Fort Nassau became Fort Orange in 1624, competing with the French and English trade centers in Canada and the Great Lakes region until the end of the eighteenth century. Initially, the Dutch cultivated a positive relationship with the Mahicans and Mohawks, and the fur business thrived. The van Rensselaer family(Killiaen, the patriarch never visited his “bouwerie”), from Nijkerk in the Dutch Republic, established its fiefdom in 1632, amassing one million acres on both sides of the Hudson River. His
Samuel Adams, they staged demonstrations against the tea tax. The then Massachusetts governor declined to release three ships in the Boston harbor without paying taxes. On the 16th December 1773, about 150 men disguising themselves as members of the Mohawk stormed the three ships and together they destroyed all the 342 tea caskets and threw it in the sea; in return, Great Britain closed the Boston port until all the
Iroquoian-speaking Native Americans. The Algonquians, including the Mohegan, Lenni Lenape, and Wappinger tribes, lived chiefly in the Hudson valley and on Long Island. The Iroquois, living in the central and western parts of the state, included the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca tribes, who joined c.1570 to form the Iroquois Confederacy. French and Dutch Claims Europeans first approached New York from both the sea and from Canada. Giovanni da Verrazano, a Florentine in the service of France
Running head: COMMUNITY ANALYSIS Community Analysis of Census Tract 9506: Calhoun Falls, South Carolina Marilyn M. Cromer University of South Carolina TABLE OF CONTENTS Page EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ……………………………… 3 INTRODUCTION ………………………………………. 4 OBSERVATION ………………………………………… 5-10 HISTORY ………………………………………………... 10-12 POPULATION …………………………………………... 12-15 HOUSING ………………………………………………… 15-16 EMPLOYMENT AND IMCOME ……………………….. 17-20 EDUCATION ……………………………………………
Round 3 Review Terms Virginia colony (Jamestown)- 1607 * Disease ridden, swampy, contaminated water * Mostly young men in their 20s searching for gold all day * Starving Time (1609-1610)- Colonists die off due to lack of food and insufficient shelter * Captain John Smith, "Thou who shall not work shall not eat." * John Rolfe - Started to grow and sell American tobacco (sold well in England) * Virginia Company (London Company)- Joint stock company wanting more colonization
Causes of Domestic Terrorism John A Aiple Ashford University Survey of Homeland Security & Emergency Mgmt HSM 305 Blake Cheary March 30, 2013 Causes of Domestic Terrorism Throughout the history of the United States domestic terrorism has been a means for individuals or organizations to threaten or intimidate our government in order to achieve a political or social purpose. Understanding their structure and their operating procedures will give our counterterrorism system a better chance
AP United States History Vocabulary list: 1. second great awakening. men like finney running around preaching christianity. they are great orators and as a result, people feel like they are worth something. 2. communal experiments. numerous groups rose up in attempts to create a utopian society. although they all basically failed in one way or another, it increased Americans' confidence that they could change the world and make it a better place. Some communal experiments included the shakers
War of 1812 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the Anglo-American War of 1812 to 1815. For Napoleon's campaign, see French invasion of Russia. For Tchaikovsky's overture, see 1812 Overture. War of 1812 | The unfinished United States Capitol after the burning of Washington. Watercolor and ink depiction from 1814, restored. | Date | June 18, 1812 – February 18, 1815 | Location | Eastern and Central North America, Atlantic and Pacific | Result | Treaty of Ghent
Directions: Each of the questions or incomplete statements below is followed by five suggested answers or completions. Select the one that is best in each case and then fill in the corresponding oval on the answer sheet. Unit 1 – The Creation of American Society (1450 – 1763) Which of the following 'was true of a married woman in the colonial era? (A) She would be sentenced to debtors' prison for debts incurred by her husband.
THE GIANT AHAP REVIEW OUTLINE! Horace Greeley High School Europeans Colonize North America (1600 – 1640) *English Interest in Colonization* - By the sixteenth century, many countries, including Spain, France and the Netherlands, had established colonies in the New World. Until the foundation of Jamestown, however, the English didn’t have any successful permanent colonies in North America. - Prior to Jamestown, Sir Walter Raleigh of the Sea Dogs formed a joint stock company and received
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Acknowledgments Thank you to those who contributed to this book, whether they knew it or not: Kelly Bradtke, Andrew and Joanne Parish, Decima McAuley, Rebecca Schell, Melissa Stewart, Jasmine Pease, Cameron Pease, Brandon Pease, Bella Pease, Michael Pease, Adam Sellars, John MacIntosh, Norman Leonard, Ken Wright, Amanda Gore, Daniel Clarke, Dr. Janet Hall, Col and Jill Haste, Kirsty and Scott Gooderham, Phil Gray, Shirley Neale and Danny Redman, Des Wilmore, Bernie de Souza, Dr. James Moir, Helen