Chap 6 Focus Questions
1.) Why did the Ohio River Valley become the arena of conflict b/t the French and the English in America?
2.) In what ways were American colonists involved in England's struggle with France in the French and Indian War?
3.) How and why did Great Britain win the French and Indian War?
4.) What is the turning point in the war? Why?
5.) In what ways did the French and Indian War cause the American Revolutionary War?
Chap 7 questions are really embedded in the Documentary-Liberty
Chap 8 focus questions:
See Dec. of Independence questions, the Dickinson Letter vs. Common Sense focus question
What strategies did each side employ to try and win the war? (think of how each side is leveraging their advantages)
What type of colonists were patriots? loyalists?
What are the importance of the battles of Trenton, Saratoga, Cowpens, and Yorktown?
Why did the British change to a southern strategy after 1778?
Why did the American Patriots win the Revolutionary War?
How was the Treaty of Paris of 1783 successfully negotiated?
How important was Ben Franklin to the Patriot war effort? Explain.
Chap 9 Focus Questions:
1.) How revolutionary was the American Revolution?
2.) In what ways are state constitutions a reaction to British colonial rule of the prior century?
3.) Compare and Contrast state govts to the Articles of Confederation and the Articles of Confederation to the U.S. Constitution and Federal govt. T charts are a good idea here.
4.) What were the accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation? Link these accomplishments to increased migration and conflict with Native Americans. Causation!
5.) Link the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation to Shay's Rebellion. Causation!
6.) Look at chart on fears of people and founders and how Constitution allayed those fears.
7.) What is the significance of each of the three major compromises at the Constitutional Convention?
8.) Is the Constitution a reaction to the democratic and decentralizing effects of the Revolution and Articles of Confederation?
9.) Discuss the Constitution in the framework of national identity.
10.) Create a T chart comparing Federalists and Anti-Federalists economically, politically
11.) What is the importance of the Federalist Papers in the ratification debate? a promised Bill of Rights?
12.) What are different ways of interpreting the Constitution?
13.) In what ways is the Constitution flexible? What is the significance of this ? Is the document flexible enough?
14.) What is Republican Motherhood?
Chap 10 Focus Questions:
1.) How did Hamilton's financial plan lead to the development of political parties?
2.) How did differences in foreign policy between Hamilton and Jefferson lead to the development of political parties?
3.) How was the Whiskey Rebellion a key early test of the national government?
4.) Relate the hope and optimism of the United States after the Revolution with the City Upon a Hill idea of John Winthrop. Synthesis.
5.) How does the creation of a cabinet by Washington and future presidents illustrate the changing needs of the United States?
6.) What are the rights and restrictions of the Bill of Rights and relate to American identity?
7.)Create a T chart analyzing positive and negatives associated with a national debt. Why did Hamilton view the debt positively?
8.) Create a T chart comparing the political, constitutional, and economic views of Hamilton and Jefferson.
9.) Analyze how arguments over the meaning and interpretation of the Constitution affected U.S. politics 1787-1800.
10.) Create a T chart analyzing the positive and negatives for the creation of a national bank.
11.) Assess the reaction of Americans to the French Revolution . Contextualization
12.) Emphasize the strong intellectual connection between the American and French Revolutions and decide which revolution was more easily accomplished. Use this to be able to discuss the influence of the French Revolution on American foreign policy.
13.) Explain the attempts by Natives to maintain and defend their tribal possessions and assess the role of the British in this effort.
14.) Evaluate the relative success of Jay's Treaty and Pinckney's Treaty in fulfilling the United States foreign policy objectives.
15.) Evaluate the relative importance of Washington's Farewell Address on future U.S. foreign policy-short an long term.
16.) Evaluate the relative successes of John Adam's foreign policy.
17.) Evaluate and assess the impact of the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Va. and Kentucky resolutions on antebellum American political conflicts.
18.) In looking at the above four terms, use them to assess the evolution of US political thought since the Confederation.
19.) Assess the relative importance of geography, economic interests and govt power on the formation of political parties in the US.
20.) Analyze how competing conceptions of national identity were expressed in the development of political institutions and cultural values 1788-1800.
