Grand alliance - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Treaty of Tordesillas -->Moved the "line of demarcation" further west. Ignored by most other European nations. Vasco Nunez de Balboa -->crossed the isthmus of Panama - First European to see the Pacific Ocean Juan Ponce de Leon -->explored Florida in search of gold and the fountain of youth. Claimed Florida for Spain New Spain -->autocratic empire to benefit the parent country. utilized slavery and imported african slaves John Cabot -->Italian explorer for England - searche...

GVPT 200 Midterm 1 Latest 2023 Graded A State A territory that has some sort of central government. States are sovereign, meaning the central government can do/ make laws as they please in the boundaries of those states. Ex: United States, India, Pakistan. Nation A group of people that share some sort of common history, ethnicity; Ex. United States, India, Germany; lots of people from different backgrounds. Nation-State The idea that a group of people who have a common identity, or share a sen...

What was William and Mary forced to sign? - correct answer The English Bill of Rights Who was Louis XIV's grandson? - correct answer Philip of Anjou What is the name for Russian nobles? - correct answer boyars Who was the Archbishop of Canterbury that issued the Court of High Commissions? - correct answer William Laud What are the three Hapsburg territories? - correct answer Bohemia, Austria, Hungary What phrase best exemplifies Louis XIV's government? - correct answer L'etat...

Treaty of Tordesillas -->Moved the "line of demarcation" further west. Ignored by most other European nations. Vasco Nunez de Balboa -->crossed the isthmus of Panama - First European to see the Pacific Ocean Juan Ponce de Leon -->explored Florida in search of gold and the fountain of youth. Claimed Florida for Spain New Spain -->autocratic empire to benefit the parent country. utilized slavery and imported african slaves John Cabot -->Italian explorer for England - searche...

Treaty of Tordesillas -->Moved the "line of demarcation" further west. Ignored by most other European nations. Vasco Nunez de Balboa -->crossed the isthmus of Panama - First European to see the Pacific Ocean Juan Ponce de Leon -->explored Florida in search of gold and the fountain of youth. Claimed Florida for Spain New Spain -->autocratic empire to benefit the parent country. utilized slavery and imported african slaves John Cabot -->Italian explorer for England - searche...

Post war economic issues G.I.s finding jobs and housing, fears of economic problems, but war had increased income, everyone had savings accounts & war bonds 1946 Congressional Elections "Had enough?" Repubs win House and Senate. Robert Taft leads Repubs. Taft-Hartley Act to check union power. outlaws closed shop, lets states pass right-to-work (no union requirement), outlaws other unions joining boycotts, president has power to invoke 80 day cool-off period before strikes. ...

Political Science Midterm Questions and Answers Graded A Declaration of Independence the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain Auxillary Precaution According to Madison, a system in which the different elements of government competed against one another, each preventing the other from becoming too powerful, was the best system to prevent the rise of a tyrannical government that would abu...

Amsco APUSH Chapter 25 Already Graded A Good Neighbor policy FDR's foreign policy of promoting better relations w/Latin America by using economic influence rater than military force in the region Pan-American conferences US pledged in Uruguay 1933 to -never again intervene w/ internal Latin American affairs In Buenas Aires 1936: warned if Germany started shit then the hemisphere WOULD come together + combat it Soviet Union recognized 1933 , increased trade + boosted economy Independence for ...

HIEU 2031- Final questions and answers 100% correct Pausanias A Spartan commander of the Hellenic League after the Persian War around 470's BC. He showed Spartan favoritism and treated other allies poorly and acted like a Persian. As a result, the Greeks approached the Athenians to assume leadership of the naval force. This was the beginning of tensions b/t Athenians and Spartans that led to the Peloponnesian War. Eurymedon River located in Southern Asia Minor. It is the place where C...

MTTC history Question with complete solution 2023What took place between the 1760s and 1783? michigan American Revolution Modernization, including the rapid advance of the railroad and electrification of America, took place during this era, lasting from the 1870s to 1900: The Gilded Age The half-century stand-off between the U.S. and the Soviet Union is called the ____. Cold War What was fought between the anti-slavery North and the pro-slavery South? American Civil War ...