Note Card #1 Front Back 1607 Jamestown, first English colony.

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1607Jamestown,

first English colony

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New England Colonies

Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island,

New Hampshire

New England: Economy

Fish, relied on trade rather than farming because of

cool temperatures, short farming

season

New England: Politics

Mayflower Compact (doc) – 1620

Pilgrims, self-governing, and

majority ruleFundamental

Orders of Connecticut-1st written

Constitution in the colonies

New England:Social

People seeking religious

freedom, Pilgrims – Separate from

Church of England, Puritans – Purify Church

of England

Middle

Colonies

New York

Pennsylvania

Delaware

New Jersey

Middle Colonies:

Economic

Trade, and mainly wheat

farming

Middle Colonies:

Political

Elected Assemblies / Legislatures

Middle Colonies:

Social

Very diverse groups of

people Religious freedom,

Quakers

(pacifists, no-war)

Southern

Colonies

Georgia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Virginia

Maryland

Southern

Colonies

Jamestown, VA – swampy location,

caused many colonists to die

because of disease,

1st English colony

Southern Colonies:

Economic

Plantation system, growth of slave trade,

spread slavery, profit on tobacco

Southern Colonies:

Political

Virginia House of Burgesses – 1st representative government/ legislature in the colonies

Southern Colonies:

Social

Wealthy Plantation

owners, large slave

population-

Primary goal – money making

Colonial

Borders

Atlantic Ocean borders colonies to

the east

Appalachian Mountains border

colonies to the west

Mercantilism

• Colonies provide Great Britain with

raw materials, Great Britain would

manufacture the products to ship

back to the colonies for sale

• Colonies could only trade with the

British

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Magna Carta

(1215)

Trial by jury

Limited the power of the

English Bill of Rights

Individuals have rights

protected by the

government

(Rule of Law)

French and Indian War

(1763)

British & Colonists versus French &

Indians, British won the war – gained all land East of Miss. River and started

controlling the colonies

Economic Policies

following French & Indian

Cost British money & government went

into debt.

The British wanted the Americans to pay

for the war through taxes.

Proclamation of 1763

Colonists could not move west of the

Appalachian Mountains

(Territory Reserved for Native Americans)

Sugar Act of 1764

Taxes on food containing sugar

Boston Massacre of

5 colonists shot to death after making

fun of British soldiers

Samuel AdamsFounder of the Sons of Liberty, organized

the Boston Tea Party

Benjamin Franklin

Developed Join or Die political cartoon to unite the colonies under the Albany Plan, negotiated

with French during American

Revolution

Albany Plan of Union

Each colony would send a

representative to a Grand Council; First attempt to unite the colonies under one

government

King George IIIKing of England before, during, and

after American Revolution,

oppressed the colonies

Thomas Jefferson

Wrote Declaration of Independence in

Patrick Henry“Give me liberty or

give me death” influential speech to

rally American colonists to the

cause of independence from

Britain

Thomas Paine

Wrote the pamphlet Common Sense (doc),

ordinary people understood writing,

promoted independence

movement from Great Britain, attacked King George III, freedom of

the press united colonists

George Washington

Commander-in-Chief for the Continental Army

during American Revolution, President of

2nd Continental Congress, 1st President

of the United States

Articles of the Confederation

Created to center governmental power

in the STATES rather than the

FEDERAL government

Northwest Ordinance 1787

Established principles and procedures for

orderly expansion of the U.S., creation of

new states, new states equally treated

compared to original states (representation), strength of the Articles

of the Confederation

Lexington and Concord (1775)

First battles of the American

Revolution, “shot heard around the

world”

Battle of Saratoga

* French enter the American Revolution on the side of the colonists* Benjamin Franklin convinces French to

become America’s ally*Turning Point!

Battle of

Yorktown

Last major battle with British in American

Revolution, Americans won with

aid of French army/navy

Treaty of Paris

* Ended the American Revolution

* British recognized U.S. independence

* U.S. western border is now the

Mississippi River

Philadelphia Convention of 1787

Came together to rewrite the Articles

of Confederation but wrote the

Constitution instead.

Virginia Plan

Large states would receive

more representatives

than small states – based on pop.

New Jersey Plan

Small states would receive same reps as large states – based on two reps per state

Great Compromise

Bicameral ( two house)

legislature, combined VA and NJ Plan, Senate based on 2 per state, House of Rep. based on pop.

Federalist

They wanted the Constitution to be

ratified (approved). They wanted the

country and states to share power.

Anti-Federalists

Did not support ratification of U.S.

Constitution, if Bill of Rights not

included, emphasized state power rather than

federal power

Federalist Papers(doc.)

