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US History

This is a survey course that provides students with an investigation of important political, economic, and social developments in American history from the pre-colonial time period to the present day. Students will be engaged in activities that call upon their skills as historians (i.e. recognizing cause and effect relationships, various forms of research, expository and persuasive writing, reading of primary and secondary sources, comparing and contrasting important ideas and events).

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APUSH Unit 1

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8/22/11 10:27 AM 8/22/11 A. Exploration and Early Colonization of the New World Spain?s Conquistadors: 1519-1521 Cortes conquered the Aztecs in Mexico and established a tradition of betrayal and brutality. Former Aztec empire became the Spanish colony of New Spain. 1532-1536 Pizarro followed Cortes? example and quickly conquered the Incas. Former Inca Empire became the colony of Peru. Pissarro was cousin of Cortes, Pissarro went and conquered the Incas Former Inca Empire became the colony of Peru 1512-1513, 1521 Ponce de Leon first conquered Puerto Rico then got killed exploring Florida in search of fountain of youth, gold, and slaves. Spanish main concern was gold

Rule of Law

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Rule of law prevented one person from becoming too powerful. In ancient times there were tyrants and monarchs, people who had supreme rule. These people could essentially do what they want because they were higher than the law. However, rule of law gave the lower-class citizens a chance because everyone was under the same rules. Upon examining Aristotle’s writings, Great Britain’s democratic developments, and the French Revolution, you can further see how important the rule of law is.

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