chapter 9

1) Discuss the significance of Thomas Jefferson's quote: "A little rebellion now and then is a good thing...God forbid that we should ever be twenty year without such a rebellion...The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
He saying that it is okay to rebel even though he is in the government and they would be having to rebel against him.
2) Why did Shay's Rebellion happen?
The government what taxing farmers for their land and taking from it with giving anything back. Started from over taxation from parliament on people on who afford it.
3) The constitution is "a political creation, hammered together in a series of artfully negotiated compromises. Discuss these compromises.
-Slave 3/5 compromises
-How everyone is represented in Congress
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4) What was the Virginia Plan?
-2 chamber legislator
Executive chosen by legislator
Judiciary chosen by legislator
5) "No person held in service" was a euphemism for what?
-Slaves
6) List the basic Powers and Checks of the three branches of the government.
7) Who wrote the Federalist Papers and why did they write them?
8) Briefly outline the first ten amendments.
Freedom of speech, religion, press
Right to form a militia and bare arms
Protection from quartering troops
Protection of privacy and unreasonable search
Protects your right to due process and double jeopardy
Trial by jury and the rights of the accused
The right by civil trial by jury
Prohibits excessive fines
Protects all the rights not talked about in constitution
Discusses power of the state and the people.
9) Who could wrote in the first election (what parts of the population)?
10) How did Washington D.C. come be located on the banks of the Potomac?
It was an agreement because it was the biggest place.
11) What did Jay's Treaty do?
The treaty to avoid war with the British
12) What was the "Whiskey Rebellion" and how was it put down?
It was rebellion in response to the high whiskey tax. It was put down do to it not being of enough importance
13) Describe the election of 1800? How was it finally resolved?
The tie between Jefferson and Burr even though they were both in same party when it should have been against Adams. When someone changed one of federalists votes and the Jefferson becomes President.
14) Who was John Marshall?
John Marshall was the judge that made the Supreme Court what is today of having power
15) Why did France sell its North America possessions (the Louisiana territory) to the U.S.?
They didn’t have the resources to fight off the Americans and they decided just to focus on one piece of land. Being Europe
16) What did Lewis and Clark do? Describe their journey?
They traveled westward in search of land and how the America’s could expand and to scout for what the land had to offer like resources. Without them it could have been a far many of years until America would have discovered the ability for westward expansion as they traveled for 3 years.
17) How did Hamilton incur the wrath of Aaron Burr? Was he right in what he did? How did the ordeal end?
He said that Jefferson should have won the election. It ends with Burr running for governor of New York. I believe that you cannot justify whether or not it was right of him because it is more of a matter of opinion
18) What was Jefferson's Embargo Act? Why was it unpopular and what was it supposed to do?

19) What did Tecumseh try and do?
He was the native who tried to unite all of the Indian tribes to rise against the white man
20) Describe the Battle of Tippecanoe?
It was the battle between the Indian Nation and America. When the Indians claimed to start war against them so America just decided to just attack them first
21) Most historians call the War of 1812 a draw. Why?
There was no set purpose of the war. It was more of them taking their anger out on each other
22) Describe the Battle of New Orleans.
The last final battle in the war of 1812 in which Jefferson won
23) What did the Monroe Doctrine state?
Was a policy that stated if any Europeans attempts to colonize land or interfere with the Americas would be considered acts of aggression.
24) What was the Missouri Compromise?
It said no northeren states could have slaves. Just Missouri and those below them
25) How was the election of 1824 decided? Why was it called a "corrupt bargain"?
It was decided upon by the house of representatives.
26) List some of the labels attached to Andrew Jackson.
Murderer, adulterer, orphan, horse racing man, Indian fighter, frontiersman, war hero, land speculator.
27) Was Andrew Jackson an Indian hater? What did the natives call him? What "Indian Wars" did he fight in and what was the outcome? What was his native "policy" as President?
No he was not and the Indians called me “long knife”
28) How did Jackson come to symbolize the common people?
He was lower class who worked his way up to being rich.

revolutionary movie Q's

1) What rebel leaders does Paul Revere ride at midnight to warn?
Samuel Adams and John Hancock

2) In detail, describe how the battle of Concord looked?
the redcoats used a more civilized way of fighting or so they thought by forming a line when they fight as opposed to the colonist who used the woods for cover and were able to mow them over.

3) Why was the Revolutionary War the most important event in U.S. History?

it was important because it left the colonist able to set up their own way of life and break off any previous ties.
4) How many cities over 10,000 where there in America at the time of the Revolution?

four
5) Describe the country before the Revolutionary War? Why might not we, in the 21st century, recognize it?
their were only as many people there as there would be today in just one major city. just over two million. and it was covered and lush with trees. where squirels could go from on town to the next with out even touching the ground. form tree branch to tree branch.

