Listened to friday. :/Talked about the test.1.Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans. How did they get here?Before Europeans they were Nomatic hunters, very Green, Family was very important, they farmed, hunters and gatherers fishers. Then Europeans came and they wanted their land, disease, guns, trail of tears.2.Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.To get to Asia a faster way to trade, the king set them on an expidition for more land money riches, to spread religion.3.List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.England, France, Spain, Portugal, Netherlands. Spain settled in central america and south amarica portigal settled in brazil france settled in canada and England settled in east america.4.Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.Better opertunities, Religous freedom, Gold, Fur trade ect. Slavery,some were forced over. In doebt or in trouble in England, Servents, reunite with family. They faced diease, Native Americans, not knowing land, weather conditions, wild animal attacks.5.Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.It was between the French and Indians and the British and Colonies and the British won. The Britished texed the Colonies more, France was completly kicked out of Canada and Britain completly took over.6.Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.No taxation with out repusentation. the coloniese don't want to be taxed with out being part of the Parloment(britains government.) Boston Masacure they were protesting and they started shooting. Boston tea party the colonies were mad about tea getting taxed so they dumped million dollars worth of tea in the sea. Effect: set up borders, britain was sent to Canada and then we pretty much got independance.7.Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.Freedom. we were justifying what we needed to doto get independance , it listed why we wanted freedom from Great Britain.8.Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.We attempted to set up a government that gave the states a lot of the power. It led to a lot of problems because the fedral government was too weak to really get any thing done.The founding father knew some thing had to be done. s the dropped the articals of confederation.9.Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).Protects our rights, freedom of speah etc. And Government, Executive: Presidant. Legislative: Congress. Judicial: Supreme Court.10.Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.Texas and Mexico, Mexico was inviting the US people into the contery but there were so many rules and they were all broken. finally Texas wanted independance and eventually became part of the US.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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