1.Native American Culture Before Europeans- The Native Americans were with peace with the land. The only time they hunted was for pure necessity, they never hunted for sport. There was no diseases, and barely any wars, and no one really owned the land.
1.Native American Culture After Europeans- The Native Americans were pushed off their lands once the Europeans showed up. They also started getting tons of diseases.
2.Reasons why Europeans started exploring in the 1400's- The strive for riches, trade, and more was the reason they wanted to explore.
3.List the major countries including explorers and where did they settle- Spain-SOuth America, France-Canada, England-North America, were the three main countries. Christopher Columbus-spain,Vasco de Gama-portugal, Majellan-spain.
4.Why did people want to come from here from Europe- Religious freedoms, land, opportunities, and money.
5.Describe the difference between New England, middle, and Southern colonies- The New England used all their trees to build their boats. They learned to farm quickly because of big storms. The middle had more religions than the North, and they had more fertile land to farm corn and stuff. The South was a big cash crop land they depended on their farms.
6.Decribe the causes and effects of the French and Indian war. The war started over land holdings and George Washington told the French to leave but they wouldn't. The effects would be that We beat the French, and we took over massive amounts of land.
7.Causes of the revolutionary war- Boston tea party, taxes, Boston massacre.
7.Effects of the revolutionary war- Got independence after the war and became the United States of America.
8.Declaration of Independence- to set themselves free from Great Britian, and to what kind of government they should have.
9.Set up of articles of confederation and why it failed- it was to give most of the power to the people, they wanted to have 13 different armies(one for each state), the reason it failed is because lack of money and no one would help anyone.
10.What the u.s. constitution do- It sets up the government by branches, and makes the federal stronger than state..
11.u.s. development of political parties- political parties didn't start till after George Washington's first term even though he was against it, yet he still sided with Hamilton.
12. name the accomplishes of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson,and Andrew Jackson- George Washington set the 2 term policy and ending the revolutionary war, Thomas Jeffersons was the louisiana purchase, and Andrew Jackson lost his first election and then came back and won his second one.
13.Causes of the war of 1812- impressment- Great Britian was stopping our ships and taking people from us that they thought were people from Great Britian. They also were still mad about the revolutionary war.
13.Effects of the war of 1812- treaty of ghent- The treaty that ended the war of 1812.
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15.Describe the causes of the mexican and american war- When we annexed Texas mexico thought that we wanted their land. The president sent people to the rio grande, and Mexicon thought we were invading so they attacked. Poke took it as we were attacked so we fought back.
15.Effects of the Mexican American war-We got the Mexican session.
16. why did settlers go west- they went west to start over, to adventure, find open spaces and the biggest reason was to find gold.
17.Major events and causes of the Civil war- This guy led a society that helped free slaves. The election of Abraham Lincoln Was a big one because they knew that he was against slavery so they succeded. Cotton Gin was invented so they needed more cotton.
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