...time from the earliest settlements to America’s freedom from Great Britain, New Jersey does not seem to have an important role. However, this tiny but mighty state has played a very important role in America’s history. Starting from the earliest settlements, to the Revolutionary War, the writing of the U.S Constitution and early transportation inventions, New Jersey has a history rooted deep into the making and progression of this country. Countries that claimed new land separated the earliest colonies. The Dutch were particularly excited about their new land that ranged from Cape Cod, Massachusetts to the Delaware River. The Dutch called their new land “New Netherland” with their capital city New Amsterdam, which is now New York City. “Dutch merchants who financed this voyage were excited about the think beaver and sea otter skins the crew brought back. They knew that great wealth could be had by trading with the Indians for fur” (50). The Dutch West India Company knew this area would be a great trading spot, generating a lot of money and settlers. “New Amsterdam grew as a...
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...Thirteen Colonies Europeans immigrated to the New World seeking religious freedom and personal wealth. The reality that faced the first settlers was a lack of food, new diseases, and communities which punished those who didn’t follow the same religion. The colonists’ response to the challenges they faced relating to religion, climate, industry and trade formed each region’s unique identity. Even though the dominant religion in the thirteen colonies was Christian, toleration of other religions was different in the three regions. New England was settled by Puritan separatists, seeking freedom from persecution in Europe. Ironically, religious freedom did not exist in New England, except in the dissident colony of Rhode Island. In the New England...
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...the colonists became more independent from other nations. People had different jobs that varied along the coast. The landmass was divided into 13 colonies that each had separate functions. The New England colonies mainly fished and cut down trees. The Middle Colonies were more suitable for farming and reaped profits from grains and shipbuilding . The Southern Colonies grew cash crops such as tobacco, indigo, and rice. In addition to difference of economy, the colonies were settled by different people, thus leading to a variety of governments and society. All the colonies have very diverse lifestyles but they still have the basic english culture running through all of them. Although, they may be leaded by the king or by an individual they still have the basic jobs of farming or housework and still they retain the same social order. Government differed among the colonies, and these governments were divided into three...
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...Settling the Northern Colonies (1619-1700) First Paragraph Although Northern and Southern settlers were bound by a common mother nation, they were drastically different in economy, politics, morals, and motives. The Protestant Reformation Produces Puritanism Martin Luther created doctrines for Protestantism and changed the religious world as we know it He ignited a fire of religious reform (the “Protestant Reformation”) that licked its way across Europe for more than a century, dividing peoples, toppling sovereigns, and kindling the spiritual fervor of millions of men and women Some of whom migrated to America John Calvin, inspired by Luther, created Calvinism and influenced many future American settlers Predestination, the “elect,” and the...
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...As the United States was being formed and further devolped, masses of land started becoming civiizations. Lands had their certain purpose and drew people to live their for what the civilization believed in. There were three colony groups formed in the United States which made up the thirteen colonies. These colonies are the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies. The colonies have all helped establish the United States even though they have some similarities and differences. The New England Colonies were the first colonies established. They consited of: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Rhode Island and Connecticut. The Middle Colonies were the most diverse of the three colonial regions. This region consisted of four colonies:...
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...century persecuted the puritans, and so the puritans began to look for a new place to practice their faith. One puritan group, called Separatist, because they thought the Church of England was so incapable of being reformed that they had to abandon it, left England around this time. First they went to the Netherlands, but ultimately decided to start fresh in the new world. In 1620 they set sail, but their ship, the mayflower, went off course and they landed in modern-day Massachusetts. Because winter was approaching, they deiced to settle where they had landed. This settlement was called Plymouth, while on boards...
