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| What is the main purpose of the Anthology |
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| to Provide a servicable Sampler between the roots of history and the rendering of what the people actually thought |
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| was a german cartographer who coined the word America in 1507 to honor florence born-explorer Amerigo Vespussci(who claimed to beat Columbus to North America but lied) |
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| Largest U.S. Land Aquisition |
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| mexican war(1846-1848)-expanded its boundaries to including everything north of the rio grande to the pacific. Shrank mexico down to one third of what it was |
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| America studies as interdisciplinary |
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| The best interprestation of culture is the one that makes the best sense of America Interdisciplinary Americanist scour the discipline, not so much reduce the number of their options as to increase the chances that they know a good one "take their blinders off and explore different aspect of history through different means" |
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| culture is a pattern-a regularity of sorts-in the lives of a group of people, it is far from uniform. Groups conform to it or fight it, flee from it or improvise on it everyday. |
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Native American Account of the American
"how america was discovered" |
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| The native americans where strong with a 6 nation force until the American revolution when europeans got the upper hand. Native americans thought that the ship was an island that the white person through the doors was a god who promised them riches only to give them corruption and death. man in the palace was the devil. |
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| American and Exceptionalism |
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| People believed that there society was special. Europeans think america is awesome. and believed that the indians were the old countryman who never turned civilized but stayed savarge. Shakespear wrote about the europeans taking over. |
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A model of christian charity
What does it mean "america as a city upon ahill"
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Engel V. Vitale
"The establishment Clause" of the First Amendment |
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| it means in 1791 there was a creation of seperation of church in state get rid of reliougous govnerment after the revolutionary war "gov cant put there stamp of approval on any religion. religion is far to personal to make it law. |
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Letter III from an American Farmer 1782
Ubi Panis Ibi Patris (latin for whereever one gets bread, that is his home) |
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Letter III from an American Farmer 1782
Idea of America as a "melting Pot" |
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Paddy lament (1865)
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The Spirit of Capitalism
"the Protestant Puritan Ethic" |
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The Spirit of Capitalism
Benjamin Franklin as an exemplary Capitalist. |
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On Being an American
Boobus Americanus |
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Declaration of Independence
Political Philosophy behind the declaration |
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| the political philosophy was |
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Declaration of Independence
List of grievances against england |
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Declaration of sentiments (1848)
Seneca Falls Convention |
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Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
Lucretia Mott |
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Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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Declaration of Sentiments (1848)
Seperation of "spheres" for men and women |
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Independence day speech (1854)
Examples of "treatment of Indians by government" |
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