Today we fininsh talking about 8th grade history.1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled. Spain Britian France Portugule and netherlands.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced. Religious freedom, better life, riches, fur trade, opertunities, Prblems they had chicken poxs dieases lack of supplies5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies. 1763 war started. Britian started enforcing taxes. no taxation with out representation.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War. Causes: taxes, shooting in the streets Boston tea party. Effects: we got independence7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about. Independece from great britian.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government. it failed miserably no government9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments). The ammendment protects our rights people the couldnt vote blacks, womens, poor whites, people in washington dc. keeps your rights10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War. took off in 1840's12.Describe how the US grew as a nation. we wanted land13.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.Be able to give examples of stories from the video. For example, when asked what problems people faced moving west(#13), mentioning the Donner party would be great!Tags:
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