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US History

This is a survey course that provides students with an investigation of important political, economic, and social developments in American history from the pre-colonial time period to the present day. Students will be engaged in activities that call upon their skills as historians (i.e. recognizing cause and effect relationships, various forms of research, expository and persuasive writing, reading of primary and secondary sources, comparing and contrasting important ideas and events).

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Name of Compromise Brief Background Brief Background on the Resolution Compromise’s Significance Great Compromise (1787) Arose from conflicting views toward the Virginia and New Jersey Plan. Argument was centered around the number of representatives required from each state. Formed bicameral legislature which consisted of a Senate and a House of Representatives. Each state was granted 1 representative per 30,000 individuals Played a huge role in the formation of the current United States parliamentary structure and called for proportional representation

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John Wilkes Booth and others in South

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John Wilkes Booth- An actor, planned with others for six months to abduct Lincoln at the start of the war, but they were foiled when Lincoln didn't arrive at the scheduled place. April 14, 1865, he shot Lincoln at Ford's Theatre and cried, "Sic Semper Tyrannis!" ("Thus always to tyrants!") When he jumped down onto the stage his spur caught in the American flag draped over the balcony and he fell and broke his leg. He escaped on a waiting horse and fled town. He was found several days later in a barn. He refused to come out; the barn was set on fire. Booth was shot, either by himself or a soldier. 665. Thaddeus Stevens - ?A radical Republican who believed in harsh punishments for the South. Leader of the radical Republicans in Congress.

Early Colonial Study Guide

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Unit One: Colonization and Early Colonial America, 1492-1700 (Chapters 1-4) Brief Overview: Changes in European religion, economics, and culture during the 15th and 16th centuries led to the exploration and settlement of the New World. Beginning in the early 1600s, English settlers established American colonies in pursuit of adventure, fortune, and liberty. Significant Events:--Identify and state the historical significance Columbus discovers the new world, 1492 Jamestown, 1607 House of Burgesses, 1619 African Slaves introduced to English America (Jamestown), 1619 Mayflower Compact, 1620 Powhatan Wars 1622, 1644 Massachusetts founded, 1630 Half-way Covenant, 1662 Bacon?s Rebellion, 1676 King Philip?s War, 1675-1676 Pennsylvania founded, 1681

The Westward Experiment - USA

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NOTAT: USA - Selvstendighet og ekspansjon ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Palmer/Colton/Kramer: 338-348 Background to the Revolution: - The British government tried to make the colonials pay a larger share of the expenses of the empire. ?Townshend duties? which taxed colonial imports on paper, paint, lead and tea. - The Americans argued that Parliament had no authority to tax them because they were not represented in it. - The Boston Tea Party: 1773, Parliament granted the East India Company exclusive rights to sell tea. Americans boycotted it. In Boston, a party of men invaded the tea ships and dumbed the chests into the harbor. - The Quebec Act ? pro French and pro catholic.

In the early nineteenth century, Americans sought to resolve their political disputes through compromise, yet by 1860 this no longer seemed possible. Analyze the reasons for this change.

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In what way did the french and indian war (1754-63) alter the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? outline and thesis paragraph

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In what way did the french and indian war (1754-63) alter the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? outline and thesis paragraph

In what way did the french and indian war (1754-63) alter the political, economic and ideological relations between Britain and its American colonies? outline and thesis paragraph

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3. Thesis Par: For about a century after British colonists settled in America, they were subject to little political constriction under England?s policy of salutary neglect, but when the settlers were threatened by the French and their native American allies, the mother country stepped in and fought to protect the colonies. The seven year war forever changed the relationship between mother country and her blossoming infant colonies in many ways, but particularly in a ideological sense, giving birth to a rebellious spirit that would soon bite them back. Paragraph one: Economic England tried to force us to pay them for their war costs, saying they fought to defend us. England imposed hefty taxes on lots of items (intolerable acts) to try to make up for part of their large war dept

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