William John Chapter 4 Notes How was New England a freehold society? In the 1630s‚ England’s land was mostly owned by nobles and gentry. They used lease holdings to make farmers work on their fields. However‚ in New England‚ Puritans created a yeoman society where there was equal landowning in different farm families. By 1750‚ the influx of so many people to New England decreased the amount of fertile land available. How were woman treated in the household economy? Men were at the head
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started in 1689 and ended in 1763 in the eastern woodlands. It was like a contest between France and Britain because they wanted to fight for the possession of North America. For various motivations the Algonquian tribes allied with French and the Iroquois tribes with the
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seacoast and led to the gradual construction of roads and the rise of intercolonial trade. Colonial postal services also helped increase communication. -A conference of colonial leaders was meeting in Albany in 1754 to negotiate a treaty with the Iroquois‚ as the British government had advised the colonists to do. -The delegates stayed on to talk about forming a colonial federation for defense against the Indians. Benjamin Franklin proposed‚ and the delegates tentatively approved‚ a plan by which
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PENGUIN BOOKS AMERICAN COLONIES Alan Taylor’s previous books include William Cooper’s Town: Power and Persuasion on the Frontier of the Early American Republic‚ which won the 1996 Bancroft and Pulitzer prizes for history. He is a professor of history at the University of California at Davis. American Colonies is the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States‚ edited by Eric Foner‚ award-winning author o f Reconstruction: America’s Unfinished Revolution and the DeWitt Clinton
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• Review Test Submission: Unit III Assessment" HY 1110-101-6‚ American History 1 {;l Unit III Page 1 of6 Review Test Submission: Unit III Assessment Review Test Submission: Unit III Assessment User Submitted 10/14/114:57 PM Status Completed Score 97 out of 100 points Instructions 1. You may open this assessment multiple times but you may only submit it once. 2. You may print the assessment and prepare your answers offline. Alternatively‚ you may enter
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polygamy‚ “wet heads”‚ Pueblo Revolt‚ Pope‚ Uprising of 1680 2. New France: Fur Traders and Missionaries Jacques Cartier‚ Samuel de Champlain‚ Quebec‚ indentured servitude‚ fur trade‚ Robert de La Salle‚ Louisiana‚ Five Nations of the Iroquois‚ Jesuits‚ “Black Robes”‚ Covenant Chain 3. New Netherland: Commerce Henry Hudson‚ Fort Orange‚ Northwest Passage‚
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and traveled south through what is now Canada.| ____ 3. Why did the Paleo-Indians spread out and proliferate with astonishing speed? a.|because of their ability to defeat rival Indian tribes| b.|because of assistance from the League of the Iroquois| c.|because of a high birth rate and the lack of effective birth control| d.|because of the onset of a new Ice Age| e.|because of the bountiful and accommodating environment| ____ 4. According to one theory‚ the arrival of the first Americans
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It was once stated that‚ "With the dawn of the 16th century‚ there came together in Europe both the motivation and the means to explore and colonize territory across the seas." This means that‚ once hearing the word of new land across the Atlantic‚ European countries were in competition among each other in claiming the land. This holds true in countries such as England‚ France‚ Portugal‚ and Spain. They all used religion‚ trade‚ and technology to help with the exploration and colonization of parts
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Representative Democracy In participative democracy it brings the means of the citizens are also participating in the democratic action as well by selecting the representatives for them to help voice out their demands. This sentence explained the fact that participative democracy gives power to their citizens as well to help lead the country. For example is like what we have here in Malaysia‚ our citizens have the power to choose who their leaders will be. Every single state and region is set up
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Champlain and the Quebec colony had shaped a very sociable relationship with the Native Americans. They were very pleasant to each other and they were calm both economically and culturally. The French helped the Native Americans in fighting off the Iroquois even though they were under threat themselves from them. The French had a very mutually beneficial relationship with Native Americans and it worked out well for
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