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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
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