Catch up on yesterday's missed lesson... Taverns in Revolutionary Massachusetts... First Continental Congress... Lexington and Concord... General Thomas Gage... The American Revolution begins...
Assignment: Study for Chap. 4 Test on Tues., 11/13
The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation...
Replaced by the U.S. Constitution that creates improved structure for the U.S. federal govt....
We discussed the three main branches of the federal govt. and checks and balances.
We talked about the first amendment rights of freedom of speech, freedom of the press and freedom to petition the government. We then took a look at how the president violated these freedoms yesterday when speaking to journalist Jim Acosta from CNN at the president's press conference yesterday. Bobby described what he saw as childish, disturbing and embarrassing.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
This was the first class Bobby and I have had together all week. We were both so glad to see each other and to resume history studies. Bobby expressed frustration with his schedule because he actually feels that he doesn't have a set schedule. He feels confused daily by his constantly changing schedule. He expressed that he has double periods in many of his classes. He says he can tolerate 120 minutes in some classes, but not others.
Internal Class Rebellions in the colonies.
Individual colonial assemblies begin to clash with Britain.
Colonial Boycotts - 1768...
Boston Massacre - 1770...
Samuel Adams....
Committees of Correspondence formed in 1772...
Colonial collective attitudes about revolt and what government should be...
No taxation without representation!...
The Tea Act - 1773...
The Boston Tea Party - 1773...
1774 - Coercive/Intolerable Acts, Quebec Act...
Chap. 4 Test will be on Tues., 11/13!
Assignment
H.W. Read pp. 122-126
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
We did not get through all of the above and will resume it tomorrow. Vlad was so enthusiastic about discussing the national midterm results. It's a pleasure to work with a student who is truly interested in history and current events.
King George III's shortcomings...
Proclamation of 1763 and Native American response....
Further colonial encroachment onto Indian lands...
Sugar, Currency and Stamp Acts...
The Paxton Boys...
The Regulator Movement...
Colonial Economy...
Patrick Henry and the Virginia Resolves...
The Sons of Liberty...
Growing tensions between the colonists and England after the French & Indian War
Lesson Outline
Effects of the French and Indian War on North America:
1. England's territorial claims in the new world almost doubled in size.
2.The French ceded their N. American landholdings to Britain. This included Canada and French territory east of the Mississippi. New Orleans and French lands west of the Mississippi were ceded to Spain.
3. The War greatly enlarged Britain's debt.
4. Growing tensions between the British and colonists after years of contact fighting together against the French and Iroquois Confederacy.
5. The British decided that a major reorganization and new approach to running their N. American colony had to be implemented ASAP.
6. Colonists felt they were now part of their own "People's Army" and they resented the conduct of the British throughout the French and Indian War.
7. The Iroquois alliance with Britain unraveled and the Iroquois Confederacy crumbled.
8. Britain began to tax the colonies to help them make up for their war debt.
Assignment
Be sure to have thoroughly read to page 113 in textbook.
Session Minutes
60
Minutes Student Attended
60
Lesson Comments
Vlad went to Orlando with his sister to meet friends for "Fright Night" at Universal Studio. He said he is exhausted today. He didn't sleep all weekend and he couldn't sleep even last night. Therefore, it was hard for Vlad to focus on A.P. US History content today. He preferred to spend the majority of the period focusing on current events - to see what he missed over the weekend and to learn more about candidates Gillum and DeSantis. Even when Vlad is tired, he doesn't slack off. He is always open to learning something.
Alliances in the French and Indian War...
French landholdings in N. America prior to the war...
The Iroquois Nation & Confederacy...
Worldwide conflict between England and France...
The Peace of Paris Treaty and the results of the French and Indian War in N. America...
Assignment
Read pp. 109 - 113 in text. Be sure to highlight and to take notes!
We reviewed the Chap. 3 Test answers and discussed how to strengthen AP multiple choice test-taking skills. It is a work in progress! Vlad is very agreeable to sharpening and improving his future note-taking skills. We then began to discuss the beginning of Chap. 4: "The Empire in Transition," starting with British and American colonial relations between 1688 - mid 1700s. A weakness of imperial administrative authority and a policy of neglect weakened England's hold on the American colonies - that is until England seeks revenue to pay debt incurred from the French & Indian War. England's transition from a "laissez faire" policy to one of imposing taxation on the colonies will obviously, cause friction.
