Christopher Columbus-
Christopher Columbus's real mission of coming here was to find a faster way to Asia.
Christopher took back diseases, slaves and goods from us.
Christopher started the slave trade.
Constitution-
The first government of the US was the Articles of Confederation.
The Constitution is the supreme law of the American World.
It protects peoples rights.
Government formed by the people.
Set up the 3 branches. Executive(president), Legislative(congress)(declare war)(makes laws) & Judicial(supreme court)(decides if the laws are constitutional) branch.. checks & balance system. Considered a living law because we are still adding to it.
Civil War-
Started in 1861 and ended in 1865. It was a disagreement because of slavery. The North won. Ended slavery, and brought the South back together. Lots of people died. The South was devastated. It didn't solve the problems between whites and blacks.
Native American's Crossing the Land Bridge-
B.C because it was so long ago. They came over for foods and the people who went into Alaska are now called Eskimos.
Revolutionary War-
1775-1783. Colonist came here and the British kept taxing them and they didn't like it so they went to war. After the battle of Saratoga, we won, and that helped us get our freedom from the British. Although we lost trading with Britain. They started taxing people so that they could pat for their French and Indian war.
Louisiana Purchase-
Was in 1803. It doubled the size of the United States and gave us more land to farm and grow/build things on. We bought it for cheap, 15 million. The Native American's got pushed out of there.
Declaration of Independence-
July 4th, 1776. Document that declared our independence. It was talking about "he" which refers to King George the 3rd. It was talking about how he was making rules for us that we didn't like so we then went to war.
13 Colonies-
First one was Jamestown. A lot of people got rich after this, and got some religious freedom.
Alamo/ Texas Revolutionary War
1830's. All the Texan man died. Women and children were allowed to leave to tell the Texan's to give up the war. Texas won even though they lost the Alamo. Texas can fly their flag with the US and it is called the Lone Star State. We had problems with Mexico for awhile because we took a lot of their land.
Trail of Tears-
1830- 1839. Lots of people died. US government forced native American's to Indian territory To white people, this was a good thing. We took away Native American's land and pushed them to Oklahoma.
Oregon Trail-
1811-1840. 2,00 mile long trail that lots of travelers traveled. It expanded where people could go, and more trade with Native Americans. Lots of people tried trying to get where they wanted to.
Lewis and Clark-
1804-1806. Trying to figure out what land we got from Louisiana Purchase and what it was like around there. They were trying to find a path of water, which they didn't find. Found a lot more animals, and native american tribes that we did and didn't get a long with.
War of 1812-
1812-1814. British wouldn't leave our country alone so we tried to get them to leave us alone by starting another war and have them leave us alone for good. The White House got burnt down during this war. Neither of us really won, so we just agreed to stop fighting.
Industrial Revolution-
1760-1840. Time period that changed the manufacturing company. They started factories and assembly lines. They used child labor and made many kids work for long hours and do dangerous jobs for little pay. It helped us make things faster, and was good for our trade. First hit a billion people during this time.
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Native American's coming and going- came on the land bridge, followed food sources, we made them leave after Europeans came.
Columbus and Exploration- 1492-1607
Colonization- Jamestown was the first one. 1607- 1770(revolutionary war) England, France(central us), Portugal, Dutch, Spain(South America).
Revolutionary War- Great Britain hating on the colonist. Killing people.. putting tax on us.
Declaration of Independence- Getting our independence from Britain. It is talking about George the 3rd and all the bad stuff he did to us.
Manifest Destiny- we should own everything for sea to shining sea.
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