PART I: 1492-1754 1) What was Columbus looking for? 2) Why was a passage to India important for European countries to find? 3) How did the crusades change European and how did it lead to the exploration of the "New World"? 4) How did tobacco change the course of America (particularly the Virginia colony)? 5) Discuss the rise of self-government in America (make sure you note the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut). 6) How did religion play an essential role in the shaping of the early colonies? 7) Discuss why early colonists came to America (the various reasons - begin to relate these to the American Dream and the American Character). 8) What was the Great Migration? 9) What was the renaissance and how does it fit with the exploration of the Americas? 10) Where the 1st Europeans to the Americas "Explorers" or "Invaders"? Please justify your answer. 11) How did the English distance the relationship between indentured whites and black slaves? Why did they fear a relationship between the two? 12) Please to list the six colonies and why they were formed (and by what settlers). 13) Know the following people: John Rolfe, John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, William Bradford, John Wheelright, Jacques Marquette, Samuel de Champlain, Francis Drake, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, Ferdinand Magellan, Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortes, Squanto, Samoset. 14) What is the difference between the Separatists and Puritians? 15) Discuss King Phillips War and how it changed America? 16) When did the 1st Africans come to the English colonies? Where? What was the purpose of importing them (be specific)? 17) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans or poor white immigrants? 18) Why were each of the 13 colonies established? 19) How did religious freedom, slavery, and self-government shape the first 13 colonies (be exact - this should be an paragraph for each). 20) How did the Massacre at Mystic change America? 21) What was King Philips War? Why did it start and what was the outcome of it? 22) What was Nat Bacon's rebellion really about? 23) Why did Philadelphia become an important city? PART II: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR * What are the reasons the war starts and spreads to become a world war? *What are the reasons the French lost? *How does the British turn the tide of the War? * What are the results of the war? * How did the war begin? *What was George Washington's role in the war and how did it prepare him for the Revolution? * Why were the following people important: Edward Braddock, Half-King, Marquis de Montcalm, James Wolfe, General Forbes, William Pitt. * Discuss the Native Indians role and importance in the war. What battles did they fight in? How did they change the power structure? What agenda did they have? * The French and Indian war begin over what area of land? * Why did the Native Americans take captives? Was this an effective practice? PART III: The Revolution 1) According to Paul Johnson what was the most deciding factor in the colonists victory over the British. 2) How did the colonists win the media war, the ideological battle and the emotional battle? 3) What important things did Patrick Henry do? 4) How was Thomas Jefferson a “mass of contradictions”. 5) What was Thomas Jefferson’s most important quality (according to Johnson). 6) What did Common Sense do? Who wrote it. 7) What was the 1st constitution? What powers did it give the government? 8) What was the paradox of the war (at least from Britain's point of view)? 9) What was Washington's main strength as a commander? Why did he win the war? 10) What were the four points of the Peace of Paris - as laid out by John Adams? 11) Why did slavery increase during the revolution? 12) Who were the big losers of the war (name three)? List what they lost and explain why they are the biggest losers. 13) What happened to the Loyalists in America after the war. 14) What were the most important battles of the war. Why do you think they are the most important? (Note battles is plural). 15) List at least five reasons why the Americans won. 16) List the importance of the following people in the cause of the Revolution. A) Thomas Paine B) Thomas Jefferson C) John Adams D) Samuel Adams E) John Hancock F) George Washington G) James Otis H) Benjamin Franklin I) Benedict Arnold (think beyond his treason) J) Patrick Henry K) Alexander Hamilton 17) Who was Molly Pitcher? 18) Why did the British strategy for the war make little sense? 19) How did the British fail to win the war in 1776? Who was the General in charge? 20) "America was already developing the notion that all were entitled to the best if they worked hard enough, that aiming high was not only morally acceptable but admirable." Discuss the importance of this statement. 21) Who were the two most important people involved with the push towards a new constitution? 22) Give examples of how the Articles of Confederation failed. 23) In your option why would some people prefer State rights over a strong Central government. What are the arguments for both sides? 24) What is a nomiocracy? How do you feel about this term connected with the U.S. government? 25) What were the three compromises on the Constitution? Which one of these seems the strangest to you? 26) What is the irony about the President vs. a King as example by Johnson? 