Monday- Absent, blood drive
Tuesday-
Revolutionary War- 1775-
- Loyalists, Patriot, Kingdom of Great Britain, Iroquois, Holy Roman Empire
- George Washington- Commanding general, First president of the US
- John Hancock- Soldier
Louisiana Purchase-
- Name 5 states that were added to Louisiana Purchase- Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee
Christopher Columbus
- Born in 1451
- Sailed with Nina and the Pinta
- He was in Santa Maria
- Started new era of expeditions and xploration
- Established "New World"
- Brought riches and luxery back to his country
- Kidded/caused the death 250,000 Natives
- Started Native American Slave trade across Europe
The Pilgrims-
- Person or group who travel for sacred or religious reasons
- Moved to England once the royalty changed the national church
- Want to practice own religious beliefs
- Moved to America on the Mayflower and colonized in Plymouth in 1620
- 102 people on the Mayflower
- November 11th 1660- Signed the Mayflower Compact
- 1632- First "thanksgiving" celebration with the Indians after harvest season
- One man passed away; passengers believed it was karma
- One baby boy was born
- Many cases of seasick
- 102 passengers along with the crew were on board
- One man over-board; saved him with ropes
- Started first Thanksgiving holiday
- Helped start the development of the US
- They took land from the Natives
Civil War-
- Started April 12, 1861
- Bloodiest battle in the US
- Mainly about slavery
- Fort Sumter - South Carolina Confederate
- Fort Henry- Tennessee- Union
- Gettysburg- Pennsylvania- Union
- Abraham Lincoln- Issued Emancipation Proclamation, Union Commander in Chief, proclaimed all people held as slaves in the Confederacy as forever free (Emancipation Proclamation), Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
- Ulysses S. Grant- General of the Union, 18th president, Accepted Robert E. Lee's surrender on April 9, 1865, Abe's right hand man
- Robert E. Lee- Fought for confederate, Surrendered to General Grant at the Appomattox Court House in Virginia
- Union won because they had more industry
- Negative- Many family members and people had been lost and the east was left in ruin.
- Positive- Law of slavery had been discontinued and the people in slavery had been released and because true citizens of the US
Early Industrial Revolution-
- Great stepping stone for the new era of machine
- 1712- Steam Engine was invented
- 1764- Spinning Jenny
- 1769- Improvement on Steam engine
- 1794- Cotton gin
- 1844- Telegraph ; sent messages quickly
- More jobs were created
- Kids had hard jobs; cleaning machinery
American Revolution-
- Between Great Britain and America 13 colonies
- George Washington- Commander of Continental army
- Ben Franklin- One of the 5 founding fathers
- February 1778- Signed a military alliance
- Provided soldiers, supplies, money
Battle of Lexington and Concord-
- April 19, 1775
- 700 troops came upon 77 militiamen
- British moved towards Boston
- 2000 minutemen
- Arrived back to Lexington where British reinforcements came to support them
- Could've finished them off
Battle of Yorktown-
- French Navy departed for Chesapeake Bay
- French Navy and Continental army had 17,000 troops to attack
- Improved peoples way of living; gained independence
- Trade freely with other countries
- War destroyed relationship between the two
- Refused to sell British goods, hurting the economy
Battle of Gettysburg-
- Largest battle of the way
- 85,000 Union vs. 75,000 Confederate
- Slavery was put to an end
- North modernized the South
- War put brother against brother and families were split apart
- Many years after war to rebuild damage
- 620,000 soldiers died for America to stop fighting
Slavery-
- Started when they first brought African Slaves in 1619
- Started slavery in Jamestown for tobacco
- In 1830-1850. movement to abolish slavery in America led by Frederick Douglas
The War for Independence-
- 1775-1783
- deaths anywhere from 20,000-30,000
Mexican/American War-
- Started in 1846-1848
- First US armed conflict fought on foreign soil
- Over 13,000 American soldiers killed by 1.5% of that was from combat
- Received Southwest part of US
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