Apush Supplemental Reading Notes- Early Settlements by...

APUSH SUPPLEMENTAL READING NOTES Early Settlements by James Horn |Please answer each question thoroughly and completely. If you have treated this assignment lightly, you will | |be at a disadvantage in writing essays that call for â€Å"substantial and appropriate outside information.† Read Early Settlements | |(http://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/early-settlements/essays/early-settlements ) by James Horn and complete the prompts below. | |In two or three well thought out sentences, summarize the major point of this reading. (Please be thorough. This will be very important to| |you late in the year when reviewing for the AP test)†¦show more content†¦This style of writing is clearly significant in the document simply because it is an easy way to limit bias, and shorten the | |article, therefore making it more reader-friendly for some- if not most readers. | Continued on the next page |Different from the â€Å"what is the main point† question above, list several things that you learned from this reading, things that you did | |not know before doing this reading. | |Treaty of Utrecht (1713) gave Britain control of the areas of Hudson Bay, Acadia (Nova Scotia), and Newfoundland | |Spanish were involved in the French and Indian War | |The British 13 colonies grew in population (nearly 5 times size) over 60 years | |Surges into the backcountry (west of Appalachian) began so early (early 18th mainly) | |Black populations grew even more rapidly from about 20,000 in 1700 to 326,000 by 1760 | |Rice became the third great staple of Britain’s