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Flashcards by Miriam González Cano, updated more than 1 year ago
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| TABLE OF CONTENTS: | 1. INTRODUCTION 2. REVOLUTIONARY WAR (1775-1783) 2.1. Causes of the conflict 2.2. Development of the war 2.3. Major consequences 3. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR (1861-1865) 3.1. Causes of the conflict 3.2. Development of the war 3.3. Major consequences 4. REFERENCE NOVELS 4.1. "The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne 4.2. "The Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane 5. DIDACTIC IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION 6. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEBLINKS |
| Revolutionary War dates: | 1775-1783 |
| The Revolutionary War consisted of... | the insurrection of thirteen of Great Britain’s North American colonies, resulting in the configuration of a new nation. |
| Major 2 causes of Revolutionary War: | -British control over the colonies -Increasing taxes after other conflicts |
| Before the Revolutionary War, society was divided into... | -Tories (friendly to England) -Patriots (emancipation) |
| During RW, the centre of opposition was in... | Boston & Massachussetts |
| Boston Massacre took place in... | 1770 |
| 1st Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in... | 1774 |
| 2nd Continental Congress took place in... | 1775 |
| During the 2nd Continental Congress, it was decided to...... | create an army commanded by George Washington |
| The Declaration of Independence was published on... | July 4th, 1776 |
| RW erupted in... | 1775 |
| During RW, it was thought that England would win because... | -Large & organised land army -Royal Navy |
| Most important battle of RW: | Battle of Saratoga: France & Spain -> international war |
| RW ended with... | Peace of Paris |
| Consequences of RW: | -Political participation grew -Society + egalitarian & meritocratic -Women=republican mothers -End of mercantilism -Expasionism -Manumission of slaves in Norther states |
| American Civil War dates: | 1861-1865 |
| Major cause of CW: | culmination of the struggle between the advocates and opponents of slavery. |
| Lincoln was eleceted president in... | 1860 |
| After Lincoln's election... | 11 colonies seceeded -> Confederate States of America |
| CW started on... | April 12th, 1861 |
| During CW, America was divided into... | -North (industrial & rich) -South (agricultural) |
| The best soldier in CW was... | General Robert Lee |
| Emancipation Proclamation was issued in... | 1863 |
| Emancipation Proclamation consisted of... | change legal status of slaves into free citizens BUT not in border states |
| CW is considered as the first modern war due to... | the use of mechanised and electrified devices, such as the telegraph, photography, mines or riffles |
| 3 Constitutions Amendments: | -Slavery abolished -Blacks=citizens -Vote for blacks |
| The Reconstruction Act... | divided the South into 5 military districts |
| After Lincoln's assassination... | local authorities in the South established a racial segregation system |
| Nathaniel Hawthorne was born in... | Salem (Massachussetts) |
| Novels of Hawthorne: | -Fanshawe -Seven Tales of my Native Land -The Scarlet Letter |
| The Scarlet Letter was published in... | 1850 |
| Plot of Scarlet Letter: | Hester Pryne commits adultery with a Puritan minister, Arthur Dimmesdale, and they have a daughter called Pearl |
| Themes in Scarlet Letter: | -Sin, knowledge & human condition -Identity of the Black Man |
| In The Scarlet Letter, evil is associates with... | Dimmesdale |
| The Scarlet Letter argues that evil arises from... | the close relationship between love and hate |
| Symbolism in The Scarlet Letter: | -Letter A -Pearl -Civilisation & wilderness |
| In The Scarlet Letter, letter A symbolises: | -Society=adultery -Hester=beauty Pearl=Arthur (father) -Dimmesdale=sin |
| Pearl represents... | the living version of the scarlet letter: the physical consequence of sin and the indicator of transgression |
| Stephen Crane was born in... | Newark (New Jersey) |
| Novels of Crane: | -Maggie: A Girl of the Street -The Red Badge of Courage -The Open Boat |
| The Red Badge of Courage was intended to be... | a psychological portrayal of fear |
| Plot of The Red Badge of Courage: | Henry Fleming joins the army as teenager |
| Themes in The Red Badge of Courage: | -War -Courage |
| Symbolism in The Red Badge of Courage: | -soldier=insignificance of moral concerns |
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