Manifest Destiny

Question 1

What is Mercantilism?

Answer 1

One of the two main types of people in the 18th Century, they wanted to use money to influence others to get what they wanted.

Question 2

What is Special Interest?

Answer 2

One of the traits of a Mercantilist, this was the use of money to get what they desired.

Question 3

What is National Economy?

Answer 3

Another trait of the Mercantilists, they always thought of what they want on a national scale.

Question 4

What is Direct Democracy?

Answer 4

The third of the main Mercantilist trait, Direct Democracy is the use of having ONLY citizens make decisions for the country. They wanted this because they could bribe people to change their minds and votes that minorities casted weren’t protected like they are now.

Question 5

What is Success-Based on Quantity?

Answer 5

To measure success, Mercantilists measured quantites of what is gained.

Question 6

How did Mercantilists feel about technology?

Answer 6

Mercantilists always bought any new technology just because it is new, rich people still do this today.

Question 7

What is Agrarianism?

Answer 7

The notion that a hard-working person will make better choices because they are more resoponsible.

Question 8

What is Deliberate Life?

Answer 8

Using a same routine day-to-day, mostly the efficient use of what you have and getting work done well.

Question 9

What is Familial Interest?

Answer 9

The first Agrarian trait, people were defined by how they interacted with their family.

Question 10

What is Home Rule?

Answer 10

The second Agrarian trait, the notion that the home is your own little nation and that you must take pride and be responsible for it.

Question 11

What is the Balanced Government Viewpoint?

Answer 11

The third Agrarian trait, the allowing of all people to vote and all decisions made by a minority to count.

Question 12

What is Success based on Quality of Life?

Answer 12

The fourth Agrarian trait, this is asking yourself if what you do is efficient and worth it.

Question 13

What did the Agrarians think of Technology?

Answer 13

The fifth Agrarian trait, they believed that technology is purely a tool and if it wasted time they wouldn’t use it.

Question 14

What was the Agrarian ‘American Dream?’

Answer 14

They purely believed that there should always freedom and no tyranny.

Question 15

Who was John Taylor of Caroline?

Answer 15

He wrote a great book in 1803 called ‘Arator,’ it argued about the similarities and differences between Agrarianism and Mercantilism.

Question 16

Who were the Over-Mountain Men?

Answer 16

Mostly of Scottish/Irish origin, they went Westward first and created great fortresses.

Question 17

Who was Daniel Boone?

Answer 17

Daniel was an amazing founder who traveled very far west. He liked being alone and far from everyone else, and he thought of himself as ‘God’s tool for settling land.’

Question 18

Who was General James Robertson?

Answer 18

He was a traveler like Danial Boone, he found Tennessee and helped to settle it.

Question 19

What happened at Tennessee?

Answer 19

Robertson told an authority figure about Tennessee, and they both went there together. According to old stories, they found a small shack in which a married couple lived with their newborn baby. This is believed to be the first baby born that far West.

Question 20

What happened in 1771?

Answer 20

Robertson came back again with 16 families, and they settled in Tennessee. They actually made their own nation called the Republic of Franklin, and it’s government was very similar to the Constitution that would come three years later. Eventually, John Sevier became the first governor of Tennesse as the nation joined the U.S.

Question 21

What is a ‘Circuit Rider?’

Answer 21

A pastor that traveled really far for hundreds of miles, they established schools/churches and they often stopped at towns to give sermons and baptisms.

Question 22

What did Evan Jones and Daniel Butrich do?

Answer 22

They went to live with the Cherokee and learned their language. This made it possible to spread their gospel message.

Question 23

What did Sequoyah do?

Answer 23

He made the official Cherokee alphabet and Evan Jones used it to translate the bible.

Question 24

What was the Lewis and Clark Expidition?

Answer 24

It was a large traveling expedition arranged by Thomas Jefferson. He assigned Lewis and Clark to buy lands, negotiate with the Indians, and to document the West. Sacajawea also helped Lewis and Clark get to the Pacific Ocean.

Question 25

What was the War of 1812 about?

Answer 25

Unlike the war of independence, this war was only for control.

Question 26

What was happening with the British during the time?

Answer 26

During this time, Britain was actually fighting France but they wanted to get America back as well. They secretly convinced natives to attack and captured ships, but the Americans soon found out.

Question 27

What happened in 1807?

Answer 27

The British and the French each passed an act at this time. First, the British made an act that all trading ships had to stop in GBR, pay a fine, and then get permission ti trade. In response, Napoleon convinced many European countries as well as America to stop trading with England.

Question 28

What happened in 1812?

Answer 28

James Madison, the American president of the time, sided with France and declared war on GBR.

Question 29

Who was Tecumsuh?

Answer 29

Tehcumsuh was a Native-American who rallied up and united several tribes into an army. They wanted to get land back that they idiotically gave away for bottles of whiskey and little money.

Question 30

Who were some of the groups of people that sided with the British?

Answer 30

Several Native-American tribes and the loyalists were on the side of the British.

Question 31

What happened when Napolean died?

Answer 31

There was no more war in Europe, so Britain was able to focus its fighting on America.

Question 32

What did General Ross do?

Answer 32

He went into Washington DC and lit the White House on fire.

Question 33

What happened outside of Fort McHenry?

Answer 33

Francais Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner, he as on a ship outside of the fighting and watched the conflicts.

Question 34

What happened on Janurary of 1815?

Answer 34

At the end of this month, during the conflict, 2500 British Soldiers died and only 13 Americans died. Turns out that the war was declared over a year ago, but the information took a long time to spread.