The American Pageant Chapter 13

1) What were the characteristics of the "new democracy?" Where was it popular?
2) Why did the growth in the new democracy take place in 1820s?
3) Why did many Americans develop a hatred of the bank?
4) How did the Missouri Compromise lead many Southerners into politics?
5) What is a national nominating convention?
6) Why did the election of 1824 go to the House?  What was the outcome of the vote?
7) How could Jackson's election in 1828 be considered a revolution?
8) Why did the nullification crisis of 1832 erupt?
9) What region had the most support for the Tariff of 1833?
10) What was Jackson's response to South Carolina's nullification of the tariff?
11) What were the results of the nullification crisis?
12) How and why did Jackson weaken the bank after the 1832 election?
13) Why did Jackson remove Native Americans from their lands in the 1830s?
14) Why did Americans move into Texas?
15) What was the reason for the Texan Revolution?  What was the involvement of America in the fighting?
16) Why did Jackson and Van Buren hesitate to recognize Texas?
17) Why did the Whigs nominate Harrison in 1840?
18) What was the major issue in the election of 1840?

Things to Know for FINAL

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?

13) Know the following people: John Rolfe, John Smith, John Winthrop, Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, William Bradford, John Wheelright, Squanto, Samoset.
14) What is the difference between the Separatists and Puritians?

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?

22) What was Nat Bacon's rebellion really about?


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

5) What was Thomas Jefferson’s most important quality.
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) Battles: Saratoga, Trenton, Yorkstown, Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord, Germantown, Brandywine.
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
18) Why does Burgoyne fail at Saratoga?
19) How did the British fail to win the war in 1776? Who was the General in charge?

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.

25) What were the three compromises on the Constitution? Which one of these seems the strangest to you?

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?

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
Study Guide - Battles People.

More "Don't Know Much About History"

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?

The Constitution

Don't Know Much About History: study questions

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?

The Constitution

Chapter 9: Study Questions

1) What were some of the successes of the Revolution’s emphasis on equality?  Failures?

2) What happened to slavery in most Northern states following the conclusion of the war?

3) What was the role of women following the Revolution?

4) Why did the founding fathers avoid the slavery issue?

5) What were some of the reasons the American Revolution was able to avoid the violence associated with the French Revolution?

6) What were some of the strengths of the nation as it became independent?

7) What was the compromise that needed to be reached for the Articles of Confederation to be ratified?

8) What were the strengths and weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

9) What was the Northwest Ordinance?

10) What was Shay’s Rebellion?  Why was it important?

11) Who were the leading men of the Constitutional Convention?  What was the occupation and social status of these men?

12) Why was the Constitution Convention originally called?

13) What was the Great Compromise?

14) How did the founders decide the president would be elected?  Why?

15) How did the founders deal with the slavery question?

16) What is the only branch of government directly elected by the people?

17) Why did many oppose the Constitution as it was originally written?

18) What were the Federalist Papers?  Purpose? Authors? 

19) Who were the men who opposed the Federalists?  Why?   

Revolutionary War REVIEW

THINGS TO KNOW:


People:

Henry Clinton
William Howe
Daniel Morgan
Horatio Gates
Benedict Arnold
George Washington
Johnny Burgoyne
Sam Adams
John Adams
John Hancock
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
Alexander Hamilton

Battles:
Lexington and Concord
Ticonderoga
Bunker Hill
Quebec
Valcour Island
Saratoga
Trenton
Brandywine and Germantown
Monmouth
Yorktown

Chapter 8:

1) What actions did the Second Continental Congress take in 1775?
2) What traits did Washing display as commander of the Revolutionary Army?
3) What was important about the colonial invasion of Canada in 1775?
4) When did England consider America to be in rebellion?
5) Why did the colonists delay declaring independence until July, 1776?
6) What were the three parts of the Declaration of Independence (read it from the back of your book)?
7) Who proposed the idea of independence to the Continental Congress?
8) What were the major points of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense?
9) What is a republic?
10) What percentage of Americans supported the revolution?
11) What were the characteristics of those who continued to support Britain?
12) What was the British military strategy early in the war?
13) What battle convinced the French that the Americans could win the war?
14) What was the impact of French assistance during the Revolutionary War?
15) Why did Native Americans generally support the British?
16) What battle effectively ended the war? How long did fighting continue after the battle?
17) What were the results of the Treaty of Paris?
18) Why were the British so generous in their peace terms with the Americans?
19) What happened to the Loyalists following the Revolution?


1763 - The Proclamation Act of 1763
1764- Sugar Act
1765 - Stamp Act
1767 - Townshend Act
1770 - Boston Massacre
1773 - Tea Act
1773- Boston Tea Pary
1774 - Intolerable Acts

1st and 2nd Continental Congress (what each congress did)

1) What rebel leaders does Paul Revere ride at midnight to warn?
2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?
4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution?
5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
6) Why was James Otis important?
7) What was Samuel Adams known for?
8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.
9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?
10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.

Chapter 7

1) When do many argue that the American Revolution began?
2) What were the factors that separated the colonists from England?
3) What was mercantilism?  Why was it established?
4) Under mercantilism, how did the average American compare with the average Englishman?
5) Why did Americans resent the mercantile system?
6) What was "salutary neglect?" What did it end?
7) Why did the British pass the Stamp Act?
8) What was American reaction to the Stamp and Sugar Acts?
9) What was the "Association"?
10) What was the Declaratory Act?
11) What is meant by "virtual representation"?
12) Where were the Townsend Acts?
13) What caused the Boston Massacre?
14) What were the committees of correspondence?
15) How did Parliament think they had avoided "no taxation without representation" by passing the Tea Act?
16) How was the Boston Tea Party a reaction to the Tea Act?
17) What did the British do in response to the Boston Tea Party?
18) What were the Intolerable Acts? Why were they so unpopular?
19) Why did the First Continental Congress meet?  What did they accomplish?
20) What advantages/disadvantages did each side possess as the War for Independence began?
21) What percentage of Americans supported total independence?
22) What role did economics play

Revolutionary War Projects

Choose two battles and four people below and result them.

For the battles I would like a listing of date, place, commanders in charge, and who was the victory.  Further you need three to four sentences on the importance of each battle (or the importance of the battle's outcome) and a picture to go with them.  

For the people (these are all commanders) you need a picture and 3-4 sentences of their role in the war. Note: You need to cite your sources.  Give web page name and address.

GRADING:

Battles 

5 points for correct date and place

5 points for correct commanders and who won

15 points for the importance of each battle

People

15 points each for theirs roles

10 points for proper citation of sources

Battles:
Cowpens
Monmouth
Guiltford Courthouse
Yorktown
Camden

People:
George Clinton
Nathaniel Greene
Daniel Morgan
William Howe
Charles Cornwallis
Horatio Gates
Charles Lee