1) He said this after Shay's Rebellion and it is prevented an over reaction of the up rise. And it prevented people from just giving up on the new government and that it was important that the government did not get to much control.
2) Farmers were being sent to jail and court and having their land taken away because they could not pay taxes, the farmers thought they were being treated unfairly
3) 3/5 compromise, which stated that slaves would count as 3/5, this was for taxation and representation purposes.
4. James Madison
5. The youthinisum of slaves.
6. Executive branch, Powers: approves or vetoes federal bills, carries out federal laws, appoints judges, makes foreign treaties, commander-in-chief of armed forces.
Legislative branch, Powers: Passes federal laws, establishes lower federal courts and the number of federal judges, can override the president’s veto with two-thirds vote.
Judicial Branch, Powers: interprets and applies the law by trying federal cases, can declare laws passed by congress and executive actions unconstitutional.
Executive: Congress can override vetoes by two-thirds vote, senate can refuse to confirm appointments or ratify treaties, congress can impeach and remove president, congress can declare war, and Supreme Court can declare executive acts unconstitutional.
Legislative: Presidential veto of federal bills, Supreme court can rule laws unconstitutional, both houses of congress must vote to pass laws checking power with legislature.
Judicial: congress can propose constitutional amendments to overturn judicial decisions, congress can impeach and remove federal judges, and president appoints judges.
7. John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison: To back up ratification of the constitution.
8. Separation of church and state, right to bear arms, Soldiers cannot be housed without owners consent, freedom of unreasonable search and seizure, laws concerning prosecution, right to a speedy public trial, Guarantees trial by jury, prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, defines rules of the constitution, Powers not specifically delegated to the federal government.
9. White men who owned land.
10. It was a private discussion over dinner with Hamilton, they wanted to insure that the capital would be close to Virginia.
11. Increased trade between countries and inverted war.
12. Farmers rebelled because the whiskey was being taxed, Washington lead troops.
13. It was a tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, and had to go to the House of Representatives.
14. Places by John Adams, Head of the Supreme Court, made the Supreme Court what it is today.
15. After losing Hatiti he realizes its not wroth it and needs to worry about European affairs rather then getting a colony in America.
16. They explored the west and were sent by Jefferson, They lefts present day Indiana, went to North Dakota and spent the winter there and left and explored that area more then went home.
17) We made Burr lose his spot as president and as governor, causing a successful political destruction of Burr. Well yes in a sense, challenging Hamilition should have been expected by what he did to burr but burr betraying the United States was not right. Hamilton was killed and Burr's take over and create a new empire failed.
18) The Embargo act prohibited all exports into America as economic retaliation for the British impressments policy and as a means to keep America out of the war. It was very unpopular.
19) Tried to unite the native groups because he envisioned a vast Indian confederacy strong enough to keep the Ohio River as a border between Indians and Whites (prevent further westward expansion)
20) Occurred at the junction of the Tippecanoe and Wabash Rivers. The Prophet ordered poorly calculated attack on Harrison’s 1000 men. The Indians inflicted heavy losses but were eventually pushed back and all of their food stores, their village was destroyed and the prophet’s claim of invincible magic was shattered
21) Both agreed on a truce and neither side lost or gained anything
22) It was a very lopsided war. British suffered more than 2000 dead, while the US casualties were 8 dead and a small number wounded
23) It declared that the United States would not tolerate interventions in the Americas by European nations. Or that the US would not interfere with already established colonies or with government sin Europe.
24) Missouri would be considered a slave state even though it was in the North of the non-slave bountires, even out the states.
25) It went to the House of Representatives, between Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay. Henry Clay pushed to make John Quincy Adams president, and when Adams won John Q got a place in the president’s cabinet so it seems like a bargain.
26) Trail of Tears, Jacksonian Democracy, Andrew Jackson embodied the new American spirit and became the idol of the ambitious jingoistic younger men who called themselves Democrats (of the American common man)
27) Yes and they called him long knife. Creek war, 1812, first Semimole, unless the adapt to the American ways you have to leave
28) Andrew Jackson embodied the new American spirit and became the idol of the ambitious jingoistic younger men who called themselves Democrats. Cam from poverty, fought in the revolution, first president from the west.
Friday, December 3, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Constitution Questions
1.) Executive branch, Powers: approves or vetoes federal bills, carries out federal laws, appoints judges, makes foreign treaties, commander-in-chief of armed forces.
Legislative branch, Powers: Passes federal laws, establishes lower federal courts and the number of federal judges, can override the president’s veto with two-thirds vote.
Judicial Branch, Powers: interprets and applies the law by trying federal cases, can declare laws passed by congress and executive actions unconstitutional.
2.) Executive: Congress can override vetoes by two-thirds vote, senate can refuse to confirm appointments or ratify treaties, congress can impeach and remove president, congress can declare war, and Supreme court can declare executive acts unconstitutional.
