APUSH saq and leq

SAQ 1

the Cherokee removal

cherokee nation vs georgia

georgia wanted to dtrip the Cherokee from their land after they discovered there may be gold there. the Cherokee refused to adhere to the new laws they had put in place because they saw themselves as a sovereign government within the US borders. denied a central part of the cherokee claim. ruled that all American Indians were domestic dependent nations rather than fully sovereign governments. because they were a dependent entity and not a foreign state, they did not have standing to sue Georgia in the us federal court system.

worster vs georgia

georgia sought to seize Cherokee land and restrict their autonomy after gold was discovered and the Indian removal act of 1830 was passed, reverend samuel worcester, a missionary assisting the cherokee, refused to obtain a state license and swear loyalty to Georgia as required by state law, leading to his arrest and conviction. another case that states opposite of Cherokee nation vs Georgia. they ruled that the cherokee were a sovereign nation and georgia had no right to impose their laws on them.

trail of tears

the trial of tears was the forced and brutal relocation of approximately 60,000 natives Americans from their ancestral homelands in the southeastern united States to lands west of the Mississippi river, primarily in present day Oklahoma. the journey was devastating. due to exposure, disease, starvation, and exhaustion, an estimated 4,000 to 15,000 people died along the way. this journey was from then on characterized by broken treaties, disregard for supreme court rulings that protected native land, and immense human suffering

indian removal act

an act Jackson passed that said American Indian peoples in the east were forced to exchange their lands for territory east of the Mississippi river. this would void all prior treaties

treaty of echota

proposed the exchange of 100 million acres of Cherokee land in the southeast for $68 million, and 32 million acres in indian territory

SAQ 2

andrew Jackson (the king)

what perspectives led to the idea of Andrew Jackson as a king?

he vetoed 12 bills, more than any of the other presidents combined, he did not follow the american democratic system, ignored the supreme court (worster v Georgia), vetoed the second national bank and established pet banks

what are the effects that came from these things?

ignoration of worster v Georgia - led to the trail of tears

veto of national bank and establishment of pet banks - led to the panic of 1837 as the pet banks lended money irresponsibly and it destabilized the economy

SAQ 3

market revolution

specific examples of historical economic changes and effects of the market revolution

increase of unskilled labor, steampowered engines, railroads, canals (erie canal specifically, first navigable water route), production of cotton (cotton gin), emergence of the middle class, migration from rural areas to cities, westward expansion

specific developments that came about as a result of economic changes from the market revolution

dorothea dix: she was advocating for changes in asylums, as people mentally ill were living in prisons with convicted criminals and had horrible conditions. she had hospitals built and filled them with better equipment and staff to support the mentally disabled

LEQ 1

british policies prior to the revolution that increased colonial resistance and desire to change to a republic

contextualization

mercantilism (britain wanted to gain power, and the best way for them to do that was by gaining money through their colonies), french and Indian war (a war fought by britain against the french and their native allies over land in the Ohio river valley, britain lost money in the war and needed to get rid of their debts, did this by taxing the colonies)

evidence options

the proclamation of 1763, the tea act of 1773, the intolerable acts, boston port act

the tea act of 1773

an act that required the colonies to only purchase their tea from the British company that was in financial struggles. This led to the boston tea party as a reaction to the tea act where they threw tons of tea into Boston harbor. this reflects the colonial resistance because it shows how they are not happy with the laws that the British are imposing upon them and that they should be able to take care of themselves

the intolerable acts

a series of four acts passed by parliament in 1774 in response to the Boston tea party. the main purpose was to punish the colonies and restore order. the British Parliament intended for the acts to isolate Massachusetts and deter other colonies from resisting British rule. instead, the harshness of the laws backfires, generating widespread sympathy and support for massachusetts across the colonies. in response , 12 delegates met to form the first continental Congress. the acts: Boston port act (closed the port of Boston to all trade until tea was paid for, ruined economy), mass. government act (placed the colony under royal control, removed self government), administration of justice act (British officials accused of crimes could be tried in britain), and the quartering act (colonists had to provide housing for british soldiers.