Unit 1 - Founding the New Nation
8/17/2015 (no warm up = first day of school)
8/18/2015
Why study History? What is the purpose of studying history when you can
simply Google answers?
8/19/2015
p4 Timeline. What does B.C. and A.D. represent? What are the alternative
meanings? What century is 1492, 1776, and 2014? The American
Declaration of Independence occurred exactly 169 years between what
other two major events in American History?
8/20/2015
p15 The Columbian Exchange. What can you infer regarding why the Old
World will want to continue to explore the New World? Which side (Old or
New) benefited the most from the exchange? Why the need for African
slave labor in the new world?
8/21/2015
King of Spain. A) Briefly explain the major concern regarding the native
population expressed by the King of Spain. B) Briefly explain the
misunderstanding the Spanish had regarding the native population. C)
Briefly describe one specific event that illustrates an attempt to “civilize” the
Indians on the part of the Spanish.
8/24/2015
p18-19 Spanish Conquistadores. Do you agree or disagree with the black
legend POV regarding the Conquistadores? What is the long-term
significance for Latin America based on the "immortality" achieved by the
conquistadores?
8/25/2015
English Traders: a) Briefly explain the POV expressed by the artist. B)
Explain how ONE element of the image expresses the POV you expressed. C)
Explain how the POV could be challenged.
8/26/2015
p40 The Iroquois. It is sometimes suggested that the Iroquois Confederacy
may have provided a model for the union of states into the United States of
America. What similarities and differences are there between the two
confederations? What role did the Iroquois play in the politics and warfare
of British North America?
8/27/2015
Colonial New England Town Map . A) Explain the POV of map reflects:
culture, environment, religion, power. B) Explain how ONE element
expresses the above the Part A. C) Explain how the POV could be
challenged by another.
8/28/2015
p52. Pequot Fort Image. Based on the image, how would you describe the
event and how might the impact future relations between Native Americans
and English settlers.
8/31/2015
p50 The English. "Most indentured servants" consisted of whom and why
did they flee England? Why did the opportunity for the "freemen" decline
after 1660? What made the "single indentured servants" different from the
New England Puritans?
9/1/2015
Culture Clash. (short answer - ch. 2-3). (divide class into groups (6) for
them to answser different aspect of the question)
9/2/2015
p69 (Ch. 4) An Indentured Servant's Contract, 1746. Answer the questions
at the end of the paragraph. Why might the master's trade be described as
a "mystery"? From the evidence of this contract, what are the principal
objectives of each of the parties? What problems does each anticipate?
What obligations does each assume? What does the consent of Clayton's
mother to the contract suggest about the young man's situation?
9/3/2015
Sugar Plantation image: A) Briefly describe the labor system portrayed in
the picture. B) Briefly explain how the scene impacted the Atlantic World.
C) Cite one specific event and briefly explain the devlopment of the labor
system mentioned in part A.
p98. Education in the Colonies. John Adams quote - What was his
perspective on education? How might the establishment of colonial
colleges have influenced the American Revolution?
9/4/2015
9/7/2015 (no school = Labor Day)
9/8/2015
p86 The Scots-Irish. Why did most Scots-Irish "debark" to Pennsylvania?
What set them apart from their German neighbors?
9/9/2015
p115. Events of 1755-1760 Map. Why was Quebec more important than,
say Fort Duquesne in relation to the St. Lawrence River and the Atlantic
Ocean? Why was it essential to capture Louisbourg before attacking
Quebec? (reading) What might have been the outcome if the 1756 "fullscale invasion of Canada" was successful?
9/10/2015
p116. The French. When the Acadians fled south to the French colony of
Louisiana, describe the settlement. By 1840, describe the settlement of the
French Canadians in New England.
p129. Two Views of the Boston Massacre. What parts of the encounter
between the British redcoats and the colonists does the engraving entirely
leave out? The text states that the British troops fired "without orders."
How does the engraving suggest the opposite? Why the two views and
which do think was more affective as propagana for the cause?
9/11/2015
9/14/2015
p148 The Loyalists. 1. How did many Loyalists view themselves and how
did they view their adversaries? How did other ethnic minorities reasons
their support for the British? How did Lord Cornwallis betray African
American Loyalists in Virginia?
9/15/2015
p147 A Revolution for Women? (Examining the Evidence). What might it
suggest about the historical circumstances of the 1770s that Abigail Adams
confined her claims for women's equality to this confidential exchange with
her spouse? What might have accounted for this limited application of
the ideas of liberty and equality in the midst of a supposedly democratic
revolution?
Remembering Unit 1 - Reflect upon what you have studied throughout unit 1
and explain why the subject is important to American history? What would
you say was the most significant and/or interesting fact you studied?
9/16/2015
9/17/2015 (unit test)