor‚ oh no! Well I have to go see what I can do to help‚ I will fill you in after. Mother has just given birth to a little baby boy‚ William Black. They are both alive and well‚ though they must be

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    A.P. history Unit 2 Essays #4. Write your definition of racism. Then use this definition to argue that the origin of slavery in colonial America was or was not primarily the result of English racism. Racism is a word that reflects a person’s or group of people’s hatred‚ jealousy‚ or spiteful feeling or actions toward someone or a group of people of another race. It is also a belief that one is the way he/she is‚ or even acts a certain way because of their race. Racism can lead to

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    « African Immigration to Colonial America » by Ira Berlin‚ a historian from the University of Maryland‚ published in March 2005 in the quarterly magazine "History Now" The text in question is a detailed account of demographic statistics and an aspiring profound description of the slave trade phenomenon that manifested in Colonial America by European settlers. The text does not intend to present a definite thesis or a clear question‚ yet it would seem that Berlin rather insists upon concentrating

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    Significance: The Iroquois‚ originating from present day New York‚ began to prosper after their dealings with the French‚ and later the Dutch in the fur trade. Eager to expand their territories strategically‚ they divided into the five nations of Senecas‚ Cayugas‚ Onondagas‚ Oneidas‚ and Mohawks‚ compiling into a confederation. Granted from the fur trade‚ these Natives had ample access to guns‚ steels and other goods to help conquer and wage on both European and fellow Native American settlements

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    1. The claim that “Mother countries exist for the benefit of their colonies” has some reasonable claims. A colony provides a great amount of wealth to the mother country‚ through trade and tax. The further growth of a colony only multiplies the amount of benefit the mother country receives. If a colony is given the ability and the assistance from the mother country to trade and manufacture on its own then the increased growth only helps to bring in more for the mother country. If England decided

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