1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.Some believed that they crossed the baron strait. They lived off the land. A green culture. They were nomatic. They lived within their own nations. Some people are farmers, fishers, hunters, gatherers.Had to keep moving because the europeans wanted anything on the land. They brought guns and diseases killing a bunch of people. The trail of tears.---------------------------------------------------------------2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.Find a quicker way to get to Asia to trade. Killed people off if they couldn't christianize them---------------------------------------------------------------3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.England, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands. Spanish settled in Mexico, much of South America, and western part of the U.S. French settled in Canada. Portugal settled in Brazil.---------------------------------------------------------------4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.Religious freedom, better oppurtinities, slaves were forced over, they were in debt in Europe. Disease, trying to find food, native americans, not knowing the land, weather conditions, wild animal attacks.---------------------------------------------------------------5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.Ended and 1763, French and the Indians vs. British colonies. The British taxed the colonies more, great britain took over Canada.---------------------------------------------------------------6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.Colonies wanted independence, no taxation without representation, boston massacre, boston tea party. Gave us independence, territory from the atlantic ocean to the mississippi.---------------------------------------------------------------7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.Freedom, declaring independence if we lose we are commiting treason, george the 3rd is mentioned a bunch of times during the declaration.---------------------------------------------------------------8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.It gave the states a lot of the power---------------------------------------------------------------9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).It protects our rights, our government, legeslative the courts, judicial the congress, Executive the president.---------------------------------------------------------------10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.between texas and mexico, they allowed slaves, they were catholic. Texas won and got their independence called the lone star republic and eventually became part of the united states.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.15.Describe how the North and South developed differently.16.Describe major events, compromises and incidents leading up to the Civil War.-Compromise of 1820, Compromise of 1850, popular sovereignty, Dred Scott Case, John Brown's Raid, Lincoln's election, South's secession17.Describe the North's and South's goals in the Civil War.18.Describe the advantages of the North and South during the Civil War.19.Describe what Reconstruction did to the South and the rest of the country.
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