LECTURE OUTLINE
Monday, January 9, 2012
I Introduction/Syllabus
II Lecture
· Chronological Terms
o BC/BCE & CE/AD
· E pluribus unum
· The First Americans
o Amerinds/Paleo-Indians
o 1st Migration – Berengia
o Two Subsequent Migratios
§ Athapascans & Eskimos
· Bering Strait
· Southward Migrations, 39,000 – 10,000 BC
· Societal Organizations
o Bands, Clans, Tribes
§ Nomadic
o Civilizations & Complex Societies
§ Non-nomadic/Sedentary
Wednesday, January 11,
I Civilizations and Complex Societies
· Non-Nomadic – Permanent Settlements
· Sedentary Agriculture & domestication of animals
o Surplus
o Trade
o Division of Labor
o Class Stratification
· Hierarchical Chiefdoms
· The Anasazi/Pueblo Peoples, 900-1300
o The Kiva
o Chaco Canyon and Pueblo Bonito
o Attributes of Civilization
o Irrigation
· The Mississippian Mound builders, 750/800-1300
o Hopewell, Ohio Valley, 400
o Cahokia, Mississippi Plain, 1150 (Peak)
o Natchez, 16th-18th centuries
o Matrilineal
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
I European Exploration
· Driving Forces
o Desire – The Merchants
§ The Silk Road, Problems & Solutions
o Ability
§ The Rise of Kings, Consolidated Power
§ Recovery from Black Death
§ Relative European Peace
§ The Reconquista, 1492
§ Navigation Knowledge
· Prince Henry, The Navigator
· The Treaty of Tordesillas, 1494
· The Waldseemuller Map, 1507
II Settlement and Conquest
· The Tri-Part Alliance
o Monarchs, Merchants, Church
· The Columbian Exchange
· The Gifts of Civilization
· European/Native American Interaction
o Impact
§ Economy
§ Population
· Explanation
o European Advantages
The Topic of the Week:
Comparing American Voices, Chapter One
The Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Read two documents by Friar Bernardino De SSahagun & Bernal Diaz del Castillo
Answer 8 questions at the end of the reading. DUE MONDAY, 1/23
Monday, January 23, 2012
Quiz #1, Wednesday, 1/25.
I European Society
1. The Renaissance
2. Power and Authority
3. Cultural Europe
4. Economics and Social Structure
1. The Renaissance
· The role of trade
· The importance of Italy
· The Age of Discovery
2. Power and Authority
- The two pillars of authority
- The power of the state
- Monarchical System
- Hierarchical Authoritarian
- Hereditary Succession
- The Divine Right of Kings
- Absolutism
- The power of the church
- The Roman church and the Pope
- Hierarchical Authoritarian
- Divine Right
- Power over Salvation
- Church Power challenged
- Monarchs, Pagans, Heretics, Reformers, Humanists
- The Reformation
- Luther, Zwingli, Calvin
3. Cultural Europe
- Art, Architecture, Dissemination of Knowledge
- Classicism
- The Gutenberg Printing Press
- Humanism and Civic Humanism
- Enlightened Political Thought
- Locke
- Montesquieu
- Rousseau
4. European Economics and Social Structure
- Agriculture and Trade
- Agricultural Seasons and social structure
- Trade, Mercantilism, and Colonization
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Quiz #1, 20 Points
Topic of the Week Due Monday, 1/30
Read Chapter 2: Answer the following Chapter Review Question, Pg. 66 text:
Outline the goals of the directors of the Virginia Company and the leaders of the Massachusetts Bay Company. Where did they succeed? In what ways did they fall short?
