Monday and Tuesday- classtime to work on presentation
Wednesday- Started presentations- my group presented first
Presentation notes:
Christopher Columbus-
- Italian Explorer- exploring for Spanish
- made 4 voyages 1492-1502
- "Sailed the Ocean Blue in 1492"
- Santa Maria, Nina, Pinta
- Thought he was finding a water route to Asia
- found new trade routes
- new goods for Europe- expanded Columbia Exchange
- brought diseases that wiped out a lot of Native Americans
- Slave trade- forced Natives to labor
- didn't discover North America, discovered area around Caribbean Islands
- Exchange culture
Signing of the Constitution
- Signed in September 17, 1787
- Replaced the Articles of Confederation, which gave ALL of the power to the states, little to no central power
- States were uninited, like 13 seperate countries, didn't get along.
- 27 Constitutional Amendments- first 10 are Bill of Rights
- Tree branches of Government- Executive, Legislative, Judicial- seperation of power
- Written to unite America and help them work together better
Thursday- Continuing presentations
Presentation Notes:
The War of 1812
- June 1812-February 1815
- US vs. British
- Blocked Trade
- No definite winner, stalemate
- American forces capture York
- British invaded DC and burned down the White House
- 2 centries of peace afterwards
- Boosted manufacturing capabilities
- Star-Spangled Banner was written during this war
- Ties up loose ends from Revolutionary War
- Solidified Independance
- Boosted national confidence
Natives Crossing Land Bridge
- 12,000 BC
- End of last Ice Age
- Sea levels dropped 300 ft across the world
- Water freezing, allowing native Asians to cross over to North America
Settling Jamestown
- Settled on May 14, 1607
- First successful permanent European settlement in the New World
- John Rolfe, a colonist, married Pocahontas, helped with trade and peace
- Started very long feud with Native Americans
- John Smith- leader of Jamestown
- Pocahontas- John Smith was captured by Chief Powhatan- Pocahontas saved his life
- Starving time- Winter 1609-10
Friday- Finishing presentations
Presentation Notes:
Civil War
- 1861-1865
- Union wanted equal rights, Confederate wanted slavery
- Deadliest, bloodiest war in US history
- 620,000 deaths, millions injured- more casualties than both World Wars combined
- Abraham Lincoln- President of the Union at the time, commander in chief of Union Army, wrote Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and the Gettysburg Address
- Ulysses S. Grant- main general of Union- later became president
- Jefferson Davis- president of the Confederacy
- Robert E. Lee- general of Confederate army
- Battle of Sumpter- April 12-
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