What do you know about U.s History and Colonies?

Question

I just want small sections or whatever is best for you.The thing is I'm writing a folder about U.s history to be prepare and study it, before school starts( in a week).I'm taking an honors class and i don't know nothing about u.s history.My teacher put me in this class and now i cannot get out.I said to myself,I'm going to fail.But,I know I can improve if I try hard!
So far I put in my folder a section about Colonies.
I'm sure this class will cover something about Colonies.There's just sooo much online.I don't know what I should be studying.I've been playing games of U.S History trivia.I just don't know what exactly i should be study what should I add in my folder so I can review it daily and be prepare.
So far,i have the 13 original colonies.

:( Please..

btw;this is going to be a Junior Class in HS.

Thank you.

Answer 1

I'm gonna attempt to list all the units that are likely to be covered in your class. I'll star particularly important events as I go through if I think they might otherwise escape attention (or just if I think it makes sense to star them). Often, the eras are defined by the presidencies, although in the 1800s less so because there were a lot of undistinguished presidents.
-colonization period (1600ish - 1750)
-pre-revolutionary angst (1750-1775)
-revolutionary war (1775-1783)
-constitutionalism and early years of the republic (1783-1801)
***sections of the constitution
*hamilton's financial plan
*whiskey rebellion
-industrialization? probably not but (1790s-1810s or beyond)
-Jefferson's presidency (1801-1809)
-madison and war of 1812 (1809-1817)
-monroe/era of good feelings? nothing much happens here really (1817-1825)
*missouri compromise
-Jacksonian era (1825-41)
*Bank of the US controversy
-westward expansion/manifest destiny, including Mexican war (late 1830s-1855ish)
-sectionalism and civil war (1848-1865)
*review Missouri Compromise (1820)
*Compromise of 1850
*Lincoln-Douglas debates
*conduct of the war
-Reconstruction (1865-1876)
-Gilded era (1876-1890s)
*Garfield reforms
-new imperialism (1890s)
-progressive era (1901-?1912)
*environmental reforms, government oversight reforms
-World War One, Wilsonian idealism (1913-1920)
*Senate hearings, votes on Versailles treaty
*changing factors that brought the US into the war
*Schenck v. US (1919 Supreme Court case)
-roaring 20s (1920-29)
*teapot dome scandal
-Great Depression, New Deal (1929-39)
*'32 tariff laws
*court case on labor board; courtpacking controversy
-World War 2 (39-45)
*diplomacy with Stalin
From this point on, everything is studied by presidency.

Answer 2

Well first, I'd try and get out of the honor's class. This doesn't sound like the class you have a mind set for.

However, yes, go to wikipedia and look at the 13 colonies. That is the easiest and simplest research tool for leaning the basics, You'll be okay, just start there and see what inspires you.

Answer 3

It'd be easiest to just a get a general U.S. History textbook and use that as a guide for subject matter. If this is your first time studying U.S history, looking into elementary school texts wouldn't be a bad idea.It'll give you the basic background that is an expected prerequisite in such a course. However, if it is not, perhaps you should reconsider taking an honors course.

Answer 4

It is a charter granted by the king entitling the people of a new colony the right to live there and to enact appropriate laws to govern the colony. However, the king reserved the right to rule also. The charter outlined the boundaries of the land the colonists would inhabit. gatita_63109

Answer 5

http://www.lclark.edu/dept/history/uscolonial.html

This is a good link to find out a lot of information on the colonial times in the United States.