I Complete Lecture from Monday, 3. Cultural Europe and 4. European Economics and Social Structure
II English Colonization of the Americas, 1607-1770’s
Ability
· Political Consolidation
· Economic Power
o England’s Break with Catholic Church
§ Causes and Benefits
Desire
· Dominate European Power
· Social Unrest
o Religious Dissent
o Increasing Population & Poverty
§ A Safety Valve
· Economic Relief and opportunity
o The Price Revolution
o The Little Ice Age
o The Enclosures, Agricultural Revolution, Textiles
Wednesday, 2/1/12
Topic #3, Due Monday, February 6, 2012
Comparing American Voices, Chapter 2, Pages 64 & 65
The Causes of the War of 1675-1676
I English Migration to the Americas
· Authorization – Charters
· Colonial Types
· The Jamestown Settlement, 1607
o John Smith
o John Rolfe
o Pocahontas
o The Powatan Indians
· The Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1630
o John Winthrop
o Puritan Calvinists
· The Plymouth Colony, 1620
o Pilgrims/English Separtists
o The Mayflower Compact, 1620
· Colonial Native American Relations
o Unique Nature of British Relations
§ Larger and more numerous settlements
§ Family Groups
· Increasing Population
· Increasing pressure on resources
· Racism and Ethno Centrism
o Regional Variances
§ Land, Labor, Trade
o Overall Pattern
§ Early, positive
§ Stress & Deterioration
· Land, Labor, Trade, Conversion & Assimilation
§ Conflict and Conquest
Monday, 2/6/12
I Colonial-Native Relations
(See Wednesday’s outline)
II King Philip’s War/Metacom’s Rebellion, 1675-1676
· Pan-Indian Rebellion
o Wampanoag
o Narragansett
o Nipmuck
· 25% of Native Americans Killed
· Background & Contributing Factors
o New Wampanoag Chief
§ Metacom succeeds Massosoit
o Stress over Christian conversion and Praying Towns
o Cultural Stress over assimilation, laws and customs
o Expansion of Pilgrim Settlements
§ Less physical separation
§ Increased Population of English
o Greater Competition for Resources
§ Increased Agriculture
· Increased English Population
· Greater Indian dependency
§ Deforestation
· English wooden housing
· Cooking and heating
o Decline of Beaver Trade
§ Virtually extinct by 1670’s
§ Boom over
· Less money
· Greater quasi dependency on English goods
· Selling land for cash and goods
· Increased dependency on agriculture
o Conflicts over English Livestock
o Wampanoag-Pilgrim Intrigqu
§ Fear of Wampanoag other European alliance
§ Wampanoag purchased of guns from land sales
§ Pan-Indian Alliance
· Wampanoag, Narragansett, Nipmuck
§ John Sassamon’s betrayal of Metacom
§ Sassamon Murdered
§ Suspicious Court proceedings
· Metacom implicated
o Conflict and war erupts
III Colonial Political, Social, and Economic Structures
· Political Structure and Distribution of Power
Wednesday, 2/8/12
Quiz #2
Topic 4: Voices From Abroad, pg. 84 Text – The Brutal “Middle Passage”, Read and Answer the Questions listed under ‘Analyzing the Evidence’
Lecture
I Colonial Political Structure
· Crown Authority
o British Privy Council
o Colonial Governor, a precarious Position
· Local Authority
o Colonial Governor, a precarious Position
o Colonial Assembly
§ The Great Charter, 1607
§ The Mayflower Compact, 1620
§ William Penn’s Frame of Government, 1682
o Two Chamber Assembly
§ Upper/Executive and Lower
o Constitutions
§ Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639
II Colonial Structure
· Race and Ethnicity
o Regional Differences
· Religious Diversity
o Regional Characteristics
· Class
o Elites
o The Middling Sort
o Indentures and Headrights
o Slaves
§ Origins
§ Status
§ Numbers
§ The Middle Passage
o Geographical Divides
§ Virginia’s Tidewater & Piedmont
§ Bacon’s Rebellion, 1676
Wednesday, 2/15/12
Quiz #3, Wednesday, 2/22/12 – Chapter 3, All Sections & Chapter 4, Section 3
Topic #5, Chapter 4, Comparing American Voices, Ethnic Customs and Conflict, Answer Questions under Analyzing the Evidence
III Colonial Economic Structure
· Mercantilism
o The Colonial Role
§ Production and Consumption
o Legislating Mercantilism
§ The Navigation Acts, 1650-1673
· Ships
· Ports
· Goods
· Colonial Economic Overview
o Regional Production
o Export Destinations
o Colonial connections to slavery
§ Variations on Triangle Trade
I The American Revolution
A) Causes of the American Revolution
1. Long Term Causes/Contextual Factors
- Influence of the Enlightenment
- The Great Awakening and Pietism
- Pietism versus Deism
- Jonathan Edwards’ “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
- George Whitefield
- New Lights and Old Lights
- Colonial Maturation
- Population
- Class Antagonisms
- Economic Influences
- Colonial Distinctiveness
2. 1763: A Watershed Year
- The French-Indian War/Seven Years War, 1756-1763
- The (1st) Treaty of Paris, 1763
- Britain’s National Debt
- 133-135 Pounds
- The Proclamation Line of 1763
- The End of Colonial Military Subsidies
- “consumer revolution”
- Pontiac’s Rebellion
- The Paxton Boys
Monday, 2/27
The Road to the American Revolution Chart, Page 1
1. One Consequence of French-Indian War, 1763
- Britain’s New Imperial Policy, 1764
- Lord Grenville
- Greater Control and Management of British Colonies
- Maximize Profit
- Minimize Spending
- Re-exert Mercantilism
- Eliminate illegal trade
- Initiate New Trade Acts
- Enforce and Punish Violators
- Colonial Resentment over Policy
- New Policy Threatening
- Politically Threatening
- Economically Threatening
- Threatening to Personal Safety
- Threatening to their Rights as Englishmen
2. Page 1 of the Road to the American Revolution
- British Action/Policy
- Colonial Reaction
- Explanation of colonial reactions and connection to perceived threats to colonial welfare.
