to form their own governments e. Native Americans disliked them because they ostracized them and tried to kill them. 3.) Because Britain did not intervene in most of the Colonial affairs, Americans gained almost total control over their own social and political institutions: salutary neglect a. Britain allowed America to do what they wanted such as letting them settle further west. b. The only situation that Britain intervened was Economic…but even still Americans could float around those navigation…
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APUSH Midterm Review Sheet: Multiple Choice/True or False Questions: Chapter Six – The Empire and Its Colonies 1754 – 1775 America in 1750 (France, Great Britain, Spain), Thomas Hutchinson, The Ohio River Valley, Virginia Land Grant, George Washington, Fort Duquesne, Fort Necessity, Jumonville Glen, The French and Indian War (The Seven Year’s War), The Albany Plan, The Iroquois Nation (Six Nations), Benjamin Franklin, Join or Die, General Braddock, William Pitt, Impressment, The Fall of Quebec…
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HOW DID THE AGE OF REVOLUTION CHANGE EUROPE FORCES OF CHANGE: Cultural/intellectual change: Enlightenment: Rosseau: believed the government should be based on general will; democracy Growth of literacy Economic changes: Middle class- business men wanted political rights to match their economic status Population explosion: after 1730, population rose dramatically French population increased by 50 % ; British population increased by 100% Why? Better boarder controls limited the spread…
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North America as uninhabitable desert. However the Native Americans lived there successfully long before the arrival of the Europeans. The Great Plains is the main grass land of the North American continent, and lie between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains. It takes up a major area of the middle of North America. Early European explorers found the Plains a very hostile environment, and the area was marked on early maps as the 'great American desert'. Card A2 Characteristics of the…
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of European exploration and Aboriginal-European contact opened a process of enormous environmental and cultural change in Canada. Fish, furs and forest products were major extraction industries that took advantage of the environment on the North American continent. Wilderness remained the obstacle to overcome. Sustained economic growth, not sustainable development had become the driving force in Canadian history. During this age of explosive growth and perceived infinite resources, not many paid…
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Advanced Placement Untied States History Dr. Alba 2014-2015 School Year Course Description: AP U.S. History covers the spectrum of American history from pre- Columbian days to the present. Using chronological and thematic approaches to the material, the course exposes students to extensive primary and secondary sources and to the interpretations of various historians. Class participation through seminar reports, discussions, debates, and role-playing activities is required; special emphasis…
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9/10/2012 • The American Paradox Slavery accompanied the rise of liberty and equality. Slavery, liberty, and equality grew up together. Slavery “allowed” liberty and equality to flourish. • Rev. Samuel Davies “Can you bear the thought that slavery should clank her chain in the land of liberty?” • 1776 Virginia in peril once again but it was now England threatening to reduce the colonies to slavery. • How a people could have…
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wealth accumulated by a few. Their success spread a gleaming gold leaf over American society. Beneath that veneer, however, lay the pervasive misery of the working classes. Laissez-Faire government was the norm. This form of government favors individual self-interest and competition, and opposes the taxation and regulation of commerce. Laissez faire reached its apex in the 1870s during the age of industrialization as American factories operated with a free hand. A contradiction developed, however…
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Interactions among Europeans, Africans, and American Indians ← The explorations and settlements of the English in the American colonies and Spanish in the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, often led to violent conflicts with the American Indians. The Indians lost their traditional territories and fell victim to diseases carried from Europe. By contrast, French exploration of Canada did not lead to large-scale immigration from France, and relations with native peoples were generally more cooperative…
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based on 3 key concepts a. Spain’s monarchy maintained firm control over its colonies with virtually no autonomy granted to American colonies. b. Men made up the majority of early colonists, taking the Indians first and later African women as wives or concubines. c. Development of the colonies and exploitation of their resources was based on exploiting native people and African slaves as labor. COLUMBUS = BAD; BRUTAL INVASION FOR NEW WORLD Born in Italy to a Wool Weaver; wanted to…
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