Legislative: Presidential veto of federal bills, Supreme court can rule laws unconstitutional, both houses of congress must vote to pass laws checking power with legislature.
Judicial: congress can propose constitutional amendments to overturn judicial decisions, congress can impeach and remove federal judges, president appoints judges.
#3 Two house legislature,Three-fifths compromise – a slave counted as three-fifths of a person, Slave trade – they band the slave trade and the northerners agreed that they the congress could not interfere with the southern slave trade until 1808 George Mason proposed the bill of rights to be included in the constitution.
#4 James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
#5 Protection of individuals’ rights, people were worried the government would get to much power and their rights would be taken away.
#6 Their worry was that their new constitution would take away the liberties Americans had fought to win from Great Britain. The constitution would create a strong central government and would ignore states and favor the wealthy.
Legislative branch, Powers: Passes federal laws, establishes lower federal courts and the number of federal judges, can override the president’s veto with two-thirds vote.
Judicial Branch, Powers: interprets and applies the law by trying federal cases, can declare laws passed by congress and executive actions unconstitutional.
2.) Executive: Congress can override vetoes by two-thirds vote, senate can refuse to confirm appointments or ratify treaties, congress can impeach and remove president, congress can declare war, and Supreme court can declare executive acts unconstitutional.
Legislative: Presidential veto of federal bills, Supreme court can rule laws unconstitutional, both houses of congress must vote to pass laws checking power with legislature.
Judicial: congress can propose constitutional amendments to overturn judicial decisions, congress can impeach and remove federal judges, president appoints judges.
#3 Two house legislature,Three-fifths compromise – a slave counted as three-fifths of a person, Slave trade – they band the slave trade and the northerners agreed that they the congress could not interfere with the southern slave trade until 1808 George Mason proposed the bill of rights to be included in the constitution.
#4 James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay
#5 Protection of individuals’ rights, people were worried the government would get to much power and their rights would be taken away.
#6 Their worry was that their new constitution would take away the liberties Americans had fought to win from Great Britain. The constitution would create a strong central government and would ignore states and favor the wealthy.
Friday, October 29, 2010
revolution q's
1) What rebel leaders does Paul Revere ride at midnight to warn?
The British were going to march.
2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
In a field in Lexington. Colonist waited in the field for the British and was told not to fire. They were in a malisha line. Someone fired a shot and it started the war. 8 colonists were dead and only one British were wounded. Then the colonist marched to the Concord and the British fired a warning shot and then started firing, the real battle started on the march back to Boston, it was a bloody battle, there was a lot of house to house fighting, it was a brawl. 73 of the colonist died.
3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?
It legally created the nation and infused into our culture our beliefs. It was the war that created our independence.
4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution? 4
5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
Only two and a half people, only four cities, there were lots of trees and lumbar, land was available and cheap, wealth was the way to get up the social ladder. Slaves where a pat of the shipping industry.
6) Why was James Otis important?
He imposed taxes; his writing was the inspiration, and closest thing they had to a revolutionary.
7) What was Samuel Adams known for?
He organized a political group called the son’s of liberty.
8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.
They were Nobel idealist and they had self-interest and would do whatever to get what they want.
9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?
One third wanted it.
10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.
In the Boston Massacre the colonist were taunting British soldiers and it turned into hostilities, more colonists began coming to the scene and some rang church bells, which normally signals a fire. Trying to calm the crowed down made things worse and people started firing guns that lead to several wounded and five dead.
The British taxes tea for a lot, the colonist didn’t like that so they disguise themselves as natives and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor, because they ships from England wouldn’t leave.
The British were going to march.
2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
In a field in Lexington. Colonist waited in the field for the British and was told not to fire. They were in a malisha line. Someone fired a shot and it started the war. 8 colonists were dead and only one British were wounded. Then the colonist marched to the Concord and the British fired a warning shot and then started firing, the real battle started on the march back to Boston, it was a bloody battle, there was a lot of house to house fighting, it was a brawl. 73 of the colonist died.
3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?
It legally created the nation and infused into our culture our beliefs. It was the war that created our independence.
4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution? 4
5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
Only two and a half people, only four cities, there were lots of trees and lumbar, land was available and cheap, wealth was the way to get up the social ladder. Slaves where a pat of the shipping industry.
6) Why was James Otis important?
He imposed taxes; his writing was the inspiration, and closest thing they had to a revolutionary.
7) What was Samuel Adams known for?
He organized a political group called the son’s of liberty.
8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.
They were Nobel idealist and they had self-interest and would do whatever to get what they want.
9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?
One third wanted it.
10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.
In the Boston Massacre the colonist were taunting British soldiers and it turned into hostilities, more colonists began coming to the scene and some rang church bells, which normally signals a fire. Trying to calm the crowed down made things worse and people started firing guns that lead to several wounded and five dead.
