Thursday, September 27, 2007

Other social points.

Region- Area of land that has a common terrain, temperature, amount of percipitation, type of vegetation, and abundance of natural resources.

Terrain- Size and natural features of a piece of land.

6 geopraphical Factors of Industrialization-
1- Terrain
2- Temperature
3- Precipitation
4- Vegetation
5- Abundance of natural resources
6- Proximity to Coastlines

Primary Industries- The extraction of natural resources from the environment.

Secondary Industries- Manufacturing resources into finished usable goods.

Tertiary Industries- Sales and service Industry.

The Vikings were the first people to land in the Americas.

Chartered Companies- Companies that have a written agreement with the government of their country that provides the company with the special rights and priveledges.

Quakers- Didn't want colonization of Britain.

Mercantilism- System of political economy that involves having more exports tan imports. This system promotes colonization.

Boston Tea Party- Got blamed on the Natives

The American Revolution involved the Mahawk Natives.

Cottage Industries- Small enterprises located in a persons home or office rather than a factory.

Frontier- The farthest part of a settled country where the wilds begin.

Reservations- Tracts of land that are set apart, usually by treaty, for use by native people who are qualified by law to live there.

Annexation- When land is taken and declared to be part of a greater land mass, often without the original owners permission.

The Louisiana purchase was in 1804 it cost about 15 million dollars to buy.

Manifest Destiny- The belief that Americans were destined by god to expand it's territories from the Atlantic to the Pacific. This was often used to justfy American encroachment upon Native ad Mexican territories.

Alamo- 187 people killed 1000 trained Mexican soldiers.

The California Gold Rush- was in SanFrancisco, in 1849.

3 changes of the Industrial revolution were:
-Trade
-Agriculture
-Transportation

Abraham Lincoln Outlawed Slavery this was also known as the emancipation proclamation

The emancipation proclamation made the southerners angry because slaves were mandatory for them and their buiseness'. This caused war.

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