Friday, September 2nd

[3Marielle]

Excited for tonight...going to the football game and im hoping it's going to be a good one.-Talked about answers to some of these questions for the quiz predicted to be on Wednesday.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.-gold/riches, religious reasons/better opportunities: fishing and fur trading, and for good and plentiful resources.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.-Great Britain, France, Portugal, Spain, and The Netherlands, and talked about where each of these countries settled along North and South America. The people were Columbus, Cortez, Magellan, and Pizzaro.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.\Reasons: believed there was an El Dorado and a Fountain of YouthProblems: Native Americans and lack of food5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.-ended in 1763: French and the Indians fought against the British and the Colonies. British and Colonies won, but needed more money from being in debt, so they enforced more taxes upon the Colonists, which brought out the "No Taxation without Representation" quote because they were being taxed without being represented in the British Parliment.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.-Extreme taxes, the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, Lexington and Concord.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.-Independence from Great Britain8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.-America's first attempt at a government, and it failed miserably because it gave most of the power to the states. It was basically 13 different little countries.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).-Amendment that protect our rights such as freedoms of speech, press, to bear arms, and religion. Also so women would have te same rights as men do, and a right for women and African Americans to vote. It establishes the U.S. Government branches: Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.-Battle of the Alamo took place during this period. Mexico invited certain Americans in but had restrictions for no slaves and we would have to be catholic. We didn't follow their restrictions, and we went to battle, Texas won, and we now own that part of America today.11.Describe the causes and effects of the Mexican-American War.-James K. Polk sent troops to the Rio Grande, which we thought was the border, and the Mexicans thought that the Neuces River farther North was the border. So Mexico thought that we invaded him, and we thought that Mexico attacked us. And so there was war.12.Describe how the US grew as a nation.-Settled the Eastern Part of the U.S. in 1783, Louisiana Purchase, got Florida from Spain in 1821, won over Texas in 1845, Mexican Cession in 1848, and the Gadsen Purchase in 1863.13.Describe reasons people moved westward in the early parts of our history and the problems they faced.-Reasons:We believed that we were following God's will by moving west; He wanted us to expand westward.-Problems: food shortage, cannibalism, and the mountain crossing14.Describe some new technologies/inventions that came about in the 1800's that changed the face of the US forever.Will finish the rest on Tuesday....after our 3 DAY WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! going to love it :)