Friday September 2

[8Brittany]

Test over 8th grade review is on Wednesday.1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.Europeans forced the Native Americans off their land and brought over diseases that kill them. Native Americans lived off the land and the came over on the land bridge.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.They wanted to get to Asia by faster trade routes, for the better of there own country more riches. In the name of God (Jesus) used it as justicifation for killing people.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.5 counties the big 3 were England, France, Spain. The Netherlands and Portugal were pretty big. The Netherlands settled in New York, Portugal settled in Brazil, Englished settled on the east coast, French settled on Canada and by the Mississippi and in New Orleans. Spain settled in Florida, Mexico, Texas, Central America, and Western United States, South America outside Brazil. Christopher Columbus- discovered America, Cortez- destroyed the Aztecs in Mexico, Magelen-first person to travel around the world(his crew) , Pizzrao-destroyed the Incas4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.Religous freedom, Better life- richers, opportunities, farming, fur trade, fishing, whaling, to escape the government in Europe, Georgia a place for convicts, adventure, weather, diseases(small pox) Native Americans, lack of food, lack of equipment. Conflicts with other countries.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.Ended in 1763,war between French and Indians against Great Britian, colonists and Britian won, After they won Britian taxed the colonist and enforce the taxes. No taxation without representation means you can't tax us if we don't have a person in the parliment to represent the colonist.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.Causes- taxes, Boston Masacre, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord started the war, where Paul Rivier and the shot heared around the world, We won and gained independence.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.Freedom from Britain, so the world knows why we wanted our independence.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.the first U.S. government, it gave too much power to the state government instead of the federal government, it was like 13 little countries, it failed because every state was out to benifit themselves.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).The admendments protects our rights, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, voting rights, if you get arrested or accused of a crime you have a right to a fast and speedy trial with a jury. People in D.C couldn't vote until 1961. There are 27 admendments and the fist ten were the Bill of Rights, it establishes the US government it sets up the 3 branches and gives them their powers, Legislation, Juditicial and Executive.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.Texas was apart of Mexico and they wanted freedom, at first Mexico let them in if the became catholic and get rid of slaves. Texas won and became their own country and then the joined the U.S.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.Took place in the 1840's over a border dispute, we say it was the Rio Grande and they said it was the Neuces River. The president sent troops to the Rio Grande and Mexico thought they were being invaded so they attacked the US troops and we thought we had been attacked. We wanted land from Mexico12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.After the Revolutionary War we had all the land up to the Mississippi River and then we got the Louisiana Perchase, bought florida, won Texas, a deal for Washington and then bought land from Mexico.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.