1.) Why did the Ohio River Valley become the arena of conflict b/t the French and the English in America?
2.) In what ways were American colonists involved in England's struggle with France in the French and Indian War?
3.) How and why did Great Britain win the French and Indian War?
4.) What is the turning point in the war? Why?
5.) In what ways did the French and Indian War cause the American Revolutionary War?
Chap 7 questions are really embedded in the Documentary-Liberty
Chap 8 focus questions:
See Dec. of Independence questions, the Dickinson Letter vs. Common Sense focus question
What strategies did each side employ to try and win the war? (think of how each side is leveraging their advantages)
What type of colonists were patriots? loyalists?
What are the importance of the battles of Trenton, Saratoga, Cowpens, and Yorktown?
Why did the British change to a southern strategy after 1778?
Why did the American Patriots win the Revolutionary War?
How was the Treaty of Paris of 1783 successfully negotiated?
How important was Ben Franklin to the Patriot war effort? Explain.
Chap 9 Focus Questions:
1.) How revolutionary was the American Revolution?
2.) In what ways are state constitutions a reaction to British colonial rule of the prior century?
3.) Compare and Contrast state govts to the Articles of Confederation and the Articles of Confederation to the U.S. Constitution and Federal govt. T charts are a good idea here.
4.) What were the accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation? Link these accomplishments to increased migration and conflict with Native Americans. Causation!
5.) Link the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation to Shay's Rebellion. Causation!
6.) Look at chart on fears of people and founders and how Constitution allayed those fears.
7.) What is the significance of each of the three major compromises at the Constitutional Convention?
8.) Is the Constitution a reaction to the democratic and decentralizing effects of the Revolution and Articles of Confederation?
9.) Discuss the Constitution in the framework of national identity.
10.) Create a T chart comparing Federalists and Anti-Federalists economically, politically
11.) What is the importance of the Federalist Papers in the ratification debate? a promised Bill of Rights?
12.) What are different ways of interpreting the Constitution?
13.) In what ways is the Constitution flexible? What is the significance of this ? Is the document flexible enough?
14.) What is Republican Motherhood?
Chap 10 Focus Questions:
1.) How did Hamilton's financial plan lead to the development of political parties?
2.) How did differences in foreign policy between Hamilton and Jefferson lead to the development of political parties?
3.) How was the Whiskey Rebellion a key early test of the national government?
4.) Relate the hope and optimism of the United States after the Revolution with the City Upon a Hill idea of John Winthrop. Synthesis.
5.) How does the creation of a cabinet by Washington and future presidents illustrate the changing needs of the United States?
6.) What are the rights and restrictions of the Bill of Rights and relate to American identity?
7.)Create a T chart analyzing positive and negatives associated with a national debt. Why did Hamilton view the debt positively?
8.) Create a T chart comparing the political, constitutional, and economic views of Hamilton and Jefferson.
9.) Analyze how arguments over the meaning and interpretation of the Constitution affected U.S. politics 1787-1800.
10.) Create a T chart analyzing the positive and negatives for the creation of a national bank.
11.) Assess the reaction of Americans to the French Revolution . Contextualization
12.) Emphasize the strong intellectual connection between the American and French Revolutions and decide which revolution was more easily accomplished. Use this to be able to discuss the influence of the French Revolution on American foreign policy.
13.) Explain the attempts by Natives to maintain and defend their tribal possessions and assess the role of the British in this effort.
14.) Evaluate the relative success of Jay's Treaty and Pinckney's Treaty in fulfilling the United States foreign policy objectives.
15.) Evaluate the relative importance of Washington's Farewell Address on future U.S. foreign policy-short an long term.
16.) Evaluate the relative successes of John Adam's foreign policy.
17.) Evaluate and assess the impact of the Alien and Sedition Acts and the Va. and Kentucky resolutions on antebellum American political conflicts.
18.) In looking at the above four terms, use them to assess the evolution of US political thought since the Confederation.
19.) Assess the relative importance of geography, economic interests and govt power on the formation of political parties in the US.
20.) Analyze how competing conceptions of national identity were expressed in the development of political institutions and cultural values 1788-1800.