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John Willcox APUSH 9/9/10 3) What changes were taking place in Western Europe that resulted in widespread interest in colonization?  The biggest change was that Europe started to believe in __Mercantilism.__ Mercantilism is the thought that the wealthiest country is as well the most powerful country. With this being said, Western Europe saw America as new hope. They saw Money in America. European countries could use America for power. If one country used America for the right reasons than they could become the power in Europe. The countries began to try to get as much as they could from America without losing things from there own countries. So some countries tried to begin to colonize in the new world or America. The first attempt failed, the Roanoke colony . After a few more failed attempts, James I gave London group a right in the south to colonize and Plymouth to __colonize__ in the North. These colonies ended up being successful and now gave England imports in America. With this being England became successful in it and now everyone became interested in it. Also It gave people from Europe a new chance to start a new life, a fresh start with freedom of religion. 4) What were the major motivations for those leaving Europe to settle in America and what different types of colonies were established? There would be so many benefits of coming to America. America like I said in #3 was a new start for these European people. People that would come over could leave there past in England. Someone who was poor in England could come to America and become rich and wealthy. Another motivation for the people to come over would be freedom of religion. Back in Europe people were pushed to believe in certain religions but when they came to America they could believe in anything they wanted. America also didn’t have as much bad disease as Europe has. I mean they would eventually bring it to America but in America there was more health because there was a much less chance of catching disease like smallpox and tuberculosis . People could go to America and look forward to good change in their lives.the different types of colonies were commercial, trade, (some more so apart of slave trade were used to try to convert natives to catholicism. Royal colonies under contorl of monoarchy in England. The First two colonies to be established were the London group in the south and monoarchy the Plymouth in the north. Other colonies such as the Roanoke colonies failed. By the time new colonies arrived they learned what to do because others had failed. 5) Describe the origins of the African slave trade in general and the origins of African slaves being brought to America in specific. The slave trade would begin far before the discovery of the new world. In the 18th century the African slave trade truthfully began. In West Africa, Africans began to trade other Africans as slaves to traders in the Mediterranean. They did this because wealthy families in Dutch needed servants in there home. In the 16th century small amounts of sugar cane were being grown. First in the Mediterranean, then Africa and then when that wasn’t working out, more sugar cane was grown in Brazil and the Caribbean. Growing sugar cane isn’t easy. It takes a lot of people. That was when the slaves come in. they went to Africa for help. African kingdoms began to fight one another for slaves so that they could trade them for very important European goods. At first almost of the slave traders were Portuguese and then in the 17th century the Dutch took over, followed by the English in the 18th century. In 1700 slave spread everywhere. It spread to English Colonies and America and soon after they’d control it. John Willcox 9/9/10 Howard Zinn on History From //A People’s History of the United States // by Howard Zinn : A. “I prefer to tell the story of the discovery of America from the viewpoint of the Arawaks, of the Constitution from the standpoint of the slaves, of Andrew Jackson as seen by the Cherokees, of the rise of industrialism as seen by the young women in the Lowell textile mills…This book will be skeptical of governments and their attempts…to ensnare ordinary people in a giant web of nationhood pretending to a common interest. The pretense is that there really is such a thing as “the United States,” subject to occasional conflicts and quarrels, but fundamentally a community of people with common interests. It is as if there really is a “national interest” represented in the Constitution, in territorial expansion, in the laws passed by Congress, the decisions of the courts, the development of capitalism, the culture of education and the mass media.” § 1. What are Howard Zinn’s main points in the passages above? Howard Zinn makes a few main points in the passage above. The first point that Howard makes is that the government traps people into society and pretend as if they care about them. Another point made in this passage is that we have people with common interests but there is no such thing as a national interest because the government doesn’t work together like we the people think.
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B. “I do remember a statement I once read: “The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don’t listen to it, you will never know what justice is.”” § 2. Why did Zinn include this quote in his book? This quote, supports the main idea of that the government traps people into a society that doesn’t work together and have “national interest”. This is so because he is saying that if you always ignore the poor than they will never get justice because the nation does not provide them with the opportunity to get there life back on track. Once they screw up, they’re done.

