Dylan

Things that I really liked in 8th grade,

Football Basketball Baseball Girls Food!!! Hanging with friends My family Having a good time Some of my teachers ( most of the time )

These are the things that I did and liked the most in my 8th grade year. Sports were the things that I enjoyed to do the most. I love to compete with others and I hate to loose. As a matter of fact, loosing isn’t in my vocabulary. I take every loss to heart and always play till the end. Girls are also on my list. Hey, I mean, girls are part of the reason why I got my sorry but out of bed in the morning to get to school or because I was hungry, but you get the point. My family and friends are the people that mean the most to me. It goes family school friends sports then girls, but it should really go sports friends family girls and THEN school. School was most enjoyable for me this year when I got along with my teachers. That’s when I had the best time and when I got all of my stuff done on time. last but not least I love to have a great time with the people that I love to hang with. I hope that throughout high school you still like to have fun!

Relationship poem with my parents

We don’t always get along But when we do, we flow together like a beautiful song I usually always get the things I need Without having to speak a single plead Us together have so much fun Even when there is work that needs to be done We have good times together by the lake and pool I mean, its so much more fun than being at that dreadful school I need to have my parents in my life Otherwise, I might not be able to sleep a single night My mom would keep me with her forever, My dad would be the one to kick me out and say whatever I will love them no matter what till the end No matter what life can throw us around the bend Life is too short to sleep and think about your mistakes all night You can sleep and think when your dead in a casket sealed up tight

This poem means a lot about my parents in many ways. Sometimes my parents and I don’t get along, but that doesn’t mean that we can let in wreck our lives. My family is the type of family that learned to forgive and forget quickly. That’s why I think we have a good time with each other. Families are an important thing to have and are great when you need them. They always are there when you need them the most. They are like your best friends in life. And they always will be there for you. I know that mine will :)

My friends and I love to do fun things. In this picture you can see us all covered in mud after we went for a swim in the muddy river this year. The water level is way down, so we could have mud fights in the water to have a great time. In this picture, is the funniest kid that I know and that kid is Carson Steffens. He can make me laugh no matter how sad or down I am. That’s what I love about him. Almost all of my friends are different in some type of way. But we all get along and all those qualities make us unique.

In this picture, me and one of my best friends, Ross are swimming in a sea of white powdery snow. This was on one of our snow days this year, and we had to dig out my back yard. I have to say I thought that this was one of the best days of my 8th grade life. Later that night, when we found out that we were going to have a second snow day, Ross and I went up to trailside, and did gainers off of the roof into a large snow landing. These type of days are the ones that I love the most.

In this picture are the two things that I love the most, Football, and friends. In this picture, Max, Ross and I all pose for a picture after winning a football game all together as a freshmen class for the first time. This was a pretty proud moment in my life. Football is me favorite sport and I love it with all my heart. In this picture, we all look up tall and proud after a hard fought game. My friends are there for me on and off the field when I need their back and the same goes for me. I’m always there for my friends and will have their back no matter what.

Dear reader,
The civil war has been a long and tiring battle for both sides so far. Coming from a southern point of view, I agree with the war and the fighting. We in the south are fighting for a cause that we believe in and that matter is slavery. I myself am a plantation owner that has many salves. 3251 to be exact and i really don't know what i would do without them. They are my whole life and business that supports my young and still growing family. They are the biggest and most important thing to me. It is preposterous to me that they think it will be all right here without them. We are fighting not because we want to be separated from the union, but because without our slaves, our economy would crumble. The good people of the south are not the type of people that we as a whole down here want to be fighting the people of the north. We just want to keep our slaves, god told me once in a dream sent down by an angel from heaven that I have the right to have the slaves that I have bought with my father's money that I inherited and my hard earned money that I made the hard way as a growing boy in the hot climate of the beautiful south. I have worked for these slaves and my huge plantation the same way that the slaves I own are working for their freedom. Most of us here in the south are nice to our slaves, give them good homes, give them good working conditions, and sometimes even give them their freedom more quickly for good behavior. I know that I give my slaves their freedom after 2 years of hard work for me and if they are respectful and do as I say. If they work hard and dream big, then, I will give them a big reward. That reward is their freedom. If only there were better machines so we wouldn't have to use people as the machines that did all the hard work. That would make life so much easier for us and then everybody would be happy. All the people in the north would get their way and all the slaves would be free. AND all the people in the south we also be happy because they would still be able to have an economy that didn't crash and then they could support their families peacefully. Down here, we can compromise, so the question that i ask you reader, would be could you make a compromise with the north? and would you ever be able to let your slaves run free? why or why not?

