HELP!!! I need help with history homework

[julie]

I have to answer the following questions and honestly have NO idea where to start (she isn't a very good teacher, we hardley touched on #1 and #2). I am doing ok answering 3 and 4 but if you could give any additional input, it would be so helpful. Each of the answers need to be 2 pages EACH. So any pointers about what to include would be much appreciated!

#1 Many historians compare and contrast Puritan times to what is known as the revolutionary times (American enlightenment and American Revolution). Compare and contrast Puritan culture with the revolutionary culture. What differences do you see in the societal emphases of both times?


2. The assigned readings illustrate the varied ways that Native Americans responded and reacted to Europeans/Americans and European/American social and political culture. How did Native Americans respond and react to Europeans/Americans and European/American culture from initial contact to the Civil War?

3. We have read a number of documents regarding western expansion. What were the political and social reasons for western expansion?



4. Over the quarter we have read numerous documents regarding the changing position of women in American history to 1877. How did the social and political position of women change over the course of early American history to 1877?

My email is division902@verizon.net if you have ANY assistance you could give me.



Thanks,

 

[julie]

I have to answer the following questions and honestly have NO idea where to start (she isn't a very good teacher, we hardley touched on #1 and #2). I am doing ok answering 3 and 4 but if you could give any additional input, it would be so helpful. Each of the answers need to be 2 pages EACH. So any pointers about what to include would be much appreciated!

#1 Many historians compare and contrast Puritan times to what is known as the revolutionary times (American enlightenment and American Revolution). Compare and contrast Puritan culture with the revolutionary culture. What differences do you see in the societal emphases of both times?


2. The assigned readings illustrate the varied ways that Native Americans responded and reacted to Europeans/Americans and European/American social and political culture. How did Native Americans respond and react to Europeans/Americans and European/American culture from initial contact to the Civil War?

3. We have read a number of documents regarding western expansion. What were the political and social reasons for western expansion?



4. Over the quarter we have read numerous documents regarding the changing position of women in American history to 1877. How did the social and political position of women change over the course of early American history to 1877?

My email is division902@verizon.net if you have ANY assistance you could give me.



Thanks,

 

[julie]

I have to answer the following questions and honestly have NO idea where to start (she isn't a very good teacher, we hardley touched on #1 and #2). I am doing ok answering 3 and 4 but if you could give any additional input, it would be so helpful. Each of the answers need to be 2 pages EACH. So any pointers about what to include would be much appreciated!

#1 Many historians compare and contrast Puritan times to what is known as the revolutionary times (American enlightenment and American Revolution). Compare and contrast Puritan culture with the revolutionary culture. What differences do you see in the societal emphases of both times?


2. The assigned readings illustrate the varied ways that Native Americans responded and reacted to Europeans/Americans and European/American social and political culture. How did Native Americans respond and react to Europeans/Americans and European/American culture from initial contact to the Civil War?

3. We have read a number of documents regarding western expansion. What were the political and social reasons for western expansion?



4. Over the quarter we have read numerous documents regarding the changing position of women in American history to 1877. How did the social and political position of women change over the course of early American history to 1877?

My email is division902@verizon.net if you have ANY assistance you could give me.



Thanks,

 

[julie]

I have to answer the following questions and honestly have NO idea where to start (she isn't a very good teacher, we hardley touched on #1 and #2). I am doing ok answering 3 and 4 but if you could give any additional input, it would be so helpful. Each of the answers need to be 2 pages EACH. So any pointers about what to include would be much appreciated!

#1 Many historians compare and contrast Puritan times to what is known as the revolutionary times (American enlightenment and American Revolution). Compare and contrast Puritan culture with the revolutionary culture. What differences do you see in the societal emphases of both times?


2. The assigned readings illustrate the varied ways that Native Americans responded and reacted to Europeans/Americans and European/American social and political culture. How did Native Americans respond and react to Europeans/Americans and European/American culture from initial contact to the Civil War?

3. We have read a number of documents regarding western expansion. What were the political and social reasons for western expansion?



4. Over the quarter we have read numerous documents regarding the changing position of women in American history to 1877. How did the social and political position of women change over the course of early American history to 1877?

My email is division902@verizon.net if you have ANY assistance you could give me.