§ 3. Your thoughts on Zinn, history, and justice? I don’t like Zinn’s thoughts. I think that he is depicting America as a nation that picks on there weak and poor. He highlights bad things about America. What about the great things about America? He talks about how America has this awful past with slavery and pushing Indians west. If America did none of these things than we wouldn’t be where we are today. His view on Justice is crazy. America does listen to the poor always and always do there best to comply with their requests. America is the best country in the world and I’m proud to say I’m an American. AP US History Social Darwinism

Social Darwinism, term coined in the late 19th century to describe the idea that humans, like animals and plants, compete in a struggle for existence in which natural selection results in “survival of the fittest.” Social Darwinists base their beliefs on theories of evolution developed by British naturalist Charles Darwin. Some social Darwinists argue that governments should not interfere with human competition by attempting to regulate the economy or cure social ills such as poverty. Instead, they advocate a laissez-faire political and economic system that favors competition and self-interest in social and business affairs. Social Darwinists typically deny that they advocate a “law of the jungle.” But most propose arguments that justify imbalances of power between individuals, races, and nations because they consider some people more fit to survive than others. The term //social Darwinist// is applied loosely to anyone who sees human society primarily in terms of struggle, competition, or natural law. Many people believe that the concept of social Darwinism explains the philosophical rationalization behind racism, imperialism, and capitalism. The term has negative implications for most people because they consider it a rejection of compassion and social responsibility. Robert C. Bannister, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. - Social Darwinism," Microsoft® Encarta® Online Encyclopedia 2008 1) What is Social Darwinism? Social Darwinism is the thought that the world runs by the survival of the fittest. In other words, the strongest will stand out while the weak should be allowed to die because the world runs better when the strongest run it and the weak are picked out and allowed to die. 2) How can we apply social Darwinism to the arrival of Spanish Conquistadores in the New World? Social Darwinism applies greatly to the Spanish Conquistadors . The Spanish Conquistadors were more advanced than the Native people. Therefore they were stronger and the native people were weaker. It was just the survival of the fittest and the Native People were not fit. 3) Are you a social Darwinist? Why or why not? I am not a Social Darwinist. Although I agree with the first part, that the strongest will “flourish in society.” I cannot meet the terms of the second part “ the weak and unfit should be allowed to die. ” This is very unfair because although some are stronger than others, at the end of the day we are all human beings. For that we all deserve the rights of life. I am not a Social Darwinist. It is for the cruel people of the world.  =__CHAPTER 2.__= =http://johnnywilks.edu.glogster.com/glog-6795/ =
 * Social Darwinism ** is a belief which states that the strongest or fittest should survive and flourish in society, while the weak and unfit should be allowed to die. The theory was chiefly expounded by Herbert Spencer, whose ethical philosophies always held an elitist view and received a boost from the application of Darwinian ideas such as adaptation and natural selection . - From: library.thinkquest.org
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The Chesapeake Region. The Chesapeake Region was land surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay. the soil was very fertile, as a result of the bay. The gained this region through pushihe native people futher and further west. There for they were able to grow crash crops. One important Crop that was grown there was Tobacco. this crop was so important because it would make enough profit for the colonies in the Region to survive. It consisted of many differerent colonies such as royal colonies and other religous colonies like the Aristocrats and the Propietary people. Without the Region, I don't see the colonies surviving and paying off debts to England because Tobacco was there main resource. Chesapeake Bay and Land around it, an idea of where the first settlements were

Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson in some of personalities or beliefs of the Puritan religion. So she began to go against it. The first thing she did was challenege many members of the clergy. She didn't believe them to be right for Puritan society. She thought that they deserved no authority over society, basically not qualified to do so. As well. she began an advocate for woman rights. This got officials scared because people began to listen to her more and more. They tried to stop her but couldn't. So they pushed out of the religioun and said she wasn't fit. Eventually her followers died out and she moved to Rhode Island where she was killed by Indians. This was a strong advocate of religous rights and womans rights. It was a small outburst but it was a start.

