Tuesday, September 4

[2Justin]

1. 1.  Erie Canal
      1. 36 locks
      2. waterway from Albandy to Lake Erie
      3. Eight Wonder
      4. Linked the Great lakes with the Atlantic Coast
   2. War of 1812
      1. Land and Sea
      2. Burning of Newark
      3. Number one naval battle was August 1st 1812 with the Capture of the Argus
   3.  Civil War
      1. Abraham Lincoln elected as president in 1860
         1. Caused southern states to secede 
      2. ended in 1865 with the Confederate surrender
   4.  Assassination of Lincoln
      1. April 14, 1865
      2. John Wilkes Booth
      3. Five days after Robert E. Lee surrendered
      4. First president to be assassinated
2.  Next group
   1.  Indians
      1. Some say they crossed the land bridge about 16,500 - 13,000 years ago
      2. About 1000 miles wide(100)
   2. Christopher Columbus
      1. August 3, 1492
      2. Canary Islands
      3. Voyage took longer than expected
      4. Hit land on October 11, 1492
      5. Taino Indians
      6. Claimed San Salvador for Spain
      7. Funded three more voyages
   3. Colonization
      1. In the sixteenth century colonizing America was mainly Spain's job
   4. Revolutionary War
      1. War of Americans vs. Britain
      2. didn't want to be taxed without being represented
      3. The King removed all taxes except tea
      4. The French and the Spanish helped the Americans
      5. The Americans could finally go past the Appalachian mountains 
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