Sponge's AP US History Vol 2. Colonization [ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS]
- Sponge - AP United States History -
- Sep 26, 2015
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Why would each of the following be interested in a joint stock company?
The monarchy
The poor of London and other large cities in England
Puritans
Wealthy families in England
Possible Answers:
The Monarchy - Would like to see a joint stock company succeed, because their capital investment would then be lessened, because it would be shared.
The poor of London and other large cities in England - Would serve as the labor force in these ventures, and would be quick to volunteer, given their lack of jobs in England.
Puritans - Were concerned about a return to Catholicism in England, and would find new areas to settle very attractive.
Wealthy families in England - Might see a joint stock company as being useful in two ways: it could increase their wealth, and would enable more economic ties - and more power - for the merchant class with the monarchy.
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Answers to these questions may be found in the materials provided or from your prior knowledge and understanding of the period.
"We have seen Indians in immense numbers, and all those on this coast of the Pacific contrive to make a good subsistence on various seeds, and by fishing. The latter they carry on by means of rafts or canoes, made of tule (bullrush) with which they go a great way to sea. They are very civil. All the males, old and young, go naked; the women, however, and the female children, are decently covered from their breasts downward. We found on our journey, as well as in the place where we stopped, that they treated us with as much confidence and good-will as if they had known us all their lives. But when we offered them any of our victuals, they always refused them. All they cared for was cloth, and only for something of this sort would they exchange their fish or whatever else they had. During the whole march we found hares, rabbits, some deer, and a multitude of berendos (a kind of a wild goat)."
" From this port and intended Mission of San Diego, in North California, third July, 1769."
1. As seen in the passage, the California native
a. Developed extensive farming techniques of Maize
b. Moved frequently due to a lack of food sources
c. Lived easily off the bountiful resources that existed in their region (Correct Answer)
d. Had to rely on the missions to provide food for them in this barren region
Answers
The California Indians did not develop advanced farming techniques due to the food available to them through their environment.
As stated above, food was readily available to these groups making little need to be overly mobile.
The abundance of food in California provided the nutritional need of it inhabitance with little difficulty in acquiring it.
California missions were not dependant on the missions for food due to their environment.
2. Father Junipero Serra was instrumental in founding a string of missions up the coast of California to
a. Stop rival nations from encroaching on Spanish lands.
b. Christianize the native peoples of California (Correct Answer)
c. Develop fortifications to attack the powerful native tribes of the region
d. Provide a source of voluntary conversion for the native peoples in the region
Answers
The Spanish had little competition for the California coast at this time. They were far ahead of the other nations in their colonizations
As one of the motivating factors for Spanish Colonization, missionaries followed the conquistadors to these regions to expand the Catholic faith. (God, Gold, and Glory)
The mission were not developed to attack the local Native populations. The Spanish had few problems with the natives of California.
Conversion was not done on a voluntary basis. Natives were forced to accept and practice the Catholic religion in these areas of the missions influence.
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