Significance: The Iroquois‚ originating from present day New York‚ began to prosper after their dealings with the French‚ and later the Dutch in the fur trade. Eager to expand their territories strategically‚ they divided into the five nations of Senecas‚ Cayugas‚ Onondagas‚ Oneidas‚ and Mohawks‚ compiling into a confederation. Granted from the fur trade‚ these Natives had ample access to guns‚ steels and other goods to help conquer and wage on both European and fellow Native American settlements
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A.P. history Unit 2 Essays #4. Write your definition of racism. Then use this definition to argue that the origin of slavery in colonial America was or was not primarily the result of English racism. Racism is a word that reflects a person’s or group of people’s hatred‚ jealousy‚ or spiteful feeling or actions toward someone or a group of people of another race. It is also a belief that one is the way he/she is‚ or even acts a certain way because of their race. Racism can lead to
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1. Discuss the racial composition (racial groups) of colonial Latin America In order to discuss the racial composition of Colonial Latin America‚ we must first examine the three civilizations that were present when the Europeans reached Latin America. The three civilizations present were: Mayans‚ Aztecs and Incans which could be considered native Indians. The people of Latin America are a mixture of racial groupings that include native Indians‚ white Europeans‚ black Africans. The central
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book "A history of women in America" overall I thought was a okay book. I like that the book told about women’s struggle and the situations they endured. Through those struggles they gave us a voice and major goals were accomplished. The women who spoke out and gave all women equal rights really made me feel and have a great pride in being a woman myself with the rights they fought for in present day America. The most interesting information I read in this book was how women basically did everything
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This essay written by Jon Butler explains the evolution of slavery‚ including the Africans’ experiences in America‚ and the developing of a sense of community among these people. The author mentions that in 1680 slavery was not very common in English colonies‚ later around 1700 this would change. One of the possible causes of it was the decrease of indentured servants in the colonies of Chesapeake and the Carolinas‚ in which the labor force was in high demand at that time. Captive Africans became
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America Gift to My Generation American soldiers are everything‚ They are our community they are the history they are the future. They are the reason why we are even writing this essay. I am so thankful for the people who have served because if it wasn’t for them we would be somewhere else‚ we could be in another country‚ we could be slaves. Soldiers are one of the keys to life‚ some people just want everything so they think that they can just take it and the US soldiers are the ones that stop that
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religion‚ and science in the colonial America all started with colonial demographics such as cheap land‚ gender equality‚ early marriage‚ high birth rate‚ and rapid population growth. During those times the women were viewed inferior to men‚ and remained behind the scenes as it was a part of the English tradition but over time changes were made to those thoughts (p 110‚111). When it came to economy‚ trade was flourishing among England and another thriving colonial trading company. They
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Colonization DBQ Colonial America showed democratic growth socially and religiously‚ but was also undemocratic because of restrictions on some social groups and unequal politics. In the beginning of the American colonies‚ the people started creating new ways of government. One of these ways was democracy. The colonies were democratic because they began allowing the citizens to have a say in government (Doc 3). If the people did not like how their government was run they could produce their own
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Anthony Edwards 8/24/12 AP US History - Jones Colonial America DBQ An interesting characteristic of the colonies that the English founded during the 17th and 18th centuries on the eastern coast of modern day America is that while all were indeed settled by people from England they each developed their own very distinct cultures and ways of life. While the varying environments from each colony to the next certainly isn’t a negligible factor in the diversification of
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economic aspects of Britain and Spain’s colonial enterprise” The colonial enterprises of Spain and Britain differ. Spain and Britain’s economic aspects differ greatly. Their social aspects differ as well. Even their political aspects differ greatly. The social‚ political‚ and economic aspects of Britain and Spain’s colonial enterprises differ immensely. Spain and Britain’s economic aspects differ. When people from Britain first settled in the Americas they were part of a privately owned company
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