Wednesday, March 4, 2020

Thursday, February 27, 2020

African-Americans and the Revolution

Document #1:  Read page 245 in Foner.

Document #2:  Read "Negroes Protest Against Taxation Without Representation" handout.


What do the documents say about the position of African-Americans during the period of the Revolution?  Quote both documents in your response.


Due:  Friday, February 28



In-class Writing, Friday Feb 28:

How what ways did people encounter limits to the ideals expressed by the Revolution?

Wednesday, February 26, 2020

New Jersey and Women's Right to Vote

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/24/arts/first-women-voters-new-jersey.html


How was it that the right to vote was extended to women in NJ and then rescinded?

What questions do you have about the article?

The Legacy of "Notes on the State of Virginia"

Read these two documents from the antebellum period in the U.S.:

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3141t.html   (George Fitzhugh)

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4h3439t.html     (John Henry Hammond)


How does each document echo Jefferson's comments in "Notes on the State of Virginia"?  Quote both articles as well as Jefferson in your response.

In what way does each document seek to support the system of slavery?

Monday, February 24, 2020

The Limits of Freedom--Jefferson and Banneker

Read the following:

https://mason.gmu.edu/~zschrag/hist120spring05/jeffersonquery14.htm

     --Jefferson states that blacks are "inferior in endowments of both mind and body"--what is the "evidence" that he provides to support such an assertion?  Identify--in your own words--at least six pieces of evidence.


https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-22-02-0049#print_view

      --What are Banneker's key arguments in his letter to Jefferson?  Identify at least three of his points.


Due:  Tuesday, February 25

Friday, February 21, 2020

The Meaning of the Revolution and Women

Read Foner pages 248-252.

      1. How was a gender a factor in the ways in which the ideals of the revolution were not fully realized?

      2. What was "republican motherhood"?

Read the document on page 244.

      3.  What does Abigail Adams say about the role of gender in the struggle for independence?


Due:  Monday, February 24

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

The Revolution Within

Read Foner, pages 221-225.

        --Identify and describe four ways in which freedom was "democratized" during the years of the founding of the United States.

Read Foner, pages 230-233.

       --What was the meaning of the Revolution in economic terms, especially for workers?

Read Foner, pages 233-238.

        --Identify the ways in which freedom/the Revolution was limited for Loyalists and Native Americans.


Due:  Friday, February 21

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Flash Cards from Foner Ch 5

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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

Vocabulary Words to Know




Crispus Attucks;    
“virtual representation”;
Dunmore’s Proclamation; 
Committees of Safety; 
Sons of Liberty; 
Daughters of Liberty; 
writs of assistance; 
Regulators; 
“American exceptionalism”; 
Olive Branch Petition; 
Committees of Correspondence

 Quiz:  Thursday, February 13

Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Road to Revolution classwork

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JAcvRbAWHVVRgjfejDo6w2W-8mlKI-Dh/view?usp=sharing

The Road to Revolution

1.  Read Foner, pages 184-195, take notes.

Due:  Friday, February 7


2.   Read Foner, pages 195-214, take notes.

Answer Review Questions, page 216.

Define Key Terms, page 217.


Due:  Tuesday, February 11

Friday, January 10, 2020

Colonies at Zenith

Read Foner, pages 150-175.  Take notes.

Answer Review Questions 4-8 (page 176).

Define Key Terms from "republicanism" to the end of the list (page 177).

Vocab words to know:
republicanism (p. 152)
“deference” (p. 155)
“salutary neglect” (p. 156)
freedom of expression (p. 158)
freedom of the press (p. 158)
seditious libel (p. 159)
American Enlightenment (p. 160)
Great Awakening (p. 161)
“middle ground” (p. 166)
Acadians (p. 168)
Neolin (p. 170)
Albany Plan of Union (p. 174)


Due:  Monday, January 13

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

The Colonies, Trade and Goods, part 2

PERIOD 2:

   --Read Taylor, pages 316-323.  Take notes.  Write a paragraph summarizing each section.

Period 8:

    --Read Foner, pages 124-130.  Take notes.

               --Answer Review Questions 5-8 (page 132).



Due:  Thursday, January 9

         

Tuesday, January 7, 2020

The Colonies, Trade and Goods

PERIOD 2:

    --Read  Taylor, pages 310-315.  Take notes, and answer the following:

        a. What was the "consumer revolution" in the colonies?  Why did many colonists have more access to goods in the middle of the 18th century?
 
        b. What was the relationship between economic self-sufficiency and the consumption of goods for many colonists?

        c. What were some of the markings of class, including "gentility" and "commonality"?

        d. What was the role played by English felons who were shipped to the colonies?

PERIOD 8:

     -- Complete classwork (pages 113-121) and descriptions of diversity in the colonies

     --Read Foner, pages 121-124.  Take notes.
  
             a. What was the "consumer revolution"?

             b.  Describe the growth of colonial cities and colonial artisans.

             c.  What does Foner mean by "the Atlantic world"?


Due:  Wednesday, January 8

Thursday, January 2, 2020

"The Atlantic"--part 1--PERIOD 2 Only

Read pages 302-310 of Taylor's American Colonies.  Take notes.

Answer the following:

    1.  How was there an expansion of the press in the British colonies?  What was its impact?
    2.  Summarize the ways in which the various regions of the British North American colonies engaged in trade with other parts.  What were the impacts of the Navigation Acts? How did increased trade impact free colonists?
    3.  Describe five aspects of the lives of poor people in the colonies.

Due:  Monday, January 6