The British taxes tea for a lot, the colonist didn’t like that so they disguise themselves as natives and dumped the tea into the Boston Harbor, because they ships from England wouldn’t leave.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Howard Zinn chap 5
This chapter has to do with what happened before the war. Indians were not allowed to fight and only in the North blacks were allowed to join, therefor they had trouble recruiting white men. Poor farmers joined in hope of gaining social rank. The men ended up returning home after the war and ended up in debt because of the war and lost everything. in the revolutionary war men from the North mostly fought because the people in the South stayed out trying to keep slaves under control. When the war ended natives were still treated badly compared to the colonist and continued to lose land. the chapter finished up talking about the constitution, the men who wrote it were rich white men, the poor colonist started a riot.
Monday, October 11, 2010
French and indian war questions 2
1) Why do only the Mohawk agree to fight with General Johnson?
They agree to fight with them because the other tribes wouldn’t want to shed native blood in a white man’s war.
2) What are the results of the Battle of Lake George?
The English won and forced the French to retreat.
3) For what purposes did the Native Americans take captive? (List three)
They wanted to frighten settlers to leave so they could have their land back.
They took them to replace Indians who have died in the war and spiritual reasons
They used them as weapons against the encroachers.
4) Why is the story of Mary Jemison presented? What purpose does it serve?
To show how it was also hard for women during the war, and what was happening to other colonists.
5) Do you agree with Washington's disciplinary practices on deserters? Why or why
not?
Yes and no, I don’t think it was right to hang them but it did send out a message to his troops and scare them.
6) Who is Montcalm and why doesn't he like the Natives?
He is a French commander. They look like barbarians, and dress poorly for war, he doesn’t like the way they prepare for war by singing a war song.
7) What are the Native Americans code of honor? How does this differ from the Europeans' Code of War?
They take their weapons from their enemies they have killed to prove that they have won. The Europeans see is a savagery. The native American’s fight in the woods rather then fight in a line like the Europeans, they also kill women and children and the Europeans don’t. When someone would surrender they would let them leave but the Native Americans wouldn’t.
8) Discuss the culture clash that happens at Fort William Henry.
The French and British have a banquet and the Indians are not invited. They also didn’t like the formal apporch they had, and was upset when they didn’t let them take captives.
They agree to fight with them because the other tribes wouldn’t want to shed native blood in a white man’s war.
2) What are the results of the Battle of Lake George?
The English won and forced the French to retreat.
3) For what purposes did the Native Americans take captive? (List three)
They wanted to frighten settlers to leave so they could have their land back.
They took them to replace Indians who have died in the war and spiritual reasons
They used them as weapons against the encroachers.
4) Why is the story of Mary Jemison presented? What purpose does it serve?
To show how it was also hard for women during the war, and what was happening to other colonists.
5) Do you agree with Washington's disciplinary practices on deserters? Why or why
not?
Yes and no, I don’t think it was right to hang them but it did send out a message to his troops and scare them.
6) Who is Montcalm and why doesn't he like the Natives?
He is a French commander. They look like barbarians, and dress poorly for war, he doesn’t like the way they prepare for war by singing a war song.
7) What are the Native Americans code of honor? How does this differ from the Europeans' Code of War?
They take their weapons from their enemies they have killed to prove that they have won. The Europeans see is a savagery. The native American’s fight in the woods rather then fight in a line like the Europeans, they also kill women and children and the Europeans don’t. When someone would surrender they would let them leave but the Native Americans wouldn’t.
8) Discuss the culture clash that happens at Fort William Henry.
The French and British have a banquet and the Indians are not invited. They also didn’t like the formal apporch they had, and was upset when they didn’t let them take captives.
French and indian war questions 2
1) Why do only the Mohawk agree to fight with General Johnson?
They agree to fight with them because the other tribes wouldn’t want to shed native blood in a white man’s war.
2) What are the results of the Battle of Lake George?
The English won and forced the French to retreat.
3) For what purposes did the Native Americans take captive? (List three)
They wanted to frighten settlers to leave so they could have their land back.
They took them to replace Indians who have died in the war and spiritual reasons
They used them as weapons against the encroachers.
4) Why is the story of Mary Jemison presented? What purpose does it serve?
To show how it was also hard for women during the war, and what was happening to other colonists.
5) Do you agree with Washington's disciplinary practices on deserters? Why or why
not?
Yes and no, I don’t think it was right to hang them but it did send out a message to his troops and scare them.
6) Who is Montcalm and why doesn't he like the Natives?
He is a French commander. They look like barbarians, and dress poorly for war, he doesn’t like the way they prepare for war by singing a war song.
7) What are the Native Americans code of honor? How does this differ from the Europeans' Code of War?
