Inaugurate, inauguration, inaugural

SEMINAR 7.

Task 1.Fill in the table and speak about the steps of the British Government that led to American Revolution.

Year   The law providing the tax The consequences of the law
1763 Proclamation Restricted the rights of the colonists to settle new lands
  Sugar Act  
  Currency Act  
  Stamp Act  
  Townshend Acts  
1774 Coersive Acts  
1774 Quebec Act  

 

Task 2. Study the Declaration of Independence (see Appendix 1) and answer the following questions:

1. What were the abuses that the colonists had suffered from Great Britain and British King?

2. What are the main human rights listed in the Declaration?

3. Who gave these rights to people?

4. What institution guarantees these rights?

 

Task 3.Fill in the table of the main revolutionary events. Speak about the American Revolution using the table.

Chronology of the Revolution

Date Events of the Revolution Results
  The battles of Lexington and Concord  
  The Second Continental Congress  
  "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine was published  
  The Declaration of Independence was adopted  
  Battle for New York  
  Battles at Trenton and Princeton  
  The British occupied Philadelphia  
  Americans allied with the French  
  The British captured Savannah, Georgia and moved to Charleston, the principal southern port  
  Americans defeated the British at Cowpens, South Carolina  
  The French defeated the British troops at Yorktown near the mouth of Chesapeake Bay  
  The Treaty of Paris was signed by the British and American representatives  

 

Task 4.Answer the following questions.

1. Why did the gap between the mother country and colonies grow between 1760 and 1775?

2. What was the effect of the French and Indian War on American colonies?

3. What were the main taxes that caused colonists' indignation?

4. What were the causes and results of the Boston Tea Party?

5. What were the most important tasks for the leaders of the Revolu tion?

6. Why did British war strategy prove false during the Revolution?

7. What impact did Paine's "Common Sense" have on the colonists?

8. What were the basics of the Declaration of Independence?

9. What layers of population supported the British on American soil?

10.Why was French support important to the colonists?

11.What did the Treaty of Paris recognize?

Task 5.Vocabulary development. State the meaning of the following words and fill in the gaps.

Cede, levy, unanimously, allegiance, grievance, prophesy, sympathizer, smuggling, treason

1.In many American schools, the students pledge      to the flag at

the beginning of the school day.

2. After heavy duties were politicians could__ mass protests.

3. After the Seven Years War, French territories in North America were      to Britain.

4. People, who signed the Declaration of Independence could be ac cused of .

5. There were many__ of the British Crown in American colonies

before the Revolution.

6. Heavy taxes on important products caused a wave of .

7. The delegates of First Continental Congress discussed the of

colonists.

8.The decision was approved.

 

Task 6.Complete the table representing three branches of American government.

  The Legislative Branch The Executive Branch The Judicial Branch
Structure      
Responsibility      
The powers under the system of checks and balances      

Task 7.Answer the following questions.

1. What tasks were to be accomplished in forming a republic?

2. What were the stages of creating a national constitution?

3. Why the Articles of Confederation had to be revised?

4. How was the distribution of political authority achieved?

5. What is the uniqueness of the US Constitution?

6. What steps were made by George Washington in creating a state machinery?

7. How was the title "Mr. President" accepted?

8. What steps in developing a two-party system were made?

Task 8.Vocabulary development. State the meaning of the following derivatives and fill in the gaps.

Amend, amendment

a) Until the Constitution was  , the basic individual rights had not

been protected.

b)___ to the bill was agreed without a vote.

Sovereign (n, adj), sovereignty

a) The action was seen as a threat to national .

b)___ power is the highest power in a country. It lies with people in

some countries and with rulers in others.

c)___ has the power to dismiss the Government in Britain.

Virtue, virtuous, virtuously

a) The prospective mothers in the early USA had to behave  and

to be property educated.

b)Patience is___ .

c)___ people possess good moral qualities.

inaugurate, inauguration, inaugural

a) In his___ address President states new goals to the nation.

b) American presidents are always       on January 20.

c) In the USA__ Day is the day when a person officially becomes

President in a special ceremony and takes responsibility from the previous President.

Ratify, ratification

a)The US Constitution was after some important additions were

made.

b)The___ of the Constitution took nearly four years.

Veto (n, v)

a) The proposal was removed by Congress under threat of presidential

b) I was surprised when the Committee my proposal.

Void (adj, v)

a)The bill was declared_ by the Supreme Court.

b) He actions __  the agreement, now the document has legal

force.

 

Task 9.Answer the following questions.

1. What was the main tendency of moving from east to west?

2. How was the Louisiana Territory acquired?

3. What were the objectives of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

4. What was the effect of the War of 1812 on the United States?

5. What were the major events of the War of 1812?

6. What did the Monroe Doctrine call for?

7. How were the frontier lands settled?

8. What was the impact of westward expansion on Indian land?

9. Where did the removed Indians settle?

10.Why was it important to maintain equal number of free and slave states in the Union?

11.How did the Missouri Compromise resolve an issue of slavery?

Task 10. Match the word or word-combination from the column A to its explanation in the column B.

A

B

1) "forty-niner"

a) the right to spread American freedom and democracy

2) empire of liberty

b) the way of Indian removal from their ancestral land to Oklahoma

3) manifest destiny

c) forced migration of Indians from their native lands to new territories

4) frontier

d) a line of covered wagons moving to western territories to start a new life


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