AMH 2010 Lecture Notes - Wampanoag People, Resistance 2, Ethnocentrism

• School: University of Florida
• Department: American Studies
• Course: AMH 2010
• Professor: Jeffrey Adler

Document Summary

4 main components: midterm (essay x2) 50 minutes, 4 page paper (20% of final grade, attendance, participation, and weekly assignments, final exam 40% of final grade (essay x3) 120 minutes. How did society function in the past prior to 1877: core of american society (i. e. values) was established by 1877. Functional definition of nature changed between centuries. Late 15th century europeans discover western hemisphere: columbus" started a new era of discovery. Persia, turkey, and china were way ahead in terms of everything than. Europe: europe seemed like it was on the verge of destruction. 4 key technological changes (second half of the 15th century): shipbuilding new kind of sail, calculating navigational abilities and tools better developed by early. 1490"s: printing press allowed for maps to be built, improvements in metallurgy. These innovations allowed for the age of discovery. Portuguese sailors sailed down the coast of africa in hopes to find india.