thus Portugal was a great outlet for getting goods. The Portuguese traded horses‚ saddles‚ coth‚ wine‚ salt‚ lead in exchange for gold. They also started to trade goods for slaves and trade them throughout the European economy. Explorers like Amerigo Vespucci and Christopher Colombus lead conquest and exploration overseas to expand the European horizon and reclaim the title of most dominant continent in the
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-1America Government Midterm Review 1. Evolution Ÿ America gets name from Amerigo Vespucci Ÿ 1756: Britain and France at war over land (French/Indian) Ÿ Britain owned most of east America Ÿ Britain retreated in 1771 Ÿ First form of government: Articles of Confederation Ÿ Louisiana Purchase: 828‚000 square miles of land from France in 1803. French controlled from 1699 to 1762 when it became Spanish property. Napoleon Bonaparte revived aspirations to build an empire in North America
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Paleo-indians: These were the first Americans‚ nomadic hunters and gatherers‚ they dispersed throughout N and S America after crossing Beringia. By 11‚500 years ago‚ they were making stone tools. By 900 years ago‚ they began to cultivate crops. Some began to establish permanent settlements. They reached their peaks of success after they mastered agriculture. Mayans: The Maya established an empire about 2000 years ago in the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico. Their city‚ Teotihuacan housed 100‚000 people
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it happened. The teachings of protestant theologians such as Martin Luther and John Calvin permanently ruined Europe’s religious unity. Amerigo Vespucci: An Italian Explorer that discovered that the new world was in fact not Asia but an entirely different landmass under contract from Portugal. The name America is generally accredited to Amerigo Vespucci. Treaty of Tordesillas: A line drawn north to south 270 leagues west of Azones‚ which divided the world into ownership between Portugal and
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hostility between the new and the old world people. It also came with the Columbian exchange between the new and old world. Columbus discovers convinced other explorers of Portugal and Spain that these were new lands. Which brought over Amerigo Vespucci to explore and eventually naming the new continents after him “America”. (From Richard Bulliet et al.‚ The Earth and Its Peoples‚ v. 2‚ 5th edn (Wadsworth/Cengage‚ 2012)‚ pg. 364). In the Americas there were already people living there‚ like
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Sir Thomas More was born on February 7‚ 1478 on Milk Street in London. More was the son of Sir John More who was a successful lawyer who later became a judge. From 1490 to 1492 More served as the Archbishop of Canterbury‚ John Morton’s‚ household page. More received his education from Oxford beginning in 1492 where he became proficient in both Latin and Greek; however‚ he was forced by his father to withdraw to study legal matters. More was an English lawyer‚ social philosopher‚ author‚ statesman
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Is there anything you ever wanted but never could have? Do you have any dreams‚ any desires? Truth is‚ everyone wants something more. The real question is‚ are you willing to find it? Well the early explorers were willing to do anything. Columbus‚ Hudson‚ Cartier‚ and all the other great explorers wanted glory‚ land‚ religious freedom‚ gold‚ trade‚ or even new technology; and they went to find it. Little did they know they’d discover more than what they wanted. They discovered new types of people
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How do we undertake the study of the African experience? Abstract: In my research‚ to understand how we undertake the study of the African experience you have to start in the beginning of time which dates back hundreds of thousands years ago and go into one of the first civilizations known as ancient Egypt. Understanding where the people come from and where they are at today does not even cover a quarter of understanding the true African experience. To understand truly how to undertake the African
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language‚ dress‚ and skin color made them doubt that the Native Americans were even human. Stemming from this notion‚ the Europeans eventually began to consider the Natives as the "other" and felt that they were more civilized than the "others." Amerigo Vespucci wrote that the Native Americans were "worse than heathen; because we did not see that they offered any sacrifice‚ nor did they have a house of prayer." Consequently‚ these feelings of the Native Americans being regarded as "heathens" led to the
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Social 1. 1503 – The Encomienda was a system that allowed the Spanish to use forced labor. This allowed the Spain to grow rapidly and eventually led to the slave trade in America 2. Hidalgos were Spanish minor nobles who sought adventure and wealth in the New World. They allowed the Spanish settlements in America to grow and inspired others to travel to the New World 3. Peninsulares were Spanish born settlers living in the New World at the summit of the Colonial class system. They were favored by
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