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QUESTIONS: Explain any of the following in a detail filled paragraph: (or take me back to the page of terms!) -the main motives which led Europeans to North America; the main differences between the 13 English colonies; the main causes of the Revolutionary War; the main arguments of the Declaration of Independence, the main reasons why the Americans won the Revolutionary war. -How did the 13 colonies co-operate with each other against the British? -How did American Colonists react to British Laws before 1775? -Were Americans equal when the Declaration of Independence was written? Why or why not? -Explain the major differences between the Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians. -Explain the arguments for and against ratification of the Constitution. -Were the Articles of Confederation a failure? Why or why not? -Did the Constitution provide the U.S. with more freedom or more justice (or both - or neither) than it had before? -How successfully did Washington and Adams lead the new nation under the Constitution? -How did John Marshall's Court defend and extend Federalist principles? -How did coming into power affect Jefferson's philosophy of government? -How did the U.S. increase its territory between 1776 and 1824? -What were some of the effects of Westward Expansion on Native Americans, Slavery, or the growth of Sectionalism? -What were some of the motives and justifications for American westward expansion? -What were some of the reform movements before the Civil War? What motivated them? -Could the Civil War have been avoided? If so, how? -Explain why the Union won the Civil War. -Explain the goals of Reconstruction and why they were or were not achieved. (MORE TO COME SOON!)
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