Monday- Work on 7th Grade Project
Tuesday- Continued
Wednesday- Presenting
Thursday-Presenting
Friday- Presenting
Oregon Trail- Everyone was trying to strike it rich with gold in California or start a new start to their life
- Narcissa Whitman- First Women to make the whole Oregon trail
- Levi Strauss- Jeans
- Mark Twain- Book writer
Revolutionary War- The war between Great Britain and The 13 colonies
- War 1775- 1783
- Declared independence in 1776 but wasn't considered independent until 1783
Civil War
- April 12, 1861- May 6, 1865
- South and North Sides
- South tried to seceded due to Lincoln's wanting to not to have slavery in the western territory
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- Gettysburg Address- Was a Funeral speech
- Jefferson Davis- Led southern states to succeed
- Underground Railroad- Away from the plantations
War of 1812
- Second war of Independence
- British wanted America back
- British burned down DC
- Impressment- The British would take people sailing on ships and force them back to England regardless if the they were from there or not
- Stop Fighting War
- Star spangled banner was written about the battle at Fort McHenry
Louisiana Purchase
- Iowa
- Arkansas
- North Dakota
- South Dakota
- Missouri
- Oklahoma
- 1/2 of Colorado
Industrial Revolution
- Began in Britain
- Began in 1700's
- Eli Whitney- Cotton Gin
- Elias Howe- Sewing machine
- James Watt- Steam engine
- Changed opportunities for everyone
- Bad work environment
Era of Explorations
- Christopher Columbus- 1492 Bahamas
- John Cabot- 1497 East Coast of America
- Amerigo Vespucci- First to Recognize as different continents
- Trading systems- Triangular
Age of Colonization
- 1585-1763
- Brought Religion and Politics
- First Colony- Roanoke- No solid explanation why everyone was gone
- Jamestown First Permanent settlement
- Squanto- Helped colonist live
- Plymouth- Rough time but not as bad as Jamestown
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