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Textbook 108-112 Peter Stuyvesant was the governor of New Netherland during 1664. Stuyvesant swore that he would defend the city during the quarrel with England but had few weapons, gunpowder and respect to do so. He had no respect because of his harsh rule and heavy taxes so therefore refused to help him. This held him back from keeping his word of defending the city.

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1450-1750 Early Modern Period Major Developments I. Questions of Periodization A. Major points 1. Shift in power to the West a. Rise of the West with fall of China and India creates imbalance in power that favors Europeans for next 200 years 2. World becomes smaller ? almost all civilizations touched by trade 3. New Empires ? Spain, Portugal, England, France, Netherlands, Ottoman, Russian, Mughal, Ming 4. Age of Gunpowder B. Changes at end of Postclassical Era 1. Independent societies (Aztecs, Incas) falling apart 2. Arab power declining 3. New invasions ? Mongols 4. Ottoman Empire gains power a. Europeans threatened by new force to East 5. Chinese flirt with trade, but Ming bureaucrats pull back 6. Europe enters age of exploration

America: Past and Present Notes Chapter 1

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Chapter 1: New World Encounters Native American Histories before Conquest Columbus did not really discover the new world-more connected Africa, Europe and the Americas The People of the Americans came 15 to 20 thousand years before any European did. Receding water created a large land bridge connected North America and Asia -now submerged underwater in the Bering Sea. Modern Scientists call this ? Beringia? Nomadic People crossed first--Spear-Throwing Paleo-Indians that hunted wooly mammoths and mastodons.

CH 2 and 3 questions

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Chapter 2 Questions THE EARLY CHESAPEAKE (34-40) 1. What conditions and circumstances characterized the first permanent English settlements? 2. What serious difficulties did the Virginia colonists suffer from the moment they landed? 3. After the colony was established, what efforts did the Virginia Company make to attract settlers and make the colonists more happy and productive? 4. Explain the importance of tobacco in the development of the Virginia colony. 5. What led Virginia to become a royal colony? 6. The survival of Jamestown was, in the end, largely the result of what? 7. What were the origins of the colony of Maryland? How did Maryland's early development differ from that of Virginia?

American Pageant 13th edition Chapter 1 Notes

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Chapter 1: New World Beginnings (33,000 B.C. ? A.D. 1769) The Shaping of North America 225 million years ago ? supercontinent w/ all world?s dry land break away into continents & oceans earth?s crust shifts and folds, forms mountain ranges ex. Appalachians, Rockies, Sierra Nevada, Cascades, Cost Ranges 10 million years ago ? North America basic shape formed Canadian Shield Great Ice Age 2 million years ago 10,000 years ago ? glaciers retreat Canadian Shield is depressed, topsoil gone Great Lakes filled Peopling the Americas most come by land, some by boat 35,000 years ago ? Ice Age fuse oceans, lower sea level land bridge from Eurasia N. America in Bering Sea Asian hunters, nomads, cross to Americas sea level rise after Ice Age over isolate Americas

ap world 2

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Chapter 19 Early Latin America I. Introduction A. Cortes conquers Aztecs 1. Amazed at beauty of Tenochtitlan - uncomparable B. Pattern of conquest, continuity and rebuilding 1. Spanish tried to utilized Native resources similarly a. Used materials from ruins to build own houses b. Used similar forced labor system c. Allowed to follow ancient customs C. Impact of invasions 1. Huge Spanish/Portuguese empires 2. Latin America pulled into new world economy 3. Hierarchy of world economic relationships ? Europe on top 4. New societies created ? some incorporated, some destroyed a. Distinct civilization combining Iberian Peninsula w/ Native 5. Created large landed estates 6. Europeans came to Americas for economic gain and social mobility

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Chapter 16 The World Economy I. Introduction A. What are consequences of? 1. Voyages of Columbus 2. Exploration of Europeans 3. Empires built by European conquerors/missionaries B. Consequences 1. Power shift 2. Redefinition of interchange D. Patterns of diffusion 1. Classical ? developing regional economies/cultures ? Medit./China a. External conflicts existed, but not that important 2. Postclassical Era ? contacts increase a. Missionary religions spread b. Interregional trade key component of economies ? bet. continents c. Some regions dominated trade ? Muslims then Mongols 3. 1450-1750 ? Eve of the Early Modern Period a. New areas of world brought into global community ? Americas b. Rate of global trade increased ? Southeast Asia

Cultures In America

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? Graded Assignment HST560A: AP World History | Unit 6 | Lesson 3: Cultures in North and South America Name: Rachel Nemeth Date: 01/08/2013 Graded Assignment Cultures in North and South America Complete and submit this assignment by the due date to receive full credit. (20 points) Score Describe and analyze changes in trade, technology, and demographics resulting from European exploration in the New World. Answer:

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Plymouth Colony

Paige Green 1-100 Arco Terms 1. Mayflower Compact 1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the?Mayflower?and set up a government for the Plymouth colony. 2. William Bradford A Pilgrim, the second governor of the Plymouth colony, 1621-1657. He developed private land ownership and helped colonists get out of debt. He helped the colony survive droughts, crop failures, and Indian attacks. 3. Pilgrims and Puritans contrasted

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