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...and Southern Colonies of North America were politically, economically, and culturally very different from one another. The origin of these differences grew from the differences in religion, economics, and social structures between the Southern and Northern Colonies. Slavery, manufacturing, education, and agriculture influenced the everyday way of life for the colonists. Agriculture and environment were factors in the way each culture grew. The fertile land of the south along with a warmer climate made it possible for the colonists to grow cash crops such as tobacco, rice and indigo. However, this was not the case with the northern colonies. The poor soiled, rocky and, mountain area and long winters made it hard for the colonists to raise enough food to feed there families. This made it necessary for the northern colonists to look their natural resources as a way to make a living. These natural resources included fish, whales, trees, and furs. The southern colonists did not have to develop all their natural resources because the farmland proved to be very reliable and profitable for them. Trade and manufacturing were ways that the colonist got the English goods they needed. It was also a way that they earned money by selling the products that they had grown, made or acquired. Since farming was not as important in the northern colonies as it was in the southern ones, a greater focus was placed on developing industry to strengthen the economy. The northern colonies manufactured...
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...9. 1677: Indians sign treaty allowing whites to settle on land 10. Significance of Bacon’s Rebellion: part of defining boundaries between Indian/Colonial land in Virginia, example of how whites reluctant to follow early agreements w natives, example of how Indians didn’t want to let whites settle, competition between eastern/western landowners, possibility of instability in colony 11. Bacon supporters during rebellion: mostly former indentured servants, no property, unemployed, eager for land, large, unstable 12. Result of Bacon’s Rebellion: Virginians recognize interest in avoiding social unrest from below→ turned to slave trade V. The Growth of New England A. Religious Repression: England- Puritan Separatists imprisoned/killed for defying...
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...empire. In addition, the West Country men hoped to resolve England’s economic problems by exporting beggars to the colony of Virginia. These beggars would work in Virginia by exporting goods back to England in hopes to mend the economic woes back home. Where did they settle? The Spanish settled in present-day Florida, Texas, New Mexico, California, Mexico, Peru, and the islands of the Caribbean. The specific settlements are the following: Hispaniola, Mexico City, St. Augustine, New Mexico, and Santa Fe. The French stationed themselves along the Mississippi and St....
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...Early European Exploration 1. Spain (new Spain) Reasons for exploration o God, Gold and Glory Area claimed o South and Central America without Brazil. Florida and New Mexico in North America Importance of Hernando de Soto, Hernán Cortez, Christopher Columbus o Columbus began first permanent contact between Europeans and the Americas o Hernando De Soto discovered the Mississippi o Francisco Cortes explored the SW (Grand Canyon), brought horses to Native Americans, 2. French (new French) Reasons for exploration o Fishing and Fur Trade Area claimed o All along the Saint Lawrence River and later the Mississippi River to Louisiana Importance of Verazzano, Cartier, Champlain, de la Salle. o Verazzano was first to discover New York and claim it for France; has a bridge named after himself o Jacques Cartier sailed up the Saint Lawrence River and founded Montreal (but was considered a failure by the French) o Samual de Champlain founded Quebec City and is known as the father of New France o de la Salle sailed down the Mississippi, founded Memphis and claimed Louisiana (named after Louis XIV) for France 3. English Reasons for exploration o Mercantilism – more land and raw resources for land-starved English, along with the creation of new markets for goods Lost colony of Roanoke (story) o (2nd voyage to Roanoke 1st hitched a ride back with Sir Francis Drake) Sailed to Roanoke and ran out of supplies. John White then sailed back to England for supplies...
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...the food supply allowed workers to specialize in new areas of village life (priesthood, craftsmanship, etc.) The Anasazi and Hohokam settled the arid Southwest with horticulture by developing complex irrigation canals without beasts of burden, metal tools, or other developments. This method of maize farming later spread easily into other parts of North America, particularly along the Mississippi, whose watersheds would cancel out the necessity for irrigation canals. Horticulture never spread to the tribes of the Great Basin and Plains, who instead adopted the bow and arrow...
