US History

I. ?Cotton Is King!? Eli Whitney aided to rise of slave use in the South Quick profits drew planters to the bottomlands of the Gulf states Planters bought more slaves and more land in order to buy more slaves and more land Northern shippers made profit from the trade Cotton accounted for half of American imports after 1840 and the South produced more than half of all the cotton in the world- Britain highly depended on this cotton II. The Planter ?Aristocracy? The government of the South was more run by a planter aristocracy The planter aristocrats enjoyed large shares of wealth, able to educate their children in the finest schools

Center of population moved past the Alleghains. Fur-trapping used the rendevous system. Ecological Imperialism expoliated the stock in the West. There was an influx of immigrants from Ireland and Germany. The Irish were escaping famine and the Germans were escaping autocracy. Nativists disliked the foreigners. Know-Nothing Party formed against the foreigners. 1. What were some obstacles pioneers faced? 2. What is Ecological Imperialism? 3. What were the major cities in the U.S. by the mid 1800?s?

X. - I. On to Canada over Land and Lakes Regular Army was weak- supplemented with ill-trained militias British forces were weakest in Canada- Americans focused on attacking Canada but not with full strength- they should?ve focused on Montreal British captured Fort Michilimackinac- British general was Isaac Brock American navy did better than army- blacks were on ships Oliver Hazard Perry built a fleet of ships on Lake Erie and captured a British fleet

I. Growing Pains First census of 1790 recorded 4 million people Philadelphia was the largest city Population was 90% rural Trans-Appalachian overflow was concentrated in Kentucky, Tennessee and Ohio II. Washington for President G. Wash was unanimously drafted President- he was a big man- had smallpox He wasn?t a great politician but a man of character On his way to NYC (temporary capital), there were ceremonies and parades He established a cabinet : SECRETARY OF STATE-THOMAS JEFFERSON, of Treasury Alexander Hamilton, and of War Henry Know III. The Bill of Rights

The Second Contential Congress meet in Philadelphia. The Congress selected Washington to lead the Colonial army. Bunker Hill was one of the first losses for the colonists. The Congress adopted the Olive Branch Petition and the King ignored it. Thomas Paine published Common Sense and it brought up points influential in American independence. Paine believed in a republic over a monarchy. 1. What drove the Congress in choosing Geroge Washington to lead? 2. Why was Bunker Hill influential? What happened? What was the Olive Branch Petition?