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Chapter 11: Life in the South Rise of Cotton- Inconsistency/decline in tobacco production -Reduced demand at absence of Europeans/internalized trade -Malignant towards soil (bad for soil) -Insufficient land Higher demand for cotton in northern states, in Europe -Short-staple cotton for more efficient production, can grow anywhere in the south >More cost-efficient >Cotton gin invention helped expand popularity/spread of short-staple cotton Attempts to grow rice and sugarcane -Rice is too complicated -Sugarcane is too expensive South-North Economic Relations- Two-way dependency between regions in trade Southern Railroads -Local -Deemed obsolete/useless -Underdeveloped -No connections to any major railroads Slavery 1808 Abolition of Slave Trade -Boosts internal slave trade

Traditions and Encounters Chapter 26 Test Bank

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CHAPTER 26 TEST QUESTIONS MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Thomas Peters was a. a wealthy plantation owner who became the largest slave owner in the Carolinas. b. the captain of the first ship to bring slaves to North America. c. an American congressman who played a key role in drafting legislation to end the slave trade. d. the author of The Crime of Slavery. e. central in promoting the establishment of a colony for ex-slaves in Sierra Leone. * (p. 695) 2. The Black Pioneers were a. Africans who served as indentured servants in return for land in the Caribbean. b. escaped slaves who fought to maintain British rule in the North American colonies. * c. former slaves who fought on the colonial side in the American Revolution.

The Earth And Its Peoples, 3rd Edition Vocabulary Flashcards for Chapters 15-18

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Arawak Amerindian peoples who inhabited the Greater Antilles of the Carribean at the time of Columbus Atahualpa Last ruling Inca emperor of Peru, executed by the Spanish Atlantic Circuit the network of trade routes connecting Europe, Africa, and the Americas; underlay the Atlantic system Atlantic system network of trade links after 1500 that moved goods, wealth, people and cultures around the Atlantic Ocean basin balance of power policy in international relations in which the major European states acted together to prevent any one of them from becoming too powerful Bartolome de Las Casas First bishop of Chiapas, Mexico; protected Amerindian peoples from exploitation and helped establish the New Laws of 1542, which limited the ability of

American Pagent Chapter 4 Rough Notes

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? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Ben Nichols? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? AP History Notes? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Chapter 4?? ~1/2 the people that were born in the new world died before they were 12? ~Angry men (Bacon) overthrew Berkley and his monopoly? ~Slavery put many people out of business in Virginia? ~Freed slaves could own other slaves up to a point? ~Slaves brought words into English language? ~New England industries had an easier time than southern farmers? ~Northern families did much better at staying alive? ~Southern women were able to keep land and a title where Northern women were not? ~Harvard is the oldest corporation in the US? ~Most children were required an elementary education in the North? ~The witchcraft hysteria ended in 1693

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Jon Mathis AP Modern American History Mr. Watson Period 3 September 18, 2013 American Life in the Seventeenth Century A. The Unhealthy Chesapeake American wilderness was unforgiving. Malaria, dysentery, and typhoid killed lots of people. Average life expectancy was below 50. Women were so scarce that men fought over all of them One third of all brides in one Maryland county were already pregnant before the wedding Virginia had the highest population B. The Tobacco Economy The Chesapeake was very good for tobacco production Chesapeake Bay exported 1.5 million pounds of tobacco yearly in the 1630s, and by 1700, it increased to 40 million pounds a year a. More availability led to falling prices b. A system encouraged growth of the Chesapeake

Slavery

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Masters and Slaves In the South during the first half of the 19th century, an elite group of whites dominated the society and made profits on the labor of black slaves The Divided Society of the Old South Slavery?s existence in the old South rested upon inequality People living within the realm of a slave-based economy were granted status according to class and caste A diverse spectrum existed between planters and field hands The World of Southern Blacks Slaves, struggling against tremendous odds, managed to create a full, rich culture Slaves created a community that made psychic survival possible Slaves? Daily Life and Labor 90% of South?s 4 million slaves worked on plantations with the rest working in industry or in cities

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Chapter 26: Africa and the atlantic World: Cool story: Thomas Peters crossed atlantic 4 times, was from west Africa, and was first captured and sold to French to Louisiana, but tried to escape so he was sold to Scottish. As English prepare to rebel, slaves looked for personal freedom and joined the Black Pioneers who fought for British rule, but when colonists won he fled to Nova scotia, but Peters was seen as a spokesman for black families and he went to London and back and then to Sierra Leone with blacks to settle there. AFRICAN POLITICS AND SOCIETY IN EARLY MODERN TIMES

Chapter 19 Voc.

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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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