Chapter 8 Summary Terms

• Articles of Confederation
• Shays' Rebellion
• Grteat Compromise
• 3/5ths Compromise
• Electoral College
• Federalists
• Anti-Federalists

Warm Up for 12-18-14

1. How many states had to ratify the Constitution?  Who would ratify it?  By what method? (pg 115)

2. Why did the Federalists support the Constitution? (pg 116)

3. Why did the Anti-Federalists not support the Constitution? (pg 116)

Warm Up for 12-17-14

1. Why were the delegates hesitant to have a single person serve as the chief executive? (pg 113)

2. What was wrong with Congress appointing a president? (pg 113)

3. What was wrong with the people electing a president? (pg 113)

Chapter 8 Notes

Warm Up for 12-16-14

1. What do you think will be the biggest challenges in creating a new government?

2. Under the Virginia Plan, what would be the functions of each of the branches of government? (pg 109)

Warm Up for 12-15-14

1. Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution" and why? (pg 107)

2. Why was the Constitutional Convention kept secret from the public? (pg 107)

3. Which form of government did all of the delegates agree would best secure their unalienable rights? (pg 108)

Warm Up for 12-12-14

1. Under the Articles of Confederation, what was the most important thing Congress was not allowed to do? (pg 103)

2. What was the purpose of the Land Ordinance of 1785? (pg 104)

3. Why do you think Shays' Rebellion shocked Congress into calling for a convention?  (How did the rebellion show that the government was too weak?)

Chapter 7 Study Guide Answers

Chapter 7 Study Guide and Answers

Update for 12-9-14 through 12-11-14

Tuesday 12-9-14: Summary and Study Guide
Wednesday 12-10-14: Study Guide Review and Jeopardy Review
Thursday 12-11-14: Everything Due;

• Notes
• Warm Ups
• Study Guide
• Definitions
• Summary
• Chapter 7 Test

**There is no written Response for chapter 7

Chapter 7 Summary Terms

• Strengths/weaknesses
• Battle of Long Island
• The Crisis
• Trenton/Princeton
• Saratoga
• Yorktown

Chapter 7 Notes

Warm Up for 11-20-14

1. How do you think fighting a defensive war would benefit Washington's army? (pg 93)

2. Why is Saratoga known as the turning point of the war? (pg 94)

3. Why did Clinton decide to abandon the war in the north and move south? (pg 96)

Warm Up for 11-19-14

1. What could Britain promise slaves that fought for the Crown? (pg 90)

2. Why were hopes beginning to fade for the Continental Army by the winter of 1776? (pg 91)

3. Interpret the passage from The Crisis on page 92.

Warm Up for 11-18-14

1. Based on what you know of the Continental Army, what do you think was their biggest strength heading into the war?

2. Based on what you know of the British Army, what do you think was their biggest weakness heading into the war?

3. How are the two armies described on page 87?

Chapter 7 Definitions

• Mercenaries
• Strategy
• Ally
• Guerrilla
• Treaty

Update for 11-13-14 through 11-18-14

Thursday 11-13-14: Summary, Study Guide
Friday 11-14-14: Study Guide Review, Jeopardy Review
Monday 11-17-14: EVERYTHING DUE (except Written Response #5) AND CH. 6 TEST

• Ch. 6 Notes
• Summary
• Warm Ups (3)
• Study Guide
• Written Response questions (in class)

**TUESDAY 11-18-14: WRITTEN RESPONSE #5 DUE

Primary for Written Response #5

Primary for WR #5

Directions for Written Response #5

Directions for WR #5

Summary Terms for Chapter 6

• Bunker Hill
• Boston 
• Olive Branch Petition
• Common Sense
• Thomas Jefferson
• Declaration of Independence

