1st Quarter Topics

Point Distribution

2 tests 30 pts each 60 points
2 papers 10 pts each 20 points
4 quizzes 10 pts each 40 points
TOTAL  POINTS .................
120 Points

Topics

Topic 1 Syllabus explained
Europeans look at the Western Hemisphere
Topic 2 Famous explorers
Native civilizations
Topic 3 Spain declines as a world power
The English beach head: Virginia
Topic 4 A look at the New England colonies 
Simulation:  Founding a colony
Topic 5 The middle and southern colonies
Cultural life in the colonies
The French and Indian war
Topic 6 Friction with England
The stamp tax
Topic 7 Trouble in Boston - A tempest over tea
The revolutionary war begins
Topic 8 Moving toward independence
The Declaration of Independence
Topic 9 Revolutionary war battlegrounds
Simulation: A revolutionary war battle
Topic 10 The Treaty of Paris
The Confederation
Topic 11 The threat of anarchy
Simulation: Choosing sides
Topic 12 The Constitution
Problems of the new government
Topic 13 Foreign affairs during the Washington presidency
John Adams elected president
Topic 14 Thomas Jefferson moves into the White House
Jefferson's philosophy
Topic 15 James Madison takes over the government
The second war with Britain
Topic 16 The war of 1812, concluded
The war's aftermath
Topic 17 America experiences a wave of nationalism
Sectional under currents
Topic 18 President John Q. Adams
The people send Andrew Jackson to the White House
Topic 19 Jackson's program
Jacksonian democracy
Topic 20 Simulation: Transportation
Election of Martin Van Buren
Topic 21 The Tyler administration
War with Mexico
Topic 22 The Mexican war, concluded
The changing picture out West
Topic 23 Expansion related problems
The Kansas - Nebraska bill
Simulation: Slave auction

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