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Dates and Assignments :
Friday,
12 September….……….…….. Chapter 6: The Duel
for North America , 1608-1763; Chapter and Essay Outlines Due; Quiz Chapter 6
Tuesday,
16 September………………. Chapter 7: The Road to
Revolution, 1763-1775; Chapter and Essay
Outlines Due; Quiz Chapter 7
Thursday, 18 September……………… Map Quiz #2
Friday, 19 September………………… Chapter 8:
Wednesday,
24 September……...……. Chapter 9: The
Confederation and the Constitution, 1776-1790; Ch. Outline Due; Unit #2 Exam/Quiz Chapter 9
Monday, 29 September………..……. Political
Cartoon Assignment Due and Letter Writing Assignment Due
Letter Writing Assignment
Choose a current affair or topic of personal concern. Decide which elected
official is the most suitable person to receive your views. Type a formal
business letter to the official. Turn it in with a stamped and addressed
envelope—unsealed.
Political Cartoon Assignment
Sketch, draw, or create a pair of contrasting political cartoons on the
U.S. Constitution. One should be from
the views of the Federalists (pleased with some aspect of the new document) and
one should be critical as an Anti-Federalist would see it. If the cartoon is not neat enough or obvious
enough in its message, please write a brief explanation on the back of each.
Geography Quiz #2 Locations: In addition to the locations from Quiz #1, be familiar
with the following:
50 states & capitals,
Washington, D.C., Sierra Nevada Mts., Rocky Mts., Appalachian Mts., Cascade
Mts., Pacific, Atlantic, Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie,
Lake Ontario, St. Lawrence R., Mississippi R., Colorado R., Missouri R., Ohio
R., Columbia R., Rio Grande, Great Salt Lake, Central Valley, Great Plains,
Gulf of California, Gulf of Mexico, Mt. McKinley, Mexico, Canada
Vocabulary, chapter review
terms and essay prompts:
Chapter 6: domestic, mutinous,
guerrilla, siege, commission, ecological, magistrate, regulars, amend, emigration
Samuel de Champlain, Robert de
La Salle, Edward Braddock, William Pitt, Antoine Cadillac, James Wolfe,
Pontiac, Huguenots, Albany Congress, Proclamation of 1763, French and Indian
War, Acadians, Iroquois, Edict of Nantes
·
To what extent was
the French and Indian war an outgrowth of conflicting foreign policies of
·
Analyze the
factors that led to
·
How might the
results of the French and Indian War have fueled the rise of the American Revolution?
Chapter 7:
insurrection, mercantilism, depreciate, tariff, mortgage, mulatto, propaganda,
inflation, desert, secede
John Hancock, Lord North, George Grenville, Samuel
Adams, Charles Townshend, John Adams, Crispus Attucks, Marquis de
Lafayette, King George III, Baron von Steuben, mercantilism, royal veto,
internal/external taxation, boycott, "No taxation without
representation," Board of Trade, Sons of Liberty, Quebec Act, Navigation
Acts, Declaratory Act, 1st Cont. Congress, Sugar Act, Townshend
Acts, Quartering Act, Boston Massacre, The Association, Stamp Act, committee of
correspondence, Hessians, Loyalists, Stamp Act Congress
·
Analyze how the
American colonies moved from loyalty to protest to rebellion in the twelve
years following the end of the French and Indian War?
·
To what extent did
the mercantilism, taxation, and bureaucracy push the American patriots towards
revolution?
·
Support or refute
the following: “The history of benign neglect made the American Revolution
inevitable.”
Chapter 8: mercenary, indictment, civilian, confiscate, envoy,
isolationist, privateer, graft, rabble, score
George Washington, William Howe, Nathanael Greene,
Benedict Arnold, John Burgoyne, Charles Cornwallis, Thomas Paine, George
Rogers, Clark Richard, Henry Lee, Horatio Gates, John Paul Jones, Thomas
Jefferson, Marquis de Lafayette, Admiral de Grasse,
Patrick Henry, Rochambeau, John Jay, mercenaries,
natural rights, privateering, 2nd Cont. Congress,
Common Sense, Dec. of Indep., Loyalists/Tories,
Patriots/Whigs, Treaty of Paris 1783
·
Analyze the
importance of foreign assistance to the Patriots during the Revolution.
·
To what extent was
the American Revolution a civil war within a war of independence?
·
Explain why the
Declaration of Independence was issued more than a year after combat began in
the American Revolution.
·
Support or refute
the following: “It is more truthful to say that the British Tories lost the
American Revolution than to say that the Patriots won it.”
Chapter 9: ratify, alien, township, annex, requisition,
foreclosure, quorum, anarchy, plurality, bicameral
Abigail Adams, Daniel Shays, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, federation, mobocracy, sovereignty, popular sovereignty, federation,
consent of the governed, confederation, checks and balances, republicanism,
anarchy, states' rights, Society of the Cincinatti,
3/5 Compromise, "Large-state plan," "Great Compromise,"
Northwest Ordinance, Constitution (US), Articles of Confederation,
anti-federalists, Electoral College, Shays' Rebellion, Federalists, Federalist Papers, Land Ordinance of
1785
·
How did
post-Revolutionary War problems and the weaknesses of the Articles of
Confederation lead to the adoption of the new Constitution?
·
Compare and
contrast the viewpoints, goals, and concerns of the federalists and the
anti-federalists.
·
To what extent did
the Revolution and Constitution affect issues of social structure, economic
equality, and the distribution of power?
·
Analyze Thomas
Jefferson’s statement: “173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one.”
Unit #2 Essay Exam Sample Questions
1.
In what ways did
the French and Indian War (1754-63) alter the political, economic and
ideological relations between
2.
To what extent had
the colonists developed a sense of their identity and unity as Americans by the
eve of the Revolution? Use the documents
and your knowledge of the period 1750 and 1776 to answer the question.
3.
Evaluate the
extent to which the Articles of Confederation were effective in solving the
problems that confronted the new nation.
4.
To what extent was
the United States Constitution a radical departure from the Articles of
Confederation?
5.
(Klipfel’s question) Evaluate what was really at stake in
the debate between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists.
6.
(Klipfel’s question) To what extent did events from 1750 to
1783 alter the position of the colonies/states internationally and in relation
to each other?