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Table of Contents
Eras of American of History
European Exploration
Physical Map
13 Colonies: climate, resources,
economics, religious groups,
governments
French & Indian War
Causes of the American Revolution
Events of the American Revolution
Declaration of Independence
Individuals and Groups in the
American Revolution
Articles of Confederation
Constitutional Convention
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights
Early Republic Presidents
(Washington)
Early Republic Presidents
(Washington, Adams, Jefferson)
Early Republic Presidents
(Jefferson, Madison, Monroe)
Industrial Revolution
vocabulary
Industrial Revolution Technological
Innovations
Age of Jackson
Jacksonian Democracy
Westward Expansion
Reform Movements
Causes of the Civil War
Civil War
Civil War U.S.A. v. C.S.A.
Reconstruction
Important: Dates, Rebellions, Supreme
Court Cases
Important Concepts
European Influence in America
Political Parties
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KEY
War or Battle
** Important/Famous Quote
Rebellion
EXPLORATION
17th Century
COLONIZATION
1607
1620
CONFEDERATION TO CONSTITUTION
1787
INDUSTRIAL
REVOLUTION
REFORM
AMERICAN
REVOLUTION
18th Century
EARLY REPUBLIC
Louisiana Purchase
19th Century
AGE OF
JACKSON
1776
1803
WESTWARD
EXPANSION
CIVIL WAR
RECONSTRUCTION
1861-1865
Mississippi River
Appalachian
Mountains
New Orleans
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NEW ENGLAND
COLONIES
Harsh Winters
Water, Trees, and Rocky
Soil
Fishing, Whaling
Lumbering, Ship Building
Trapping, Trading
Subsistence Farming
MIDDLE COLONIES
Mild Climate
Rivers & Fertile
SOUTHERN COLONIES
Soil
Hot Climate
Shipping &
Fertile Soil
Farming
Cash Crops - Cotton,
Indigo, Tobacco, Sugar, Cash Crops Grains,
Rice
Breadbasket
Long Growing Season
Short Growing
Season
RELIGIOUS GROUPS:
First Continental Congress reaction to Intolerable Acts, Nonimportation agreements on Great Britain
Lexington & Concord first battles shot heard round the
world**
The British are coming - Paul Revere**
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
Bunker Hill (Breeds Hill) dont shoot until you see the whites
of their eyes (warning to save their ammunition)
Trenton Washington
crosses the icy
Delaware River and
surprises the Hessians
America
Great Britain
Florida
Mercy Otis Warren writer and
propagandist
Thomas Paine Common Sense and
An American Crisis
liberty
Give me
orPatrick
give meHenry
death**
ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
The original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781,
which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.
Weaknesses:
no executive
no court system
could not levy (collect) taxes,
Confederation Congress regulated by the states
states had the power, not the national government
Strengths:
Land Ordinance of 1785 set up the Northwest Territory
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 was process for territories to become
equal states population of 60,000 required individual rights
protected no slavery
SHAYS REBELLION
farmers in Massachusetts were having money problems
and the state would not help
national government could not help
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION
PLANS
New Jersey
Virginia
-Small states
-Large states
-Equal
-Representation by
representation
population
COMPROMISES
-Great Compromise
-Three Fifths Compromise
-Two plans together
-Three of every five slaves would
-Three branches
be counted toward population
-Two House Legislature
-Senate equal representation
-House of Representatives representation by population
RATIFICATION
Federalists FOR
Anti-Federalists-AGAINST
1. Federalist Papers
1. Thought national government had too
2. Wanted strong
much power
national government
2. Believed individual rights were not
3. Leaders: Alexander
protected
Hamilton & James
3. Leaders: Patrick Henry & George Mason
Madison
U.S. CONSTITUTION
PREAMBLE introduction
PRINCIPLES:
Popular Sovereignty We the People** the people are the source of power
for the government
Republicanism people are the source of\
power by electing (voting for) representatives
Separation of Power - the power of the
government is divided into three
separate branches
Checks and Balances in order to limit the power of the three branches, each
branch has powers that check the other branches and keep the power balanced
Ex: President can veto laws by Congress
Federalism - both the national government and
the state governments have powers and
the national government have powers that are
shared
Limited Government all people, even
those who work for the government, are
limited by what is in the Constitution
Individual Rights Bill of Rights:
Individuals liberties and privileges
protected
AMENDMENT PROCESS - done by Legislative Branch
BILL OF RIGHTS
Separation8
of church
and state
Judiciary Act
2 levels:
Supreme Court
District Courts
Whiskey
Cabinet
Battle of Fallen Timbers
Rebellion
-gives advice
-Treaty of Greenville
-National
to the
- Natives lost land
government
President
-Maintained national
enforced law
security
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PRESIDENTS CONTINUED
George Washington Beginnings of Political Parties
Federalists
Hamilton
Strong
Loose
Manufacturing
Government
Interpret Constitution
Economy
Democratic-Republicans
Jefferson
Weak
Strict
Agriculture
Proclamation
of
Neutrality
John Adams
Alien & Sedition Acts Adams (Federalist) wanted to keep the
immigrants (aliens) from voting for Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)
XYZ Affair Diplomats sent to France because of seizure of American
ships. They were told they would have to pay a bribe in order to speak
to the government
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase 1803 doubled the size of the United States and
opened up the west for settlement and trade
Lewis and Clark Expedition sent to map and write about the
Louisiana Territory escorted by Sacagawea a Native American Guide
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Jefferson continued.
