Ch 20 Packet Africa and the Africans in the Age of the Atlantic Slave Trade Part 1 1. Describe the characteristics of the “Atlantic System”. The Atlantic System was a major catalyst in the growth and development of the Atlantic slave trade‚ which boosted the world economy significantly. The Atlantic system a link between Africa and the rest of the world. It simply was the destiny that Africans were going to face‚ being shipped to the Middle East‚ Europe‚ and especially across the Atlantic
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The French Revolution had many causes. Some of the causes were dealt with political‚ social‚ and economical reasons. Out of the three estates‚ the third was the most dissatisfied with the conditions. The ideas of the Enlightenment lead to new views of the government and society. In this essay three causes of the French revolution will be discussed. One of the major cause of the French Revolution was the clashes between the diverse types of social classes in French society‚ first‚ second‚ and thirds
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Mullaney in “The French Revolution” n.p. claims accounted for about 98% of the country’s population) and the 2nd as well as the 1st estate built up of the middle and higher wage workers/families. Estates were rigid social classes that divided the country as stated before into lower‚ middle‚ and higher income families. The American revolution just taking place sparked an idea throughout the third estate and inspired daring and new minds like Jean-Pierre Brissot. The American revolution sort let them
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Pilgrimage of Grace was a protest whereas the marchers opposed the doings and new governmental policies of Thomas Cromwell. Thomas Cromwell‚ after the Act of Supremacy imposed by the head of the Anglican Church‚ Henry Viii‚ was put in charge. His rule resulted in a series of new laws including taxes‚ they expansion of royal power in England‚ the dissolution of the monasteries‚ and the confiscation of Catholic Church lands. The marchers that were in the Pilgrimage of Grace were peasants‚ according
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DBQ #6 Analyze the pressures on Great Britain’s Liberal government during the Sudan crisis (1884-1885)‚ and explain why the government acted as it did. During the Sudan crisis in 1884-1885‚ Great Britain’s Liberal government was under much pressure. Much of government action was led by Prime Minister William Gladstone. The Sudan crisis was when a Sudanese Muslim religious leader‚ Mahdi‚ rebelled against the Egyptian rule and foreign (British) control. This threatened the British citizens inhabiting
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questioning life in general. The third estate was questioning the way the government should be run. Enlighten thinkers became popular and were supported by the third estate. Motivated by enlightened thinkers. Another problem leading to the cause of the revolution was the weakness of king Louis XIV‚ Louis was ignorant and payed little attention to the third estate. When the government needed money‚ it would all come from the third estate. The third estate was tired and in a dramatic speech they renamed themselves
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volume‚ foreign trade had become vital‚ with the largest enterprises‚ the greatest commercial fortunes‚ the most capital. And from it the wars of the century grew. Many East India companies formed‚ including Prussian‚ Swedish‚ Venetian--but only the French‚ Dutch‚ British survived: they had the capital and the diplomatic‚ military‚ naval support. The winners made immense profits‚ with Britain dominant in Asia and America‚ France leader in
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Ch. 20 Vocabulary List 1. Genetic engineering – The direct manipulation of genes for practical purposes. 2. Gene cloning - The production of multiple copies of a gene. 3. Restriction enzyme – A degrading enzyme that recognizes and cuts up DNA (including that of certain phages) that is foreign to a bacterium. 4. Restriction site – A specific sequence on a DNA strand that is recognized as a cut site by a restriction enzyme. 5. Recombinant DNA – A DNA molecule made in vitro with segments from
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Chapter 18 1. In order to maintain the two great political parties as vital bonds of national unity‚ early nineteenth century politicians avoided public discussion of slavery 2. The US’s victory in the Mexican War resulted in renewed controversy over the issue of extending slavery into the territories‚ a possible split in the Whig and Democrat parties over slavery‚ the cession by Mexico of an enormous amount of land to the US‚ and a rush of settlers to new American territory in California
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the power and mystery of nature. | | | | | | C) | a celebration of the genius that enabled certain people to convey profound insights through art. | | | | | | D) | a reaffirmation of the central importance of the scientific revolution and Enlightenment. | | | | | | | | 2 | CORRECT | | Romanticism was important for all of the following reasons EXCEPT | | | | | A) | it nurtured a tremendous outpouring of creative activity in the arts. | | |
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