US History

The War Widens African Americans in the War African Americans fought both sides o? war Free and Slave free AA & slaves took part in war brits offered freedom 2 enslaved AA most served as cooks, blacksmiths, teamsters at first Washington refused AA soldiers brit change in policy convinced Big G 2 change his policy 7000 AA altogether 4 American cause 2000 AA in navy Freedom Beckons lots o? north states 2k steps 2 end slavery Pennsylvania law 1780 allowed ppl 2 keep slaves but preventing more 4om being sold The War at Home many men enlisted in military could leave set term civis subject 2 food shortages & military attack Women took many o? mens? duties planted crops, care 4 livestock, ran businesses some women cared 4 wounded on battlefield Deborah Sampson joined army disguised as man

A Nation Declares Independence A Call For Independence beginning 1776 most colonists still hoped 4 peaceful end 2 quarrel w/ Britain Colonists Divided beginning 1776 most colonists still neither Patriot/Loyalist even in CC support 4 independence limited 2 1/3 delegates John Adams found difficult 2 convince ppl 2 independence cause complained loyalists used prospect independence 2 frighten ppl Common Sense January 1776 50 pg. pamphlet called Commen Sense published Philadelphia by Thomas Paine broad support 2 American independence called King George III ?royal brute? ridiculed idea o? being ruled by kings Americans better off if governed themselves 500,000 copies sold btwn Jan & July 1776 George Washington, ?Common Sense is working a powerful change in the minds of men.?

From Protest to Rebellion A Dispute Over Tea early 1770s ? protests quieted down but colonists still unhappy most Townshend Acts repealed ? Tea one stayed many colonists drank unconsented taxed tea The Tea Act 1773 British Parliament passed Tea Act 2 help British East India Company Tea Act meant East India Company sold tea directly 2 colonies lowered prices but monopoly developed Tea Act hurt colonial merchants smuggling Dutch tea The Boston Tea Party Sons of Liberty organized in port cities 2 stop unloading EIC tea SoL threatened ship captains & merchants 2 buy it no tea unloaded New York, Philadelphia, etc. gov Thomas Hutchinson refused tea ships papers 2 return 2 England until they unloaded tea night Dec. 16th, 1773 ? men dressed as Native Americans boarded tea ship

Chapter 10 Section 3-4 The Age of Jackson Adams and Jackson in Conflict Andrew Jackson served 2 terms 1829-1837 20 yr period after after his inauguration: the Age of Jackson wealthy by time he was Pres but started out poor born in log cabin on border o? North & South Carolina orphan by 14 survived smallpox as child & gunshot wounds as adult during difficult march w/ troops 1812 1 soldier described him, ?tough as hickory? became known as ?Old Hickory? stood 4 idea dat ordinary ppl should participate in politics loved 4 humble beginnings & firm leadership as general The Election of 1824 Jackson 1st ran 4 Pres 1824 against John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, & William H. Crawford Jackson received most electoral, but not majority House o? Rep had decide election

I. The Earliest Americans A. The First Americans 1. various theories on how people arrived to the Americas a. most agree they arrived on land B. The Land Bridge Theory 1. 10,000 ? 100,000 yrs ago most world covered by glaciers a. shallow h2o dry land 2. area btwn Siberia & Alaska (today is Bering Strait) 3. hunter-gatherers followed hunting animals over land bridge a. 20,000-30,000 yrs ago b. mammals like woolly mammoths C. Other Theories 1. ppl may hav crossed arctic waters by boat along Pacific coast a. known as coastal-route theory 2. lots of Native Americans today disagree w/ these theories a. own traditions of how their land was settled in ?creation stories? D. Learning to Farm 1. 4 centuries humans were hunter-gatherers