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Out of Many AP edition Chapter 3

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Chapter 3: Planting Colonies in North America Outline? ? ??????????Communities Struggle with Diversity in Seventeenth-Century Santa Fe o???The Pueblo Indians of New Mexico rose in revolt in August 1680, taking Santa Fe and trapping 3,000 survivors in the Palace of Governors of Santa Fe, sending two crosses?white for surrender and survival, red for defiance and death. o???In 1609, colonists founded La Villa Real de la Santa Fe de San Francisco, the ?royal town of the holy faith of St. Francis,? and began to convert the Pueblo people into Christians, Spanish subjects, and a labor force for the colonial elite.

Out of Many AP edition Chapter 5

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Chapter 5: The Cultures of Colonial North America Outline ? Middle Colonies I.????????????????????The Middle Colonies a.???????Location ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????i.??????Along the lower Hudson River ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????ii.??????Included New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania b.??????Religion ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????i.??????Puritan, Baptist, Quaker, Catholic, and Jewish congregations ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????ii.??????Lutherans or Calvinists, Presbyterians, Anglicans, Baptists ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????iii.??????Tolerance of religious practices and distinctions c.???????Politics and government

Out of Many AP Edition 5 Chapter 2

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Chapter 2: When Worlds Collide ? Outline ? The English and the Algonquians at Roanoke In 1590, Governor John White returned to Roanoke Island, where he had left the first English colonists three years ago, in search of the 115 colonists; mostly single men, but also twenty families, including White?s daughter, son-in-law, and Virginia Dare, the first English baby born in North America. He found the colonists? houses taken down and their possessions scattered, but saw ?CROATOAN? on a trunk, the name of a friendly village, and set sail for the village.?

Chapter 1 Note Out of Many AP Edition 5th

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Chapter 1: A Continent of Villages Outline ? Settling the Continent o???Christopher Columbus called the Native Americans ?Indios? because he thought that he had landed in India ??????????Who Are the Indian People? o???The term ?Indian? refers to a variety of different cultures (over 2000), with hundreds of different languages and different ways of living. o???Indians had long, dark hair, almond shaped eyes and tan skin. o???After the realization that America was not a part of Asia a debate began over how people got there. o???Joseph de Acosta said that since there were old world animals in the new world, humans must have crossed a land bridge with them. ??????????Migration from Asia

APUSH Chp.11 The Southern Lady

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Like north, life centered around home, lack of public participation Cult of honor: - Particularly important for southern white men to protect women ? Men more dominant, women more subordinate than North - George Fitzhugh, 1850s: "The right to protection involves the obligation to obey" More isolation from "public world" due to living on farms - Limited opportunities aside from as a wife and mother - Modest farm: economic life w/ spinning, weaving etc., agricultural tasks, supervision of slaves - Larger plantations: "plantation mistress" as an ornament for husband Less education opportunities, focus on training women to be suitable wives Special burdens: - 20% higher birthrate, but also higher infant mortality - Spared from ardous labor

APUSH Chp. 11 Fall of Other Forms of Cotton

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Tobacco: Upper South - continuing reliance on tobacco, but tobacco notoriously unstable and land-exhaustive - 1830s: ? farmers from old tobacco-growing regions (Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina) changing to other crops ? center of tobacco cultivation to Piedmont Rice: Coastal South (South Carolina, Georgia, Florida) - stable, lucrative, BUT long growing season (9 months), substantial irrigation - only small area of cultivation Sugar: Gulf Coast, southern Louisiana and eastern Texas - Reasonably profitable - Intensive (debilitating) labor, long growing time ? only wealthy could afford to cultivate - Major competition from Caribbean - Did not spread Long-staple (Sea Island) Cotton: coastal regions of Southeast - Could only grow in limited area

APWH The Earth and Its Peoples Andean Civilizations Notes

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Andean Civilizations 200-1400 South America was unlikely environment for development of rich and powerful civilizations. Agriculture was not easy to do, environment prevented ability Adapted very well to environment and was able to create many different uses out of cold and hot for food storage The clan (ayllu) provides foundation for Indian achievement. They helped each other all the time and reciprocated to create King's soon took advantage of the clan to make them do work for the empire like building roads or temples. They were soon swallowed by the government and were tied hand in hand. All different regions provided all different foods and resources. Early Intermediate Period Moche

The Americas notes

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Olmecs 1400-400 BCE Giant heads Chavin 900-200 BCE Andean culture Chaco 850-1250 CE Modern day New Mexico Large buildings Limited agriculture Limited water control Mochica 200-700 CE No written language Near the ocean Peru Agriculture Raised animals Llamas Advanced urban planning Corn, beans, potatoes, squash, peanuts Economy and Trade Traded with other Moche communities Jewelry, ceramics Religion Polytheistic Ceremonial centers Temples for the sun and moon Fell mysteriously Cahokia 900-1250 CE Largest chiefdom in America in its time Trading city Made clay, pottery, stone goods, leather, copper Located near the Missouri River Declined due to major flooding Maya Based in Central America The Yucatan peninsula From 300-900 CE Patriarchal society Several different languages

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Olmecs 1400-400 BCE Giant heads Chavin 900-200 BCE Andean culture Chaco 850-1250 CE Modern day New Mexico Large buildings Limited agriculture Limited water control Mochica 200-700 CE No written language Near the ocean Peru Agriculture Raised animals Llamas Advanced urban planning Corn, beans, potatoes, squash, peanuts Economy and Trade Traded with other Moche communities Jewelry, ceramics Religion Polytheistic Ceremonial centers Temples for the sun and moon Fell mysteriously Cahokia 900-1250 CE Largest chiefdom in America in its time Trading city Made clay, pottery, stone goods, leather, copper Located near the Missouri River Declined due to major flooding Maya Based in Central America The Yucatan peninsula From 300-900 CE Patriarchal society Several different languages

Ways of the World Outline Chapter 18

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CHAPTER 18 OUTLINE I. Opening Vignette A. The author describes his experience in postcolonial Kenya. 1. discovery of reluctance to teach Africans English 2. colonial concern to maintain distance between whites and blacks B. The British, French, Germans, Italians, Belgians, Portuguese, Russians, and Americans all had colonies. 1. colonial policy varied depending on time and country involved 2. the actions and reactions of the colonized people also shaped the colonial experience II. Industry and Empire A. The Industrial Revolution fueled much of Europe?s expansion. 1. demand for raw materials and agricultural products 2. need for markets to sell European products 3. European capitalists often invested money abroad

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