Warm Up for 11-4-14

1. Why was slavery omitted from the Declaration of Independence? (pg 84)

2. When was the final version of the Declaration of Independence approved? (pg 84)

3. Why didn't New York cast a vote for Independence? (phone)

4. Who do you think stood to make the most money in the Triangle Trade? (pg 84)

Chapter 6 Notes

Warm Up for 11-3-14

1. How did the king respond to the Olive Branch Petition? (pg 82)

2. What were some of Paine's arguments in Common Sense? (pg 82-notes)

3. What was Jefferson's ultimate purpose in writing the Declaration of Independence? (pg 83)

Warm Up for 10-30-14

1. How many colonists were loyalists? (phone)

2. What were some of the motivations for being a loyalist? (phone)

Chapter 5 Study Guide

Chapter 5 Study Guide

Chapter 5 Summary Terms

1. French and Indian War
2. Laws
3. Taxes
4. Patriots
5. Loyalists
6. First Continental Congress

Update for 10-24-14 through 10-29-14

Friday 10-24-14: Finish primaries for written response #4
Monday 10-27-14: Summary, study guide
Tuesday 10-28-14: Study Guide review, Jeopardy review
Wednesday 10-29-14: Chapter 5 Test; EVERYTHING DUE

• Written Response #4
• Chapter 5 Notes
• Study Guide
• Warm Ups (5 including time line)
• Summary
• Definitions
• Written Response questions (in class)

Directions for Written Response #4

Directions for WR #4

Primaries for Written Response #4

Primaries for WR #4

Warm Up for 10-21-14

1. Complete a timeline detailing the steps leading up to the Revolution, beginning with the French and Indian War, and ending with the Battle of Concord.  Include a bullet point for each step.

Warm Up for 10-20-14

1. Which 3 actions did the colonists take in response to the Intolerable Acts? (pg 73)

2. What did the Battle of Concord show about the colonists? (pg 76)

3. Why didn't Georgia attend the First Continental Congress? (use a cell phone)

Warm Up for 10-17-14

1. How did the Sons of Liberty react to the Tea Act? (pg 71)

2. How did British Parliament react to that? (pg 72)

3. What effect did that have on the colonies? (pg 73)

Chapter 5 Notes

Warm Up for 10-16-14

1. What was the Quartering Act and why didn't the colonists want the army in the colonies? (pg 68)

2. What were the Townshend Acts and how did the colonists fight back against them? (pg 68-69)

3. How did Paul Revere depict the Boston Massacre in his famous engraving? (pg 70)

Warm Up for 10-15-14

1. Why were the colonists so content before 1763? (pg 64)

2. Why was there conflict in the Ohio Valley? (pg 64)

Chapter 5 Definitions

• Patriots
• Loyalists
• Allies
• Militia
• Tyranny
• Repeal
• Boycott
• 
  

Update for 10-9-14

Thursday 10-9-14:Graphic Organizers, Thesis, Summary
Friday 10-10-14: Summary, Study Gide
Monday 10-13-14: Study Guide Review, Jeopardy Review
Tuesday 10-14-14: Chapter 4 Test; EVERYTHING DUE

• Written Response #3
• Chapter 4 Test
• Study Guide
• Summary
• Definitions
• Written Response Questions 
• Graphic Organizer
• Warm Ups (5)
• Chapter 4 Notes

Primaries for Written Response #3

Primaries WR #3

Directions for Written Response #3

Instructions for the Great Awakening Paper WR #3

Summary Terms for Chapter 4

• Economy
• Rights
• Class differences
• Religion (First Great Awakening)
• Education

Warm Up for 10-6-14

1. Why were New England colonies required to provide public education?  Why was the growth of public education slowed in the Middle Colonies? (pg. 57)

2. Why do you think colonial families had so many children? (pg. 58)

3. Describe a typical "bee". (pg 59)

Warm Up for 10-3-14

1. Where were African slaves coming from (in Africa), and what were Europeans trading for them? (pg. 55)

2. Describe a "revival". (pg. 56)

3. Which ideals of the Great Awakening helped pave the way for the American Revolution? (pg. 56)

Warm Up for 10-2-14

1. What role did religion play in "crime and punishment"? (pg 53)

2. How was a person's class determined in Britain?  How was this different in the colonies?  (pg 54)

3. Why would some colonies punish those that dressed better than they were? (pg 54)

Chapter 4 Notes

Warm Up for 10-01-14

1. How did the Parliament influence colonial governments? (pg 52)

2. How did the English Bill of Rights give English citizens more voice in their government? (pg 52)

Warm Up for 9-30-14

 After reading page 49, answer the following questions:

