speculators and pioneers 3. Confederation’s default on national debt 4. Regional and ideological conflicts WEST Native Americans vs. 200‚000 frontier settlers (Kentucky especially – “that dark and bloody ground”) Decades of warfare between the Iroquois and Cherokee gave Kentucky its name‚ the "dark and bloody ground." The Dark and Bloody Ground State: This nickname refers to the Indian battles‚ between Creek‚ Shawnee‚ Chickasaw‚ Cherokee and other tribes‚ that took place along the Cumberland River
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The Columbian Exchange The Columbian Exchange is a global exchange of goods and ideas between the Old World‚ Europe‚ Asia and Africa. When Columbus first discovered America‚ Spain wanted to set up colonies. Columbus found some people that he named “Indians.” Their colonies started to trade with each other starting the Columbian Exchange. Many countries were involved in this trade‚ including China‚ Africa and Italy. This exchange of new ideas‚ traditions‚ food‚ religion and diet changed cultures
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modes of travel‚ and thought. It takes him from the railroad car and puts him in the birch canoe. It strips off the garments of civilization and arrays him in the hunting shirt and the moccasin. It puts him in the log cabin of the Cherokee and Iroquois and runs an Indian palisade around him‚ Before long he has gone to planting Indian corn and plowing with a sharp stick; he shouts the war cry and takes the scalp in orthodox Indian fashion. In short‚ at the frontier the environment is at first too
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happening from past) Aborigines Tahitians Aztecs Chinese Italians Lewis H. Morgan (1818-1881) Starts in New York as a lawyer then enters anthropology scene 1851 – published Leagues of Iroquois 1871 – published Systems of Consanguity About kinship (family and how families are organized) Iroquois’ families are maternal – all moms side of family‚ if boy born‚ sent out to marry into some other girls family 1877 – published Ancient Society Savagery – (pottery) Barbarism – (iron working)
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The Importance of Jean Talon in the History of New France Jean Talon played a big role in the establishment of New France. He came up with the idea of ‘le Filles du roi’‚ and populated New France. Jean Talon also strengthened and extended the seigneurial system throughout New France. The ratio of single women and bachelors was 720 bachelors to 45 single females. Jean talon had a great idea to bring in more women if there were not enough. In order to ensure that population were to increase and
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1/28 The Iroquois Creation Story: (17) * The Good Mind and The Bad Mind are the two main characters who were twins born by a woman that inhabited the universe * The woman drops down into the lower earth and sits on a turtle to give birth * The turtle changes into an island with sparse vegetation before her birth * While the baby was in the womb‚ the evil twin came out from underneath the mother’s arm causing her to die‚ “the bad mind” * The Good Mind creates the sun and moon
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Explain current beliefs about how the first peoples settled North America‚ and discuss the ways in which they became differentiated from one another over time. There are varying opinions on how North America was settled. The first peoples believed to have settled in North America were the Indians‚ West Africans and Europeans over five hundred years ago. Specifically‚ the Paleo-Indians are believed to be the first settlers of North America. Some varying opinions were relative to the discovery of
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The French and Indian war started from when French and British imperial and colonists wanted to make there country bigger. British‚ the French‚ and many American Indian nations engaged in a war that changed the course of history. It was started because it was a disagreement over who would end up controlling the Ohio River Valley. In the middle of the 18th century‚ France and England had competing claims for parts of Europe and North America. The French held trapping and trade routes in the Ohio Valley
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European settlement there are believed to have been seven different cultural based Native American societies within the present day boundaries of the United States. First you have the Northeast tribes located along the East coast some of which were the Iroquois‚ Powhatan‚ Wampanong‚
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Constitution. Focus on how the Constitution provides liberty for American citizens. Use quotations from the Constitution to support your points. If you choose‚ you can compare or contrast the U.S. Constitution with the Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace (the Iroquois Constitution). Your essay should use a basic three-paragraph structure (introductory paragraph with a hook and a thesis‚ a supporting paragraph‚ and a concluding paragraph) and should be written in 12-point font with one-inch page margins. For extra
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