Different Types of Colonies in America

1 .Royal- Colony ruled by king in which the people followed his rules and all money was the kings. If the land extended, it would be property of England 2.Propieatary- Colony in which king appointed great politicians and that politician was in charge of all there. He set the laws, rights, land disbute. 3.Chartered- colony that is started by a company and is free from the king rule 4.Self-Governing-colony in which elected a legislation to handle problems throughout colony.

AP US History Chapter 2 Questions

1) How were the Caribbean colonies significant in the British-American colonial system? The Caribbean Colonies were significant in the British-American colonial system because they had gained Caribbean techniques or models of the plantation systems. Also the Caribbean provided almost half the slaves. This is so because many slaves began going to the Caribbean. The slave trade went from Africa to the Caribbean and then to America usually. One big reason it was significant to the British-American Colonial system is that the cash crop; sugar was mainly grown there. Sugar is very valuable and in the Caribbean the sugar was amazing. This would end up being huge for America because so many things need sugar for taste, for example rum. There was a high demand of Rum in the colonies and Rum is expensive.

2) How did the Glorious Revolution impact the development of the British-American colonies?

The Glorious Revolution was basically when English overthrew the king (James II), and they replaced him with Mary and her husband. The Glorious Revolution impacted the British-American colonies in different ways. The first thing it changed was that Plymouth and Massachusetts became one to make a Royal Colony. The new charter changed a couple of rules in the colony. It renewed the General Court, but gave the king the right to appoint governor. Also a new voting technique for voting was established. No longer was it by church membership but landownership. Also Puritans would have to accept the Anglican religion. The Church of England was established in 1691 in Maryland; also Maryland became a proprietary colony again in 1715. The Colonies showed there first practice of working together and said that the English Government should Respect them and as they won there fight with English Government, they became one.

3) What were conditions like in Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony?

The conditions in the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony were full of hardships. The Puritans believed that material success was a sign from God's favor. There fore almost all Puritans were hard working and did what they needed to in order to fulfill god favor. They took a rough hit during the first winter. The people weren’t exactly prepared and it showed. In the first winter, 1/3 of the colonists died. However the people stayed strong and the colony was once again on the rise. Who ever believed followed was jailed. The Puritans also believed Theocratic Society, meaning there was both church and state ruling. however the state mostly ruled in this situation. They had a great relationship with the Indians.

4) How did the Navigation Acts and the Dominion of New England plant the earliest seeds of the American Revolution?

The Navigation Acts played a great role in the American Revolution. The navigation acts limited the use of shipping ports, and created new trading regulations for the colonies, only allowing them to trade with the British or through England. These regulations did not sit well with the colonists, and for this the economy was on the decline because they couldn’t freely trade trading. This was good for England’s economy. People began to smuggle goods because the acts weren’t fair. This you could say was the first step in the provoking of the American Revolution. Even know that England made laws, the people violated them with wreck less abandon. A pattern would begin of America disobeying them and parliament quickly fixing the problem. The Dominion of New England was instituted due to the fact that Massachusetts acted as if it was an independent nation because it was chartered. It was a company that didn’t have to answer to anyone. The dominion took away New Hampshire as part of their land, as well as revoking the MA corporate charter, making it a royal colony. These events deeply upset the Massachusetts Bay Company because they were used to running by them selves and now they needed to coexist with a new Colony.

