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Final Review PPT part 1

Final Review PPT part 1. Study and good Luck. Primary Sources. Primary sources are the original sources of information recorded at the time an event occurred. First-hand accounts of events Data collected for scientific studies Historical documents . Primary Source Examples.

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Final Review PPT part 1

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  1. Final Review PPT part 1 Study and good Luck

  2. Primary Sources • Primary sources are the original sources of information recorded at the time an event occurred. • First-hand accounts of events • Data collected for scientific studies • Historical documents

  3. Primary Source Examples • Diaries • Poetry • Personal Interviews • Government Documents • Autobiographies • Peer-reviewed Journal Articles • Photographs • Artifacts/Ephemera Image taken from: http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DeclarInd.html

  4. Image taken from: http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/cychas.jpg Image taken from: http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/ppprs/00200/00200v.jpg • Examples of Primary Sources: • Baseball Cards • Photos • Editorial Cartoons Image taken from: http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/Frame.htm

  5. Secondary Sources • Secondary sources of information are derived from primary sources • Summaries of primary sources • Analyses or interpretations of primary sources

  6. Secondary Source Examples • Dictionaries • Encyclopedias • Articles that review other sources • Textbooks • Biographies

  7. Image taken from http://sundown.afro.illinois.edu/liesmyteachertoldme.php • Examples of Secondary Sources: • Biographies • Textbooks • Encyclopedias • Historiographies Image taken from http://www.doriskearnsgoodwin.com/

  8. What are the 7 continents? Europe Asia North America Africa South America Australia Antartica

  9. Native American • Native people of the Americas. Includes all groups that were in the Americas prior to the arrival of European explorers.

  10. The Maya- one native American group • Located on the Yucatan Peninsula in modern Mexico. • 300-900 AD. • Pyramids, temples, palaces. • Written language (hieroglyphics). • Two calendars. • 8th cent. Collapse of Teotihacan, cities abandoned.

  11. Geography

  12. Calendars

  13. Did you know?

  14. The Aztec-one native American group • Central Mexico. • 12th cent. to 16th cent. • Pyramids, palaces. • Public buildings. • Roads. • Military, religious, founded Tenochtitlan in 1325. Tlaloc- Aztec God of Rain & Fertility.

  15. Geography

  16. Beringia: the “Land Bridge” between Asia and America

  17. BERINGIA • Beringia is the term used to describe the area between Siberia (in Asia) and Alaska (in North America). • The Bering Strait (water) lies between Siberia and Alaska today.

  18. Ethnicity • One’s cultural group and ancestral heritage.

  19. Motives for Exploration God -Spread of Catholicism -Ferdinand & Isabella of Spain Glory Ego leads to… Nationalism . Gold Bouillon and silver were the basis of Mercantilism

  20. The Columbian Exchange • Of all these, disease had the most negative affect on native Americans

  21. Reasons for Spanish • Victories • Remember Guns, Germs, and Steel!!!!!!!!!!!!! • The Aztec and Incas were easily defeated by the Spanish because they did not have guns, swords, cannons and armor. (technology)

  22. New Era Begins:African Slave Trade 1500’s-1600’s • Slaves had been in every major society in world history • Plantations: large estates run by an owner or an owner’s overseer • Servants could also be purchased for wealthy European families • African tribes did the dirty work • Brought captives to trade as slaves to Europeans • In return, they receive textiles, metal work, rum, tobacco, weapons, and gunpowder

  23. Europe Manufactured goods, rum, guns, textiles… Africa Slaves The Americas sugar, cotton, …. Triangular Trade Route became known as the “Middle Passage”

  24. Rulers of European nations seek ways to gain wealth. • European nations look for a Northwest Passage. • Columbus reaches the Americas • Incredible Wealth • • Spain builds an empire in the Americas • • English, French, and Dutch set up colonies in North America • • Millions of Native Americans die from “European-diseases • • Slave traders bring Africans to the Americas • • Columbian Exchange • Loss of traditional religions. • The United States is a multicultural society • American foods, such as corn and potatoes spread and are important to people’s diets around the world Causes Exploration of the Americas Effects Effects Today Effects of European Exploration in America Chapter 3, Section 3

  25. Originally there was Plymouth, this colony later merged with M.B.C. to become Massachusetts (Pilgrims and Puritans lived together) Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630)-John Winthrop led the Puritans to Boston to establish a Christian community. (They were still part of the Church of England, unlike the Pilgrims.) They set up a basic representative govt. but didn’t accept other religions. Export: lumber, ships, fish, whale oil. Disagreements about religion led to the founding of other New England colonies How did the New England Colonies form?

