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US History

This is a survey course that provides students with an investigation of important political, economic, and social developments in American history from the pre-colonial time period to the present day. Students will be engaged in activities that call upon their skills as historians (i.e. recognizing cause and effect relationships, various forms of research, expository and persuasive writing, reading of primary and secondary sources, comparing and contrasting important ideas and events).

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The American Pageant Ch. 2 Notes

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Americas
History of North America
Colonial Virginia
Powhatan Confederacy
James River
Slavery in the United States
Powhatan
Pocahontas
Anglo-Powhatan Wars
John Smith
John Rolfe
Jamestown, Virginia

Ch. 2: The Planting of English America? - ? - First European powers to New World:? - Spanish at Santa F? 1610? - French at Qu?bec 1608? - English in Jamestown, VA 1607? - 1530?s: King Henry VIII broke w Roman Catholic Church? English Protestant Reformation? - Catholics vs. Protestants? - 1558: Protestant Elizabeth I takes throne? - Protestantism becomes dominant in England, more rivalry w Spain (Catholic)? - She was ambitious, inspired Englishmen to ?promote Protestantism and plunder Spanish settlements?? - 1585: Sir Walter Raleigh attempts to start a colony on Roanoke Island, but the settlers disappear? - England is failing at colonization, Spain is doing great? - Philip II of Spain tries to invade England (1588) but they fight back and bring down the

Liberty

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Massachusetts
Governors of Massachusetts
History of the United States
American Revolution
Adams family
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
sons of liberty

The Seizing of the Liberty A riot broke out yesterday at the docks when the customs officials there attempted to seize a merchant ship. The ship (called the Liberty) is owned by one of the more wealthy merchants of Boston, John Hancock. Mr. Hancock is reported to be in league with the Sons of Liberty, a group made up of lawyers, merchants, and artisans. They?along with the Daughters of Liberty?are known for boycotts, burning stamped papers, and violent protests.

US Constitution and Its Articles

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united states
james madison
History of the United States
law
articles of confederation
Pennsylvania in the American Revolution
York, Pennsylvania
United States Constitution
United States Congress
United States House of Representatives
Canadian Confederation
Politics

The Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution are two very different documents set out to achieve a somewhat similar goal. The goal of the Article of Confederation is to create a loose union. It ended up that the state held most of the power. The U.S. Constitution was designed in an effort to repair the problems caused by the Articles of Confederation and the problems that still remain unaddressed.

Arms to Iran

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Contra
Iran–Contra affair
Games
Politics
War

When the story broke that the US has sold arms to Iran and the profits from the sales had been funneled to the rebels fighting the Nicaraga government and rally of hale came down and engulfed the nations media. The Iran-Contra affair threatened the US government from the president down. The man at the center of the storm was Oliver North. He was in part a national hero and to some the ultimate super villian. He handled the crisis with honor that only the US military could command.
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Declaration of Independence Questions

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Deists
Politics of the United States
Political philosophy
behavior
Vice Presidents of the United States
American Enlightenment
United States Declaration of Independence
Common Sense
Paine
Thomas Jefferson
Attachment theory
thomas paine
religion
DOI

Common Sense & The Declaration of Independence Common Sense What is meant by ?the seed time of continental union?? Why is this significant? Paine states that ?a new method of thinking has arisen.? Why? What is the result of this new thinking? What is Paine?s stated purpose in writing ?Common Sense?? Summarize five of the arguments made by Paine to support his case? Given what you know about this time period, how valid are each of these arguments????????? In what ways does Paine combine emotionalism and Enlightenment thought to make his argument? The Declaration of Independence What is the purpose of the DOI as stated in the introductory paragraph? Why does Jefferson couch this document in such broad, global terms??

Ap US History Chapter 10

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National security
Security
Government
National Security Agency
Mass surveillance
Privacy of telecommunications
Surveillance
Law enforcement
NSA electronic surveillance program
NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
Politics
War

November 2013 Debate ? PRO Introduction: In the wake of Edward Snowden?s leak and subsequent fleeing of the US, the NSA has come under increased scrutiny by the American public. This is unfortunate, considering the impressive job that the NSA has been doing over the last decade. After extensive research, I agree with the resolution that follows. Resolved: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms. Contention 1: The NSA?s surveillance programs have kept Americans safe for years. Increased focus on domestic intelligence is a necessary response to the threat posed by international terrorism.

AP Us History Chapter 12

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Data
Information
Copyright
Data management
Library science
Metadata
Monopoly
Native Americans in the United States
culture
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Social Issues

Copyright ? Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. CHAPTER 12 People and Communities in the North and West, 1830?1860 LEARNING OBJECTIVES After you have studied Chapter 12 in your textbook and worked through this study guide chapter, you should be able to: 1. Discuss the characteristics of rural life in American society from 1830 to 1860. 2. Examine the interest in and the emergence of utopian communities in American society during the early nineteenth century, and discuss the ideas associated with these communities. 3. Explain the emergence of California as the population center on the West Coast in the late 1840s and early 1850s, discuss the experiences of ?the forty-niners,? and explain the integration of California into the national market economy.

AP US History Outline Chapter 4

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African slave trade
Slavery in the United States
Slave Trade
Racism
Americas
History of the United States
slavery
Cultural history of the United States
slave codes
Slave rebellion
Atlantic slave trade
Treatment of slaves in the United States

Julianne Groshon AP U.S. History ? Chapter 4 - American Life in the Seventeenth Century The Unhealthy Chesapeake Life in the American wilderness was harsh. Diseases like malaria, dysentery, and typhoid killed many. Few people lived to 40 or 50 years. In the early days of colonies, women were so scarce that men fought over all of them. The Chesapeake region had fewer women and a 6:1 male to female ratio is a good guide. Few people knew any grandparents. A third of all brides in one Maryland county were already pregnant before the wedding (scandalous). Virginia, with 59,000 people, became the most populous colony. The Tobacco Economy The Chesapeake was very good for tobacco cultivation.

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