HIST 2055 : Test 1
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** study session- monday aug 27 allen hall room 39 6:30 pm . wed aug 26. Memory, fragmentary as it is becomes malleable through the force of a political or cultural ideology (what shapes your perspective on the world) Why does the public need to encounter history as a parade of larger than life heroes: maybe because it feels better than historical reality. European explorers wrote home of the gentles and docility of the indigenous people of the north american continent. He demanded tribute in gold from them, to be taken back to spain. He rationalized that slavery was essential, in his words, to the welfare of the colony. Columbian exchange: old world to new, horse, cow, sheep, chicken, pig, wheat, rice, lettuce, smallpox, new world to old, beans corn, tomato, avocado, sweet potato, squash, peanut, pineapple, syphilis. The french in norht america: samuel de champlain sent by corwn to establish fur.
