1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.The Native Americans came over the Behring Land Bridge. They were nomatic or hunters and fishers or farmers. Nature was very important to them.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.They were going to Asia to get silks and spices and they wanted a faster way to get there. They also did it in the name of God. And they used that a justification for killing the natives.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.Spain, Britian, France (big ones), Portugal, Netherlands. Netherlands settled New York area. The Portugese settled in Brazil, France had New Orleans and Mississippi River. France had Western United States and Mexico and some in South America. Britian settled the eastern side of the United States. Christipher Colombus, reached the Americas, Migelin went around the world, Cortez destroyed the Aztec's in Mexico, Pizarro destroyed the Inca's in Peru.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.Religious freedom, better life and oppertunities, riches (farming, fishing, trading, lumber), to escape from politics, and adventure. The had trouble with weather, diseases, Native Americans, lack of food, and lack of equiptment.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.Ended in 1763. Fought between the French and the Idians against Great Britian and the Colonies. The Colonists won. After the war Britian started taxing the Colonies more. No taxation without repersentation.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.Taxes, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord was the first battle: the shot heard around the world. Independence from the British.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.An declaration of independence from Great Britian. It talked about all the things that Britain did to the Colonies.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.First attempt at a government by the United States. There was no President. The States had all the power and the federal government was under them. Every state was out to benefit themselves. And the state wouldn't give money to the government for an army or anything9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).Protects our rights. Freedom of Speech, freedom of religion, freedom of peacful assembly, the right to vote. There are 27 ammendments. The Bill of Rights was the first 10. Sets up the government. Legislative, Executive, Judicial. Checks and balances of the branches.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.Mexico brought Americans to live into Texas. And they started a war that Texas won.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.It was a border dispute over whether it was the Rio Grande River or the Neuces River as the Border. James K. Polk started this war by sending troops to the Rio Grande. The Mexican Cession was when Mexico sold us the southwestern part of America12.Describe how the US grew as a nation. The Louisiana Purchase 1802, 1821 for Florida, 1845 Texas, Mexican Cession 1848, Oregon Territory, Gadsen Purchase 186313.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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