History Thomas Jefferson: Questions and Answers by Chapter Essay Example

servants but they realized playing cards were not “proper pastime in a Christian household”. They did not do work on Sundays to cherish the Sabbath.

This chapter talks about Winthrop and his life as a Puritan. One thing that interested me was the ringing of the bell in the community when someone was sick. This chapter was kind of confusing to me then I had thought it to be. Also in todays Christianity, if someone has lost someone your overview is that god has a plan. In the chapter, Winthrop states that, the lose of his wife’s was a punishment from God.

Chapter 3 The British American William Byrd in Two Worlds

1. How did William Byrd’s life in Virginia reflect British influences? How did it reflect American characteristics? (Mention pertinent customs, interests, institutions, and objects.)
 William Byrd, even though living in Virginia, still “observed the king’s birthday in the American wilderness as for any British subject in London [did]”. He read plays to his hostess, which they enjoyed. He modeled his house after a country estate of one of his friends.
2. In view of William Byrd’s great wealth and influence in Virginia, why didn’t he simply stay in America? Byrd’s was attached to the cultural advantages of London. He said, “Simplicity, innocence and nature were abundant in the New World”, but he loved the “ crowded theaters, busy streets, and noisy masquerades.

The British American Chapter was very interesting to me. I liked learning about one thing and realizing it ties in with something else in history. For instance, Byrd fought in Bacons Rebellion. The article told a

lot about Byrd and his life, his first marriage, his planation, trip to England where he found his second wife.

Chapter 4 Reform in Colonial America John Woolman on Goodness and Greed

1.  What were the principal beliefs of the early Quakers, and why were they persecuted? It was wrong to inhabit someone because they are a person just like everyone else. The Quakers wouldn’t by tithes to the Anglican Church because of this they were thrown in jail.
2. What were the customs and practices in the colonies that John Woolman particularly condemned? What did these behaviors have in common? Unlike most of the people that lived in the United States, the Quakers didn’t believe in have slaves. Quakers believe that everyone was that same so they didn’t address people with high honor like say “Your Honor” or “Doctor” they referred to themselves as “thou” r “thee”.

This article is mostly bout John Woolman and his life as a Quaker. Many materials in the article I hadn’t heard before, lot little this that in most history classes you don’t learn. For instance, a woman has no ownership, nothing is hers, everything is her husband’s. The difference in back then and today’s society is fascinating. I couldn’t image having to fight for my rights as a woman.

Chapter 5 Divided Loyalties Jonathan Boucher and the Pre-Revolutionary Crisis

1. What were Jonathan Boucher’s main criticisms of America in his early years as a colonist? What did he like about America? The two main Criticisms in Boucher early America year were over the payment of clergyman and bring American heritage
   

to the Anglican Church. Boucher’s liked many things about America, the land, his friends, and his family was all there.

Jonathan Boucher seems like a great man. This article may show his “good” and “bad” side, but this man fought for what he believed in. He was pretty much forced out of American because of what he believe in but he wanted America to be a “free”. He seemed to fight for the rights of slaves, yet I had never heard his name before.

Chapter 7 Testing the Constitution The Alien and Sedition Act

1. What were the principal issues leading to party formation in the 1790’s? How did the “expectation of the unity” worsen party divisions? Hamilton is the secretary of treasure of Jefferson. Hamilton’s beliefs were different from Jefferson. ‘Hamilton wanted to attach wealthy American’s to the government by skillful management of the national debt and the tariff and by creating a national bank.”
2. The political rhetoric of both parties was especially heated in the 1790’s. Give examples of extreme statements by Federalist and Republicans. A Federalist (Hamiltonians) “Fisher Ames characterized France as ‘an open hell, still ringing with agonies and blasphemies’ and speculated that such might be America’s
   

‘future state’.” A Republican (Jeffersonians) Benjamin Franklin Bache referred to Adams as “old, querulous, bald, blind, crippled, toothless Adams” in his newspaper after a song “Hail Columbia” was sung for him.

The purpose of the article was very clear that it was talking about the debates with the two different parties and people’s views. I thought is was very interesting that Federalists were first called Hamiltonians and Republicans as Jeffersonians because I had never heard this before.

Chapter 8 Republican Nationalism The Lewis and Clark Expedition

1. How did the planning and course of the Lewis and Clark Expedition reflect its scientific intent? Jefferson’s plan was to explore west. He wanted to know what else was out there; plants, animals, people and their cultures. Lewis and Clark “initiated friendly relations with dozens of Indian nations and compiled extensive records on the chapter of each. [They discovered] “178 plants, 15 reptiles and amphibians, 44 mammals, 51 birds and 12 fish.”(pg. 127)
2.  Did the constitution give President Jefferson the specific right to purchase the Louisiana Territory from the France? If not, how did Jefferson justify such as action? In the chapter, I get the impression that congress was ok with buying the land because congress approved his proposal to explore the land. After the exploration was over and all the reports came back Jefferson was able to buy the Louisiana Purchase

The Author was very clear the article about Lewis and Clark and the expedition to the west and I learned many things. I realized how many things were different in the east than the west. There were many different animals

and plant that were undiscovered because people only lived in the east

Chapter 10 Abolitionists and Antiabolitionists William Lloyd Garrison and the Broadcloth Mob

1. Who were the Antiabolitionists rioters? Describe their social background and reasons for supporting slavery. The rioters were friends and man the women had seen everyday, men you would call “upon for condemnation of ruffianism”. The Antiabolitionists thought that by keeping slaves it would maintain the social order.
2. William Lloyd Garrison has sometimes been regarded as a fanatic. What evidence in this chapter supports and what evidence contradicts that accusation? Garrison was strongly against slavery. To many abolitionists he would be a fanatic, but to the Antiabolitionists, he was not. They wanted him killed. When Garrison criticized Lyman’s judgment he appeared fanatical.

This chapter is about abolitionists and Antiabolitionists. The statement bout the meaning of “broadcloth mob” was very interesting. I didn’t know, before reading this chapter, that woman where involved in the anti-slavery movements. I thought women did have a say in many things back them.

Chapter 12 Reform in the Early Republic The Seneca Falls Convention of 1848

1. What disadvantages as women did persons like Charlotte Woodward and Elizabeth Cady Stanton experience in the early 1800’s? If a woman made any money it wasn’t hers it would go to her father or husband. Women could not go to school as men did. Men could go to a university and women would just go to school be learn to be a mother and wife.
2. Why do you think Stanton was dissatisfied with her lot as women in 1848? Why could
   

she not be content to be a wife or mother? I don’t think she was disgusted be being a woman, wife or mother, but she just wanted to have the same rights as men. She didn’t want to get but she necklace or her belongings to a men and him be able to do whatever he pleased with them. She wanted an education. She was as smart as all the boys and thought she should be treated the same.

The article was about Stanton and her fight with women’s rights. One thing I didn’t know before was the women had to give everything to their husbands nothing was there, they are treated extremely unfair. Stanton was one of the mean women that started to the movement of women’s rights and I had never heard that name before.

Chapter 14 A Slave’s Story Abd Rahman Ibrahima’s Journey from Slavery to Freedom

1. What were the essential elements of Ibrahima’s education in Africa? The most important element is education in Africa is to learn to Islamic religion.
2. How did Ibrahima become a slave? The Timbos and the Hebohs went to war. The Hebohs had muskets and surrounded Ibrahima. They then traded him to European slavers

This article was about Ibrahima's life and his journey as a slave. History is so amazing the way thing have all changed. I never knew that people can buy back a slaves freedom and that the, once known, slaves could be sent back where they were from. I guess not everyone was so hateful to Africans.