These Beginnings

From These Beginnings (Volume 1, 8th Edition) is a series of mini-biographies of ten historical personalities: Christopher Columbus, John Winthrop, Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Tecumseh, Kit Carson, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Robert E. Lee.
Your Assignment: Read the following chapters, and answer the following questions (taken from For Consideration at the end of each chapter):

1. Thomas Jefferson (Chapter 5)
a. What were some of the reservations Thomas Jefferson had regarding the Constitution of 1787? What was his opinion of the Articles of Confederation? How did the Bill of Rights ease some of his misgivings about the Constitution?
b. Identify some of the basic philosophical differences between Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton?
c. As president, Jefferson drew back from his weak central government philosophy to engage in some actions that outraged even the Federalists. Discuss some of those actions and the Jeffersonian rationale behind them.

2. Tecumseh (Chapter 6)
a. Tecumseh’s concept of land stood in stark contrast to the views of the people of the United States. Analyze the significance of those differences with regard to the treaties of the late 1700s.
b. How did the outcome of the War of 1812 spell an end to Tecumseh’s Indian confederation and resistance to white incursions into the Ohio Valley?

3. Frederick Douglass (Chapter 8)
a. What were some of the unusual circumstances of Frederick Douglass’s early years that heightened his desire to escape slavery?
b. Trace Douglass’s experiences in the North up to his publication of A Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.
c. How did Douglass view President Lincoln’s actions in the early years of his administration with regard to ending slavery? What actions changed Douglass’s views?

4. Choose any other chapter from the book (a different chapter, a fourth chapter), read it and answer any 2 questions under For Consideration.

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