(4)(2)Goal: Be able to pull the ideas of jacksons presidency.(4)(3)
__Jacksononian Democracy__ Who-Jackson, Adams, small faimly farm owners, bug plantations and Factories. What- The creation of the Democrates When -1800s to 1830s Where-throught the Nation Why-Small farmers started to gain more power and they were then equal now becuase you didnt need to have alot of land or money. This made everybody change ideas. This started the two republican parties

__The bank war__ Who-Jackson What-Votes the National Bank Where-Capital When-Sent Rejection letter on July 10th 1832 Why- He vetoed the law b/c he didnt want a bank

__Nulification Proclaimation__ When-Dec 10th 1832 Who-Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun. What-Proclamation taking away a state's right to cancel a ferderak kaw or make it void Why-It was put in to place becuase Jackson said that the government had more power than the states and he made this bill to show that.

__** Indian Removal Act **__
 * I would be very sad and ask why we were the ones that had to move away.I would have also been really mad. I would have made sure that the government knew that we were going to come and get them. And we were there first. **

-The americans said that they wanted that land b/c of the farming. -The gov't moved the natives to territories. -They tried to move them to oklahoma. -Natives didnt leave peacefully. -The act wanted to move all the inians west of the mississippi. -the gov't had to force them out -Jockson signed the act. -This is very similair to the trail of tears.

(4)(3)goal: to review the pesidents at this point. (4)(3) Adams-alien and sedition acts Jefferson-LA purchase/ kewis and clark expedition Madison-War of 1812 Monroe- Monroe Doctrine was when he said the people from forgien countries could come into the country. JQA-Election of 1824 Jackson-Trail of tears/Indian Removal Act

(4)(2)goal: to learn the events of john Quincy adams presidcey(4)(3)
Election of 1824 Corrupt Bargain Tariff of Abomination Crisis Over Nullification
 * john quincy adams and adrew jackson were the top 2 people and they had to decide who was going to be the prez. The american government voted for adams and thats how he became president
 * There were 4 main candidates for the election. Adams, Jackson, Crawford, Clay. Clay droped out and then he got all the poeple who voted for him to vote for Adams
 * Believed to be between clay and adams. Clay held the most power between all the people in the house to vote for the president.
 * Bargan was made because he didnt like jackson
 * once this got out, alot of people disliked Adams after words.
 * this was trying to make eroupean goods more expinsive so people would buy american goods becuase they would be less expensive in 1828
 * the south didnt like it because they traded alot with the europeans and then they wanted to break away from the country, or they tried to remove it from the government.
 * later on, they removed the tariff
 * It happened because the tariff of abomination. South Carolina said that they wanted to leave if they weren't going to pass it. and then they said that they were going to try and avoid it.
 * Helped the north and hurt the south
 * South Carolina said that they weren't going to follow it would hurt their economy.

EMBARGO ACT OF 1807
- Americans can't buy land that Natives are selling! (seen as a foriegn country) -Because French and Brittish were stealing our ships we will not trade (EMBARGO) - Stopped all Trade WITH BRITTAN AND FRANCE! (JEFFERSON) -THEN madison stepped in and made the non-intercourse act to re-open trade AFTER Europe was done with war.

WAR OF 1812
-Brittan was fighting with France and then we steped in and asked for more land that was controlled by Brittan. -The war was s ﻿ tarted because of unfair trade, and they were sinking our ships! -Communications were messed up because the mail was slow..we said WAR and they said WE WILL BACK OFF. But we never got it. -Brittan was in war with France so couldn't send supplies (no Fighting) After they won they came to the U.S. nothing changed. -WAR ENDED UP BEING POINTLESS!!!! -WE got our star spangled banner out of this! WRITTAN BY FRACIS SCOTT KEY!

TREATY OF GHENT
-Ended the War of 1812 -Signed on December 24th, 1814 after the battle of New Orleans. -All prisoners were realeased and Acres of land were reterend to U.S. Brittan promised to return all slaves but instead they ended up paying us $350,000. -Madison signed the treaty.

2nd National Bank
-Created after 1812. -No money to repay funds cuz first national bank closed in 1811. -In 1830 during Andrew Jackson's presidency Jacson destroyed the bank because of its fraud. -Economic. -20 year charter, they must keep the National bank for 20 years to try and stabilize the economy! .

I think that they would fer sure have not gotten along in the white house. It would have been terrible for the people of the united states and it would have made a great chance for many people to kill the pres and the vice prez would have been very angry......

These countries all together would have been in troubke from all the fighting inbetween them. France mad because they helped us get away from britain and then we were trading them supplies that they were using to fight france.