27) Know the importance of Valley Forge. What happened there? What the troops had to overcome? Compare this with the British winter quarters. 28) What help did France, Spain, and the Netherlands offer the colonies? 29) What is important about Judith Sargeant Murray and Abigail Adams? 30) Discuss the war in the west. 31) Discuss the war in the south. 32) What is the importance of the following people: A) George Rogers Clark. B) John Paul Jones. C) Nathanael Greene. D) Comte de Rochambeau. E) Admiral Francois de Grasse. 33) What is important about Washington's farewell address? 34) Why did the natives give support to the British? 35) Why did the British think their military forces were superior to those of the Americans? 36) Why was fighting on their own land an advantage for the Americans? PART IV: The Constitution, Jefferson, War of 1812, Jackson 1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." 2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen? 3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises. Discuss these compromises. 4) What was the Virginia Plan? 5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what? 6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government. 7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them? 8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments. 9) Who could wrote in the first election (what parts of the population)? 10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac? 11) What did Jay's Treaty do? 12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down? 13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved? 14) Who was John Marshall? 15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.? 16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey? 17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end? 18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it suppose to do? 19) What did Tecumseh try and do? 20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe? 21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why? 22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans. 23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state? 24) What was the Missouri Compromise? 25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"? 26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson. 27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President? 28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people? 29) Name the 1st seven Presidents of the United States War of 1812 1) Importance of Fort McHenry. 2) Burning of D.C. by the British. 3) Battle of Plattsburg 4) Battle of New Orleans 5) Native Defeats: Tecumseh and the Creeks (Battle of Thames and Horseshoe Bend).
Monday, 29 April 2013
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PART I: 1492-1754 1) What was Columbus looking for? 2) Why was a passage to India important for European countries to find? 3) How did the crusades change European and how did it lead to the exploration of the "New World"? 4) How did tobacco change the course of America (particularly the Virginia colony)? 5) Discuss the rise of self-government in America (make sure you note the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut). 6) How did religion play an essential role in the shaping of the early colonies? 7) Discuss why early colonists came to America (the various reasons - begin to relate these to the American Dream and the American Character). 8) What was the Great Migration? 9) What was the renaissance and how does it fit with the exploration of the Americas? 10) Where the 1st Europeans to the Americas "Explorers" or "Invaders"? Please justify your answer. 11) How did the English distance the relationship between indentured whites and black slaves? Why did they fear a relationship between the two? 12) Please to list the six colonies and why they were formed (and by what settlers). 13) Know the following people: John Rolfe, John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, William Bradford, John Wheelright, Jacques Marquette, Samuel de Champlain, Francis Drake, John Cabot, Henry Hudson, Ferdinand Magellan, Francisco Pizarro, Hernan Cortes, Squanto, Samoset. 14) What is the difference between the Separatists and Puritians? 15) Discuss King Phillips War and how it changed America? 16) When did the 1st Africans come to the English colonies? Where? What was the purpose of importing them (be specific)? 17) According to Zinn why were Africans easier to force into labor than Native Americans or poor white immigrants? 18) Why were each of the 13 colonies established? 19) How did religious freedom, slavery, and self-government shape the first 13 colonies (be exact - this should be an paragraph for each). 20) How did the Massacre at Mystic change America? 21) What was King Philips War? Why did it start and what was the outcome of it? 22) What was Nat Bacon's rebellion really about? 23) Why did Philadelphia become an important city? PART II: FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR * What are the reasons the war starts and spreads to become a world war? *What are the reasons the French lost? *How does the British turn the tide of the War? * What are the results of the war? * How did the war begin? *What was George Washington's role in the war and how did it prepare him for the Revolution? * Why were the following people important: Edward Braddock, Half-King, Marquis de Montcalm, James Wolfe, General Forbes, William Pitt. * Discuss the Native Indians role and importance in the war. What battles did they fight in? How did they change the power structure? What agenda did they have? * The French and Indian war begin over what area of land? * Why did the Native Americans take captives? Was this an effective practice? PART III: The Revolution 1) According to Paul Johnson what was the most deciding factor in the colonists victory over the British. 