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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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Jay’s Treaty

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Jay?s Treaty On the sea frontier, the British were eager to starve out the French West Indies, and naturally? expected the Americans to defend them. The commanders of the Royal Navy seized about 300 American merchant? ships, and forced many seamen into service on British vessels, and threw thousands of others into foul dungeons.? Jeffersonians argued that Americans should go into war with the British, while Hamilton saw it as a great threat to? his policies. Washington decided to send Chief Justice John Jay to London in 1794, to prevent war. Jeffersonians? were enraged that such a renowned federalist had been sent, and more so when he arrived back with his treaty.? Hamilton, fearful of war with Britain, secretly supplied the British with the details of America?s bargaining?

APUSH Enduring Vision Chapter 3 outline

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Outline Chapter 3 Expansion and Diversity: The Rise of Colonial America, 1625-1700 The Stuart Dynasty in England Name, Reign????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? Relation to America James I, 1603-1625 VA., Plymouth founded; Separatists persecuted Charles I, 1625-1649 Civil Wars, 1642-1649; Mass., MD formed Interregnum, 1649-1660 Commonwealth; Protectorate (Oliver Cromwell) Charles II, 1660-1685 The Restoration; Carolina, Pa., N.Y. founded; Conn. chartered James II, 1685-1688 Catholic trend; Glorious Revolution, 1688 William and Mary, 1689-1702 (Mary died in 1694) King William's War, 1689-1697 The New England Way One of the earliest regions to prosper in North America was New England.

Common Sense

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Published in 1776, Common Sense challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain. Introduction to the Third Edition

Treaty of Paris 1763

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During the war, Britain had conquered the French colonies of Canada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Saint Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Tobago, the French "factories" (trading posts) in India, the slave-trading station at Gor?e, the S?n?gal River and its settlements, and the Spanish colonies of Manila (in the Philippines) and Havana (in Cuba). France had captured Minorca and British trading posts in Sumatra, while Spain had captured the border fortress of Almeida in Portugal, and Colonia del Sacramento in South America. In the treaty, most of these territories were restored to their original owners. Britain however made considerable gains.[3] France and Spain restored all their conquests to Britain and Portugal.

Serving Time in Virginia After the Fact

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History of early Virginia is difficult, as there are few documents, and they aren't always trustworthy. ? Virginia was America's first representative assembly? Brought tobacco to England en masse? Captain John Smith had wrote a history of Virginia titled A Generall Historie of Virginia? Smith was generally pretty good with telling the truth, but his perspective is definitely his own, so that has to be kept in mind ? Was Smith completely truthful?? Most powerful person in region? Powhatan was the leader of a confederacy of Indians-Algonquian Indians? Virginia Company was rough in the beginning. ? 75k pounds invested to send 2k settlers. ? Happened through a joint stock arrangement? King James sent his special silkworms over. ? Went to the New World in hopes of profit. ?

Dred Scott v. Sandford Essay

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Dred Scott v. Sandford The Dred Scott decision is one of the worst decisions of Supreme Court history. The court stated that the property rights of slave owners were more important than the rights of African-Americans. It said that African-Americans were not citizens, and it held that the Missouri Compromise was unconstitutional.

1920s Current Event

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Evolution Debate: 1920?s and Now The debate over whether evolution should be taught in schools captured the nation?s attention during the Monkey Trial in 1925. John T. Scopes, a high-school biology teacher, was indicted for teaching Charles Darwin?s theory of evolution. Darwin?s theory of evolution states that human beings evolved by natural selection or random genetic mutation as opposed to the story of creation in the Bible. This angered the American people because they felt that the teaching of evolution was destroying faith in God and the Bible, and also that it was contributing to the moral breakdown of the youth. For this reason, John T. Scopes was found guilty and was fined one-hundred dollars for his actions.

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