APUSH Summer Assignment Chapter 1 1. Mayans Same Aztecs Yucatan Peninsula | Irrigation | Central Mexico | Tikal | Temples | Tenochitlan | Approx. 300AD-800AD | Hieroglyphics writing style | Approx. 1325AD | 20‚000 | Hierarchy | 200‚000 people | Mainly farmers | The use of religious rituals | Human sacrifice | Large religious centers | Declined due to drought around 800 BCE | Used Trade routes | 2. Tribe | Political Structure | Economy | Location |
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As the English civil wars commenced‚ the Great Migration and harsh persecution between Catholic and Puritan powers made religious concerns the primary cause of settling the British colonies; after the intensity of the British economic problems died down‚ the settling of the British colonies for economic concerns further died down; as a result‚ the statement that economic concerns had more to do with the settling of British North America than did religious concerns is somewhat invalid. As the civil
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Slavery was a very big problem in British’s North American Colonies‚ during the period of 1607 to 1776‚ but it also grew dramatically in this time period. The thought of not having slaves was very out of the ordinary. Slavery became an economic miracle for the plantations and cash crops of North America after settlers began to come to America and start to use and obtain slaves. Slavery grew a huge amount from its origin and development in the colonies of North American. The Slaves became very anxious
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APUSH REVIEW This is intended to be a guide for your exam review. A candidate needs to get about 60% of the 80 multiple choice questions correct to have a good chance to pass the AP Exam (plus 5/6 on each of the three essays). The questions are designed to test your understanding of different aspects of U.S. history: political/diplomatic‚ social/economic‚ cultural/ intellectual. It is not EASY! Prepare Well! Exploration‚ Discovery‚ and Settlement -Europe in the Sixteenth Century -Significant
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Cited: Borio‚ Gene. "A Brief History of Jamestown‚ Virginia." Tobacco.org. http:// www.tobacco.org/History/Jamestown.html (accessed January 19‚ 2012). Marco Polo‚ Voyages and Travels of Marco Polo (New York: The F.M. Lupton Publishing Company‚ [n.d.]) Schur‚ Joan B. "Eli Whitney ’s Patent for the
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1619 was a critical year in development. The House of Burgesses was created‚ but more importantly‚ the first slaves were brought into the colony of Jamestown‚ Virginia. Between the years of 1607-1770‚ slavery became a staple of the Southern American economy. Slaves were a chief source of labor making the treatment of the slaves and their role in American society change significantly. The reasons for the rise of their importance reflected in the economic‚ geographic‚ and political factors of the
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Vladir Diaz Thirteen Colonies The thirteen colonies in the United States are‚ Massachusetts‚ New Hampshire‚ Connecticut‚ New York‚ New Jersey‚ Pennsylvania‚ Delaware‚ Maryland‚ Virginia‚ North Carolina‚ South Carolina and Georgia. Each one of them has their own story characteristics that I’ll be listing them in the following paragraphs. Massachusetts was founded on 1630 by John Winthrop and others. Their major industry consists of fishing‚ corn‚ livestock‚ lumbering‚ shipbuilding and their
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In the period between the settlement of the English in 1607 at Jamestown‚ Virginia and the end of the French and Indian war in 1763‚ a nation was being set up on this continent to take its place with the powers of the world. A variety of races and nationalities of emigrants came from Europe. The English were the first‚ next were the ScotchIrish and the Germans. Also came the Swedes‚ Dutch‚ Welsh‚ Jews‚ French‚ and Irish. Lots of Africans were brought to do slave work too. All of these people came
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Luther/95 theses 1521- Cortez conquered the Aztecs 1533- Pizarro toppled the Inca 1571 - Battle of Lepanto‚ (naval defeat of Ottomans) 1588 - defeat of the Spanish Armada by the British 1600 - Battle of Sekigahara - beginning of Tokugawa 1607 - foundation of Jamestown 1618-1648 - 30 years war 1683- unsuccessful Ottoman siege of Vienna 1689 - Glorious Revolution/English Bill of Rights 1750-1900 Industrial Revolution 1756-1763 -7 years war/French and Indian War 1776 - American Revolution/Smith writes
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The American government was not always what it is today. Our first form of government was set up by Great Britain when they colonized the North American continent‚ and it was heavily based off of the English government. However‚ the colonists were displeased with the treatment they received from Britain so they started a revolution to gain independence. The colonists succeeded‚ and they formed their own democratic government. Over time‚ that government gradually evolved into the government it is
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