HIST 2055 Chapter : EXAM 1
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First day questions: where is america, the east, where colonies were began, mason dixon line: English men before the revolution who surveyed the boundaries between. Global perspective: what are we trying to explain, how things have become the way they are today, evidence, race, class, idea systems that govern our lives, popular culture, what to know & what to understand. The old worlds: native america, africa, and europe in the 16th. Beginnings: the perils of starting somewhere, what we"re concerned with: mindsets, expectations, technology, biggest problem between indigenous people and europeans is no common use of terms/communication, but more importantly different underlying values (gender, trade, etc. ) Why europeans come to the new world: europe wants cheaper goods: Christ when they see christians venting their rage against them with so many massacres, so much bloodshed without any just cause. Columbian exchange: columbian exchange- term historians use to describe the circulation of goods, animals,