6) Why was James Otis important?

he came up with the idea of Taxation without Representation is to be unfair and unjust
7) What was Samuel Adams known for?

he established the sons of liberty. who were highly cruital when fighting the british
8) Describe the Patriotic Leaders.

they were mostly the rich white folk
9) What percent of the population, according to John Adams, wanted liberty?

one third
10) Discuss how the events of the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party lead to the Revolutionary War.

they were the starting conflicts which set off both the colonists and the british to seek revenge upon each other

chp 5

Chapter five talks alot about what it was like before the war and how it came to be. It talked about how it was formed anf how at the start of things it was hard to get recruit those who they wanted like most whites. How they had to settle for poor whites. in the beginning the natives were not allowed too fight and colored folks were only able too fight up north. You also start to see the seperation between the north and south this way. The natives were eventually able to fight once they realized that they were needed after most people ended up leaving due to the fact people would lose everything while fighting. Lastly it ended with the constition and how it was formed and who formed it. How it was all rich white folk.

movie Q's

1) it started rival battles through out the world for land.
2) because he doesn't have the best reputation at this point and they told him to forget about it. no. and they made jokes of him.
3)he changes their mood by offering full and supplies of all kinds for their services.
4)Montcalm's defense action caused them to "mow them over like grass" even though they were supposed to get demolished. placing trees and branches all over in front of the fort which made any attempt to get closer like a crawl.
5) it fell after taking heavy cannon fire, they surrendered the fort which was to supply the whole upper Canada. with it filled with food, guns, and ammo. which devastated the french.
6) it served as a water highway. which gave them access to moving up easier due to the thick forest which made it extremely difficult.
7) they leave their side because the french are no longer giving them supplies and people are dying from disease and they were starting to starve.
8) it shows that they don't really work together nor due they agree on things. Washington does not want to use the road they are making which he finds to be too straight forward.
9) it was named after the prime minister who helped and made it possible.
10) after seeing this video it really changed my mind about him. i feel like he really doesn't know what he is doing. he never really won anything. and he decided to leave at the point that they were trying to build up their army. when they needed people the most and they're pushing the french back which eventually will stop and they are going to push back.

part 2 q's

1) because none other natives wanted too fight in a "White mans war"
2) 150 British colonials die and about 30 native warriors leave to go back home to grieve over there lost ones.
3)
-for them to take the place of those have died on there side
-they were held for ransom
-they were used to fight off invaders
4)her story was told because she was one of few who's story was known since she had written it down. the reason is for it showed how they were treated by the natives. how they could just come in and steal their whole family, kill anyone they wanted, and then expect them to come and take the place of one of their fallen warriors
5)in a way, yes. wanting to have the strongest and best army is a reasonable, but how he came about in doing so is questionable. i guess though that times were definitely different, so it is hard to get an actual understanding.
6)he was a french general. he did not like them because there way of fighting had no maner in it and he thought they were savages, but he still used them because he knew he needed them.
7)the native amercians were savage fighters. they had to take trophies. wether it be scalps or articles of the colonials.
8)the clash was between the natives. because they did not quite understand why they would just let people go. they wanted to kill them all and take trophies.

History Q's

1) He is partially responsible because he signed a paper of surrender that admits him to murder men after they surrendered and he assassinated them. Which set off the french when they were already off set by the English.
2) Half-King is the leader of the Native Americans in his region. Who becomes allies with George Washington against the french.
3) Because he was upset and Embarrassed with himself after the French took back over the building at the forks. He had his own score to settle and he knew it would only be George Washington who would be getting the blame.
4) Technically none of them were right. They all had some sort of grudge or some way of wanting to be to most dominate. Which posses as the main conflict because they all want to be dominate.

3) They traveled there in search of the new land. Looking to spread their religion and live their way of life their own way.
4) The Pequot people used the land for what they needed when they needed, didn’t have a permanent land to live on. They had the men protect and only stay out and hunt all day and they women would take care of everything else. They all had equal rights. The Pequot people didn’t fight unless they had too. And when they did it was just till they won or until it was safe. Opposed to the Puritans who would fight until everyone was gone. Genocide. They did most of the work and let the women stay home and just take care of the house. They believed that the native men were lazy. They also didn’t believe in the native’s way of life. They thought you didn’t own the land until you made a permanent housing structure on your land and modified it.
5) The Dutch just wanted what the land had to offer and the natives were okay with that because they wanted what they had to offer so they could trade and then they would be on there way. The British wanted to take over and by doing so forced the natives out. Which up setted them which also led to war and the distruction of the natives.
12) It leads to the death of most of the natives. But more long term it allowed to open up casinos on land granted to by the government.
1) Yes and no. It would work for a little bit. Eventually it would start to fall apart from all angles whether it is from the inside out or from other outsiders pressuring them.
2) He means that everyone should be looking up to them. That they are supposed to be looked to as greats. Everyone should want to be them.
3) No I do not. I believe he was thinking mostly of himself and his people. Yes I do. Because if they didn’t they wouldn’t have done the things they did. Like take out other tribes. At least to a certain in which It didn’t matter anymore.
2)Treaty of Hartford

• treaty to settle pequot war.
• pequants were not at the party.
• massachosetts bay colony, connectticut river colony, michegan &narragansett were tribes at party.
• surviving pequot prisioners divided between the tribes.
• 40% to each of tribes & 20% of the tribes on long island who supported narragansett.
• connecticut river towns got pequot lands.
• it outlawed pequot language & name & any survivors would be called michegans aor narragansett.
• no pequot town/ settlement would be allowed.
  

Zinn Response

so far after reading pages 1-11 it has started to show me a whole new perspective on Columbus's discovery. all though it wasn't a complete surprise that Columbus was as mean and cruel as he was. it was definitly a new side of things. although it is only the beginning of the book i found it alittle surprising how you don't here about it from the natives point of few.