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Period 1 (dates, main ideas, etc.)

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1491-1607
Christopher Colombus pulled up in 1492
Colombian Exchange: exchange of food, ideas, diseases between Old World and New World
Spanish Colonization:
God, Gold, & Glory
Encomienda System: made natives into slaves and catholics
1590s: Asiento System: african americans slaves (encomienda ended cus of Valladolid Debates)

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Period 2 (dates, main ideas, etc.)

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French Colonization:
Quebec and New Orleans
Friendly with Natives
traded stuff like fur
English Colonization:
Jamestown made in 1607; first english colony

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Colonies

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Southern Colonies:
North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia, Maryland
most slaves, Stono Rebellion, tobacco, rice, sugar
New England Colonies (Religion Based):
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
economy based on trade
Middle Colonies (agriculture)
Pennsylvania, Delaware, NY, NJ

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Massachusetts

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founded by John Winthrop, “City on a Hill”, Puritans

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Rhode Island

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Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams made it for religious freedom

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Pennsylvania

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Made by William Penn, freedom & equality, opposed slavery

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Native American Conflicts

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1622 Powhatan Uprising in Virginia
1675 King Philip’s War in New England

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Self Government

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Salutary Neglect
Mayflower Compact
laws set for Pigrims in Plymouth
Virgina House of Burgesses
legislative body in Virginia with elections

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First Great Awakening

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1730-1740
Jonathon Edwards used fear to bring people back to church
George Whitefield did emotional conversions

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French & Indian War

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1754-1763
French & Indian War vs. British & Colonies
British won with lot of debt
Proclamation of 1763: Colonists can’t go past Appalachian to avoid Native American conflict

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Path to Revolution

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Salutary Neglect ended
Stamp Act: first tax after F&I war to get money
“No taxation without representation{
Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party
Intolerable Acts such as Quartering Act

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Revolutionary War

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First Continental Congress tried to create peace
First shots at Lexington & Concord started war (shot heard around the world)
Second Continental Congress & Common Sense by Thomas Paine inspired Declaration of Independence

War (1775-1783)
Lexington & Concord (Start)
Saratoga (Turning Point)
Yorktown (British Surrender)
Treat of Paris

Won because of Washington, Guerilla Warfare, and French Support

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Articles of Confederation and Constitution

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Couldn’t tax or make national currency
Hard to pass laws or amend the Articles
Shays Rebellion led to Constitutional Convention

Constitutional Convention in 1787:
Great Compromise (bi-cameral legislature and 3/5 rule)
3 branches, checks & balances, separation of power

Federalists (Hamilton + Madison) published Federalist Papers for strong central govt.
Anti-Federalists wanted more power for states and BIll of Rights

Constitution ratified in 1789, GW becomes first president

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George Washington

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Made president cabinet, showed executive power during Whiskey Rebellion, two-term tradition
Farewell Address: don’t interfere with Europe, avoid political parties

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Thomas Jefferson

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Bought lousiana and doubled US, Embargo Act hurt economy

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James Madison

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War of 1812 due to British Impressment of American Sailors, White House burnt, star-spangled banner, ended with Treaty of Ghent

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James Monroe

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Era of Good Feelings (only DR party)
Monroe Doctrine: Europe stay out of Western Hemisphere
Henry Clay Missouri Compromise: drew line to balance slave & free states

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JQ Adams

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Corrupt bargain election

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Andrew Jackson

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Common people President
Agriculutre economy, states right, no National Bank
Destroyed National Bank, Indian Removal Act → Trail of Tears
Nullification Crisis (South Carolina didn’t agree to Tariffs)

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Whig Party

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anti-Jackson party by Henry Clay
Henry Clay American System:
protective tariffs
2nd National Bank
internal improvementsM

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Market Revolution

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textile mill, Eli Whitney cotton gin, hiring of women & children & immigrants

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Transportation Revolution

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steam engine and Erie Canal connected regional economies

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Second Great Awakening

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increased church attendance, denominations such as Mormoms created

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first Women movement stuff

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First Women’s Movement
WCTU (Women Christian Temperance Union) to ban alcohol
Seneca Fall Convention & Declaration of Sentiments
main leader was Elizabeth Stanton

