Monday, December 2, 2013

Monday, December 2, 2013

Hi!

Today in class of Social Sciences we have done several things, first Paqui has given us the workbook. Later, she has said to me that today is my turn to do the journal.

After that, Paqui has said that we are going to correct the things she has given us for homework, the previous situation, causes, development and consequences of the independence of the 13 colonies of  N. America and creation of the USA (point 4 of this Unit)


First, Paqui has explained the reason, some of the reason was that they couldn't express their oppinion or oppose to the laws against their interests. Taxes increase and they couldn't buy or sell their products to other places. The influence of the ideas of Enlightenment had also an important influence over the colonist.


Then she has wxplained the development with the  Boston tea Party, this was a protest in 1773, tea revolt started as a reaction against the tea tax. Some colonists dressed like indians assaulted the British ship of the East India Company at Boston harbour and threw all the tea cargo away to the sea. The British strongly repressed the revolt and discontent grew. They closed the harbour, so the products had to be moved to another place and the products was more expensive. Revolutionary war (1775-1783) , in 1775 started the battles of Lexington and concord. Here Paqui has got in blank jeje. France and Spain supported colonist met at the second Continental Congress and assumed government. On the 4th of July of 1776 the delegates of the 13 colonise signed the Declaration of independence of the United States of America in Philadelphia. George Washington, commander in chief of the army defeated the B. in Saratoga and Yorktown. In this period all men were equal and free and had the same rights King George hasn't fulfilled his rule with respect to the north American Colonies and the colonies have decided to break their political connection with Great Britain. After this defeated, the British recognized the independence of the USA in the treaty of Paris in 1783.

At finally she has explained the consequences, in 1787 the representatives of the USA wrote the first constitution in the history, where a lot of people ere exclused like women, poor people, narive Americans...In the constitution were where all the principles of liberalism were refleted:

-A representative governmet, chosen by the citizens, a Republic.
- Division of power: the executive (president with large amounts of power) legislative(congress and senate) and judicial, and system of checks and balances to avoid abuse of power.


In this period they only had the dolar like the only currency. They had to closed the nasa, because they couldn't pay. Each state had their rules.


Also we have copied some news words for the vocabulary:


-stamp: sellos
-lead: plomo
-candle: vela
-tea: té
-trade monopoly: monopolio comercial
-metropole: metrópoli
-amendment: enmienda
-harbour: puerto
-shortage: escasez
-draft: borrador
-supreme court of justice: tribunal supremo
- bail:  fianza


SEE YOUU!!




4 comments:

Paqui Pérez Fons said...

Hi Alicia,

Remember that you have to include a picture related to what you've written. You've forgotten to do it.

I'll come back tomorrow for more comments.

See you!

Paqui Pérez Fons said...

Hello Alicia,

These are my comments about the content of what you wrote:

- I didn't give you the workbook, but the notebook. I gave it back to the people who had given it to me on Friday.ç

- The first point we corrected was about the reasons for discontent or causes of the independence

- Some of the reasons were that the North American colonists couldn't express...
Colinists has to be in plural, because they were much more than one.

- The Revolutionary War started in 1775with the battles of ...

- You should explain why I got in blank. It's always because some people are talking and I lose the thread of what I was saying.

- France and Spain supported the colonists (in plural again). Afyer this sentence, there is something miising: The representantives of the 13 colonies met....

- The content of the Declaration of independence has to be after the SEcond Continental Congress and before the main battles of the war. Remember that there was a mistake in the order of the slides and I changed it in class. What the Declaration said is not that in that period all men were equal, but that they considered that all men were...., King George hadn't.... and the colonies had decided to... Add what we said about these ideas and their relation to Enlightenment

- The British (not B)

- You've forgotten to add when the war ended and what type of State the USA was

-... the first constitution in the history, from which a lot of people ere excluded..., native... In the constitution (were where) all the principles of liberalism were reflected. Erase the words in brackets.

- government
- Division of powers

- The last paragraph doesn0t have connexion with what you've written before, because you haven't written why I said these things: I talked about the powers the fedearal government has in the USA. I said that it has little power, because the States have many powers. The federal government is in charge of some things: foreign policy, defense, economic policy, national parks...Some weeks ago there was a shutdown in the USA administration and the federal government didn't work for 17 days. That's why they closed the NASA, the national parks, museums... The states have most of the powers: their own police, judicial system, education system...

There are some words that should be in capital letters: Congress, Senate, Supreme Court of Justice...

That's all. Have a nice weekend!

Paqui Pérez Fons said...

Sorry: doesn't

Cristina Blanco said...

Hello Alicia,
Although Paqui has already corrected some of your mistakes, here are some further comments:
No subject: Later, she has said to me that today it is my turn to do the journal.
Paqui has said that we were going to correct the
You have several mistakes in the following paragraph:
First, Paqui has explained the reasons. One of the reasons was that they couldn't express their opinions or opposition to the laws against their interests. Taxes increased and they couldn't buy or sell their products to other places. The influence of the ideas of Enlightenment had also an important influence over the colonists.
Then she has explained
The products were more expensive
Be careful with the expression “go blank”: Paqui has gone
There is some information missing in this sentence: France and Spain supported colonist met at the second Continental Congress
After this defeat . It is a noun, not a verb.

In this period all men were equal and free and had the same rights. . King George hadn't fulfilled his rule
King George hadn’t fulfilled….and the colonies had decided
You don’t say “at finally”, you say FINALLY
The first constitution IN HISTORY
where a lot of people were excluded like women, poor people, native
You can omit several words in the following sentence: In the constitution all the principles of liberalism were reflected:
-A representative government,
In this period they only had the dollar as their only currency. They had to close the nasa, because
ADJECTIVES DO NOT HAVE –S: : Also we have copied some new words for the vocabulary:
By the way, you have included the word “stamp” as a new word. I remember we studied this word in 1º eso and I still have this word in the exams…
Enjoy the weekend