They take their weapons from their enemies they have killed to prove that they have won. The Europeans see is a savagery. The native American’s fight in the woods rather then fight in a line like the Europeans, they also kill women and children and the Europeans don’t. When someone would surrender they would let them leave but the Native Americans wouldn’t.
8) Discuss the culture clash that happens at Fort William Henry.
The French and British have a banquet and the Indians are not invited. They also didn’t like the formal apporch they had, and was upset when they didn’t let them take captives.
They agree to fight with them because the other tribes wouldn’t want to shed native blood in a white man’s war.
2) What are the results of the Battle of Lake George?
The English won and forced the French to retreat.
3) For what purposes did the Native Americans take captive? (List three)
They wanted to frighten settlers to leave so they could have their land back.
They took them to replace Indians who have died in the war and spiritual reasons
They used them as weapons against the encroachers.
4) Why is the story of Mary Jemison presented? What purpose does it serve?
To show how it was also hard for women during the war, and what was happening to other colonists.
5) Do you agree with Washington's disciplinary practices on deserters? Why or why
not?
Yes and no, I don’t think it was right to hang them but it did send out a message to his troops and scare them.
6) Who is Montcalm and why doesn't he like the Natives?
He is a French commander. They look like barbarians, and dress poorly for war, he doesn’t like the way they prepare for war by singing a war song.
7) What are the Native Americans code of honor? How does this differ from the Europeans' Code of War?
They take their weapons from their enemies they have killed to prove that they have won. The Europeans see is a savagery. The native American’s fight in the woods rather then fight in a line like the Europeans, they also kill women and children and the Europeans don’t. When someone would surrender they would let them leave but the Native Americans wouldn’t.
8) Discuss the culture clash that happens at Fort William Henry.
The French and British have a banquet and the Indians are not invited. They also didn’t like the formal apporch they had, and was upset when they didn’t let them take captives.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Massacre at the Mystic
3. They wanted to freedom to believe their religion. They expected there to be free land.
4. Division of Labor: All men and women were treated equal when it came to work, women did most of the work in the camp and the men spent most of their time hunting. Puritans the men did most of the labor and the women did house chores like cooking and cleaning.
Warfare: Puritans fought with guns and thought god wanted them to fight because that's what they thought was right, and a way to get rid of enemies. Pequots did practice fighting, they didn't think it was the right way to solve things.
Land and property: the Puritans believed you never owned land you were just using it. They believed it was something you would conquer. Pequots had a spiritual connection with their land as saw it as a gift.
5. The Dutch favored trade because they traded things that they needed unlike the British. The Dutch had a better relationship with the natives because they traded what they needed and treated them better because they wanted to be friends with the natives unlike the British, they wanted the natives gone.
12. More massacre accrued because it gave the idea of its ok for white people to kill natives and that it was ok to take their land even though they were there first.
1. Winthrop knew everything wasn't going to work in the beginning but he wanted it to be perfect. He wanted it to be a colony where everyone worked together and helped each other and no arguing. I believe that he will not reach a colony like he expects as fast as he wants it to be.
2. He thinks it will be a better society because it is built on christian values and god will watch over them.
3. The natives were defiantly not in Winthrop's mind when he wrote this. They treated the Natives as if they weren't human and as slaves. The Natives where not making Winthrop's vision happen because they weren't working with the Puritans.
Extended Activity
The Narragansetts escaped the epidemics for the most part. Smaller tribes suffered losses and the survivors became a part of the Narragansett tribe. The first documented contact with the Narragansetts took place in 1524 when Giovanni de Verrazano came to Rhode Island. The Narragansetts were one of the most powerful tribes in the area and offered protection to other tribes in exchange for goods or services. They had winter homes and summer homes. In the summer they would move inland for hunting, and in the winter they lived near the shore. Their culture was very similar to that of the Pequots, but they didn’t fare so badly in the wars. They tried to ally with the English rather than immediately being against them.
Scientific evidence shows Mohegan presence in Connecticut for over 10,000 years. At the time of European contact they were part of the Pequot tribe, but they soon separated. Mohegan means “wolf clan” in their language. Men were hunters and went to war. Women were farmers and also did most of the childcare and cooking. Both were storytellers and took part in art, medicine and music. Chiefs were men. Children had a lot of chores, and played games and with homemade dolls. The Mohegans favored collaboration with the English and became friends with them, starting an uneasy alliance. True to their word, they helped the English defeat the Pequots. This alliance kept the Mohegan people relatively safe during white vs. native wars.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn tells a different side of the story of Columbus then what text books say. It's a new side of Columbus that people don't know and aren't taught normally in classrooms. He tells his side no matter how bad it is, he tells the side of the unfortunate people. I think its good that there is a book about the other side of the story rather then just the side that makes the explorers look good.
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