Factory rules

Compare and contrast the rules found at the link below with modern workplace guidelines. How much difference has 150 years made?

http://www.historyteacher.net/AHAP/Readings/FactoryRules_1848.htm

The Impeachment of Andrew Jackson

Work through the following website and then let us know how you stand on the impeachment of Jackson!

http://historyteacher.net/AHAP/WebQuests/WQ-ImpeachJackson/WQ-ImpJackson-StudentMainPage.htm

The Young Republic Defends Itself?

Compare these two websites then comment on the similarities and differences between the Alien and Sedition Acts of the 1790's and the Patriot Act of recent years. Was either necessary? What dangers faced each society and government? Could America survive without either?

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/milestones/sedition/

http://www.npr.org/news/specials/patriotact/patriotactprovisions.html

Loyalists in our Midst

Read the following accounting of one of the leading Loyalists in the colonies. What factors would keep an American loyal to Britain? (Think political, economic, social) What dangers did loyalists face?

http://www.earlyamerica.com/review/fall96/loyalists.html

Boston Massacre

Read the two following viewpoints of the Boston Massacre. How do they differ? Are there any points that they agree upon? How do you think this event will effect the future of English/ Colonist relations?
http://personal.pitnet.net/primarysources/boston.html

http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/D/1751-1775/bostonmassacre/prest.htm

Indian Relations

Read the following two documents and comment on the differing approaches English settlers took to dealing with the native population as time passed and English needs changed.

http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5837/

For the following document, focus on the sections entitled Of Their Subtilty and That the Savages Live a Contented Life
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1637morton.html

Ship Lists Document excercise

Compare and contrast the two documents related to passengers travelling to the English Colonies in North America. What do the documents tell us about the reasons people would want to come to America? What kind of colony are they looking to create?

http://sped.rcs.net/technology/readingcomprehension/Asking%20Questions%20and%20Drawing%20Inferences.pdf

Early Colonies

Play the Jamestown Settlement game. Leave your comments after you are done explaining or describing some of the things that you learned while playing the game.

http://www.historyglobe.com/jamestown/