Marbury v. Madison set the principle of Judicial
Review only the Supreme Court can determine the
constitutionality of laws
James Madison
-Father of the Constitution
-War of 1812: Second Revolutionary War, the WarHawks called for war
against Britain in part due to the impressment of U.S. sailors
-Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner Battle of New
Orleans (Jackson hero)
-Treaty of Ghent: ends the War of 1812
Started Era of Good Feelings and caused Americans to want to
produce more of their own goods
James Monroe
Era of Good Feelings nationalism & patriotism
Monroe Doctrine stated that Europe could not colonize in the Western
Hemisphere and land was protected from colonization
Industrialization
Making by Hand (Cottage/Craftsmanship)
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Industry
Urbanization
Rural (agriculture/farm)
Immigration
People from other countries
Cities (factories)
Jobs
By rivers (power)
Factory
By city (market)
Interchangeable Parts
(Replacement parts)
Assembly Line
Mass Production
Technological Innovation
COTTON GIN
Description
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Removed seeds from cotton
(cleaned fiber)
ELI WHITNEY
Increased slavery because cotton
could be cleaned faster so they
were able to plant more
TEXTILE FACTORIES
Cloth is made
Power loom
Lowell Mills
Women & children workers
TELEGRAPH
SAMUEL MORSE
Morse Code
Communication
Connectivity
STEAMBOAT
RAILROADS
EFFECTS
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Jacksonian Democracy - peoples president - common people (selfmade men: shopkeepers, farmers) universal, white man suffrage
(voting)
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny The belief that America had the God-given right to
expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean
Louisiana Purchase 1803 doubled the size of the U.S.Lewis & Clark Expedition Sacagawea
Texas Annexation dispute with Mexico over river border led to War
with Mexico General Zachary Taylor sent by President Polk
annex land, territory, becomes a part of a country
Mexican Cession Polk expansionist president Treaty of GuadalupeHidalgo(cession give up land, territory)
Gadsden Purchase purchased by U.S. from Mexico - land needed
for transcontinental railroad
Oregon Country 5440 or Fight! ** settled peacefully with a
treaty with Great Britain
Spanish Cession Adams-Onis Treaty
California Gold Rush 49ers Sutters Mill
Mormon Trail Brigham Young Salt Lake City, Utah
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Labor child labor laws and labor unions were created to protect
rights of workers
Immigration factors:
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UNITED STATES
OF AMERICA
CONFEDERATE STATES
OF AMERICA
Abraham Lincoln
U. S. Grant
Billy Yanks
54th Regiment African Americans
Copperheads Northerners didnt want
war
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
Johnny Rebs
Stonewall Jackson
Advantages:
-Large Population
-Industry
Advantages:
-Good Military Leaders
-Fighting in own territory
-More Railroads
-Larger Navy
-Food Production
RECONSTRUCTION
With malice (evil) toward none and charity (love) for all Abraham Lincoln**
DATES
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REBELLIONS
CONCEPTS
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Civic Virtue the act of putting the good of the country before ones
own personal interests
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POLITICAL PARTIES
Federalists
(initial leader Hamilton)
Democratic-Republicans
(initial leader Jefferson)
National Republicans
Whig
Republican Party formed
by those against slavery
Democrat
(Know Nothing against immigrants)
Republican
(Free Soil against slavery)
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