Monday: Two forum posts leaders talk about topics. Presenting today.
The Colombian Exchange:
*1492-today
*It is the trading of animals, plants, technology and disease
Revolutionary War: (American Revolution) America Breaking off from the British
*1778-1781
*150,00 US troops total
*4,435 US troop death
*Fought by the 13 colonies
*Positive because it took a step towards our independence
*US won and gained independence
*Impact: the colonies became independent, British are no longer in charge
The War of 1812:
*1812-1814
*No one won the war, signed a peace treaty to end it
*General Andrew Jackson who (Without knowing) attacked the British after a peace treaty
The Civil War:
*One of the largest wars in American History
*South was lead by: Jefferson Davis (He was the president)
*Led up to the Revolutionary War
*War between the North and the South
Jefferson's Presidency:
*1801-1809
*Positive: He tried to abolish Slavery
*Negative: Trying to keep U.S. out of Europe's, slowed down the Economy
French and Indian War:
*The French Indian war was a battle between France and England
*France and England both wanted larger portions of North American
*France dominated early in the war, but England won in the end
*England gained more land which eventually lead to the Revolutionary War
Battle of Gettysburg:
*July 1, 1863 - July 3, 1863
*Was thought as the most important battle of the Civil War
Bering Sea Land Bridge:
*14,000-20,00 years ago
*Migrated because all the animals were moving from Asia
*The people followed the animals to the United States
*Impact: Brought Native Americans
*Established first European Settlers
Tuesday: Presentations
Industrial Revolution:
*Between 18th and 19th century.
*James Watt, Eli Whitney, Henry Ford.
*Make things cheaper/faster.
*If your family was poor you would work long hours in factories
American Gold Rush:
*Thousands of foreigners came to the U.S.
*James Marshall started the Gold Rush
*Gold seekers called 49ers traveled across the ocean in ship in search of riches
*Greed may cause people to steal
*Created Ghost towns: if they didst think there was gold they left
*Created boom towns
Launching the new nation 1789-1800:
*First task Washington and congress faces was creation of Judicial System
*From 1789-1795 we had our first secretary of treasury
Voting Rights:
*Declared independence from Great Britain in 1776
*1820 all white can vote they don't need property
Market Revolution
*expansion of the marketplace, early 19th century
*brought great opportunities to farmers, craftsman, and entrepreneurs
Wednesday:
My group presented. Perri, Claire, and Lei presented.
*Native Americans Coming and Going (Forced) (10,000 years ago)
*Columbus and Exploration(1492-early 16,000's)
*Jamestown and Colonization(Trying to live there)(1600's-1770's)
*Revolutionary war(1775-1783)
*US Constitution (1789)
*Westward expansion(1800's)
*Texas War for Ind. (1835-36) Mexican/American
*Civil War (1861-1865)
*Reconstruction(1865-1877)
Thursday:
Watched a labor day video. Talked about Grover Cleveland.
Why did people come to this part of the world? To escape religion or persecution. Come here for opportunities. Reunite with family.
*The Un-United States of America. There was no presidents. Every state, was one country. We were failing, people were making fun of us.
*Constitutional Convention: It was designed to change the articles. Later we write the US constitution. (1789) Establish our government. It protects our rights. Excutive, Legislative, Judicial.
*Native Americans Coming and Going (Forced) (10,000 years ago)
Different types of groups.
Some peaceful, more war like
They would come and go
Some bad things that government did to them
We forced them out of their land
We went to war against them (Plains Wars)
We destroyed their resources. Buffalo (used for food, clothing, etc). Almost became extinct.
We were destroying their way of life
*Columbus and Exploration(1492-early 16,000's)
Hernando Cortez - Defeated Aztecs
Pizarro - Conquered the Incas
Mallgren - He wanted to be the first person to go around the word
Amerigo Vespucci - It is how America got its name
Henry Cabot -
*Jamestown and Colonization(Trying to live there)(1600's-1770's)
What part of the new world did a specific country settle?
Spain: Southwest, Central and South America, Florida
Portugal: Brazil area
France: Canada, Central part of the United States
Great Britain/England: East Coast. Over by the American colonies
Dutch: New York Area
*Revolutionary war(1775-1783)
Don’t tread on me
No taxation without representation: you should not tax us, if you do not have representatives having a say
France (French) against Colonists (British)
Great Britain was in great debt after the war
Declaration of Independence
Most important part: we declared independence from Great Britain
Showing all the terrible things Great Britain had been doing to us
*US Constitution (1789)
Protects our rights and establishes our government
Friday:
-Doing an evaluation of our project
(Cont. Notes)
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*US Constitution (1789)
Protects our rights and establishes our government
Legislative(House of Representatives/Senate), Judicial(Supreme Court) and Executive(President)
Legislative makes laws
Judicial determines laws, and make sures they are constitutional
The president can sign veto laws, he enforces the law
*Westward expansion(1800's)
You would go west for farming, start a new life,
Our president was Thomas Jefferson
5 states in Lousiana Purchase: Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Kansas, Colorado, Louisiana
A young man once said: “Go West young man, go West young man”
Lewis and Clark: they went on an adventure//expedition, had it mapped out
*Texas War for Ind. (1835-36)
Texas use to be part of Mexico
Mexico opened up immigration to move into mexico (many from South)
Had to become Roman Catholic (didn’t like them)
Slavery was NOT allowed
Texans (kind of Mexicans) but called themselves Texans
Texas eventually won
Independent on their own once they won
Known as lone star republic while they were an independent country
United States brought Texas into their country, Texas dealt with it, did not really care
*Mexican/American
Had boundary disputes
U.S. WON
Mexico attacked us on our land
We were fighting for land
We gave Mexico some money (2 million dollars)
We bought California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, some of New Mexico
- We wanted to take all of Mexico
Comments
Good job Lexie!