A “virgin soil” epidemic can be described as the introduction of several diseases into a population who has no knowledge or immunity against them. An example that comes to mind when thinking of this “virgin soil” concept is the devastating loses the Native Americans of South and Central America suffered after contact with European explorers. Unknowingly at the time‚ these explorers carried with them such diseases as small pox‚ malaria‚ measles‚ and yellow fever just to name a few. For the Native
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The political parties formed after the ratification of the constitution at George Washington’s detest‚ contributed none to the development of national unity there was a lack of unity during the period of 1790-1840. The political parties originally formed were the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans. Their ideals for how government should be run were highly different and this led to no unification. The Federalists under John Adam’s presidency would begin sectionalism in which politics would support
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From 1790 to 1857‚ the Supreme Court emerged as the most powerful branch of our government. I agree with the above statement. The US Supreme Court started slowly as a branch of our government‚ but by 1857 it emerged as the most powerful branch. The Presidency and the Executive branch certainly can create things‚ implement new ideas and have a large impact on all the citizens’ lives. The Congress as the legislative branch can establish or change laws‚ and declare war. These are both powerful branches
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Religion played a big role in shaping the values‚ attitudes‚ and conduct of the Spanish during the Age of Discovery and Conquest (1492-1579). The colonial church provided control and a standard of conduct and living for the new world. In fact‚ the colonial church had even more power in Spanish America then it did in Spain. Why this is important though‚ is because it limited the possibility of rebellion and opposition. As long as the church was in place‚ there was Spanish order‚ and as long as there
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During the years 1790-1860 many changes in the nation were occurring in the values of Americans and in their different societies. The vacant‚ immeasurable land in the western frontier enabled a shift of change from social‚ political and economic conformity to more individual techniques and beliefs away from governmental traditions imposed more in the east coast of the nation. As different factors forced people to migrate west in the country it changed not only society and values of people in the
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Upon becoming the joint monarchs of Castile and Aragon‚ one of the main challenges that Ferdinand and Isabella faced was to extend the crown’s authority over the Iberian peninsula thus increasing the stability of the kingdom and power of the crown. This was a daunting task‚ especially given the power of grandees such as Mendoza and Carillo at the time. The Catholic kings had some considerable success in consolidating royal authority‚ but there were limitations on this success and compromises were
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Atlantic world as a result of new contacts among Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas from 1492 to 1750. Present day is worlds away from how the world was roughly 500 years ago. One of the biggest events that will ever stand between now and then occurred. Christopher Columbus was a Spanish explorer who was determined to find a new route to India. In its place‚ he discovered America in 1492. Between 1492 and 1750‚ the new contacts between Western Europe‚ Africa‚ and the Americas‚ socially and
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George Washington himself thought it would be in America ’s best interest to avoid forming political parties. But even having said this Washington was already involved in the formation of one of the first political parties in America. In the beginning‚ before the Washington Administration‚ there were no parties; you were either for or against Congress and or independence. When the Constitutional Convention was called we see the first major political party split. The two parties were known as the
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Columbian period could not have exceeded much over 500‚000. A century later the question remains far from settled. But modern scholarship tends to side with the painter. Some experts believe that perhaps 10 million people lived above the Rio Grande in 1492-twice as many as may have inhabited the British Isles at that time. The population of the Western hemisphere may have exceeded 15th-century Europe’s 70 million. Driving the higher estimates is the relatively new view that most of America’s Indians
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• Independence: the war for indep‚ the am revolution. • The Young Republic (1790-1830): the first 40 years of the am history‚ marked the transition to a republic democracy. • The Antebellum Period (1830-1860): Before the civil war • The Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1880) The period: 1600s to 1880 Aristotle: "The beginning is half the whole". "Indians" When Americas was settled in 1492‚ America was a desert‚ a waste land. • The first settlers had probably crossed
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