Thanks,

 

[julie]

I have to answer the following questions and honestly have NO idea where to start (she isn't a very good teacher, we hardley touched on #1 and #2). I am doing ok answering 3 and 4 but if you could give any additional input, it would be so helpful. Each of the answers need to be 2 pages EACH. So any pointers about what to include would be much appreciated!

#1 Many historians compare and contrast Puritan times to what is known as the revolutionary times (American enlightenment and American Revolution). Compare and contrast Puritan culture with the revolutionary culture. What differences do you see in the societal emphases of both times?


2. The assigned readings illustrate the varied ways that Native Americans responded and reacted to Europeans/Americans and European/American social and political culture. How did Native Americans respond and react to Europeans/Americans and European/American culture from initial contact to the Civil War?

3. We have read a number of documents regarding western expansion. What were the political and social reasons for western expansion?



4. Over the quarter we have read numerous documents regarding the changing position of women in American history to 1877. How did the social and political position of women change over the course of early American history to 1877?

My email is division902@verizon.net if you have ANY assistance you could give me.



Thanks,

 

[Quackie]

For questions one, I would suggest going to Wikipedia and looking up both of these eras. Just from glancing over the reading at Wikipedia, the purtain times seem to be getting fed up the the Church of England, and then the Revoultion is them actually detaching from them, while in America.

Questions two, again I would check out Wikipedia and possibly reread the text that she is refering to. From what I can remember, the native americans were welcoming to the new people, but I'm sure they gained som hostility when the people started to kill off, and forced them to move.

Question three, More land? I can't really rememember here, I just looked it up on wikipedia, try taking a look at Manifest Destiny. That might give you a better idea.

Questions four, here is an excertp from Wikipedia;

Christine de Pizan, a late medieval writer, was possibly the earliest feminist in the western tradition. Indeed she is believed to be the first woman to make a living writing. Feminist thought began to take a more substantial shape during The Enlightenment with such thinkers as Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Marquis de Condorcet championing women's education. The first scientific society for women was founded in Middleberg, a city in the south of the Dutch republic, in 1785. Journals for women which focused on issues like science became popular during this period as well. During the period of the French Revolution two of the first works that can unambiguously be called feminist appeared. In the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), Olympe de Gouges paraphrased the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), a central document of the Revolution. By modern standards, or in comparison to Olympe de Gouges, her English contemporary Mary Wollstonecraft's comparison of women to the nobility, the elite of society, coddled, fragile, and in danger of intellectual and moral sloth in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) does not sound like a feminist argument, but Wollstonecraft believed that both sexes contributed to this situation and took it for granted that women had considerable power over men.


I hope that some of this help.

Best of luck

 

[Quackie]

For questions one, I would suggest going to Wikipedia and looking up both of these eras. Just from glancing over the reading at Wikipedia, the purtain times seem to be getting fed up the the Church of England, and then the Revoultion is them actually detaching from them, while in America.

Questions two, again I would check out Wikipedia and possibly reread the text that she is refering to. From what I can remember, the native americans were welcoming to the new people, but I'm sure they gained som hostility when the people started to kill off, and forced them to move.

Question three, More land? I can't really rememember here, I just looked it up on wikipedia, try taking a look at Manifest Destiny. That might give you a better idea.

Questions four, here is an excertp from Wikipedia;

Christine de Pizan, a late medieval writer, was possibly the earliest feminist in the western tradition. Indeed she is believed to be the first woman to make a living writing. Feminist thought began to take a more substantial shape during The Enlightenment with such thinkers as Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Marquis de Condorcet championing women's education. The first scientific society for women was founded in Middleberg, a city in the south of the Dutch republic, in 1785. Journals for women which focused on issues like science became popular during this period as well. During the period of the French Revolution two of the first works that can unambiguously be called feminist appeared. In the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), Olympe de Gouges paraphrased the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), a central document of the Revolution. By modern standards, or in comparison to Olympe de Gouges, her English contemporary Mary Wollstonecraft's comparison of women to the nobility, the elite of society, coddled, fragile, and in danger of intellectual and moral sloth in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) does not sound like a feminist argument, but Wollstonecraft believed that both sexes contributed to this situation and took it for granted that women had considerable power over men.


