Francheska Rosado Chapter 1 ‚ A people’s History of the United States Christopher Columbus came thinking he found Asia when in fact all he found was the Americas. The ship they were in was called Saint Maria. The first place they landed was Cuba. They were in search for gold mostly‚ which Columbus promised the king and queen in Spain. He took the Arawaks Indians as slaves when it was hard for him to find gold. When he arrived in Haiti he created the first military base called Navidad which means
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Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States "Chapter 1" There are two types of people in this story. They are the conquerors and the conquered. The communities that Zinn talks about in the story are the Native Americans and the English settlers that came to America. Out of those communities the conquerors were the English settlers and the conquered were the Native Americans. These two communities had similar and different views on topics. One thing that the two viewed differently was
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Persons of Mean and Vile Condition The chapter starts out by describing Bacon’s Rebellion‚ using it as an example of unrest between social classes in the late 1600’s. While the rebellion isn’t described in great detail‚ it describes how slaves and servants joined together behind Bacon to fight what they considered a common enemy‚ the white upper class. After Bacon’s death‚ the rebellion didn’t last long‚ and a man named Thomas Grantham used “force and deception to disarm the last rebel forces”
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Alicia Alcaraz Period 3 AP U.S. History December 8‚ 2014 APUSH Chapters 27 & 28 Homework Assignment Chapter 27: 1. Whites finally overcame resistance of the Plains Indians ultimately with various factors. The whites had a fire-and-sword policy that was the last step to shatter the spirit of the Indians. The railroad‚ diseases‚ locomotives‚ and the near-extinction of the Buffalo in the plains all contributed to the “taming” of the Plains Indians. The railroad sprang right through the heart of the
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Terms Summary 1) Robert Smalls Robert Smalls was a slave in South Carolina. He became a Union hero in 1862 when he escaped from slavery by stealing a Confederate ship from Charleston harbor and piloting it to the blockading federal fleet. Thereafter‚ Smalls guided Union gunboats and toured the North recruiting black troops. He eventually became a Congressman and fought for educational and economic opportunities for African Americans. 2) Wade Hampton Wade Hampton was a South Carolina legislator
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Summary I COLUMBUS‚ THE INDIANS‚ AND HUMAN PROGRESS A People’s History of the United States is a book written by Howard Zinn‚ whose purpose is not to introduce someone to American History. He assumes his readers already know the basics. Of course‚ many people do not. It is not a history of the United States but it is a series of contentious corrections to the history traditionally taught in American classrooms. Zinn presents the major historical facts of the first 250 years of American history
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Chapter 15 and 16 Chapter 15 Wade Davis Bill- Congress passed the Wade-Davis bill in 1864 as a substitute for Lincoln’s ten percent plan. It required a majority of voters in a southern state to take a loyalty oath in order to begin the process of Reconstruction and guarantee black equality Freedman’s Bureau- created by Congress in 1865‚ early welfare agency providing food‚ shelter‚ and medical aid for those made destitute by the war‚ Both blacks‚ chiefly freed slaves‚ and homeless whites
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Chapter 1 In the beginning of the chapter‚ John refers to Jesus as the “word”; later John describes that everything “came into being” through Jesus. As John the Baptist was baptizing people he saw Jesus‚ and yelled: “here is the lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world.” Additionally‚ John describes that the “holy spirit” disguised as a dove appeared when Jesus was baptized. Lastly‚ Jesus chooses his first couple of disciples. Chapter 2 In this chapter‚ Jesus was invited to a wedding in
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Study Questions Zinn Chapter 1 1. According to Zinn‚ his main purpose for composing A People’s’ History of the United States was to tell the history from the viewpoint of the weak‚ the ones conquered‚ instead of the classic viewpoint from which history is told of the victors‚ those who conquered‚ the ruling class‚ etc. The reason for Zinn’s dispute of Kissinger’s statement comes directly from Zinn’s own ideological view on how history should be told. Kissinger states 2. 3. 4.
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As the British and Colonists were engaged in the Seven Years War against the French and Indians‚ the colonists were slowly building up feelings for their removal from under the British crown. There had been several uprisings to overthrow the colonial governments. When the war ended and the British were victorious‚ they declared the Proclamation of 1763 which stated that the land west of the Appalachians was to be "reserved" for the Native American population. The colonists were confused and outraged
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