Company faithful to know one in England || New England || (Potatoes) || Puritan || John Mason /ferdinado Gorges, governess || New England || Hartford || Agriculture (wheat, corn) || Puritan || Lived under Fundamental Orders of Connecticut || New England || (cattle, grain, rice, indigo, wheat) || Free Warship || Local governments that gave freedom to warship : Bad blood with near by Dutch || Mid-Atlantic || (corn, wheat, rice, Indigo) || English Catholics || Lord Baltimore
 * Colonies || When || Why || Founder || How || Key Economic || Religious || Political Factors || Region ||
 * Massachusetts || 1630 || Puritan merchants wanted to take advantage of America. || John Winthrop || Got a grant from New Hampshire and got charter from king to establish Mass Bay Company and a new colony || Agriculture (corn, livestock) || Puritan || John Winthrop as governor;
 * New Hampshire || 1638 || Religous Freedom || John Wheelwright || Received Grant from New England council || Agriculture
 * Connecticut || 1636 || Wanted to get away from Mass because they wanted religious freedom || Thomas Hooker || Hooker ignored Mass. Government and went south and establish
 * Rhode Island || 1636 || Williams disagreed with Puritan in N.H. and went south || Roger Williams || Roger Williams brought land From tribesman and opened up city of Providence || Agriculture (dairy, livestock) || Free warship || Government gave no support to church || New England ||
 * New York || 1674 || English didn’t like that Dutch had easy smuggling ground || James || English conquered Dutch Land because they saw it as an easy area for Dutch to smuggle and avoid English law, then James named it in New York || Agriculture
 * New Jersey || 1664 || James had extra land and saw it as a good port || Sir john Berkley, Sir George Carteret || James got a charter and appointed land to Sir John Berkley and Sir George Carteret. ||  || Religious diversity because Ethnicity was widespread. || Royal Colony; lived under English rule || Mid- Atlantic ||
 * Pennsylvania || 1682 || William Penn needed a land for Quakers || William Penn || William Penn received grant from Charles II. || Agriculture (wheat, corn, cattle, dairy) || Quakerism || William Penn had absolute rule || Mid-Atlantic ||
 * Maryland || 1633 || Lord Baltimore envisioned it as a beautiful colony and people followed him || Lord Baltimore || Cecilius, son of Lord Baltimore Received a charter as long as they stayed true and absolute lords/ proprietors || Agriculture
 * stayed true to proprietary’s and lords || South ||


 * Delaware || 1638 || England saw it as a good port || Lord Baltimore || Claimed by Lord Baltimore, then The duke owned it and he sold it to William Penn || Agriculture (fishing) || Quakerism ||  || Mid- Atlantic ||
 * Virginia || 1607 || English needed to take advantage of America. || John Smith || James I issued a charter because English simply needed to take advantage of America. || Plantation Agriculture (tobacco, wheat, corn) || Protestants || Bad governors’; mad people || South ||
 * North Carolina || 1653 || Initial plan the noblemen saw it as great profit for them. || Virginia Colonists || Charles the second granted land (Carolina) to 8 noblemen who allowed him to regain throne. Then Carolina split || Plantation Agriculture(indigo, rice, tobacco) || Protestants || Unstable; colonists controlled || South ||
 * South Carolina || 1663 || Initial plan the noblemen saw it as great profit for them. || English colonists || The Carolinas split. || Plantation Agriculture (indigo, rice, tobacco, cotton, cattle) || Protestant / English Church || Lived under Fundamental Constitution || South ||
 * Georgia || 1732 || James Oglethorpe thought South Carolina needed protection from Spain. || James Oglethorpe || King George II granted James land to James and his trustees || Agriculture (indigo, rice, sugar) || Anything but Roman Catholic || James Oglethorpe ruled/ leader || South ||

