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Colonial Period () - ANSWER when several european countries attempted to settle and colonize americas to expand their territories *many native americans killed or displaced by disease and territorial expansion *main focus of colonial period: 13 english colonies on each coast; reason of coloni...

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Colonial Period (1607-1763) - ANSWER when several european countries attempted to settle and
colonize americas to expand their territories



*many native americans killed or displaced by disease and territorial expansion



*main focus of colonial period: 13 english colonies on each coast; reason of colonization is bc it is a
response to England's policy of mercantilism and colonists' desire to be free from religious persecution



*mercantilism: requires colonies to provide raw materials to england to continue to grow and support
the mother country while limiting trade with other nations.



describe and list 13 colonies - ANSWER * group of english colonies that were overly similar in their
political and religious beliefs



New england colonies:

*new hampshire, massachusetts, rhode island, connecticut



Chesapeake Bay colonies:

*virginia, maryland



Middle colonies:

*new york, Pennsylvania, new jersey, deleware



southern colonies:

*north carolina, south carolina, georgia

, urbanization - ANSWER An increase in the percentage and in the number of people living in urban
settlements.



general economic, environmental and health effects of urbanization - ANSWER *economically: can
drastically raise expenses, frequently excluding local working class citizens



*environmentally: urban heat islands raise temperatures and lower reabsorption of CO2 emission and
soil moisture



*changes are projected to strain food resources, sanitation and health care systems in the near future



general positive and negative health effects on humans from urbanizations - ANSWER *mortality from
non communicable lifestyle-related diseases has increased through urbanization



*mixed: relieve some problems while exacerbating others



*high risk of being overweight



*low risk of being malnourished or undernourished



some census statistics on urban populations in Illinois that reflect: 1) the rates at which urbanization has
progressed by decade from 1870-2010 and 2) the eight cities in Illinois with the largest populations as of
2010 - ANSWER 1) in 1870=23.5%; in 1880=30.6%; in 1890=44.9%; 1900=54.3%; 1910=61.7%;
1920=67.9%; 1930=73.9% ;1940=73.6% ;1950=77.6% ; 1960=80.7%; 1970=83.2% ; 1980=83.3% ;
1990=86.4% ; 2000=87.8%; 2010= 88.5%



2) chicago, aurora, rockford, joliet, naperville, springfield, peoria, elgin



some facts about several natural distasters in Illinois during the 20th and 21st century and their effects -
ANSWER 1967: chicago blizzard hit northeast illinois and northwest indiana with record 23 inches of
snow(history's worst blizzard)

, 1995: chicago's heat wave with record temperature in july up to 106ºF



April&May 2011:Mississippi River floods caused by record rainfall were the biggest and most destructive
on that river in 100 years affecting illinois and 6 other states



several years when earthquakes occurred in illinois. report some major snow, ice, rainstorms and floods
affecting illinois during the 20th and 21st century and some of their significant impacts on human life -
ANSWER years with earthquakes: 1838, 1891, 1909, 1917, 1968, 1972, 1987, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2013



*chicago blizzard of january 13-14, 1979 set a new chiucago one day snow record(16.5 inches)



*mississippi river flooding: affected towns of Valmeyer and Fults near Columbia, IL where levees broke



*1957: hurricane audrey caused record rainfall, flooding and ten deaths in Paris, IL



the French and Indian War - ANSWER *a war over territory between the English colonies and the French
colonies



*rising competition between the English and French empires brought more British military support into
the colonies, which created a stronger feeling of unity between the colonies and England than ever
before



*Treaty of Paris: 1763, brought an end to the war, as France relinquished some of its Eastern territory to
England



*aftermath of war: tensions rose between the colonies and England became of unequal investment in
the war



Intolerable Acts (Coercive Acts) - ANSWER 1774

*Names given by colonists to the Quebec Act (1774) and to a series of acts by the British in response to
the Boston Tea Party

, *Closed the Port of Boston to all trade until citizens paid for the lost tea

*Increased the power of Massachusetts' Royal governor at the expense of the legislature

*Allowed Royal officials accused of crimes in Massachusetts to be tried elsewhere



events leading up to the American Revolution - ANSWER * Sons of Liberty

* Boston Massacre (1770)

* Committees of Correspondence

* The Boston Tea Party (1773)

* First Continental Congress (1774)

* Shot Heard Around the World (1775)



Sons of Liberty - ANSWER protest group headed by Samuel Adams that incited the Revolution



boston massacre - ANSWER incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed 5 American
colonists



committees of correspondence - ANSWER Organizations in each of the American colonies created to
keep colonists abreast of developments with the British; served as powerful molders of public opinion
against the British



the boston tea party - ANSWER A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised
as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.



first continental congress - ANSWER September 1774, delegates from twelve colonies sent
representatives to Philadelphia to discuss a response to the Intolerable Acts



the shot heard round the world - ANSWER In April, 1775, English soldiers, on their way to confiscate
arms in Concord, passed through Lexington, Massachusetts and met the colonial militia called the
Minutemen. A fight ensued. In Concord, a larger group of Minutemen forced the British to retreat.

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