Robyn M Driscoll TM231 Heritage vs. History As a society we are always looking to the past for many reasons‚ to learn from our mistakes‚ successes‚ experiences‚ to have a better understanding of where you come from‚ the list goes on. Society takes a personal view on what is or isn’t historical and what makes something important or not. There are two ways to distinguish the past‚ history and heritage. The history tends to be the cold hard facts‚ the truth with no emotion‚ no personal reference
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Summer Assignment AP European History Total Points: 120 points Step One: 1. Pick up a copy of the AP Euro textbook from the library next week (5/31 to 6/9). 2. Check out the class website: http://teacherweb.com/CA/HarborHighSchool/Mayer/apt1.aspx 3. If you have questions or if you cannot complete any of the following assignments-email Ms. Mayer at jmayer@sccs.net. 4. Not completing the following assignments by the first day of school may result in being dropped from this course. Step
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Although some historians believe that the late 19th century was a golden age in American history‚ to many living during the time it was an era filled with corruption and hardship and thus was coined by the author Mark Twain‚ the Gilded Age. “The term Gilded Age represented the view of many during the time period and stood for a society that appears magnificent on the outside but is quite brittle under the superficial golden layer” [1/26/11]. For example‚ the economy during this time was called
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Chapter 1 2) My interpretation of the word discovery is when someone detects or finds something new or previously unknown. In 1492 an explorer named Christopher Columbus was requested by the King of Spain to find a more direct route to Asia. When he made landfall 6 weeks after leaving Spain he thought he landed in Asia. But really he had found something else‚ an unknown mass of land blocking the route to Asia‚ the Americas. Columbus failed his main task he did not discover a quicker route to
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Chapter 17 Guided Reading Terms: 1. Columbian Exchange- the exchange of plants‚ animals‚ diseases‚ and technologies between the Americans and the rest of the world following Columbus’s voyage. 2. Council of the Indies- the institution responsible for supervising Spain’s colonies in the Americas from 1524 to the early eighteenth century‚ when it lost all but judicial responsibilities. 3. Bartolone de Las Casas- a priest who was the most influential defender of the Amerindians in
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films about the past‚ like Chicago‚ were inspired by an era and/or events that have occurred at that time‚ but off skew for entertainment purposes. Right at the beginning of the article the author writes “Chicago is a musical. It does not claim to be history.” Yes‚ Chicago does stem from and was inspired by the trials of Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan; however the film is crime comedy and not Documentary. B. In your view‚ do the historical inaccuracies harm or help our understanding of past events
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Bree Fausnaught Essay Question Exam 1 While the relationship between the colonies and Great Britain had often been rocky‚ the French & Indian War gave rise to new tensions between the two countries. The colonists wanted the British out of the Americas‚ while the British wanted their newly conquered land for money. King George III & members of Parliament believed that the colonists were ungrateful so they decided to “disciple” the colonists; they wanted the colonists to pay for the
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of Filipino nationalism The opening of the Philippines to world trade rapidly developed the Philippine economy. Many Filipinos prospered overnight. Everyday Filipinos also benefited from the new economy with the rapid increase in demand for labor and availability of business opportunities. Some Europeans immigrated to the Philippines to join the wealth wagon‚ among them Jacobo Zobel‚ patriarch of today’s Zobel de Ayala family and prominent figure in the rise of Filipino nationalism. Their scions
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population that expressed cultural pride and a sense of nationalism / identity with their nations. This occurred because people were bonded by common languages‚ (be it Latin in Rome‚ or various dialects of Chinese in the empires of China) and shared similar belief systems (e.g. schools of thought such as Confucianism). This cultural unity made the consolidation of various conquered people possible. This sort of cultural unity was also seen later in history during the French Revolution‚ when it helped to
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History vs. Hollywood The Patriot The Revolutionary war‚ sparked by the colonist’s anger towards taxation without representation‚ was a conflict between the United States and its mother country Great Britain. This event had been considered the most significant event in the American history. It separated the thirteen colonies from the tyrannical ruling of King George. The revolutionary war was not a big war‚ "The military conflict was‚ by the standards of later wars‚ a relatively modest one. Battle
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