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 * In the 1600's slave trade began to increase in America. In 1670 slaves began to to be imported straight to America. Then in 1690 In South Carolina rice becomes essenntial to the economy. The demand of slaves became higher. In 1697 slaves began to increase as did the American people and demand for slaves.
 * The 1700"s were the start of the Great Awakening. Although Harvard was established in 1636, people began a movement of education. Yale was founded in 1701, Princeton college was founded in 1746, and Kings College in New York. As well Massachusetts law required public schools in all towns. Many foreigners began to immigrate to America such as Scottish, Irish, German and Swiss.
 * The population began to increase very gradually in America. One factor was that more woman came to America. Therefore the birth Rate continued to increase in America. The women to man ratio in America Began to balance out as time went on throughout America but especially in New England.
 * There was a rise of commerce in America. Through this many things grew such as trade, slaves, religious communities, and most importantly the growth of cities. One statistic that increased was the percent of the richest people to the poorest. The largest to areas in which this change would be unanimous is Philadelphia and Massachusetts.
 * Colonies began to branch off From England. The American colonies economy became strong. Agriculture was thriving in the south as trade and commerce was a big part of the North. As well Colonial governments became stable and set laws that people abided by. This scared the British so in 1763 they began to try to tighten there grasp on America.

=__Birth and Death Rates Factors__=
 * Medical Developments and availability
 * Need for work (Labor Force)
 * Expanision of population
 * Religious sacrifice or practice
 * Balanced sex ratio
 * Technological developments
 * Lack of nutrition
 * Use of birth control
 * Govermental policies on birth
 * Abortion
 * Murder or suicide
 * Economic factors
 * Disease
 * Heart Attakcs
 * smoking
 * =Government Policies - population laws, some countries many children while others allow only 1-2, health care polocies , people in some countries get more money for more children but it eventually balances out, entering people into war, controlling of the food supply, sin tax , alcohol, cigarettes.=

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AP US History Chapter 3 Questions 1) How did the plantation system emerge and what effects did it have?

The plantation system emerged in reaction to cash crops in the South. Plantations were huge farms that needed a large labor force to run. In order to run the plantations, white landowners looked to slaves. The plantations had many affects the first obviously was the rise of slavery in America. Without the slaves the plantations would fail and cash crops such as Indigo, Rice, and Tobacco could be grown in immense amounts. Another affect that plantations had was the Triangular trade. The triangular trade involved slaves coming to America for Cash Crops and other goods. Plantations brought about a sense of prejudice as well. African people were already an easy target for other countries to steal or trade for. Once the slaves got on the plantations some were treated terribly because they were looked at as uncivilized people that only value was to work on farms. Ultimately plantations played a huge role in slavery and racism.

2) Why were there a variety of religious sects in the colonies and what effect did the Great Awakening have?

There were many sects of religions in America. The first reason was that many immigrants came to America. One pull factor in America was the freedom of Worship. America became diverse once this happened. With diversity come different religions. There was great religious toleration in America. The colonists were very accepting of the other religions accept to Roman Catholics. They saw them as liabilities of pope. The Great Awakening changed the religious views on many of these sects. During the Great Awakening many people converted religions. As well it gave greater knowledge to the sects because it inspired small schools that taught about god. They were similar to CCD.

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__Summary:__ The French and Indian War took place from 1754-1763. The war was fought between the British and the French, as well different Indian tribes siding with both sides. The war started over land disputes in the North. France was trading and settling on England territory. British sent young George Washington to tell the French to move or else things would get ugly. The France ran Washington and the men along with him out of the fort. British declared war. After a long time of fighting and disputing British won the war and the Treaty of Paris was signed Granted all of Eastern America and Canada to British and All of western Settlements were given to Spain. As well the Proclamation 0f 1763 was signed that allowed No settlers to go past an invisible line across the Appalachian Mountains. Tensions began between Colonists and Americans began British made them house and take care of soldiers. This was the first real tensions between British and Colonies. Bristish had great war debts and to make up for them they began to highly tax the colonists. This was the second occurence of Tension.
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 * This is a map of the outcomes of Sevens Years' War and the French and Idian War in North America or the land ceded by France in the peace treaty of 1763.
 * The land east of the Mississippi and some land west of the Mississippi was ceded to the British as the land western North America was given to the Spanish.
 * France downgraded from ruling mostly all of Canada to just a small part of the carribean islands.
 * This map has the proclamation of 1763 which showed that foregien settelers could not come into the land because Britian had soul right to the land.
 * the France still had some fishing rights in what is now Maine.
 * Western part of the British lands were an Indian Reserve that was an early exampl of Americans pushing the native people out west.





