Week 0f 10/2 - 10/6

Monday - DBQ work.

Tuesday - In class DBQ.

Wednesday - Complete DBQ in class. Was the revolution a civil war? Complete “Dealing with the Problem of Loyalists”, and “A Cartoon View of the Revolution” in class.

HW: How was the revolution was won, list major reasons (you should have done this least year. What were the provisions of the Treaty of Paris in 1783? What commonalities existed among the new state governments created during the revolution? Introduction of Articles of Confederation.
**Review notes on Articles of Confederation in both Pageant and AMSCO. Answer in notebook: What sort of relationship did the Articles of Confederation create between the central government and the state governments? What powers did the Articles of Confederation give to the central government?

Thursday - I will not be in school Thursday. In class/HW questions:
1. In what ways did the Articles of Confederation limit the power of the central government?
2. Under the Articles, what important powers did the central government lack?
What social changes occurred as a result of the American Revolution?
3. Why was western land such a major problem for the nation? How did the government under the Articles systematize the settlement of western lands?
4. What were the main provisions and the significance of the Land Ordinance of 1785? What were the main provisions and the significance of the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
5. In what sense were the Land Ordinance of 1785 and the Northwest Ordinance designed to be democratic/egalitarian?
6. Why did Americans increasingly criticize the Articles of Confederation as too weak? Be sure to mention both economic and political concerns.
7. What is the significance of Shays' Rebellion for the drafting of the Constitution?
8. How does the traditional fear of tyranny make the Articles of Confederation a "weak" attempt to construct a national government? Whom does a weak central government help? Whom does it hurt?


Friday - Why did people come to believe that the Articles should be replaced?
Terms: Northwest Territory, Land Ordinance of 1785, Northwest Ordinance of 1787, Shays' Rebellion.
HW: Chapter 6 AMSCO notes. Chapter 9 and 10 in Pageant notes. Multiple Choice test on Wednesday (Proclomation of 1763 - Articles of Confederation). Do not complain about the HW you have 4 days to complete it and if you are on the website you can certainly get ahead.