I hope that some of this help.

Best of luck

 

[Quackie]

For questions one, I would suggest going to Wikipedia and looking up both of these eras. Just from glancing over the reading at Wikipedia, the purtain times seem to be getting fed up the the Church of England, and then the Revoultion is them actually detaching from them, while in America.

Questions two, again I would check out Wikipedia and possibly reread the text that she is refering to. From what I can remember, the native americans were welcoming to the new people, but I'm sure they gained som hostility when the people started to kill off, and forced them to move.

Question three, More land? I can't really rememember here, I just looked it up on wikipedia, try taking a look at Manifest Destiny. That might give you a better idea.

Questions four, here is an excertp from Wikipedia;

Christine de Pizan, a late medieval writer, was possibly the earliest feminist in the western tradition. Indeed she is believed to be the first woman to make a living writing. Feminist thought began to take a more substantial shape during The Enlightenment with such thinkers as Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Marquis de Condorcet championing women's education. The first scientific society for women was founded in Middleberg, a city in the south of the Dutch republic, in 1785. Journals for women which focused on issues like science became popular during this period as well. During the period of the French Revolution two of the first works that can unambiguously be called feminist appeared. In the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), Olympe de Gouges paraphrased the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), a central document of the Revolution. By modern standards, or in comparison to Olympe de Gouges, her English contemporary Mary Wollstonecraft's comparison of women to the nobility, the elite of society, coddled, fragile, and in danger of intellectual and moral sloth in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) does not sound like a feminist argument, but Wollstonecraft believed that both sexes contributed to this situation and took it for granted that women had considerable power over men.


I hope that some of this help.

Best of luck

 

[Quackie]

For questions one, I would suggest going to Wikipedia and looking up both of these eras. Just from glancing over the reading at Wikipedia, the purtain times seem to be getting fed up the the Church of England, and then the Revoultion is them actually detaching from them, while in America.

Questions two, again I would check out Wikipedia and possibly reread the text that she is refering to. From what I can remember, the native americans were welcoming to the new people, but I'm sure they gained som hostility when the people started to kill off, and forced them to move.

Question three, More land? I can't really rememember here, I just looked it up on wikipedia, try taking a look at Manifest Destiny. That might give you a better idea.

Questions four, here is an excertp from Wikipedia;

Christine de Pizan, a late medieval writer, was possibly the earliest feminist in the western tradition. Indeed she is believed to be the first woman to make a living writing. Feminist thought began to take a more substantial shape during The Enlightenment with such thinkers as Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Marquis de Condorcet championing women's education. The first scientific society for women was founded in Middleberg, a city in the south of the Dutch republic, in 1785. Journals for women which focused on issues like science became popular during this period as well. During the period of the French Revolution two of the first works that can unambiguously be called feminist appeared. In the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), Olympe de Gouges paraphrased the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), a central document of the Revolution. By modern standards, or in comparison to Olympe de Gouges, her English contemporary Mary Wollstonecraft's comparison of women to the nobility, the elite of society, coddled, fragile, and in danger of intellectual and moral sloth in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) does not sound like a feminist argument, but Wollstonecraft believed that both sexes contributed to this situation and took it for granted that women had considerable power over men.


I hope that some of this help.

Best of luck

 

[Quackie]

For questions one, I would suggest going to Wikipedia and looking up both of these eras. Just from glancing over the reading at Wikipedia, the purtain times seem to be getting fed up the the Church of England, and then the Revoultion is them actually detaching from them, while in America.

Questions two, again I would check out Wikipedia and possibly reread the text that she is refering to. From what I can remember, the native americans were welcoming to the new people, but I'm sure they gained som hostility when the people started to kill off, and forced them to move.

Question three, More land? I can't really rememember here, I just looked it up on wikipedia, try taking a look at Manifest Destiny. That might give you a better idea.