Wednesday, 2/29
Remaining Pages of Road to the American Revolution Chart
Monday, 3/5
1. Road to the American Revolution Chart
- The 2nd Continental Congress, May 1775
- ‘Common Sense’ , Thomas Paine, January 1776
- The Paradigm Shift
- From Reconciliation and Reform towards Revolution
2. Declaring Independence
- The Committee of Five
- Livingston, Sherman, Franklin, Jefferson, Adams
- Balance of minds and colonial regions
- The Document
- Functions
3. The American Revolutionary War, Topics 6-8 Due Monday, 3/12
- Assignment available on line via Distance Learning
Wednesday, 3/7
1. Patriot Alliances
The Franco-American Alliance
3. The Interim Period, 1781-1788
- The Articles of Confederation
- Problems
- The Mt. Vernon Gathering, 1785
- The Annapolis Convention, 1786
- Shay’s Rebellion, 1786
- Possible Solutions
- The Grand Convention, 1787, Philadelphia
- The First Vote
- James Madison’s Ideas
- Agreements
- Virginia and New Jersey Plans
- Overall Political/Governmental Structure
- Key Issues to be determined
- Representation of the states
- Representation of the slaves (counting)
- The Compromises
- The Great/Connecticut Compromise
- The 3/5 Clause
Monday, 3/12
1. Complete Outline from Wednesday, 3/7
· Virginia & New Jersey Plans
· Overall Political/Governmental Structure
· Key Issues
o Representation of the states
o Representation of the slaves
§ The Compromises
· The Great/Connecticut Compromise
· The 3/5 Clause
o The Commercial Compromise
· Acceptance & Ratification of the Constitution
· Federalists & Anti-Federalists
o The Demographic Profile
o Arguments For and Against
§ Problematic Issues
· The Supremacy Clause
· A Guarantee of Rights
§ The Federalists’ Essays
§ The Bill of Rights
See Topic 9 Next Page
Topic 9 – DUE 3/21
Comparing American Voices, PP196197 – Chapter 6
The First National Debate on Slavery
Read and then explain the position of each of the nine delegates.
Identify the delegate, explain their position on the institution of slavery and/or the slave trade in the new constitution. Two sentences per delegate.
