Today in class we are going to present our 8th grade presentations today.
GROUP 1: Bill,Brain,Taylor
1. The Land Bridge
-hunters crossed for hunting
-formed by ice during the ice age
-35,000BC and 6000BC
2. Colonies
-formed 1607
-English came over for religious freedom
-brought more civilations to the new found land
3.The Revolutionary War
-happens after declaration of idependce
-is a duplicate. orginail was burned
-without the long war we would all be under the british command.
-we cheated in the war
4. The Great Compromise
- orginally known ad Connecticut Compromise
-each state gets two represenatives
- set up in congress
5. The Lousisana Purchase
-arkansas, missouri, iowa, nebraska, oklahoma, kansas, minnesota, north and south dakota, new mexico texas, montana, wyhoming, and colorado and louisana.
6. War of 1812
-U.S. declared war on bristish war.
-broke trading rules, american idians against expansion, impressment.
-ended in 1850
7. Manifest Destiny
-wanted more land expansion
-lead to war with mexico and native americans
8. Gold Rush
-was found in california
-300,000 people came to california
-people settled in las angles and expanded
9. The Civil War
-based on states rights
-north vs. south
-union won
-1860s
10. Reconstruction
-occured after the Civil War
-The reconstruction began during the war and ended in1887. in and effort tosolve the issues cause by reunion, specially the legal status of the 11 break away states.
GROUP 2: Justin, Cole and Evan
1. Chrisopher Columbus
-1493
-The new beginning
-A man set forth to find a easier way to get to india to trade goods, finds a different land that was inhabitied by natives.
2. Slave Trade
-before 1808
-People would go from the united states over africa and pick up enslaved africans. they would ride over to the US by boat.
3. Revoluntionary War
-1775-1783
-the 13 american colonies battled british forces to gain freedom in america from Great Britian
-impacted the US by electing a president
4. Signing the U.S Constuituion
-1786
-A select group debates on how the country America should be goverened.
-It impacted to the US, it gave the American rights. (the bill of rights)
5.Louisana Purchase
-1803
-united states bought 828000000 square miles of french territory
-it impacted the US by doubling over twice the size of the colonies.
6. Lincolns Assassination
_1865
-lincoln was shot in the back of the head.
7. Mexican American War
-1846-1848
-was fought over the thought of the manifest destiny which is the thoufht that the US should posses the entire continent.
-made our country larger
8. Civil War
- 1861-1865
-civil war fought over the secession of the confederate states
-biggest thing was that it abolishment of slavery
9. Reconstruction
-1865-1877
-it gave over 4 million slaves freedom and it gave blacks a voice in goverment
-created bitterness and hatred between the south and the north decades
10. Getting Alaska
-1867
-Russian Government over russian colonies in alaska near bankruptcy signs treaty for the purchase of 7.2 million in gold.
-another state, oil, natural resources.
~now our group went for presentations~
~continued today, september 4.~
.the constitution
created judical,executive,legislative
united everyone with the same laws
.George Washington
started int the house of burgeses
leader of the army in the revolution
created government procedures
lead the contiutuional convention
.Gold rush
started in 1799
founded in california
everyone moved to california
.lewis and clark/ lousiana expedition
worked with the shosone indians
hoped to find a water right the the ohio river to the missouri river to go across the country
added tons of land to our country
.monroe doctrine
it was created so england wasnt allowed to live in south america and north america
many do not agree
used during the cold war with cuba
still in effect today
.Civil War
began in 1865
between north and south
war ended slavery
north did not want slavery, south did
. Reconstruction
from 1863-1887
bad bllod between south and north
after the war the south was pretty much destroyed
. Finding America
chirstopher columbus wanted to reach india by sailing west
set sail 1492
amerigo vespucci descovered america
.Ceating new england (jamestown1607)
took one month to build james fort
60 out of 214 people died
led to the production of tobbaco
.declaration of independence/revolutionary war
lasted 8 years
boston masacre
boston tea party
america teamed up with france,netherlands, and spain for the war
1765
~~~now zach and lucasa's group went~~~
>Tobacco economy
john rolfe introduced to the country
brought in a ton of money
led to slavery
helped support the economy
>The civil war
deadliest war
fight between norht and south
known as war between states
impacted out country because we would still have slaves
>French and idian war
war fought between colonies and new france
war cost so much that british made the tax go up
french allied with indians in hopes to push the colonies back
>American Revolution
colonies fought against the british
it impacted us because because we got independnce from winning this war
>LOusiana Purchase
thomas jefferson wanted to make america bigger with 60 million dollars
doubled the US
without it we would be missing half of america today
>NUllifaction Crisis
andrew jackson was the president
states did not want to pay the tarriff that jackon wanted
came down to who has more power? states government or federal government
fed government proved that they have more power
>The Erie Canal
364 mile long waterway connecting to the hudson river to lake erie
made trade easier
>The assination of LIncoln
shot by john wilke booth
was rushed to hospital that night and the next morning he was dead
shot watching your american cousin
>California Gold Rush
LOTS of gold found
made people rich
TONS of people came and got rich and some did not
many people moved to california
>War of 1812
often called revolutionary war part 2
fighting occured in america and canada
no one really won, both jus decided to stop fighting
but america probably defeated bristish, again!
~~~Today we finished presentations~~~
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