1. What is the purpose of this passage?

2. What does it tell us about the average colonist?

3. Explain the meanings of each of the proverbs.

4. For whom were the almanacs most likely written?

Definitions for Chapter 4

• Economy
• Rights
• Parliament
• Petition (v)
• Class
• First Great Awakening

Update for 9-25-14 through 9-29-14

Thursday 9-25-14: Summary, study guide
Friday 9-26-14: Study guide review, Jeopardy review
Monday 9-29-14: Everything Due; Chapter 3 Test

• Written Response #2
• Ch. 3 Notes
• Summary
• Definitions
• Study Guide
• Warm Ups (3)
• Written Response Questions (in class)
• Chapter 3 Test

Slight Changes to the Written Response #2 Directions

• Papers must have 3 body paragraphs
• One body paragraph must connect similarities between  all three documents
• One body paragraph must connect similarities between the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders
• One body paragraph must connect similarities between the Fundamental Orders and the House of Burgesses

Directions for Written Response #2

Directions for Written Response #2

Chapter 3 Summary Terms

• Indentured servant
• General assembly
• Democracy (democratic)
• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders
• Duke of York
• Quakers
• Act Concerning Religion

Warm Up for 9-19-14

1. How did the Duke of York govern New York? (pg 42)

2. Why did the king grant William Penn a charter? (pg 43)

3. Why did Lord Baltimore want to attract both Catholics and Protestants to his colony? (pg 44)

Warm Up for 9-18-14

1. How did the Pilgrims ensure that they would work cooperatively? (pg. 39)

2. What is the great irony regarding freedom in Rhode Island? (pg. 40)

3. What is the significance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut? (pg. 41)

Chapter 3 Notes

Warm Up for 9-17-14

1. Why do you think most Europeans were coming to America?

2. Why were colonial governments considered to be democratic? (pg 38)

3. Why did the Pilgrims come to America? (pg 39)

4. Read the Introduction on page 35

Chapter 3 Definitions

• Indentured servant
• Cash crop
• Democratic
• Assembly
• Puritan
• Slave Trade

Summary Terms for Chapter 2

• Spain 
• Disease
• France
• Native
• Fur trade
• England
• Netherlands

UPDATE for 9-11-14 through 9-16-14

Thursday 9-11-14: Discussion on how to write the written response, summary
Friday 9-12-14: Summary, study guide
Monday 9-15-14: Study guide review, Jeopardy review
Tuesday 9-16-14: EVERYTHING DUE;

• Chapter 2 Test
• Written Response #1
• Written Response Questions (in-class)
• Summary
• Study Guide
• Chapter 2 Notes
• Warm ups (3)

Primaries for Written Response #1

Primaries for Wr #1 Pocahontas Original Documents

Excerpt From the Intellectual Devotional (WR #1)

Directions for Written Response #1

Instructions for Written Response #1 (New)

Directions for Assignment #1

Directions for Assignment #1 (1)

Warm Up for 8-28-14

1. How did the Dutch lose their colony of New Amsterdam? (pp 31-32)

Warm Up for 8-27-14

1. What land did Robert de la Salle claim for France?  What is the problem with this? (pg. 26)

2. What land did John Cabot claim for Britain?  What was the problem with this? (pg. 27)

Map Test

Do not forget there is a map test on Friday, August 29!!!  Know where the states are.

This will be the first grade in the grade book.

Chapter 2 Notes

Warm Up for 8-26-14

1. How did Marco Polo impact exploration of the western hemisphere? (pg. 17)

2. Why did this impact only take place almost 300 years after his travels to Asia? (pg. 18)

Study Map

USA States Map

Blank Practice Map

Blank USA Map

2014-15 Welcome Back Letter

Welcome Back Letter 2014-15