1. Describe Native American cultures before and after the arrival of the Europeans.
how did they get here? crossed the bering land bridge, or traveled over sea
before europeans: nomadic and lived off the land, didnt waste anything, were truly a green culture-lived in there own tribes, family was very important, some were farmers, hunters
after europeans: wanted land, had disease and guns, pushed them on to reservations; trail of tears
2. Describe reasons why Europeans started exploring in the late 1400’s.
christopher columbus wanted to go to asia for an easier route. king sent him on an expidition for new land-religious freedom
3. List the major countries(including main explorers) that explored the New World and where they settled.
england, france, spain, portugal, netherlands. portugal settled in brazil, spain settled in mexico-all of central america, french took canada along the mississippi down to new orleans, england got the eastern coast, spain had florida, netherlands took new york area
columbus
migelon
cortez and pizzarro-cortez took out the aztecs, pizzarro took the incas in peru
4. Describe reasons why Europeans came over from Europe and problems they faced.
REASONS:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
religious freedom
searching for riches
oppertunities
(slaves were forced over)
in debt or in trouble in europe, wanted to start over
indentured servants
reuniting with family
PROBLEMS::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
disease
lack of food
native americans
not knowing the land
weather conditions-tornados, hurricanes, drought
animal attacks
5. Describe the impact the French and Indian War had on the American colonies.
war-ended in 1763, french and indians against great britain-british won
war left britian in massive debt, so they decided to tax the colonies to help pay back the debt
british took over canada from france and france was kicked out
6. Describe the causes and effects of the Revolutionary War.
desire for independence
no taxation without representation-dont want to be taxed without being part of the british parliament-government
boston massacure-colonists were protesting and the redcoats shot back, killing five
boston tea party-rebellion against tea tax
EFFECTS
independence
british was pushed to canada
homes and families destroyed
7. Describe the purpose of the Declaration of Independence and what it talked about.
the official document that declared independence for america
we were justifying what we wanted
listed all the bad things that the king did-have a good reason for being independent
8. Describe the set up of the Articles of Confederation and why it failed as a government.
government set up that gave the states all the power
led to a lot of problems
like the un united states of america-had all different currencies, traded with each other
9. Describe what the US Constitution does(including amendments).
protects our rights-right to bear arms, freedom of speech, freedom of press, freedom to assemble, right to a trial by jury, no cruel and unusual punishment-bill of rights
voting extended to women
sets up government-executive-the president, legislative-the congress, judicial-supreme court.
10. Describe the causes and effects of the Texas War for Independence.
between texas and mexico-mex was inviting americans into mexico , they broke their rules such as no slavery and becoming catholic.
immagration into mexico needed to stop
results
texas won and got their independence (lone star republic)but were annexed into the united states a few years later
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 secession
17. 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!
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