Chapter 1 (13th) New World Beginnings 1. The Shaping of North America 1. Recorded history began 6,000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin the era of accurately recorded history on the continent. 2. The theory of “Pangaea” exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. The continents then spread out as drifting islands. 3. Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. 4. The Great Ice Age thrust down over North America and scoured the present day American Midwest. 2. Peopling the Americas 1. The “Land Bridge” theory… 1.1. As the Great Ice Age diminished, so did the glaciers over North America. 1.2. The …show more content…
5.5. Spain watched Portugal’s success with exploration and slaving with envy and wanted a piece of the pie. 6. Columbus Comes upon a New World 1. Columbus convinced Isabella and Ferdinand to fund his expedition. 2. His goal was to reach the East (East Indies) by sailing west, thus bypassing the around-Africa route that Portugal monopolized. 3. He misjudged the size of the Earth though, thinking it 1/3 the size of what it was. 4. So, after 30 days or so at sea, when he struck land, he assumed he’d made it to the East Indies and therefore mistook the people as “Indians.” 5. This spawned the following system… 5.1. 5.1.1. Europe would provide the market, capital, technology. 5.1.2. Africa would provide the labor. 5.1.3. The New World would provide the raw materials of gold, soil, and lumber. 7. When Worlds Collide 1. Of huge importance was the biological flip-flop of Old and New Worlds. Simply put, it was a trade of life such as plants, foods, animals, germs. 2. From the New World (America) to the Old 2.1. corn, potatoes, tobacco, beans, peppers, manioc, pumpkin, squash, tomato, wild rice, etc. 2.2. also, syphilis 3. From Old World to the New 3.1. cows, pigs, horses, wheat, sugar cane, apples, cabbage, citrus, carrots, Kentucky bluegrass, etc. 3.2. devastating diseases – smallpox, yellow fever, malaria as Indians had no immunities. 3.2.1. The Indians had no immunities in their systems built up over generations. 3.2.2. An
When beer was first created remains unknown, but it is known that there was no beer before 10,000 BCE and it was common in the Near East by 4,000 BCE.
Chapter 7 refers to the many different types of Federal and State surveys that are nonsectionalized.
• Pétains new government sometimes known as the vichy government had worked out a deal with Germany to avoid further bloodshed • The vichy regime soon became famous for collaborating with the Nazis • Charles being the true patriot that he was, did not accept France’s surrender to Germany in 1940. Instead he flew to England where he became the leader of the free French movement along with the support of British prime minister Winston Churchill • While in London, Charles broadcasted a message across the English Channel to his countryman. He called for them to continue to resist the German occupation • Along with broadcasting that message, he organized soldiers from French colonies to fight along side allied troops • At the wars end Charles was purposely
In 1596- Abraham Ortelius took note that the coastlines of the continents seemed to be too fitting together. He initiated a theory that stated that the continents were probably joined at one point in time and were torn apart between Europe and Africa. In the year of 1912, Alfred Wegener stated that the continents were once joined in a supercontinent called Pangea.
Ch.1: With the Treaty of Paris, the British set up military posts running from the Northern end of Lake Champlain, to Niagara, Detroit, and Michigan Peninsula. The British took the posts because the US failed to live up the treaty terms. In 1784, the Spain closed the lower Mississippi River to the American commerce, and then orders a tariff on US goods. The U.S. made negotiation for commercial treaties and did trade directly with Europe. The Britain excluded the U.S from the imperial trade and received a large quantity of cheap goods. The U.S in the time of depression and the balance of trade made some states print more money between 1785 and 1786. Other states also tried imposing taxes and restricting new issues of money.
Dan Nguyen Period 3 Chapter 1 APUSH Outline: A New World (9000 BC – 1680) I. Opening Quote: (PG. 6-8) a. Columbus’s discovery Columbian Exchange i. Crops, diseases, slaves ii. 1492 – 1820: around 7.7 million of 10 million immigrants to the New World = African slaves b. 1776: independence for U.S. i. Adam Smith (thoughts on the event) 1.
Chapter 15 is about the reconstruction after the fight of blacks gaining their freedom. The chapter focus on the reconstruction which will be known as the freedom that black Americans were fighting to gain. The Reconstruction of 1865 meant “to literally rebuild the shattered nation.”, (quoted from chapter 15 paragraph 3). Although the reconstructing era was happening many former slave and their slave owner from the north and south tried relocating to redefine the meaning and boundaries of the American freedom. In other word trying to find a way to continue living the way suited the white and not trying to give the proper freedom to blacks. However, after the Civil War black men were granted the right to vote, ushering that a period of interracial democracy throughout the south. Blacks were also
Many things emerged in cities because that was where most people worked and was the greatest population place. Hull House allowed for better working conditions
People in the hollows of Appalachia who manufactured “moonshine” are doing the same as their ancestors did in the borderlands of northern Britain
In June 1744, the Iroquois and representatives from Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania met in Lancaster, Pennsylvania to resolve conflicts and negotiate on agreements. These meetings were called the Covenant Chain.
• Br. Economic advantage was reinforced by sharp demographic edge (had more colonists than Indians)
It has been thought for many years that the Americas were a vastly unpopulated land until Columbus came. However new evidence disputes this previously thought notion. Archeologist, who have been studying the remains of Native American culture, have found evidence suggesting that the Indians were in the Americas for much longer and in greater numbers than what was believed. This new evidence shows us the impact the Europeans had on the New World and gives us insight into what the Americas were like before the Europeans and what they may have been had the Europeans never settled here.
What are the main points of this reading (focus on concepts, ideas, and then, not on individual facts)? Chapter 27 deals with the politics and cultural abundances during the Cold War. Because of the Cold War the U.S. gained many new technologies and ideas such as the interstate. Space Shuttles and tornado sirens were also created because of the Cold War era and the new threats it brought. Suburb development was the major effect of the new economic era. We developed new housing areas such as Levittown, along with the new area came new shopping malls and urbanization. There was still the threat of nuclear destruction in this time of development. Many leaders were afraid of the Domino Theory that would allow communism to spread at an alarming rate. One major battle that came from this idea was the Cuban revolution led by Fidel Castro. Along with the new economic and political changes came social and cultural changes. Texas and Florida were being flooded with Mexican Americans who came to work in the U.S. and then were supposed to go back to Mexico. African and Mexican Americans were fighting for their civil rights and equality. One example of Mexican Americans struggling for civil rights was Hernandez vs. Texas. African-Americans had a huge movement forward during this time. There was the Little Rock Nine, Martian Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and the Montgomery bus boycott. Throughout this hard time many minorities gained rights and equality. The Cold War era had a huge
Columbus decided that he should start converting Indians to Christianity on his third voyage. He also had his authority of governing taken away by the crown. So when he went to the colony the new governor arrest him and sent him back to Spain. Columbus had a fourth voyage. He was assigned the task of finding a sea route to Asia. He believed that with his new knowledge of the Indies, he could find the Asian continent. Columbus failed once again. All of Columbus’ documents show us that he failed at his tasks but brought Europeans to the Americas.
After his voyage to San Salvador, he then made 3 other voyages to Cuba, The Bahamas, and Hispaniola. Although he was searching for unexplored land, he was also looking for gold which he was unsuccessful in finding. Also in his travels he planned on converting the Indians to Christianity. In Columbus’s entire life he never believed that he had found a new continent. His final voyage was to Jamaica which ended because of a ship wreck. When he was rescued, he was delusional and once he arrived back in Europe, he soon passed away.