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1800s and early 1900s

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Reading?Notes? Monday, January 03, 2011 7:50 PM AH 487 - 505 Chapter 16: The American West The Great Plains GP seen as Great American Desert The Sioux Tribe was nomadic and saw nature as sacred In 1834, Congress formally designated GP as permanent Indian country Transcontinental Railroad tracks met in Promontory, Utah Commercial Men saw the Great Plains as potential cow grazing country, but for this to occur the buffalo had to go In the 1870s, railroads lowered transportation costs and eastern tanneries learned how to cure the hides, so buffalo skin demands skyrocketed This caused buffalo population to decrease and would starve the Indians into submission

1800s and early 1900s

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Reading?Notes? Monday, January 03, 2011 7:50 PM AH 487 - 505 Chapter 16: The American West The Great Plains GP seen as Great American Desert The Sioux Tribe was nomadic and saw nature as sacred In 1834, Congress formally designated GP as permanent Indian country Transcontinental Railroad tracks met in Promontory, Utah Commercial Men saw the Great Plains as potential cow grazing country, but for this to occur the buffalo had to go In the 1870s, railroads lowered transportation costs and eastern tanneries learned how to cure the hides, so buffalo skin demands skyrocketed This caused buffalo population to decrease and would starve the Indians into submission

Philosophes of the Enlightenment

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Diderot (1713-1784) Attempts to form first Encyclopedia First attempt to do so by anyone Completed encyclopedia Encyclopedia, or a systematic dictionary of the sciences, arts, and crafts Had over 70,000 articles Montesquieu (1689-1755) French Aristocrat Opposed Absolutism Admired the British Gov. Admired the Middle Ages Saw need for organized religion Government according to climate Closer to Equator, the worse the government gets Separation of Powers Executive, Legislative, Judicial Colonists Take To It Freedom from Tyranny Voltaire (1694-1778) Biting Sarcastic Enduring Wit Most Popular of all Philosophes Easy to Read Willing to be critical of state Thrown in Prison Time in Prison influenced writing Loved Louis XIV for being champion of the Arts Enemy of Intolerance
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