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    The atlantic slave trade between western Europe and the Caribbean happened throughout the time period of 1440 to 1700. During this time Europeans were moving and settling in the Caribbean and they needed laborers to help tend to land. Which created the atlantic slave trade.This vast trade route expanded across the atlantic and left staples on both the Americas and western Europe. All the trading and interaction with new civilizations led to inflation of european currency‚ spread of foreign diseases

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    European Exploration

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    straight across the Atlantic Rejected by Portugal three separate times (1484) The Nina‚ Pinta‚ and Santa Maria (1492)- Ended up somewhere in the Carribean Fucked shit up‚ killing people and stuff and it wasn’t even India Returned to Carribean many times‚ died clueless and poor Some people think he sucks New World Rivalry- Portugal and Spain Portugal wanted in on this‚ went to Pope (Vatican) for mediation on conflict The Treaty of Tordesillas (Pope Alexander VI 1494)- Spain had west half of

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    fear that they can deal with tomorrow? People do not realize that their nervous system has stopped protecting them. Once it stops protecting them‚ they start to experience anxiety. People with anxiety constantly think‚ “What will I do to make myself look dumb today”? But first‚ what is anxiety? “Anxiety is defined by the actual threat of an object or situation that is associated with functional impairments in schools‚ relationships‚ or work” (Milosevic‚ McCabe‚ 2015‚ p.19). Which also can mean you

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    Cornel West

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    I found the Cornel West speech rather interesting because of the way that he used his words and his expressions during his speech. Cornel West is one of the leading African American individuals that appeared in a lot of programs. He used to be a professor in Albert and now a professor at Princeton University. He is controversial because he is outspoken and is very engaged socially. “Getting to know Cornel West has been one of the genuine pleasures of my life‚” Gates said. “I have never met a person

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    APWH Ch 17 Big Picture and Margins Questions 1. In what ways did the ideas of the Enlightenment contribute to Atlantic Revolutions? Human political and social arrangements could be engineered and improved by human action. Liberty‚ equality‚ free trade‚ religious tolerance‚ republicanism‚ rationality‚ popular sovereignty‚ natural rights‚ consent of the goverened and social contracts provided the underpinnings of the revolutions. 2. What was revolutionary about the American Revolution? Marked

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    The American West

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    1. Chapter 16: The American West a. The Great Plains i. Indians of the Great Plains 1. In the middle of the 19th century‚ probably around 100‚000 Native American lived in the Great Plains. They were very diverse‚ and were consisted of around 6 linguistic families and at least 30 tribal groupings. The Native Americans were then hurt greatly by the small pox and measles introduced by the Europeans. 2. The Teton Sioux were Native Americans‚ who had lived in the Great Plains. The land in the Great

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    and presented by Henry Gates Jr. Gates highlighted the black Spanish conquistador in 1513 named Juan Garrido convoyed Ponce de León on his expedition into what is now the state of Florida. Thus‚ the airing of The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross coincided with the 500th anniversary of the presence of persons of African ancestry in what is today the continental United States. Among the other prominent facts profiled in the series are: Harriet Tubman‚ Richard Allen‚ Frederick Douglass‚ Robert

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    European Cuisine

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    European cuisine | | | | | About 2 pages (640 words) | | | | | | | ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Bottom of Form An English Sunday roast. Croissant‚ of unknown origin‚ associated with France. Hungarian goulash. Smørbrød from Norway. European cuisine‚ or alternatively Western cuisine is a generalized nomenclature for people especially from East and Southeast Asian countries referring collectively to the cuisines of theWestern countries including Europe

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    not have perceived that this life‚ the way we have been brought up has condition us to be unseeing to some obvious situations in this world. Visibly picture in your head what it means to be homeless at that same time think why are those people homeless? During this recent article‚ Michael Sullivan wrote‚ I was homeless; ‘the look’ judged me worthless‚ to share with all readers in different communities. Sullivan has an overwhelming sense of personal experiences shared which gives a great insight to

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    Confucianism and the West

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    Throughout the course of the first half of the semester we have taken a broad scope of the major aspects of the phenomena that has been the recent history of China. When studying Modern China a common thread of ethical‚ cultural‚ religious‚ political‚ social‚ and economic aspects can be analyzed in relationship to Confucianism and its affect on international relations. These aspects show that historically (particularly the nineteenth century) China initially resisted the acceptance of Western influence

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