Questions four, here is an excertp from Wikipedia;

Christine de Pizan, a late medieval writer, was possibly the earliest feminist in the western tradition. Indeed she is believed to be the first woman to make a living writing. Feminist thought began to take a more substantial shape during The Enlightenment with such thinkers as Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and the Marquis de Condorcet championing women's education. The first scientific society for women was founded in Middleberg, a city in the south of the Dutch republic, in 1785. Journals for women which focused on issues like science became popular during this period as well. During the period of the French Revolution two of the first works that can unambiguously be called feminist appeared. In the Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), Olympe de Gouges paraphrased the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen (1789), a central document of the Revolution. By modern standards, or in comparison to Olympe de Gouges, her English contemporary Mary Wollstonecraft's comparison of women to the nobility, the elite of society, coddled, fragile, and in danger of intellectual and moral sloth in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792) does not sound like a feminist argument, but Wollstonecraft believed that both sexes contributed to this situation and took it for granted that women had considerable power over men.


I hope that some of this help.

Best of luck

 

[IG]

I am an active contributor to wikipedia and feel ok saying this. Never ever ever use wikipedia as a direct source. Use the sources/citation in the wikipedia articles for your sources. Been a while since I've taken some of these classes so I'm not guaranteeing that the information is right. However it's a good starting point for research and I hope it should give you some direction.

#1 Interesting question. Be sure to mention the fact that puritans valued freeness of religion however the concept behind the American revolution/enlightenment was freeness of government (think Ben Franklin) and self (think John Locke/Thomas Paine). I've had several history teachers say: "It was not about taxation, it was about representation." However this view is not held by a lot of teachers so you might not want to bring it up. More on that: Americans and people in England were heavily taxed, always taxed, and moving to the Americas wasn't going to stop it. It just meant that England could lean on the colonies and the natural resources more. The system of government in England didn't grant representation equally among the House of Commons/citizens so why would the colonists expect that to change? Unequal taxation and representation was always present; they just wanted to be able to govern themselves and their new society without interference of the monarchy. From what I remember the puritan culture set up schools of thought that encouraged free thinking and led to some of the ideals behind the American enlightenment movement.

#2 Interesting and very complex answer. Wish I'd been in the class cause it sounds like this is a topic that requires a specific lecture to find out what answer the teacher wants because this is too broad of a topic. Broadly NA mostly shunned the Euro and Amer lifestyle preferring their own culture though the political setup is similar to what the E&A practice. One governing head (monarch or president) and a council of elders (elected representatives or House of Commons) I'm not sure if this was a favorably viewed by the NA's or not though.

NA/E&A initial contact wasn't all that bad from what I remember reading. Not exactly friendly but not against the E&A either. Land expansion and territorial issues from what I remember were the main issues. There were some disputes between the two and if I remember right it ended up with the NA not helpingd the A's survive the cold winter, stopped trading food to them, etc. Also with the coming of the settlers they killed off a heck of a lot of NA through diseases that they brought. (though it's theorized that syphilis was from the Americas and then landed in Europe) Low population from foreigners diseases with territorial land disputes.. not a great beginning. Didn't get better, basically pushed them out of their territory. There were a few land disputes and agreements that were not honored, some time trying to conform the NA to 'white life' and forget everything NA, eventually this all led to the Trail of Tears right before the civil war. Some complied to this some didn't; Geronimo and Crazy Horse would be a good examples of NAs who fought against the E&A overtaking the land. NA=Native Americans, E=Europeans, A=Americans, E&A=Europeans and Americans.

#3 Political and societal reasons for expansion: It's hard to answer this without knowing if you've been discussing political/government reasons for expanding west or the 'national ideal' you might say. Yea a part of it is going to be manifest destiny but a lot of it has to do with the overpopulation of cities, lack of work due to over population, the natural resources that are out there (eg. gold, land). That would be the personal reasonings for wanting to expand westward; new opportunities and new dreams await. Some of it was just advantageous land acquisitions such as the Louisiana purchase, mexican cession, and texas annexing; which would be political (more natural resources for the US to use and harvest).

#4 early feminist movements. Can't really help you there. I haven't taken much women's lib history courses. Best I could do is help with the Hull House Jane Addams era which is about 10 years give or take after you're 1877 cut off point.

 

[IG]

I am an active contributor to wikipedia and feel ok saying this. Never ever ever use wikipedia as a direct source. Use the sources/citation in the wikipedia articles for your sources. Been a while since I've taken some of these classes so I'm not guaranteeing that the information is right. However it's a good starting point for research and I hope it should give you some direction.

