American History

I.Discovery of the new world

? the “first Americans”

? Christopher Columbus

? Amerigo Vespucci

The Earliest Settlers

Brilliant Indian Civilizations

The 2nd Migration Movement

II. The Colonial Period

? The 1st English colony at Jamestown, Virginia

4 patterns of colonies

? The original 13 colonies

? Causes for the colonization

• Features of the new colonies

III.    The War of Independence

? Conflicts between the British gov’t and American people

? The “Boston Tea Party”

• The First Continental Congress

? Lexington and Concord

• 2nd Continental Congress

? George Washington

? Thomas Jefferson

? The Declaration of Independence

? Battle of Saratoga? The War and its

significance

IV.  A new form of government

? The Articles of Confederation

• The Constitution Convention

• The “Great Compromise”

• Federalists and the Federalist Papers

? The Bill of Rights

• The first federal gov’t of the US

V.     The War of 1812

• Causes of the war

• Impact of the war on the US

VI. Territorial Expansion and Westward Movement

• The old Northwest

? The Louisiana Purchase

? Armed uprising of the Americans in Texas

• Implications of the “Manifest Destiny”

? The War with Mexico

VII. The Civil War

? Slavery in America

• Extension of slavery and the Compromise of 1850

? Abolitionist movement and anti-slavery reformers

? Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin

North and South

? Abraham Lincoln; The Union

• The Confederate

• Ulysses s. Grant :Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

? The Emancipation Proclamation

? Robert E. Lee• The 13th Amendment

VIII. Rapid growth of Capitalism

• Causes for rapid growth of the US

• Concentration of production and capital.

 

Angola, Louisiana, USA

By National Geographic