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Chapter 4 Questions

1) What was the philosophy of revolt that emerged in the colonies? How much of the colonial uproar was economic and how much was political?

Many new tactics of revolt began in the Colonies. At first taxes such as the Navigation Acts and Stamp Acts only affected merchants and other important people. However as time went on Acts began to affect everyone such as the Townshend Acts and Tea Acts. Once this began the colonies united in a way and everyone began to contribute to the fight on laws and Acts. At first people threatened stamp agents and then during the Boston Massacre the people stoned the British Colonists and finally the people vandalized the ships in the Boston Tea Party. The people as well began to publish all British Grievances through the Committee of Correspondence. I think that the uproar was more so political than economic. The people had the ability to pay the taxes. It was more so the principal of the English Taxes. They didn’t like that they had no reason to be taxed because it was “taxation without Representation”. They were being taxed for the war debt and they were taking advantage of. In some areas jobs were scarce and money was tight, those would be the only places that I would say uproar was caused due to economic reasons.

2) Identify, explain and analyze the three most important events that led to strong colonial desires for revolution.

The first event that led to American want for revolution was the French and Indian war. During this event the British were having land disputes with France and to solve them they fought a war on colonial soil in which the people within the colonies were forced to fight In the war as well as house British soldiers that may have been injured during combat and they needed to give them whatever they pleased. This was agonizing for many farmers because they watched a lot of there supplies go away. British was in such great debt after the war that they began to tax the colonists to compensate the money that they owed to other countries. The French and Indian war was the first real frustration between British rule and the once proclaimed English men. The second event was the Boston massacre in the winter of 1770 men began to stone British troops and threaten them, as the crowd closed in british troops fired there weapons and killed 5 men. This event occurred because the colonists were upset by the Mutiny Act. The colonists hated the fact that the troops were there in the first place and hated even more that they had to take care of them. After the Boston massacre the troops got of any severe consequences for there actions. The third and final event or events that upset the colonists were the ridiculous acts and taxes. At first the acts just affected merchants and people in high rank. Then as the stamp act and Tea act came out everyone was affected. Soon people fought back and got some acts repealed. They fought back in violent and methotical ways. The colonies realized that if they were going go be free from all these taxes than they would have to fight a revolution.

3) From 1607 through 1774, to what extent was British rule of its American colonies mismanaged, corrupt, and counterproductive to the purposes of colonization?

The British rule was very corrupt, counterproductive, and mismanaged to the purposes of colonization. When British signed a charter to let Jamestown go through, they saw England as a very good chance of prosperity in England economy because now they would have trade on the Eastern seaboard as well. However this did not go according to plan. At first people came over to America for religious freedom and to start a whole new life. Once British began to tax these people they began upset and refused there goods and shut off all trade with British and that hurt English economy slot. A couple of examples are the French and Indian war because although British gained land they ticked of colonists and had a huge war debt that they had to pay off. Another example is the tea act of 1773 because British allowed east India company to just directly go to America l. This robbed trade merchants of a lot of Money. Americans retaliated buy running on to there ships and destroying there tea and soon events like this happened everywhere. Once again poorly managed because it wasted a lot of tea and upset colonists.

Declaration of Independence WORDLE !

