Read and respond by Caroline Caskey

Instructions

cgcaskey03 — 2024-10-10 20:04:52 UTC

Find at least 3 unfamiliar vocabulary words from the chapter and provide a definition (including the part of speech). Also, provide the line and line number that the word appears in.

EXAMPLE FORMAT:

Ordinance. Noun. A piece of legislation enacted by a municipal authority.
- “It was intended that this ordinance, now called the Northwest Ordinance, should stipulate that in the whole of the territory there would be absolute freedom of religion and particular emphasis on education, matters New Englanders considered fundamental to a just and admirable society.” (Chapter 1, page 12)
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cgcaskey03 — 2024-10-10 20:14:43 UTC

Read Chapter 7 of David McCullough's The Pioneers

Instructions

cgcaskey03 — 2024-10-10 20:23:21 UTC

Identify at least three people, places, events, pieces of legislation, etc. that were important to the chapter. Put the item you find to be the most important first on your list. For each item, list at least 3 points followed by their page number.

EXAMPLE FORMAT

Manasseh Cutler
- Father of 8 children (page 4)
- Attended Yale and Harvard (pages 4-5)
- Had three doctorate degrees—law, medicine, divinity (page 5)
- Met with others at Bunch of Grapes Tavern to form the “highly ambitious plan... of reaching the unsettled wilderness known as the Northwest Territory” (page 6)
- Met with Benjamin Franklin and others participating in the Constitutional Convention as well as Dr. Benjamin Rush (noted physician) and Charles Wilson Peale (celebrated portrait painter (pages 18-19)
- Spent time with Benjamin Franklin and enjoyed Franklin’s library, “the largest and finest private library in America” (page 21)
- Found the establishment of a university to be of the “utmost importance” (page 29)
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Instructions

cgcaskey03 — 2024-10-10 20:28:24 UTC

Choose at least one visual image relevant to the chapter and cite where the image is from. Follow the image you chose with an explanation of why you chose the image and how it connects with the reading.

Instructions

cgcaskey03 — 2024-10-10 20:29:53 UTC

Share your thoughts on the chapter. Write 2 observations (e.g., What surprised you, connections to other chapters, etc.) and 2 questions.

Next, respond to at least 2 other classmates' observations/questions.