Monday - We went over presentations and took notes through the class period
Tuesday - Presentations
Wednesday - Presentations
Thursday - Presentations
Friday - Presentations
Christopher Columbus
Born 1451
Sailed from Spain to Santa Maria
Went to many kings, but was turned down
Discovered America for Europe
Intro to Slavery
1619-1865
Started in Jamestown, Virginia
Triangular Trade
Booming Economy Source
6-7 million slaves
Revolutionary war
1775-1783
Great Britain and the 13 colonies
George Washington was major general in the war
Married Martha who owned 300 slaves and owned 1500 acres of land
The Constitution
Written Sep. 17, 1787-Now
Article of confederation
Created a stronger government
It was too vague
Signed by Founding Father
Protects the people's rights
Trail of Tears
Began in 1830 and ended March 1839
Many Natives were driven off their land
Traded Cherokee land for $5 million
Indian Removal Act
Whooping cough, typhus, dysentery, cholera
Jamestown
April of 1207
Joint-stock companies - several investors trying to make profit
TOBACCO
The Great Awakening and Enlightenment
Period in which philosopher valued reason and scientific methods
Very intellectual
Earth rotated around the sun
French and Indian War
Fight over Ohio Valley
Treaty of Paris
Great Britain claimed Canada and all land east of Mississippi
Proclamation of 1763 - west of Appalachians
Sugar Tax
Smuggling goods
Paid smaller tax so they wouldn't smuggle
Coffee, Indigo, certain Wines
Not paying tax leads to court
Merchants
Stamp Act
Tax - anything stamped
"Taxation without Representation"
Help send troops overseas
Samuel Adams
Wealthy Merchant
Big in politics
Part founder of Sons of Liberty
Turned Patriots against British
Declaration of Independence
Be a separate nation of the world
Men were equal
King abused the right to rule
Create a government that protects rights
The 2nd Continental Confederation
Set up new government
Articles of Confederation
March 1, 1781
James Madison
Proposed Virginia Plan
Legislature based on population
Small states opposed, large state power
William Patterson
Proposed New Jersey Plan
Single house legislature
Equal power
Roger Sherman
Proposed the Great Compromise
2 house Congress
Upper house (Senate) - equal power
Lower house (Representative)
The Three Fifths Compromise
Southern states wanted slaves to count towards population for more representatives
3/5 of the slaves counted as part of the population
New Government
Executive
Legislative
Judicial
George Washington
9 States needed to approve the Constitution
December, 1791 - Bill of Rights
Gold Rush
California 1848-1855
City of Coloma
James Marshall
300,000 people
Boom towns/Ghost towns
Great Invention
Peter Cooper
Tom Thumb
1830's
Clanking, jolting, bumping
Reduced travel - 90% faster
Encouraged settlers to move west
Move Ag products for sale
Transport troops
Manifest Destiny
Oregon trail
Santa Fe trail
Louisiana purchase
Lewis and Clark
Alamo
Fort Sumter
Started war here by confederates
Battles/Presidents/Generals
Combatants
Loyalists, Patriots, Kingdom of Great Britain, Iroquois, Holy Roman Empire
Pilgrims - Person or group who travel for sacred or religious reasons
Moved from England once the royalty changed the naitonal church
Wanted to practice their own religious beliefs
September 16th 1620 - leaves from Southampton
November 6th - 66 days of travel to reach the Plymouth
November 11th -- signed the mayflower compact
Why did North win Civil War?
God was on the side with the heaviest battalion
British Colonies
Took three months to get to America
Arrived in Chesapeake bay
Led to economy shifting and allowed slavery in the South
Founding of our Nation
1773
Boston Tea Party
TJ
King George III
Lost men at war
Indian Removal Act
Removal to federal territory, west of Mississippi
Europeans wanted tribes to move to acquire more land for cotton farms
Although this did leave more for them, many Natives were killed in the process
Trail of Tears
1838-39
Cherokee
East of Mississippi
Oklahoma
Reconstruction
1865-1877
Time period focusing on rebuilding after Civil War
Andrew Johnson
African Americans were given freedom
KKK believed they didn't deserve the freedom so they were back on the bottom again
4,000-15,000
Comments
Good job this week but you did not have a blog for week 3.