The **Convention of 1800**, also known as the **Treaty of Mortefontaine** , was a treaty between the United States of America and France to settle the hostilities that had erupted during the Quasi-War. The Quasi-War, waged primarily in the Caribbean, had existed since the American delegation to France, arriving in 1797, had been told that America had to pay $250,000 to see—not negotiate with—the French ambassador. This incident, known as the XYZ Affair, was scandalous in America, infuriating both the Hamiltonians (Federalists) and the Jeffersonians. French warships seized American merchant ships in the Caribbean, and American privateers retaliated against French shipping. By 1800, both sides wanted the incident buried, and so the end of hostilities in the Caribbean generally proceeded as smoothly as the end of the French-American alliance. The French, at the time, were at war with Britain and did not want the neutral United States drawn in on either side; a belligerent America allied with France would be quickly crushed by the British navy while a neutral America would be able to supply the French with desperately-needed grain. The United States, for the same reasons, wished to remain neutral. Since both parties had the same goal in mind, the Convention of 1800 resulted in a peaceful cessation of the alliance between the two countries (the alliance had no "expiration date" built in, so waiting until the alliance dissolved itself was impossible). U.S. President John Adams sent a commission composed of William Vans Murray, Oliver Ellsworth, and William Richardson Davie to negotiate the agreement. The Convention of 1800 terminated the only formal treaty of alliance the United States had signed; it would be nearly a century and a half before the United States entered into another formal alliance.[1] This decision was strongly influenced by George Washington's 'farewell address' of four years earlier, together with new President John Adams' strongly independent foreign policy stance, particularly regarding European colonial powers. Depredations against American shipping committed by the French during the Quasi-War led to claims against France that were relinquished by the terms of the Treaty. Since the claims against France were no longer valid, claimants continually petitioned Congress for the relief that had been waived. It was not until January 20, 1885 that a law was passed, 23 Stat. 283, that provided for consideration of the matter before the United States Court of Claims. The lead case, //Gray v. United States//, 21 Ct. Cl. 340, was decided May 17, 1886 in favor of the plaintiff, with the recommendation that Congress pay the claim. The cases continued in the court until 1915.


 * So basically what this all says is that the people of france and the people and governments of the united states all just wanted to remain nutral because they did not want to get into a war with britian **

**This is all copied. I did NOT write this all by my self!!!!!!!!** **Who:** The French, the American People, The American Government **What:** The French were taking american ships so the american government wanted a convention to establish peace and an aliance between the two countries **Where:** The Quasi-War mainly happened in the Caribbean **When:** The treaty was officially signed on Sept. 30th, 1800 to stop the fighting between the countries. **Why:** They all wanted peace together as one and to stop the Quasi-War **SPE:** this is both social and political becuase it delt with the people of the United States and it delt with the American People **.**

Presidential Personal Agenda convention of 1800 || same ||
 * ====**Date**==== || ====**What I accomplished during class time**==== || ====**What I accomplished at home**==== ||
 * 3/3 || I was at TFT || same ||
 * 3/4 || I was at TFT || same ||
 * 3/7 || worked on the who what where when and whys for the
 * 3/8 || looked through the ways the convention was started || same ||
 * 3/9 ||  ||

February 24th, 2011

E(4) U(2) Goal: learn about the political events of washington's presidency-neutrality E(4) U(3)

Political Issues-Foreign- France- in 1789, they rebelled against the king in the French Revolution. They overthrew the king and started a republican government. Just like what america did to britain. The french wanted to be free from the king and have more say in their government. Britain-Jays treaty settled the disputes that had arisen between the United States and Great Britain in the early 1790s. British left forts in northeast and paid damage to american ships. America also paid off all debt to Britain. Spain-Pinckney Treaty set the boarders between america and spain. It also settled the trade disputes with spain. Natives-attacked settlers ans caused them to have terrible experiences. The government couldnt do anything to help them either. They never sent anybody to help them or anything.
 * Neutrality Notes **

Cabinet postitions
 * State
 * Treasury
 * Defense
 * justice
 * interior
 * agriculture
 * commerce
 * labor
 * health and human services
 * housing and urban development
 * transportation
 * energy
 * veterans affairs
 * education
 * homeland security

Crockett 1.) Discuss the pros and cons of Crockett’s ideas on becoming a politician Pros- make friends with the right people. Attend all public meetings. Be drunk on Election Day because the real rough necks will have your vote for certain. Cons- if you don’t have the woman on your side your SOL.

2.) What is the most important thing that you need to have to become a politician in Crockett’s eyes? Crockett says that the only thing you need to do to succeed is to impress the women. With that, they will convince people to vote for you.

3.) Compare contrast today’s politicians and Crockett. Even back then it was about who you know. Today you still need to know the right people and attend everything but if you were drunk of Election Day your are less likely to get a spot. People will think that you are all drink and no game.

4.) What changes would you make about Crockett’s way to become a good politician I would focus more on my idea on helping the country instead of impressing the woman.

Strongly agree- The main person that strongly agreed with the idea of a country bank was Hamilton. He thought that a bank would help the United states by giving the country a safe place to put its money. He also strongly agreed because it was his idea

Kinda agree- The two main people that kinda agreed with this idea of a bank were congress and George Washington. They thought that the idea was a good idea but didn't know how it would help the country in a lot of ways. They also believed that this idea was a little un~constitutional

Strongly disagree- The main person that really didn't agree with this bill was Madison. He didn't think the bill was right and didn't think that it was a good idea for the young united states. He thought that this wouldn't be a safe place and thought that it was un~constitutional.

Kinda disagree- The person that didnt really agree with the idea of a national bank was jefferson. He believe to construct the constitution as needed but didn't think that it was necessary