#1 Interesting question. Be sure to mention the fact that puritans valued freeness of religion however the concept behind the American revolution/enlightenment was freeness of government (think Ben Franklin) and self (think John Locke/Thomas Paine). I've had several history teachers say: "It was not about taxation, it was about representation." However this view is not held by a lot of teachers so you might not want to bring it up. More on that: Americans and people in England were heavily taxed, always taxed, and moving to the Americas wasn't going to stop it. It just meant that England could lean on the colonies and the natural resources more. The system of government in England didn't grant representation equally among the House of Commons/citizens so why would the colonists expect that to change? Unequal taxation and representation was always present; they just wanted to be able to govern themselves and their new society without interference of the monarchy. From what I remember the puritan culture set up schools of thought that encouraged free thinking and led to some of the ideals behind the American enlightenment movement.

#2 Interesting and very complex answer. Wish I'd been in the class cause it sounds like this is a topic that requires a specific lecture to find out what answer the teacher wants because this is too broad of a topic. Broadly NA mostly shunned the Euro and Amer lifestyle preferring their own culture though the political setup is similar to what the E&A practice. One governing head (monarch or president) and a council of elders (elected representatives or House of Commons) I'm not sure if this was a favorably viewed by the NA's or not though.

NA/E&A initial contact wasn't all that bad from what I remember reading. Not exactly friendly but not against the E&A either. Land expansion and territorial issues from what I remember were the main issues. There were some disputes between the two and if I remember right it ended up with the NA not helpingd the A's survive the cold winter, stopped trading food to them, etc. Also with the coming of the settlers they killed off a heck of a lot of NA through diseases that they brought. (though it's theorized that syphilis was from the Americas and then landed in Europe) Low population from foreigners diseases with territorial land disputes.. not a great beginning. Didn't get better, basically pushed them out of their territory. There were a few land disputes and agreements that were not honored, some time trying to conform the NA to 'white life' and forget everything NA, eventually this all led to the Trail of Tears right before the civil war. Some complied to this some didn't; Geronimo and Crazy Horse would be a good examples of NAs who fought against the E&A overtaking the land. NA=Native Americans, E=Europeans, A=Americans, E&A=Europeans and Americans.

#3 Political and societal reasons for expansion: It's hard to answer this without knowing if you've been discussing political/government reasons for expanding west or the 'national ideal' you might say. Yea a part of it is going to be manifest destiny but a lot of it has to do with the overpopulation of cities, lack of work due to over population, the natural resources that are out there (eg. gold, land). That would be the personal reasonings for wanting to expand westward; new opportunities and new dreams await. Some of it was just advantageous land acquisitions such as the Louisiana purchase, mexican cession, and texas annexing; which would be political (more natural resources for the US to use and harvest).

#4 early feminist movements. Can't really help you there. I haven't taken much women's lib history courses. Best I could do is help with the Hull House Jane Addams era which is about 10 years give or take after you're 1877 cut off point.

 

[IG]

I am an active contributor to wikipedia and feel ok saying this. Never ever ever use wikipedia as a direct source. Use the sources/citation in the wikipedia articles for your sources. Been a while since I've taken some of these classes so I'm not guaranteeing that the information is right. However it's a good starting point for research and I hope it should give you some direction.

#1 Interesting question. Be sure to mention the fact that puritans valued freeness of religion however the concept behind the American revolution/enlightenment was freeness of government (think Ben Franklin) and self (think John Locke/Thomas Paine). I've had several history teachers say: "It was not about taxation, it was about representation." However this view is not held by a lot of teachers so you might not want to bring it up. More on that: Americans and people in England were heavily taxed, always taxed, and moving to the Americas wasn't going to stop it. It just meant that England could lean on the colonies and the natural resources more. The system of government in England didn't grant representation equally among the House of Commons/citizens so why would the colonists expect that to change? Unequal taxation and representation was always present; they just wanted to be able to govern themselves and their new society without interference of the monarchy. From what I remember the puritan culture set up schools of thought that encouraged free thinking and led to some of the ideals behind the American enlightenment movement.