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...would be the following: the bill of rights being ratified, the fugitive slave act, the cotton gin, Tennessee, John Adams, George Washington, Gabriel's Rebellion, Ohio, the Louisiana Purchase, the Embargo act, the International slave trade, James Madison, the Battle of New Orleans, Reverend Allen, Missouri compromise, Demark Vesey's Conspiracy, Africans losing their boats, Monroe Doctrine, Nat Turner's revolt, The Alamo, Gag rule, Trail of tears, Harriet Tubman, California. All of these are some major events that caused the civil war itself. All of these events had also contributed to the rise of the English colony and the break off point from the mainland in Europe. All of the events/ people mention previously are going to be used to tell how the American civil war started and how each led to a chain reaction of other events that occurred. These events will each tell a story of its own and slowly build up to the civil war itself. Other events along the way will show up as a result of an event occurring. Both the north and the South had different events which lead up to the civil war but we will mostly focus on the more major events that took place. The Rise of the English Colony was different than the other European Nations. The first major event that occurred that broke the English from the European nation would be that the U.S. ratified the Bill of Rights. On September 25, 1789, the congress transmitted to the state Legislatures twelve approved...
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...The Formation of a National Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 CHAPTER 5 Westward Expansion and Regional Differences . . . . . . . 110 CHAPTER 6 Sectional Conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 CHAPTER 7 The Civil War and Reconstruction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 CHAPTER 8 Growth and Transformation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 CHAPTER 9 Discontent and Reform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 CHAPTER 10 War, Prosperity, and Depression . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 CHAPTER 11 The New Deal and World War I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 CHAPTER 12 Postwar America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256 CHAPTER 13 Decades of Change: 1960-1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 CHAPTER 14 The New Conservatism and a New World Order . . . . . . 304 CHAPTER 15 Bridge to the 21st Century . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320 PICTURE PROFILES Becoming a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Transforming a Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89 Monuments and Memorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 Turmoil and Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 21st Century Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 293 Bibliography . . . . . . . ....
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...[pic] FIRST ARMY EQUAL OPPORTUNITY REPRESENTATIVE COURSE STUDENT GUIDE TO CULTURAL AWARENESS INDEX LESSON TITLE PAGE 1 Philosophical Aspects of Culture SG- 3 C1 Native American Experience SG- 4 C2 White American Experience SG- 23 C3 Arab American Experience SG- 43 C4 Hispanic American Experience SG- 53 C5 Black American Experience SG- 76 C6 Asian American Experience SG-109 C7 Jewish American Experience SG-126 C8 Women in the Military SG-150 C9 Extremist Organizations/Gangs SG-167 STUDENTS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BEING FAMILIARIZED WITH ALL CLASS MATERIAL PRIOR TO CLASS. INFORMATION PAPER ON THE PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS OF CULTURAL DIFFERENCE Developed by Edwin J. Nichols, Ph.D. |Ethnic Groups/ |Axiology |Epistemology |Logic |Process | |World Views | | | | | |European |Member-Object |Cognitive |Dichotomous |Technology | |Euro-American |The highest value lies in the object |One knows through counting |Either/Or...
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...New York City The first native New Yorkers were the Lenape, an Algonquin people who hunted, fished and farmed in the area between the Delaware and Hudson rivers. Europeans began to explore the region at the beginning of the 16th century--among the first was Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian who sailed up and down the Atlantic coast in search of a route to Asia--but none settled there until 1624. That year, the Dutch West India Company sent some 30 families to live and work in a tiny settlement on “Nutten Island” (today’s Governors Island) that they called New Amsterdam. In 1626, the settlement’s governor general, Peter Minuit, purchased the much larger Manhattan Island from the natives for 60 guilders in trade goods such as tools, farming equipment, cloth and wampum (shell beads). Fewer than 300 people lived in New Amsterdam when the settlement moved to Manhattan. But it grew quickly, and in 1760 the city (now called New York City; population 18,000) surpassed Boston to become the second-largest city in the American colonies. Fifty years later, with a population 202,589, it became the largest city in the Western hemisphere. Today, more than 8 million people live in the city’s five boroughs. New York City in the 18th Century In 1664, the British seized New Amsterdam from the Dutch and gave it a new name: New York City. For the next century, the population of New York City grew larger and more diverse: It included immigrants from the Netherlands, England, France and Germany;...
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