AMH 2010 Study Guide - Final Guide: Columbian Exchange, Cash Crop, Usufruct
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Us history amh 2010 unit exam i study guide (chapter 1 through chapter 3: molds the way colonies settle, colonization borders, natural resources, Inconsistent because of slaves and natives: documents, laws, rights, possessions, voting, opportunity. Europeans saw land as something to be used; profit from it; individual ownership. Place of savagery and barbarism when not civilized. Inconsistent about applying freedom historically (slaves, women, jews, indians) What you feel that you have compared to what you had before. Ex: immigrants coming to america for freedom; dress how you like/drive a certain car; henry ford producing automobiles. How freedom has been balanced in us history. Process of interaction between native americans and colonists whose interaction that was not clear-cut. Process of american experience was a middle ground where compromise and negotiation of cultures mixed and interacted. This process of cultural interaction produced varied forms of: adaptation, acculturation, assimilation. End result: cultural interactions and clashes creates whole new culture.
