August 31st
1.Period of time
2. Basic explanation of what happened
3. Key people involved and major events
4. Impact on the US both positively and negatively
Include pictures/maps and sources
Christopher Columbus
He was an Italian explorer who was born in 1451. He never knew he discovered a new continent.
Slavery was introduced in 1619 in Jamestown, Virginia. Around 6-7 million slaves were transported to America over the years. The U.S. was one of the last countries to abolish slavery. Slavery still exists today. July 4, 1776 was when we declared independence, but in truth, we did not defeat Great Britain on that day. George Washington was the first American President. He was the President of the Constitutional Convention and the Commander of the Continental Army. George and Martha married on January 6,1759. Martha, had in her possession, 300 slaves and 17,500 acres of land.
The Constitution was written on September 17, 1787 and is still in use now. It was written during the Constitutional Confederation. Before the Constitution we had the failed Articles of Confederation. The Articles of Confederation gave too much power to the states. The Constitution protects peoples rights.
The Trail of Tears began in 1830 and lasted until March 1839. Many Native Americans were driven off of their land. Andrew Jackson ordered all of the natives to leave the land and relocate to reservations under the Indian Removal Act. There were many epidemics along the trail and the trail was over 1,200 miles. America lost so much culture due to this trail. Oklahoma used to be Indian Territory. In 1907 Oklahoma became a state and the Indians were forced to leave again.
September 1st
Went over the candian maps and talked about the the confederate flag, anchor baby, and other current world issues
September 2nd
We went over the Canda map. Talked about the 1992,1996,2000 elections. Talked about the past presidential. elelctions. Talked about swing states
September 3rd
Watched a video about why we have labor day. Took the Canadian map test
starting talking about political parties
september 4th
Talked about our assigned political party
Talked about the employment rate
Comments
Why is most of this US History notes?