2) How did the colonists win the media war, the ideological battle and the emotional battle? 3) What important things did Patrick Henry do? 4) How was Thomas Jefferson a “mass of contradictions”. 5) What was Thomas Jefferson’s most important quality (according to Johnson). 6) What did Common Sense do? Who wrote it. 7) What was the 1st constitution? What powers did it give the government? 8) What was the paradox of the war (at least from Britain's point of view)? 9) What was Washington's main strength as a commander? Why did he win the war? 10) What were the four points of the Peace of Paris - as laid out by John Adams? 11) Why did slavery increase during the revolution? 12) Who were the big losers of the war (name three)? List what they lost and explain why they are the biggest losers. 13) What happened to the Loyalists in America after the war. 14) What were the most important battles of the war. Why do you think they are the most important? (Note battles is plural). 15) List at least five reasons why the Americans won. 16) List the importance of the following people in the cause of the Revolution. A) Thomas Paine B) Thomas Jefferson C) John Adams D) Samuel Adams E) John Hancock F) George Washington G) James Otis H) Benjamin Franklin I) Benedict Arnold (think beyond his treason) J) Patrick Henry K) Alexander Hamilton 17) Who was Molly Pitcher? 18) Why did the British strategy for the war make little sense? 19) How did the British fail to win the war in 1776? Who was the General in charge? 20) "America was already developing the notion that all were entitled to the best if they worked hard enough, that aiming high was not only morally acceptable but admirable." Discuss the importance of this statement. 21) Who were the two most important people involved with the push towards a new constitution? 22) Give examples of how the Articles of Confederation failed. 23) In your option why would some people prefer State rights over a strong Central government. What are the arguments for both sides? 24) What is a nomiocracy? How do you feel about this term connected with the U.S. government? 25) What were the three compromises on the Constitution? Which one of these seems the strangest to you? 26) What is the irony about the President vs. a King as example by Johnson? 27) Know the importance of Valley Forge. What happened there? What the troops had to overcome? Compare this with the British winter quarters. 28) What help did France, Spain, and the Netherlands offer the colonies? 29) What is important about Judith Sargeant Murray and Abigail Adams? 30) Discuss the war in the west. 31) Discuss the war in the south. 32) What is the importance of the following people: A) George Rogers Clark. B) John Paul Jones. C) Nathanael Greene. D) Comte de Rochambeau. E) Admiral Francois de Grasse. 33) What is important about Washington's farewell address? 34) Why did the natives give support to the British? 35) Why did the British think their military forces were superior to those of the Americans? 36) Why was fighting on their own land an advantage for the Americans? PART IV: The Constitution, Jefferson, War of 1812, Jackson 1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants." 2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen? 3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises. Discuss these compromises. 4) What was the Virginia Plan? 5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what? 6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government. 7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them? 8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments. 9) Who could wrote in the first election (what parts of the population)? 10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac? 11) What did Jay's Treaty do? 12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down? 13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved? 14) Who was John Marshall? 15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.? 16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey? 17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end? 18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it suppose to do? 19) What did Tecumseh try and do? 20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe? 21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why? 22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans. 23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state? 24) What was the Missouri Compromise? 25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"? 26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson. 27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President? 28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people? 29) Name the 1st seven Presidents of the United States War of 1812 1) Importance of Fort McHenry. 2) Burning of D.C. by the British. 3) Battle of Plattsburg 4) Battle of New Orleans 5) Native Defeats: Tecumseh and the Creeks (Battle of Thames and Horseshoe Bend).
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