Weekly Post for October 2, 2017

APUSH

This week, we will continue Period III looking at the American Revolution and the early years of the new nation. Read Chapters 8-10 in American Pageant Vocabulary Quiz Friday

1.      Abigail Adams

2.      Admiral de Grasse 

3.      Articles of Confederation

4.      Boycott 

5.      Bunker Hill

6.      Committees of Correspondence

7.      Common Sense 

8.      Comte de Rochambeau

9.      External taxation   

10.  Francis Marion

11.  Green Mountain Boys

12.  Henry Clinton

13.  Horatio Gates 

14.  Internal taxation

15.  John Burgoyne

16.  Joseph Warren

17.  Lexington

18.  Natural Rights theory 

19.  Paul Revere

20.  Richard Henry Lee

21.  Sybil Ludington

22.  Thomas Sumter

23.  Treaty of Paris of 1783 

24.  Virtual representation 

25.  Whigs

US History

This week, we will study the development of the new US Government. We will question, “Is Compromise Always Fair?”  Vocabulary Quiz and Notebook Quiz Friday

Week 8 Vocabulary

1.      Anti-federalists

2.      Baron de Montesquieu

3.      Committee of Five

4.      Declaration of Independence

5.      Jean-Jacques Rousseau

6.      John Locke

7.      Saratoga

8.      The Federalist Papers

9.      Three-fifths Compromise

10.  Trenton

Recent US History

This week, we will look at the role of the President in the economy. Specially, the approaches of Lyndon Johnson and Ronald Reagan Vocabulary Quiz Friday

Week 8 Vocabulary

1.      affirmative action

2.      Civil Right Act of 1964

3.      Great Society

4.      Medicaid

5.      Medicare

6.      Neo-conservatism

7.      Reaganomics

8.      Twenty-Fourth Amendment

9.      Voting Rights Act

10.  Watergate Scandal

US History and AP US History take the  TCSS Unit 1 Common Assessment October 12, 2017. Study Guide below:

Unit 1 TCSS Common Assessment Study Guide

1.      Explain the development of the Southern Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.

2.      Describe the Middle Passage, the growth of the African population and their contributions, including but not limited to architecture, agriculture, and foodways

3.      Explain how the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution

4.      Explain colonial response to the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence.

5.      Explain the development of the New England Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.

6.      Analyze George Washington as a military leader, including but not limited to the influence of Baron von Steuben, the Marquis de LaFayette, and the significance of Valley Forge in the creation of a professional military.

7.      Explain the significance of the Treaty of Paris, 1783

8.      Investigate how mercantilism and trans-Atlantic trade led to the development of colonies.

9.      Describe European cultural diversity including the contributions of different ethnic and religious groups.

10.  Explain the development of the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.

11.  Evaluate how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and Daniel Shays’ Rebellion led to a call for a stronger central government

12.  Investigate specific events and key ideas that brought about the adoption and implementation of the United States Constitution.

13.  Explain the development of the Southern Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.

14.  Evaluate the major arguments of the Anti-Federalists and Federalists during the debate on ratification of the Constitution, The Federalist Papers, and the roles of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

15.  Describe the Middle Passage, the growth of the African population and their contributions, including but not limited to architecture, agriculture, and foodways

16.  Analyze George Washington as a military leader, including but not limited to the influence of Baron von Steuben, the Marquis de LaFayette, and the significance of Valley Forge in the creation of a professional military.

17.  Investigate the role of geography at the Battles of Trenton, Saratoga, and Yorktown.

18.  Explain the development of the Mid-Atlantic Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.

19.  Evaluate the major arguments of the Anti-Federalists and Federalists during the debate on ratification of the Constitution, The Federalist Papers, and the roles of Alexander Hamilton and James Madison

20.  Investigate the intellectual sources, organization, and argument of the Declaration of Independence including the role of Thomas Jefferson and the Committee of Five.

21.  Compare and contrast the development of English settlement and colonization during the 17th Century.

22.  Explain the reason for and significance of the French alliance and other foreign assistance including the diplomacy of Benjamin Franklin and John Adams

23.  Compare and contrast the development of English settlement and colonization during the 17th Century.

24.  Describe different methods of colonial self-governance in the period of Salutary Neglect

25.  Explain the key features of the Constitution, including the Great Compromise, limited government, and the Three-Fifths Compromise.

26.  Investigate the role of geography at the Battles of Trenton, Saratoga, and Yorktown.

27.  Examine the strengths of the Articles of Confederation, including but not limited to the Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787 and their influence on westward migration, slavery, public education, and the addition of new states.

28.  Describe the early English colonial society and investigate the development of its governance.

29.  Examine the roles of women, American Indians, and enslaved and free Blacks in supporting the war effort

30.  Explain the development of the New England Colonies, including but not limited to reasons established, impact of location and place, relations with American Indians, and economic development.

31.  Explain how objections to the ratification of the Constitution were addressed in the Bill of Rights.

32.  Analyze the ideological, military, social, and diplomatic aspects of the American Revolution

33.  Examine the roles of women, American Indians, and enslaved and free Blacks in supporting the war effort

34.  Explain how the French and Indian War and the 1763 Treaty of Paris laid the groundwork for the American Revolution

35.  Explain the role of the Great Awakening in creating unity in the colonies and challenging traditional authority.

36.  Analyze the causes of the American Revolution.

37.  Explain the importance of Thomas Paine’s Common Sense to the movement for independence.

38.  Evaluate how weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation and Daniel Shays’ Rebellion led to a call for a stronger central government

39.  Explain the key features of the Constitution, including the Great Compromise, limited government, and the Three-Fifths Compromise.

40.  Explain colonial response to the Proclamation of 1763, the Stamp Act, and the Intolerable Acts as seen in the Sons and Daughters of Liberty and the Committees of Correspondence.