Final Exam

Next week, May 20th we'll have the final exam for this class, I'm pretty happy to say that I free the test, but during this week even if you free the test or not we had to answer the review which had various of parts that were going to be included in the test. Like dividing the map north & south, analyzing some news,  & drawing what we learned in the class. 

Activity review of Chapter 14

Today, on the class we had a debate divided between two groups. We had to stand up each student, to pick a question from the bag, and we had the opportunity to consult with the rest of the group. We had questions like what aspects had the north and the south, the north was urban , in favor of liberty, develop in the manufacturing, less population while the south it's economy depends on the slavery & lacked industrial. Other questions mentioned what was overcrowding, acres, elite & naming the 5 ways of the slaves resisting which were leakage, sabotaging the machinery, obtained aditional time of rest, pretending to be sick or hurt and rob food. The teacher also asked how the slaves were punished which were whiplashed and they reduced their food. 

Chapter 12: Jacksonian era

Concepts:

deferential- showing respect and subordination to a person or institution of social status, political or military superior

rates- prices or taxes levied on the goods

tariffs - taxes levied on the goods into or out of a country 

annulation-action and affection to invalidate a law or contract 

hoarders-who accumulate a product or appeal excessively 

speculators-those that seek profit or gain by any means 

manumission - legal release of a slave or a minor 

revival- religious movement that seeks to encourage and energize followers

 Andrew Jackson was presented as a candidate to the presidency, More nearly than any of his predecessors, Andrew Jackson was elected by popular vote. 

Oral Reports

This week & last week, we've been presenting oral reports. Each student has a state, I picked Virginia since to me it was the easiest to present and have knowledge about it. I presented it on a powerpoint which includes it's history, touristic places, customs, population, food. 


Here's my presentation:

Field Trip

In two weeks, on March 7th we're gonna have a Field Experience. We're going to LAJAS (La Parguera & Playa Rosada). To be honest, I'm super excited to go and it looks like they're really fun places and I hope we can enjoy it a lot with no trouble at all.

Chapter 11: Jeffersonian era

 '' Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you.''

~Thomas Jefferson

Why is it called the period of the first decades in the 19th century the Jeffersonian era?

Because in honor to one of the most popular in the era, Thomas Jefferson; because he developed a new government system.

How did it developed the judicial system and the supreme court during the nation's first decades?

Jefferson broke several of the traditions imposed by Washington & Adams, in doing so this developed and modify the judiciary.

Concepts from chapter 9 & 10

complot- action against a person or identity to harm it or obligate to do
republic- type of government which authorities are chosen by citizens by voting and in which the powers are separated into different branches
customs-governmental office usually ubicated in the ports
martyrs- dead people that are granted like heroes

This is a list of the process of the Independence:
1) Laws of the Townshend Act which means Tax series and products imported from any British party
2)Stamp Act
3)Boston Massacre
4)East India Company
5)Boston Tea Party
6)Samuel Adams writing a series of letters for the colonists leaders

The last weeks on class, we were on chapter 9 & 10 on the process of Independence of the United States.  We have a new teacher called Yadira Cuevas. Mainly we learned some concepts like complot, boycott, republic. Subjects about the Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre which was a conflict between soldiers & rebels in Boston streets. We learned about characters like Samuel Adams that sent a series of letters to colonist leaders, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. Yesterday we had an exam about this chapter which was pretty easy for me.

Last week, we had to do a work on loose papers to answer few questions about this subject like:
what was the Confederation, federalism & antifederalism, boycott and few more. Other than that, the teacher told us to divide in groups and pick a president from George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Jackson & John Quincy Adams. We had to write a biography about him and if you were the president would you do the same he did.

Concepts (Jacksonian Era)

Montesquieu- french writer that declared the powers of government should be separated and balanced each'' The Spirit of Laws''.
John Locke- british philosopher that thought all people had natural rights. (life, liberty & property)
State- form of organization that has administrative power and regulation over a territory.
Nation- legal and political entity formed by a whole population of a country governed by the same government.

''Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.'' -George Washington
What he meant in this quote is that the Government is force because they can force you in a way. If you break the law, you can be punished by force. If you don't follow them, they will fine you. A limited form of government. 

I. Road to Independence:
1.Mercantilism
2.Laws of Navegation
3.Laws of Numeration
4.Laws of Sugar
These laws were imposed and pressured, due to violating rights.

One of the causes that gave rise to the independence of the United States from reacting mutinously because they were used to democracy and they consider themselves americans. The agreement that put end to the Independence war was the Treaty of Paris.

During the last weeks, the subjects in our class are mainly about 'Road to Independence'. In the way of the U.S independence, there's been the mercantilism, battles/wars, unfair laws & their results. The rest of the entries, I will post concepts about this subject.

Introduction

Welcome! I picked the History class because I consider it to be my favorite. I find it interesting to these topics. I'm gonna post what I'm taking, the subjects in this class. Just so you know, it's US History. So pretty much subjects like the colonization, colonial wars, the economy in that time etc.