#2 Interesting and very complex answer. Wish I'd been in the class cause it sounds like this is a topic that requires a specific lecture to find out what answer the teacher wants because this is too broad of a topic. Broadly NA mostly shunned the Euro and Amer lifestyle preferring their own culture though the political setup is similar to what the E&A practice. One governing head (monarch or president) and a council of elders (elected representatives or House of Commons) I'm not sure if this was a favorably viewed by the NA's or not though.

NA/E&A initial contact wasn't all that bad from what I remember reading. Not exactly friendly but not against the E&A either. Land expansion and territorial issues from what I remember were the main issues. There were some disputes between the two and if I remember right it ended up with the NA not helpingd the A's survive the cold winter, stopped trading food to them, etc. Also with the coming of the settlers they killed off a heck of a lot of NA through diseases that they brought. (though it's theorized that syphilis was from the Americas and then landed in Europe) Low population from foreigners diseases with territorial land disputes.. not a great beginning. Didn't get better, basically pushed them out of their territory. There were a few land disputes and agreements that were not honored, some time trying to conform the NA to 'white life' and forget everything NA, eventually this all led to the Trail of Tears right before the civil war. Some complied to this some didn't; Geronimo and Crazy Horse would be a good examples of NAs who fought against the E&A overtaking the land. NA=Native Americans, E=Europeans, A=Americans, E&A=Europeans and Americans.

#3 Political and societal reasons for expansion: It's hard to answer this without knowing if you've been discussing political/government reasons for expanding west or the 'national ideal' you might say. Yea a part of it is going to be manifest destiny but a lot of it has to do with the overpopulation of cities, lack of work due to over population, the natural resources that are out there (eg. gold, land). That would be the personal reasonings for wanting to expand westward; new opportunities and new dreams await. Some of it was just advantageous land acquisitions such as the Louisiana purchase, mexican cession, and texas annexing; which would be political (more natural resources for the US to use and harvest).

#4 early feminist movements. Can't really help you there. I haven't taken much women's lib history courses. Best I could do is help with the Hull House Jane Addams era which is about 10 years give or take after you're 1877 cut off point.

 

[IG]

I am an active contributor to wikipedia and feel ok saying this. Never ever ever use wikipedia as a direct source. Use the sources/citation in the wikipedia articles for your sources. Been a while since I've taken some of these classes so I'm not guaranteeing that the information is right. However it's a good starting point for research and I hope it should give you some direction.

#1 Interesting question. Be sure to mention the fact that puritans valued freeness of religion however the concept behind the American revolution/enlightenment was freeness of government (think Ben Franklin) and self (think John Locke/Thomas Paine). I've had several history teachers say: "It was not about taxation, it was about representation." However this view is not held by a lot of teachers so you might not want to bring it up. More on that: Americans and people in England were heavily taxed, always taxed, and moving to the Americas wasn't going to stop it. It just meant that England could lean on the colonies and the natural resources more. The system of government in England didn't grant representation equally among the House of Commons/citizens so why would the colonists expect that to change? Unequal taxation and representation was always present; they just wanted to be able to govern themselves and their new society without interference of the monarchy. From what I remember the puritan culture set up schools of thought that encouraged free thinking and led to some of the ideals behind the American enlightenment movement.

#2 Interesting and very complex answer. Wish I'd been in the class cause it sounds like this is a topic that requires a specific lecture to find out what answer the teacher wants because this is too broad of a topic. Broadly NA mostly shunned the Euro and Amer lifestyle preferring their own culture though the political setup is similar to what the E&A practice. One governing head (monarch or president) and a council of elders (elected representatives or House of Commons) I'm not sure if this was a favorably viewed by the NA's or not though.

NA/E&A initial contact wasn't all that bad from what I remember reading. Not exactly friendly but not against the E&A either. Land expansion and territorial issues from what I remember were the main issues. There were some disputes between the two and if I remember right it ended up with the NA not helpingd the A's survive the cold winter, stopped trading food to them, etc. Also with the coming of the settlers they killed off a heck of a lot of NA through diseases that they brought. (though it's theorized that syphilis was from the Americas and then landed in Europe) Low population from foreigners diseases with territorial land disputes.. not a great beginning. Didn't get better, basically pushed them out of their territory. There were a few land disputes and agreements that were not honored, some time trying to conform the NA to 'white life' and forget everything NA, eventually this all led to the Trail of Tears right before the civil war. Some complied to this some didn't; Geronimo and Crazy Horse would be a good examples of NAs who fought against the E&A overtaking the land. NA=Native Americans, E=Europeans, A=Americans, E&A=Europeans and Americans.

