Chapter 3 : The British Atlantic World

THE SHAPE OF EARLY AMERICA A. Early American Settlers • Came from the British Isles • Puritans who settled in Massachusetts • Wealthy Royalist cavaliers and their indentured servants migrated to Virginia • Quakers migrated to the Delaware Valley colonies of West Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware B. British folkways brought to the New World • People in the South prefer fried foods- same as southern and western England • People in the hollows of Appalachia who manufactured “moonshine” are…

Chapter 3: Conventional Wisdom Freakonomics was one of the best novels that I have ever read! I am truly amazed at how Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner compared their study and research to the economy that we live in today. Out of all of the chapters in Freakonomics, Chapter 3: Conventional Wisdom, is the one that stood out the most. This particular topic relates to the world in many different ways. Conventional wisdom is often wrong. Conventional wisdom can be described as the ideas or beliefs…

The Atlantic world is a modern concept that describes the interaction between four continents Europe, North America, South America and Africa via the Atlantic Ocean. Geographically Portugal is the closet European country to Africa and they are a maritime state meaning that they spend most of their time on the sea so it is no surprise that they were the first ones to reach the West African coast. John Thornton backs up this point by writing in his book Africa and Africans in the making of the Atlantic…

Introduction Beginning in the 15th century, European explorers crossed the Atlantic Ocean and conquered almost all of the New World. Mexico, the Caribbean islands, and South America all became part of a vast area of European colonies known as Latin America. The British, French, Dutch, and Portuguese all had territory in this region, but the most notable conquistadors were the Spanish. New Spain included most of the Caribbean islands, Mexico, almost all of Central America, and the entire western coast…

Chapter 3 Student: ___________________________________________________________________________ 1. According to the opening case McDonalds was able to succeed in India because of: A. India 's love of beef. B. India 's love of pork. C. relationship networks. D. customers wanted the "American" experience. E. collective help 2. _______ is an understanding of how cultural differences across and within nations can affect the way in which business is practiced. A. Cross-cultural literacy B. Cultural…

APUSH Summer Assignment Part 1 - Chapter Work: Chapter 1: Worlds Collide Summaries: The Eastern woodland peoples varied in the fact that the women of these tribes, including the Five Nations of the Iroquois, were farmers or practiced horticulture, the cultivation of fruits and vegetables, which produced a matrilineal system where farms were passed down from mother to daughter. The European Renaissance was a period where merchants from republic city-states, where citizens were allowed to vote,…

where visions of another world; and they believed that their leaders and hero’s went their after death. While this Theory has a ring of truth to it, the jump to believing there another world because of a dream seems drastic. This theory was later expanded. Another theory of the origin of religion is the nature worship theory. The theory of nature worship is that the primitive people saw the beautiful world around them and decided to make it their own. To make their world personalized they named…

In John K. Thornton’s book, A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250 – 1820, Thornton describes the exploration of the western world by powerful European nations. Early on in the text Thornton details the ways early European merchants and explorers discovered the routes across the Atlantic to what would eventually become the Americas. He then lays out the formation and expansion of the slave trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. Throughout all of this Thornton very effectively communicates…

Guided Reading Questions: Chapters 3 and 4 These questions are meant to serve as guide to help you pick out the most important information. Answer these questions to the best of your ability. Bulleted lists are acceptable as long as they consist of more than a few words. These concepts should be well thought out. Chapter 3 “Introduction” “Global Competition and the Expansion of England’s Empire” “Origins of American Slavery” “Colonies in Crisis”- Choose only one sub-topic “The Growth of…

the principle that there is ____ relationship between the price of a good and the quantity buyers are willing to purchase in a defined time period, ceteris paribus. a.a directb.noc.an inversed.independent ANS C PTS 1 DIF E TOP Law of demand TYP RE 3. The law of demand refers to the a.inverse relationship between the price of a good and the willingness of consumers to buy it.b.price increase that results from an increase in demand for a good of limited supply.c.inverse relationship between the price…