Homo sapien neanderthalensis is estimated to have lived between 130‚000 and 28‚000 years ago. The first remains were found in a German valley in 1856. This valley is called Neander Valley—the German word for valley is Tal—giving the species the name Neanderthalensis‚ most commonly known as Neanderthal. Neanderthal remains were discovered at the La Ferrassie cave located in Dordogne‚ France. Multiple excavations of the site have occurred between 1909 and present time‚ all of which have contributed
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"The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who‚ in their grueling travels across trackless lands in prehistoric times‚ looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space‚ at full speed‚ above all obstacles‚ on the infinite highway of the air." ‘’You haven’t seen a tree until you’ve seen its shadow from the sky.’’What is the true meaning of being an American? Millions of people migrate into the United States of American in order to achieve their dream and earn the
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Name: Class: Date: Chapter 1 Creating a Nation Enter the appropriate word(s) to complete the statement. 1. Many historians consider the publication of Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ by _____________________________ to be one of the causes of the Civil War. 2. ____________________ societies formed in the mid-1800s at first to spread the word of God but soon turned to combating social problems. 3. Native Americans feared that the increasing flow of settlers would disrupt the ____________________ on which
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Legally speaking‚ an American citizen is defined as someone who is “born or naturalized in the United States.” However‚ is the true meaning of an American simply a textbook definition? Although the “Irish who built the canals‚ the Chinese who built the railroads‚ [and] the many Latinos who clambered over construction sites” may have been from lands afar‚ they all shared one commonality; the goal to better not only themselves but also our country as a whole. Being an American is not only having legal
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Each of the following writers; De Crèvecoeur‚ Quinney‚ and Turner has a different opinion on how the “frontier” has played an important role in forming American identity or if it even had one at all. Beginning with J. Hector St. John De Crèvecour it is noticed that the so-called frontier is not even discussed. De Crèvecour had an experience that was said to be “thoroughly European” (Horwitz 23). This is an experience that had led De Crèvecour to see America as its new-found self. Many identities
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American English I. Introduction American English‚ variety of the English language spoken in the United States. Although all Americans do not speak the same way‚ their speech has enough in common that American English can be recognized as a variety of English distinct from British English‚ Australian English‚ and other national varieties. American English has grown up with the country. It began to diverge from British English during its colonial beginnings and acquired regional differences and
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Although through the trial and hardships‚ from 1492 to 1877 the core of the american identity‚ the frontier had a constant presence through the years‚ but through the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth‚ the American Revolution‚ Declaration of Independence‚ Benjamin Franklins virtues‚ letters‚ Abolitionist‚ such as William Garrison‚ Fredrick Douglas‚ and the civil war‚ the definition of american identity as the frontier grew and developed into something that defines what it means to be an american
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AP American Literature‚ Mrs. C. Basich The American Tapestry* Mrs. J. Besch South Elgin High School *tapestry (def.)1. A heavy cloth woven with rich‚ often variegated designs or scenes... 2. Something felt to resemble a richly and complexly designed cloth: e.g. the tapestry of world history. This course fulfills the junior year American Literature requirement of School District U-46 and prepares students for the Advanced Placement English Language and
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The ^American Spirit United States History as Seen by Contemporaries Ninth Edition Volume I: To 1877 Houghton Mifflin Company Boston New YorkContents 1 2 Preface xxi New World Beginnings‚ 33‚000 B.C.-A.D.1769 1 A. The Native Americans 1 1. Visualizing the New World (1505‚ 1509) 1 2. Juan Gines de Sepulveda Belittles the Indians (1547) 3 3. Bartoleme de Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552) 4 B. The Spanish in America 6 1. Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico (1519-1526) 6 2. Aztec Chroniclers Describe the
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APUSH: CHAPTER 8 VOCABULARY 1. Alexis De Tocqueville: a young French aristocrat who visited the United States in the 1830s‚ and was amazed by the informal manners and democratic attitudes of Americans. The most able men in the United States are very rarely placed at the head of affairs‚” Alexis de Tocqueville concluded in Democracy in America (1835). The reason‚ Tocqueville suggested‚ lay in the character of democracy itself. Most citizens ignored important policy issues‚ jealously refused to
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