#3 Political and societal reasons for expansion: It's hard to answer this without knowing if you've been discussing political/government reasons for expanding west or the 'national ideal' you might say. Yea a part of it is going to be manifest destiny but a lot of it has to do with the overpopulation of cities, lack of work due to over population, the natural resources that are out there (eg. gold, land). That would be the personal reasonings for wanting to expand westward; new opportunities and new dreams await. Some of it was just advantageous land acquisitions such as the Louisiana purchase, mexican cession, and texas annexing; which would be political (more natural resources for the US to use and harvest).

#4 early feminist movements. Can't really help you there. I haven't taken much women's lib history courses. Best I could do is help with the Hull House Jane Addams era which is about 10 years give or take after you're 1877 cut off point.

 

[IG]

I am an active contributor to wikipedia and feel ok saying this. Never ever ever use wikipedia as a direct source. Use the sources/citation in the wikipedia articles for your sources. Been a while since I've taken some of these classes so I'm not guaranteeing that the information is right. However it's a good starting point for research and I hope it should give you some direction.

#1 Interesting question. Be sure to mention the fact that puritans valued freeness of religion however the concept behind the American revolution/enlightenment was freeness of government (think Ben Franklin) and self (think John Locke/Thomas Paine). I've had several history teachers say: "It was not about taxation, it was about representation." However this view is not held by a lot of teachers so you might not want to bring it up. More on that: Americans and people in England were heavily taxed, always taxed, and moving to the Americas wasn't going to stop it. It just meant that England could lean on the colonies and the natural resources more. The system of government in England didn't grant representation equally among the House of Commons/citizens so why would the colonists expect that to change? Unequal taxation and representation was always present; they just wanted to be able to govern themselves and their new society without interference of the monarchy. From what I remember the puritan culture set up schools of thought that encouraged free thinking and led to some of the ideals behind the American enlightenment movement.

#2 Interesting and very complex answer. Wish I'd been in the class cause it sounds like this is a topic that requires a specific lecture to find out what answer the teacher wants because this is too broad of a topic. Broadly NA mostly shunned the Euro and Amer lifestyle preferring their own culture though the political setup is similar to what the E&A practice. One governing head (monarch or president) and a council of elders (elected representatives or House of Commons) I'm not sure if this was a favorably viewed by the NA's or not though.

NA/E&A initial contact wasn't all that bad from what I remember reading. Not exactly friendly but not against the E&A either. Land expansion and territorial issues from what I remember were the main issues. There were some disputes between the two and if I remember right it ended up with the NA not helpingd the A's survive the cold winter, stopped trading food to them, etc. Also with the coming of the settlers they killed off a heck of a lot of NA through diseases that they brought. (though it's theorized that syphilis was from the Americas and then landed in Europe) Low population from foreigners diseases with territorial land disputes.. not a great beginning. Didn't get better, basically pushed them out of their territory. There were a few land disputes and agreements that were not honored, some time trying to conform the NA to 'white life' and forget everything NA, eventually this all led to the Trail of Tears right before the civil war. Some complied to this some didn't; Geronimo and Crazy Horse would be a good examples of NAs who fought against the E&A overtaking the land. NA=Native Americans, E=Europeans, A=Americans, E&A=Europeans and Americans.

#3 Political and societal reasons for expansion: It's hard to answer this without knowing if you've been discussing political/government reasons for expanding west or the 'national ideal' you might say. Yea a part of it is going to be manifest destiny but a lot of it has to do with the overpopulation of cities, lack of work due to over population, the natural resources that are out there (eg. gold, land). That would be the personal reasonings for wanting to expand westward; new opportunities and new dreams await. Some of it was just advantageous land acquisitions such as the Louisiana purchase, mexican cession, and texas annexing; which would be political (more natural resources for the US to use and harvest).

#4 early feminist movements. Can't really help you there. I haven't taken much women's lib history courses. Best I could do is help with the Hull House Jane Addams era which is about 10 years give or take after you're 1877 cut off point.

 

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