  26. The First colony that makes it: The Jamestown Settlement (1607)

  27. Jamestown was settled inside of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia near present day Williamsburg, Virginia.

  28. OBSTACLES NATIVE AMERICANS – Violence came when the English settled the good land What challenges did the colonists face? WEATHER – Harsh winters forced colonists to feed from animals they didn’t want to lose

  29. OBSTACLES DISEASE – Malnourishment, new climate (swamp) and close quarters increased sickness GOVERNMENT – Early lack of leadership allowed settlers to search for gold instead of growing crops

  30. What helped Jamestown SURVIVE? NATIVE AMERICANS: The Powhatan Tribe helped them gain the food they needed to survive. THE COLONY’S STRUCTURE: fort-like to keep Native Americans out.

  31. Starving Time • - This period of obstacles, high death rate, and struggles that Jamestown faces in its early years is called The Starving Time.

  32. What helped Jamestown survive? TOBACCO: John Rolfe learned to grow a less bitter kind, giving them a profitable crop. It was sold back in England.

  33. FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR France and Native Americans vs Britain and the colonists

  34. Control of the Americas

  35. WHY THEY FOUGHT? 1) Fertile Soil in the Ohio Valley led settlers to begin moving into this area. Native Americans felt that their land was being threatened. 2

  36. 4 Important Acts of the British on the Colonists that led to rebellion.

  37. The Sugar Act • Sugar Act – Import tax on molasses (& other products) • It actually lowered the Molasses Act tax so it was intended to stop the smuggling (Navigation Acts) 1764 King George

  38. The Quartering Act • This act was an indirect tax for the colonists. Under the law, the colonists had to give quarters (a home), food, and transportation to the British soldiers. 

  39. The Stamp Act • Colonists had to buy special stamps and place them on newspapers, wills, licenses, insurance policies, land titles, contracts, & other documents. November 1 ,1765 (takes effect)

  40. The Boston Massacre What was the cause of the Boston Massacre? Colonists rioting because of taxes. On March 5, 1770, a crowd of rowdy Bostonians gathered around a small group of British soldiers guarding the Boston Customs House. The soldiers were being harassed by the colonists. Colonists were throwing rocks and snowballs at the soldiers. The frightened soldiers fired into the crowd. Their shots hit and killed a number of civilians .

  41. 5 colonists were killed • 6 colonists were wounded • Crispus Attucks, a free African American sailor was the first to die at the massacre.

  42. The Boston Massacre • Paul Revere created an engraving that was used as propaganda • to influence colonists against the British. • Propaganda is an item used to influence opinion

  43. Tea Act • British East India Tea Company could sell tea in America without paying tax on it (cheapest tea in town) • This put many other tea sellers out of business, especially the smugglers The Tea Act was the only piece of the Townshend Acts not to be repealed. They called it by a new name so the colonists would not get mad. But many of the colonists were still upset because it meant that only British tea could be sold in the colonies. This led to the Boston Tea Party.

  44. The Declaration of Independence In June of 1776, the Committee of Five (Members from The Second Continental Congress) decided to draft The Declaration of Independence. They assigned Thomas Jefferson to write the first draft. John Adams- Mass Benjamin Franklin-Penn Thomas Jefferson-Virginia Robert Livingston-N.Y. Roger Sherman-Conn. * The "Committee of Five"

  45. The Declaration of Independence Four Parts of the Declaration • 1) Preamble (Introduction) This justified the rebellion

  46. The Declaration of Independence 2) Rights (this lists what We Want): Which are the natural rights: life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

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