[APUSH] Review #1 1. Chapter 1 Hopewell is a large Native American society located in the Mississippi Valley. They live on hunting and growing crops (maize) with prosperous culture of mound-building and distinctive pottery. Their political system is based on chiefdom with powerful ruling class. The Iroquois Confederacy is a powerful association of 5 different Native American groups occupying the Eastern Woodlands region. The political authority is granted to councils of sachems. They live
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international varieties of English: Compare and contrast two non-Anglo varieties of English (i.e. excluding those from Kachru’s Inner Circle)‚ showing how the socio-historical context is reflected in their present characteristics. Postcolonial countries where the English language is not the mother tongue have still fallen under the influence of the British language. Where the education system‚ government‚ commerce‚ business and some instruction are carried out in variations of English. This assignment
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CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS The idea of a glorious earthly paradise far from the known world had existed in the European imagination long before 1492. That idea of a distant paradise on earth shaped the way Europeans came to think of America after Columbus and his successors reported their discoveries. For example‚ the following mythic lands may have served as inspirations for the alluring idea of America as a place of joy‚ ease‚ riches‚ and regeneration: a. the Garden of the Hesperides of Greek myth
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Why would anyone want to go through the trouble of colonizing? The English had such motives that compelled them to leave their motherland. It was for the reasons of seeking freedom‚ seeing there was nothing in Britain for them‚ and success accessed by other nations. England set up strict rules and laws. Those who sought a bit of adventure naturally took off. Others were motivated to find religious freedom. Lord Baltimore set up Maryland for the sake of his fellow Catholics. Since England was primarily
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As colonization continued‚ the Carolinas used slaving raids as a tool of war against Spanish Florida. They also used them as a means of raising capital. Traders employed Native American tribes who were‚ at the time‚ allied with them‚ like the Savannah‚ to go and raid their neighbors. Groups like the Kussoe‚ who refused to participate in raids‚ were ruthlessly attacked. When the Westo‚ previously English allies who extensively raided their region for slaves‚ outlived their usefulness‚ they were enslaved
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The English colonization of the Americas resulted in a wide variety of ideas and concepts. Although each settlement was under the name of English‚ they all differ in some regions of the structure. Jamestown and Plymouth‚ two of the earliest successful colonies‚ share certain similarities‚ however‚ there are major differences‚ especially in their political‚ economic‚ religious and social configuration. Established on May 14‚ 1607‚ Jamestown‚ located on the banks of the James River‚ is the first permanent
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about to sail to the New World from Spain on your old reliable ship. You wonder what you are going to find and what you are going to do if you meet any Native Americans. Then you think about the past‚ and in the past what has happened when cultures collide to get you to that day. So what happens when cultures collide? Is it always battles? do new cultures always form? The advances of technology help reach new cultures like how the compass and caravel helped get to the New World. Then when Christopher
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expressing the Irish experience of the dominant colonial power of Britain. Rather than reading Yeats’s poetry from the conventional perspective of high European modernism Said explains that “he appears to me‚ and I am sure many others in the Third World‚ to belong naturally to the other cultural domain” (slide 8) Then‚ we can’t talk about something without materialistic proves like an example from Yeats’ poems (slide 9) this poem is (The Fisherman) In this poem‚ Yeats presents the ideal Irish man
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multiple countries before England finally got colonization and advancement right. The lack of English government intervention‚ the treatment of local Native Americans‚ and the location of settlements produced rapid establishment of a thriving Western culture on the continent. The English took a different approach to colonizing America compared to the previous settlers. Instead of government-funded exploration like the Spanish‚ the English colonization was started by a joint-stock company. James
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English Colonization and the Road to Revolution A. Considering English Colonization‚ there exists a striking difference between the attitude of English Colonists and other Europeans. Europeans came to America with an intention to stay and travelled in the form of family groups. In the mid seventeenth century‚ Europeans started settling their colonies in America that disturbed the lives of the local people. As evident from their actions‚ the basic reason to settle these colonies was to gain access
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