Supported ratification of U.S.

Constitution, authors-

Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John

Alexander Hamilton

Believed in free enterprise system – market (consumers)

decide prices, proposed national bank to regulate

currency (money)

Second Continental Congress writes

the U.S. Constitution

U.S. Constitution Three Branches of Government and established the

basic laws for the U.S.

1st Branch:

Legislative

Congress, Bicameral (2

houses- House of Representatives

& Senate), makes laws

(Legislative)

Senate

Each state elects 2 Senators,

total = 100

(Legislative)

House of Representatives

Reps decided by population of

state, large states receive more reps than small states,

Total = 435

2nd Branch:

Judicial (Judiciary)

Supreme Court,

Interprets laws

3rd Branch:

Executive

President,

Vice President

Enforces laws

3/5 Compromise

Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person

for representative purpose –

compromise between the

North and South

Limited Government

Government does not have total

control over its citizens; It only has the power that is listed in

the Constitution

Republicanism Election of representatives

Checksand

Balances

Each branch of government has the power to check the other branches; ex. President (executive branch) nominates

Supreme Court Justices and the Senate

(legislative branch) confirms nomination

Federalism(Shared Power)

Power of the government is

shared between the states and the

national government.

Separation

Powers

Each of the 3 branches of

government have different

responsibilities

Popular Sovereignty

People hold final authority over the

government

Individual

Rights

Job of the government to

protect rights of citizens

Unalienable

Rights

LIFE, LIBERTY, & PURSUIT OF

HAPPINESS – cannot be taken

away by the government

Amending (adding to) the

Constitution

Proposed by Congress with 2/3

vote in both Senate & House of

Representatives or ratified by

legislatures of ¾ of the states

Bill of Rights

1st 10 amendments to the

Constitution; formal list of

citizens’ rights and freedoms

Bill of Rights

1st Amendment

Freedom of religion, press,

petition, and speech and assembly

Bill of Rights

2nd Amendment

Right to bear arms

(right to own a gun)

Bill of Rights

3rd Amendment

No quartering (housing) of

troops

Bill of Rights

4th Amendment

No illegal search and seizure, must

obtain warrant

Bill of Rights5th Amendment

Due process of law – indictment (officially charged w/crime), no

double jeopardy (cannot be charged for the same crime twice)

cannot be forced to testify when testimony incriminates self (no telling on yourself if it

gets you in trouble)

Bill of Rights

6th Amendment

Trial by jury - criminal

Bill of Rights

7th Amendment

Trial by jury - civil ( involving money rather than jail)

Bill of Rights

8th Amendment

No cruel and unusual

punishment; no excessive bail

Bill of Rights

9th Amendment

People have other rights not listed

in the Constitution

Bill of Rights

10th Amendment

States have rights not listed in the

Constitution

Early Republic Washington through Monroe

Federalists

Democratic-Republicans

Federal government

State government power

Washington’s Farewell Address

Foreign alliances and political parties are a

threat and should be avoided

LouisianaPurchase (1803)(1803)

Doubled the size of the U.S., access to Mississippi

River (New Orleans-port city), increase in trade

& communications

Marbury

Madison

(1803)

Established judicial judicial reviewreview, Supreme Court can decide

if law is constitutional or not, checks and

balances

War of 1812

(Causes)

• Great Britain vs. U.S.;

• British impressments

(kidnapping) U.S. sailors;

• British guns still in Ohio River Valley

• Another war for independence

War of 1812(Effects)

• War was a draw until Battle of New

Orleans – Gen. Andrew Jackson

defeated British – • created a sense of

nationalism; • British removed guns from U.S. soil

and stopped kidnapping sailors

Monroe Doctrine

• Pres. James Monroe implemented policy,

* U.S. would not allow new European Colonization of the

Western hemisphere• First time a

president’s foreign policy involved warning other

countries

Industrialization

• Led to an increased dependence on

slavery in the South• & an increase of

production in the North

• Caused Sectionalism to

increase

Inventions Led to efficient production

(faster/cheaper way to produce products)

Eli Whitney

* Invented cotton gin, & interchangeable

parts; cotton became main crop

of South

* Caused the demand for slavery to rise

Interchangeable Parts

Increase in efficiency for replacing

machine parts

McCormick ReaperIncrease agricultural

(farming) production

Robert Fulton

Steamboat, used w/canal and river

Samuel Morse

Increase in communication with

the telegraph

Lowell Mills

Mostly single women worked in first

factories, lived and worked on site of factory, usually

textile mills (clothing)

Factories in mid-1800’s

Employed mostly immigrants (Irish) rather than single

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