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Period 5
1844-1877 Manifest Destiny: god-given duty to expand coast-to-coast James K Polk annexed Texad leading to Mexican-American War Mexican-American War (1846-1848) Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gave us Cali, Arizona, New Mexico, and more 1848 Gold Rush Compromise of 1850: cali is free state, strengthened slave fugitive laws Harriet Tubman's Underground Railroad Kansas-Nebraska Act: popular soverignthy in Kansas & Nebraska leading to Bleeding Kansas Dred Scott 1857 Decision: African Americans arent citizens so they dont hv rights
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Civil War
Causes: - slavery, sectionalism, tariffs, abraham lincoln elected Events: - Fort Sumter (start) - Antietam (bloodiest battle) - Gettysburg (turning point) - Apottomax (end) Confedarcy: strong generals and commitment Union: more money, infrastrastructure, people, and had lincoln leadership
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Reconstruction
Freedman's Bureau - food shelter education for free slaves Reconstruction Amendments 13th removed slavery 14th gave equal rights & protection 15th gave all men right to vote Failures: - sharecropping - Black codes, Jim Crow, KKK Compromise of 1877: - Ruthford chosen as president in return for removing troops from South, ended Reconstruction
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The Gilded Age
US Steel (Andrew Carnegie, vertical integration) Standard Oil (John D. Rockefeller, horizontal integration) laissez-faire: limited govt. regulation of businesses Unions like AFL formed due to bad conditions and low wages Pullman Strike of 1894 failed since govt. sides with business Sherman Anti-Trust got rid of monopolies Gilded Age Philosophies - Social Darwinism: economic survival of the fittest - Carnegie Gospel of Wealth: rich should do charity Transcontinental Railroad Connected East and West Plain Wars: America took over Native lands even though they won small battles The New South: - steel plants, textile factories, lumber, tobacco
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Populist Party
farmers, coinage of silver
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Age of Imperialism
William McKinley - Annexed Hawaii - Used Sinking of USS Maine in 1898 to join Span-Am war and get Puerto Rico, Guam, Phillipines Teddy Roosevelt: - Roosevelt Corollary: US has right to intervene in Latin America for peace & stability - built Panama Canal
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Teddy Roosevelt
Square Deal - control corporation, consumer protections, conservation of natural resources - broke up trusts, made nationals parks, made FDA
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Muckrakers
Ida Tarbell, Standard Oil Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle", meat packing industry Jacob Riis, "How the Other Side Lives", poor living conditions
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WWI
1914-1919 initially neutral but supported allies Zimmerman Telegram and Sinking of Submarines led us to join 1917 Espionage & Sedition ActsR
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Roaring 20s
Increased buying of cars & appliances Great Migration Harlem Renaissance Prohibition First Red Scare Tulsa Race RiotG
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Great Depression
1929-1939 stock market crash FDR New Deal relief, reform, and reform WPA, FDIC, Social Security
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WWII
1939-1945 Lend-Lease Act to help allies first peacetime draft Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941) led us to join war and Japanese Internment Women working in industry Navajo Codetalkers UN was created
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Post-WWII
GI Bill Baby Boom Levittowns Eisenhower Interstate Highway System
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Second Red Scare
McCarthyism and House of Unamerican Activities Committee (HUAC) Espionage by Rosenbergs
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Cold War Policies
Contain Communism Marshall Plan, Truman Doctrine, Eisenhower Doctrine Kennedy was more flexible Nixon's detente to ease tensionsCol
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Cold War Conflicts
Berline Blockade & Airlift (1948) Korean War (1950-53) — first proxy war Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) Vietnam War
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Vietnam War
Scared of domino effect so we sent advisors but not troops under Eisenhower & Kennedy Gulf of Tonkin Incident led Johnson to deploy 500K troops over 4 years Met backlash: protests across the country against draft and Pentagon Papers caused distrust in govt.
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Civil Rights Movement
1954 Brown v. Board of Education Montgomery Bus Boycott by Rosa Parks Southern Christian Leadership Conference by MLK March on Washington Led to Civil Rights Act of 1964 & Voting Rights Act of 1965 Malcolm X and Black Panthers were more aggressive
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Johnson's Great Society
War on Poverty Medicare and Medicaid
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2nd Women Movement
Betty Gridan Published Feminine Mystique and confounded NOW, pushed for ERA Phyllis Schafly opposed ERA, wanted traditional gender roles
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Jimmy Carter
Good: Camp David Accords Bad: Stagflation (high inflation & high unemployment) and Iranian Hostage Crisis
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Ronald Reagan
Supply Side economics reduced spending by cutting Great Society Programs increased defense spending Strategic Defense Initiaitive to bankrupt USSR "break down this wall"
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HW Bush
End of Cold War in 1991 with fall of berlin wall and USSR fall OPeration Desert Storm to prevent aggression from Saddam Hussein in Kuwait
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W Bush
War on Terror after 9/11
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Migration & Immigration
Steel Belt to Rust BElt Growth in immigration from Asia and Latin America
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Globalization
similar to colombian exchange of connected economies and ideas worldwide
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1st Amendment
Freedom of speech, press, & religion
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2nd Amendment
right to bear arms
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3rd Amendment
Citizens don't have to house soldiers.
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4th Amendment
No unreasonable search or arrest.
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5th Amendment
Protection from self-incrimination
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6th Amendment
The right to a speedy and public trial
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13th Amendment
Abolish slavery.
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14th Amendment
Equal rights and protections for all citizens
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15th Amendment
Voting rights
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16th Amendment
Income tax.
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17th Amendment
Direct election of senators
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18th Amendment
Prohibition
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19th Amendment
Women can vote
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20th Amendment
Change in when president takes office
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21st Amendment
Repeal prohibition
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22nd Amendment
President can only serve two terms.
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Stono Rebellion
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Shays Rebellion
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Bacon's Rebellion
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Pontiac's Rebellion

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