6) french and indian war
the french and idian war was between the french and indians vs. britan and the colonist. the reasons for it happening was the columbus river, france built a fort on british poperty. it also had to do with land and colonies. britan won it. native americans kept fighting and the indans captured 6 forts. britan sent soilders to give indians blankets with small pox infected on them and it pretty much wiped out the indeains. the french lost most of there land but kept a couple islands. and most of canada. great britan was in major debt because of the war and so they taxed the colonists.
12) descibe the accuplishments of presidents.
george washington- number 1. no one opsioed him. he was a precedent setting president. helped put together the 1st cabinet, supreme court,
thomas jefferson- his vision for the country failed. george washington didnt listen to him very ofton. he purchased the louisiana purchase.
andrew jackson- was out to help the people. helped strengthen the federal government at expense of state government. built the first national bank. created the trail of tears.
13) descibe causes and effects of war of 1812.
britan and america. was fought in 1812. james madison thought britan was trying to prevent us from trading. also thought britan was telling native americans to attack us. impressment was one of the reasons. they were taking men from our ships and wasnt there place.
effects- united states won again. gave us world wide respect. and that we were a viable country. but we did agree to stop fighting. the national anthem was written during this war. britan burnt down d.c. and the white house. we burnt down a quebec.
14) causes and effects of texas war
causes: faught between mexico and texas. they had to get rid of american citizenship. and couldnt bring anything. they thought least amout of government was good. they wanted independence
effects: texas didnt have the amout of people that mexicans did. the battle of the almo. texas won. captured leader. santa anna. wouldnt let him go until he gave them independence. united states evenually anixed it to become a state.
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