Chief Powhatan fathered one among Virginia’s additional far-famed historical figures‚ Pocahontas. The primary permanent English settlement in America‚ at Jamestown in 1607‚ set the stage for the taming of the geographic area. Virginia contend a central role throughout the War of American Independence‚ from Apostle Henry’s fiery orator "Give Pine Tree State liberty or provide Pine Tree State death"‚ to the ultimate
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As many as 75 million indigenous people lived in the Americas right before European contact. This was about the same as the population of Europe at that time. The majority of these peoples are thought to have come over via the Bering Strait region from 100‚000 to 14‚000 years ago during the periods when Ice Ages caused land bridges to form between Siberia and Alaska. Other possible origins include Polynesia and South Africa. Theorists such as Thomas Jefferson believed they originated here in America
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USA AND COMMONWELTH 1. Discovery and settlement In the Last Ice Age the level of the sea water lowed‚ and people from Central Asia crossed the Bering Strait from Siberia to Alaska. Five hundred years ago Indians in North America lived in scattered villages. Indians joined to protect themselves to common enemies. They founded the Iroquois leage and the Algonquin leage‚ later known as the Leage of the five Nations. They made only the simplest tools. There were no cities ando no white men. White
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CHAPTER 1: THREE OLD WORLDS CREATE A NEW‚ 1492-1600 GUIDED READING QUESTIONS 57 terms Introduction Know: Old World‚ New World Are the terms old world and new world biased? Old World : Europeans fleeing poverty & religious persecution. New World: North America 1. What conditions existed in what is today the United States that made it "fertile ground" for a great nation? Abundant natural resources Prior inhabitance & cultivation of the land by the Native Americans The Shaping
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Robert D. Geise‚ M. Ed Adjunct Professor of American History Park College OUTLINE NOTES: Themes‚ keys‚ historical figures‚ major dates and events to know for your introductory college course. From Pre-Columbian America to the post-Civil War Reconstruction era. Study Keys will help guide you through lectures‚ your textbook‚ tests‚ and papers in introductory American History I courses. Robert D. Geise Adjunct Professor of American History Park College American History To 1877 BARRON’S
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James I of England issued a charter which authorized overlapping grants of land in the New World to two separate joint-stock companies‚ the Virginia Company of Plymouth and the Virginia Company of London. This simple act of authorizing colonization led to the establishment of thirteen English colonies‚ with the first settlement called Jamestown‚ located in Virginia. While slowly attaining an identity that was distinctly American‚ these colonies developed into three easily identifiable regions in the
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Chapter 2 Exam Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. How did Columbus react to the natives when he reached the Western Hemisphere? [A] He thought they were gullible fools. [B] He thought they were descendants of earlier Viking explorers. [C] He thought they could be Christianized and become good servants. [D] He thought they were descendants of the lost tribe of Israel. [E] all of these 2. In general‚ European society in the sixteenth century
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Luther. After posting his 95 Theses on October 31st‚ 1517‚ a spiral of events followed. One may even argue his public publishing of arguments led to the settling of America: while most seeking the New World at Jamestown did so in a financial gamble for economic gain‚ most landing in Plymouth immigrated for religious liberation from the chains of the Catholic Church. (source) While Luther intended for reformation of the Catholic church‚ complete split from the community was never intended. His frustration
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Associate Level Material Appendix A Clash of Cultures Complete the grid by describing the characteristics listed in the left-side column for the five groups named. | |Native Americans |Northern Colonists |Mid-Atlantic Colonists |Southern Colonists |West Africans | |Political Structure|These societies continued to exist|Many of these were settled by | The Mid-Atlantic colonies had
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Terms for Chapter 2 Sea Dogs-roving English ships that plundered Spanish treasure ships (1560s) St. Augustine–fort Spain created in Florida 1565 to protect the route of its treasure fleet against English ships‚ French settlers‚ hostile Indians (1st permanent Euro. settlement in US) Comprehensive Orders for New Discoveries-new policy Spanish leaders introduced after military setbacks to pacify Indians by Christianizing missionaries not conquistadores (1573) Ecomenderos-privelaged spanish landowners
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