NORTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

A Trip through History

NORTH AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

EARLY MODERN TIME PERIOD; 1500-1765

POLITICS

Colonial•Territories controlled by Europeans

Conquest and Exploration• Britain and France claim North America

French and Indian War

ECONOMY

Exports/Trade•Triangle Trade- Europe, Africa, America

Global EconomySlaves- main source of labor Mercantilism Capitalism

Europe; Textiles

Africa; slaves

America; Tabacco/cott

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RELIGION

Monotheistic•Catholic•Protestant•Puritan

Natives- •Animistic •Polytheistic

CULTURE

Colonial; individual separate laws and cultures

Westernized•Enlightened thinking

Rapid Spread of European diseases

Decimation of native peoples

Large slave population

Piracy in the Caribbean (I laughed too hard at this, basically high on pain medication atm)

INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER CULTURES 1492 Columbus reaches the Caribbean Islands

French and Indian Wars

Slave trade with Africa

Goods made from American raw materials with Europe

Colombian Exchange

Introduction of large domestic animals

COMPARISONS Mr. Cullen I am on pain medication. What do you mean comparisons? With what? Other regions?

Like other regions, North America was a region being colonized by western European countries.

The French colonies were native friendly, while the British colonies were not.

CONTINUITIES

Staple crops were still produced• i.e. corn, potatoes

Trade with mother countries

CHANGES

North America started as bands of tribal people. Europeans came in and colonized, all while ridding North America of the indigenous people.

INDUSTRIAL AGE; 1765 - 1914

POLITICSAmerican Revolution- (1765- 1783)•U.S. formed•Constitution•Democracy

Imperialist Emancipation Proclamation Monroe Doctrine (1823)

ECONOMY

Emancipation ProclamationIndustrial BasedWorld Trade•Cotton/Tobacco

Exporting Goods• Coal/Iron

North American Free Trade Agreement

RELIGION

U.S.- monotheistic

•Christianity

Separation of

Church/State

Second Great

Awakening

Jesuits try to convert

natives

CULTURE

Industrial Revolution•Poor living space,•harsh work conditions,•overcrowded factories/cities

Feminists emerge but still very little Affectionate Nuclear family

INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER CULTURES

Age of Revolutions

Intervened in Mexican War of Independence

Louisiana Purchase from France

Spanish develop missions

COMPARISONS

As part of the Western world, North America also industrialized,

North America participated in world trade along with other regions.

Just as many other westernized areas were doing, slavery was abolished in most of North America.

CONTINUITIES

Agriculture

Immigration

Global trade/economy

CHANGES

Industrialization

•Urbanization

U.S. Civil War (slavery)

Exporting coal and iron

Families become

affectionate

MODERN TIME PERIOD; 1914-2014

POLITICS

Democracy

Imperialistic/Capitalistic

World Wars I and II

•Propoganda

Civil Rights Movement

ECONOMY

Great Depression North American Free Trade Agreement U.S. seen as economic powerhouse

RELIGION

Religious Freedom Large Christian populationPeople read and interpreted the bible for themselves Separation of church/state

CULTURE

Rise in: • birth rates, • vacationing,•Women’s right

Civil Right’s Movement

Feminism• Education, voting rights, etc.

Vacationing

Diverse Nationalities

Terrorism

INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER CULTURES North American Free Trade Agreement Extensive Chinese imports World Wars I and II Terrorism

COMPARISONS

North America is a region filled with freedoms such as religious, speech and press.

Like most of the world, North America went through the Great Depression.

Unlike Britain and the French, the U.S. was never a monarchy.

CONTINUITIES

Agriculture

Immigration

Industrialization

•Urbanization

Still mostly Christian, along

with religious freeeeedom

CHANGES

Imperialism Scientific ideas are more widely accepted•Darwinism

Feminists gain ground Civil Rights