Monday, 3/26
The Hamilton Plan
1. The Three Reports
2. Hamilton’s Objectives
- Full Faith & Credit
- Income
- Stable and Strong Economic Base
3. Hamilton’s Strategies
- Tie Wealthy to Success of New National Government
- Bind States to the Success of New National Government
- Diversify the economy for Stability and Future Growth
4. Hamilton’s Tactics/Specific Proposals
- The Redemption Plan
- The Assumption Plan
- Madison’s Residence Bill
- The Central Bank
- The Elastic Clause
- Loose versus Strict interpretation
- Revenues
- Taxes
- Tariffs
- Function of tariffs
5. National Divisions
- Previous Divisions
- The French Revolution
- Partisanship
- Alien & Sedition Acts, 1798
- Kentucky-Virginia Resolutions, 1798
- Interposition
- State versus National authority
- Threat to national judiciary
Thomas Jefferson and the Revolution of 1800
1. Thomas Jefferson, the Man
- Life at Monticello
- Slaves of Thomas Jefferson
2. As a Republican President
3. Advocate of Western Exploration and Westward Expansion
Topic 10, Chapter 7, Text. Voices From Abroad: Peter Porcupine Attacks Pro-French Americans
- Answer the questions under Analyzing the Evidnece
Wednesday, 3/28
Thomas Jefferson
4. As an advocate of westward expansion
- Large republic and independent yeomanry
- Freeholders
- Port of New Orleans
- Pinkney Treaty, 1795
- 1801 Louisiana Under France
- 1802 U.S. offers to purchase port
- 1803 U.S. purchase of entire Louisiana Territory
- Size and Geography
- The Corp of Discovery, 1804-1806
- Goals
- Significance
5. Growing Pains of our New Republic
- Defining and Understanding Political/Governmental Power
- Power of:
- Congress
- States
- Executive
- Judiciary
- Challenges to National Power and Authority
- Congressional Powers
- Hamilton’s Bank Bill
- Article 1, Section 8
- State Power
- National statutes versus state authority
- Constitutionality and Legitimacy of Laws
- The Kentucky-Virginia Resolutions, 1798
- Judicial Power
- Marbury v. Madison, 1803
- Independent Nature of the Judiciary
- Judicial Review
- Limits to Judicial Power
- Cannot compel Executive to carry out Marbury’s appointment
- Executive Power
- Marbury v. Madison
- Enforce/carry out appointments under 1801 Judiciary Act
- Cannot be compelled by Judiciary
Andrew Jackson
The Common Man’s President
· Jacksonian Democracy
· Political Appeal
· Plain Solid Republicanism
· Political Opponents
o 1824 Presidential Election
§ The “Corrupt Bargain”
o 1828 Presidential Executive
§ The 2nd American Party System
· Jackson and Tariffs
o Regional Issues Surrounding Tariffs
o Jackson’s “Judicious Tariffs”
o Jackson and the 1828 Tariff/Campaign
· The 1828 “Tariff of Abominations”
Monday, 4/16
· South Carolina Exposition and Protest
o States’ Rights interpretation of Constitution
o John C. Calhoun
· South Carolina’s Ordinance of Nullification
o Precedent
o Balance and distribution of political power
· The Tariff of 1833 (Compromise or Olive Branch Tariff)
o Henry Clay
· The Force Bill, 1833
· Significance of the Crisis
o Reassertion of states’ rights
§ Overstepping the judiciary
§ Defiance of national law
o Union man character of Jackson
o Foreshadows the coming conflict between North and South
II Jackson and the Bank of the United States
· Timeline of Bank’s existence
· Jackson’s view of the bank
o Constitutionality
o Economic Power
§ Money Supply and Monopoly
o Personal Experience
§ The Panic of 1819
· The Plot
o Biddle, Clay, Webster
o Public Opinion of the bank
o Jackson’s Veto
· The 1836 Deposit Act and Specie Circular
Wednesday: Topic #11 Due Monday, 4/23. – Comparing American Voices, Chapter 10: The Cherokees Debate Removal From the Indian Territory Read Ross and Boudinot and answer questions under Analyzing the Evidence.
Quiz #5, Wednesday, 4/25 – Chapter 10, Sections 1 & 2.
Writing Assignment: Manifest Destiny and the Mexican American War, Due Monday 4/30. Will not accept any essays without an attached outline.
I Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion, Chapter 13
· A Continuation of previous westward movement
o Similarities and Differences
o The New West
§ Southern Plains and Southwest – Texas
§ Pacific Northwest – Oregon Country
§ Far west, California
o The Great Plains?
§ Problems
· Stephen Long
o The Doctrine of Expansion – Manifest Destiny
§ John Gast’s ‘American Progress
· Westward Expansion in hindsight
§ The appeal of westward expansion
· Political philosophers
o republicanism
o agrarianism
· Politicians
o 1823 Monroe Doctrine
· Economists
o New Markets of production and consumption
· “Sociologists”
o The Safety Valve
§ Class and Population