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In this wordle it highlights the key words of the Declaration. The biggest word is government. Toward the end of colonial times people began to be sick of the English form of Government, Parliament. Therefore when they demanded for independence they stressed that there would be a new government that would protect life liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. Another word that jumps out is STATES. The drafting commitee wanted to show that they were no longer colonies but now they were states of America that would work together with the common goal of making America the best that it can be. A third word that pops out at me is People. The people will rule this Independent nation. There will be no king or monarchy. A small word in this wordle that catches my eye is equal. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are equal but contradicted that by not letting natives, woman, or African Americans play a big part in society.

__**Assumptions of Republicanism - p. 149**__

 * **all power went to the people**
 * **depended on good independent working people with equal rights then society would flourish**
 * **the ideal society would have many small landowners as opposed to some people having large ownerships that depended on others.**
 * **everyone would have a equal oppurtunity at life, land, pursiuit of happiness.**
 * **people earned sucess as opposed to it being handed to them.**
 * The Americans decided that the only poloitcal system that they would have would be Republicanism. They assumed that this would give everyone equal ownership and rights. They figured that if everyone had equal rights then society would work perfectly because no man could say well he can do this and I can't. These assumptions couldn't have been more wrong. What there describing is a utopian society in which everyone knows that there is no such thing. As well that didn't stay true in protecting life, land, and the pursuit of happiness because slaves, indians, and women had limited rights still. This connects to everyday because Americans all have unequal ownership. Some people own big houses and buisnesses while other people live off paycheck to paycheck in small apartments. They thought that just about everyone would middle class. everyone would have seperate conditions that they were born into. They would live in meritocracy- fortune based on actions, efforts, and talents, not name/ birthright.**

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AP US History Chapter 5 Questions

4) Describe the War Economy for the colonists.

==== The Economy experienced great change. Particularly the economy changed in terms of trade. America no longer had the strong British Navy to protect them in trade and American merchants could no longer trade with the empire. The biggest change was that America lost its greatest trading partner, England. The economy ended up growing stronger from war. American merchants began to open up a new source of trade with Asia. There was no more thrusthold on American trade. America received goods as Asian received manufactured goods. Trade within the states grew large. America began to manufacture more goods. They started manufacturing cloth called homespun and other fabrics. America realized that they would not always be able to depend on foreign powers. The war didn’t completely revolutionize American economy but it did alter it. ====

5) Describe the initial structure of American Republicanism, especially the setup of the national and state governments.
==== If there was one thing that all Americans agreed on, it was that Americas political system would be a Republic. They believed that America would run smoothly if everyone were an active citizen with equal ownership. The power would be in the hands of the people. The first thing that America did was the creating of state governments. Every state government would write constitutions by people that would come together for the sole purpose of drafting the constitutions. The constitution gave a lot of power to the executive branch. It made the governor tmost powerful person in the state. The next thing they formed was the Articles of Confederation. It gave little power to the national government. They could not tax people or even regulate trade. The national government would basically only deal with issuing money and foreign affairs. State governments would have all power, while national governments power would have about none. One thing that National Government interviened in were the Northwest Ordinance. They did so because it wasn't a. Therefore they would have to settle land disputes there but at the same time they made laws up there like no slavery and the need of public schools. Shay's rebellion was a cry out for the Constitution. The people would need to realize that they couldn't just rebel as if they were still fighting taxes. The people then realized that the states were united and for America to work there could be no rebellion. They realized as well that America wouldn't work under the weak Articles of Confederation because they did make everyone happy. ====

6) Should the war be called “the War for Independence” or “the American Revolution?” What is the difference, where do you stand, and why?
====There are great differences between the two titles. The Revolutionary war earned its name because it changed the world forever. There were new strategy of war and it gave birth to the greatest country in the world, America. The War for Independence basically means that America fought the British just to break free from England. I think that the War’s correct title is “The American Revolution.” This is the correct title because I mean it revolutionized war forever. Before this war People used to line up in fields and fight. In the revolutionary war the continental army spread out and won by using their wits. The war revolutionized the whole world as well. It added another world power. As well it went form England being one of the most powerful empires to the world to them just being another European country====

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