Europe‚ but with finds as far as Irkutsk Oblast‚ Siberia‚ extending their distribution to much of Eurasia‚ from the Pyrenees to Lake Baikal. Infanticide-the crime of killing a child within a year of birth. Agriculture Revolution - An agricultural revolution or agrarian revolution is a period of transition from the pre-agricultural period characterized by a Paleolithic diet‚ into an agricultural period characterized by a diet of cultivated foods; or a further transition from a living form of agriculture
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AP European History 2011 – 2012 Mr. Porter pporter@montville.net Room 307 Course Description: This course examines the political‚ social‚ economic‚ intellectual and cultural history of Europe from the late Middle Ages and Renaissance to the turn of the 21st century. AP European History is a challenging course designed to be the equivalent of a freshman college Western Civilization course and can earn students college credit. Students are expected to do a considerable amount of reading in both
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Ch. 12 1) Among the primary reasons that young farm women moved from the farms to work in textile mill towns in the early 19th century was: To escape farm life and earn wages 2) The history of Lowell epitomizes this transition: Self-sufficient farm families to urban wageworkers 3)In the pre-industrial system‚ a boy who wanted to learn a trade Entered a formal apprenticeship system 4)The organization of a family business in the pre-industrial era was Patriarchal 5) If you lived in Boston
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Throughout the period 1801-1817‚ the government was ruled by the Jeffersonian Republican party‚ whereas the Federalist Party began to slowly fade away from public view. The Jeffersonian Republican party‚ led by Thomas Jefferson‚ professed to favor a weak central government through the support of more states’ rights‚ "...that the states are independent... to...themselves...and united as to everything respecting foreign nations." (Document A). On the other hand‚ the Federalist Party‚ previously led
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The spring of 1775 is a cold one to say the least. Ever since the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party years prior‚ there has been an evident divide between us. The majority of the colonists are blinded by the want to rebel and seek independence when without the security of England there would be no one to defend and protect anyone disregarding what you stood for. Complete independence could lead to the loss of all social and economic benefits derived from the partnership in the
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Stone Age (Paleolithic Era)." The Old Stone Age (Paleolithic Era). Web. 1 Sept. 2015. The Neolithic Revolution was a fundamental change in the way people lived. The shift from hunting & gathering to agriculture led to longer lasting settlements‚ the establishment of social classes‚ and the discovery
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Summary of Chapter 29: World War 2 Conservative authoritarianism: Both conservative and radical dictatorships wept through Europe in the 20s and 30s. Conservative dictatorships were quite old and the new dictatorships were totalitarian. Traditional form of antidemocratic government was conserve. authoritarianism (which prevented major changes that would undermine existing order‚ had limited power). Relied on bureaucracies‚ police‚ and armies. Liberals‚ democrats‚ and socialists were persecuted
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receive adequate medical attention. This led to an increase in the life expectancy of Cuban citizen and also decreased the infant mortality rate. Regarding education‚ Castro believed it shouldn’t just be a privilege reserved for the wealthy and the elite. Before Castro took over government control‚ thirty percent of farmers couldn’t write their names and ninety-nine percent of them knew nothing of Cuba’s history.* In his efforts to dispel such an atrocity‚ Castro implemented several policies that
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From the moment William McKinley was inaugurated into office‚ a looming Cuban insurrection was of concern. It would take quite a few circumstances to derail McKinley’s original opinion of advocating peace among the Spanish and Cubans into a plea for US involvement in aiding the Cuban rebellion. First and foremost‚ a major factor that spurred US involvement was the Spanish colonial policy in Cuba. As a response to some small Cuban rebellious upheavals‚ the Spanish established concentration camps for
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APUSH Mock 6 Multiple Choice Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Which of the following statements is true about immigration to the United States during the last two decades of the 19th century? a. Southern and Eastern Europeans came in larger numbers than earlier in the century. b. Irish immigrants came in larger numbers than earlier in the century. c. The US government entered into a “gentleman’s agreement” to ban immigrants from certain
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