SOCIAL STUDIES

TAKS Review 2010

Colonial TradeMercantilism

(benefit mother country)Traingle Trade

1215 Magna C

arta: jury trial

1689 English B

ill of Rights

1619 House of B

urgesses

-representative legislature

1620 Mayflow

er Com

pact-

self-gov’t

Southern: warm climate, excellent soil

Plantations, cash crops, slaveryTobacco, indigo, rice, cottonAnglican {Catholics in MD}

MD, VA, NC, SC, GA

Middle: moderate climate, good soilTimber, trade, farming grain

“Breadbasket”Quakers

TOLERANTPA, NY, DE, NJ

Plymouth, MA1620

Pilgrims/religious freedomMayflower Compact

New England:

cold, rocky soil

Shipbuilding, fishing, whaling

PuritansIntolerant

MA, NH, CT, RI

Jamestown, VA1607

First successful English colonyLooking for GOLD

VA House of Burgesses

Colonial America

Causes of the American Revolution

FRENCH and INDIAN WAR (English war debt)

PROCLAMATION of 1763Quartering Act (soldiers)

Stamp Act (paper)Townshend Acts

Tea Act Intolerable Acts (closed Boston harbor)

“no taxation without representation”Samuel AdamsSons of Liberty

BoycottsBoston “Massacre”Boston Tea Party

Patriots (re

bel against England)

Vs

Loyalist (loyal to

England)

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCEBy Thomas Jefferson

July 4, 177627 grievances (complaints) against England

Unalienable rights: Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

(property)

King George IIIKing of EnglandAnd Parliament

British lawmakers

Important People of the

American Revolution

Samuel Adams-Sons of LibertyThomas Paine- Common Sense & The Crisis

Patrick Henry “Give me Liberty or give me death”Ben Franklin-negotiated with France

George Washington-general of Continental ArmyJohn Adams-patriot who helped write the DOI

Abigail Adams- J. Adams wife who encouraged him to “remember the ladies” while creating the new gov’t

The American Revolution

1775-1783• Battles:

Beginning: Lexington and Concord 1775

End: Yorktown 1781 (French navy and army assist Washington in capturing the British)

TREATY OF PARIS 1783-ends the war. New U.S. Border formed at the Mississippi River

Turning Point: SARATOGA (colonists win and convince the French to become allies)American soldiers winter at VALLEY FORGE, many die

A Brand New U.S.A

Shays’ Rebellion:Farmers attack US over high taxes

Shows how weak US gov’t is

1787CALL

FOR CONSTITUTIONALCONVENTION

To revise the AOC

Articles of Confederation1st plan of government for the new USA

WEAK!No president

No ability to tax, enforce laws, regulate trade, control $1 STRENGTH:

NW Ordinance: process for territories to become states

The US Government

James MadisonAuthor of the Fed. PapersConstitutionBill of Rights

Great Compromise:BICAMERAL LEGISLATUREHouse of Reps: % population

Senate: 2 per state

Federalist (FOR)Vs

Anti-Federalist (AGAINST)

3/5ths CompromiseUsed to count slaves

In the population

Constitutional Convention

Philadelphia, PA1787

Principles of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights

imted Government

ndividual rights

opular Sovereignty

epublicanism

hecks & Balances

eparation of Powers

ederalism

Bill of Rights: First 10 amendments (changes) to the U.S. Constitution required to persuade the ANTI-Federalists to ratify!

10- Power to the States9- Power to the People8- No cruel punishment7- Civil Court jury6-Rights in criminal trial 5- Right to Due Process4- Rules for search and Seizure3- No quartering of Soldiers2- Right to bear arms1- Freedom of Expression (press, speech, petition,

religion, assembly)

The Early Years…

• Washington’s Farwell Address: “Beware of Entangling Alliances” STAY NEUTRAL

• Marbury v Madison: JUDICIAL REVIEW• Federalists v Democratic-Republicans

• War of 1812 (U.S. v Britain AGAIN!) fought over impressment of sailors results in the ERA OF GOOD FEELINGS

Declare lawsunconstitutional

IncreasesJudicial BranchPower

Industrial Revolution

Communication&

TransportationManufacturing

Agriculture

Industrial Revolution

John DeereSteel Plow

Cyrus McCormickMechanical Reaper

Eli WhitneyCotton Gin

Eli WhitneyInterchangeableParts

Henry BessemerSteel Processing

Textile industry &Factory system

Samuel FB Morsetelegraph

Robert FultonSteamboat

Steam engineRailroad systemsErie Canal

Manifest Destiny

13 c

olon

ies

1783After American Revolution

FloridaCession1819(Spain)

TX Annexation1845

Cause of MX War

LouisianaPurchase

1803T.J. from France

$15 million

Oregon Country1846

Mexican CessionAfter Treaty ofGuadalupe-Hidalgo1848

GadsenPurchase(for RR)

Roc

ky M

ts.

App

alac

hian

Mts

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CA trail-GoldrushTrail of Tears-Indian removal Act

Oregon TrailMormon Trail to UTAH

Public EducationEveryone has the right

To a free educationHorace Mann

Prison and Mental HealthImprovement of

prisons and Mental hospitals

Dorthea Dix

TemperanceProhibition of Alcohol

18th Amendment (illegal)21st Amendment

(repeals 18, legal again)

Women’s SuffrageWomen’s right to vote

19th amendmentStanton, Anthony, Mott,

Seneca Falls, NY

AbolitionFree the slaves

Garrison (Liberator), Douglass (North Star),Truth, Tubman

Underground Railroad, Quakers

REFORM MOVEMENTS

Events leading to the Civil War

Fugitive Slave LawNowhere in America is

“safe” for runaway slaves

Bleeding Kansasuse of

“popular sovereignty”By states to decide

Slavery issue

REPUBLICAN PARTY 1854Stop the spread of slavery

Lincoln's ELECTION

INDUSTRIALIZEDNORTH

AGRARIANSOUTH

Uncle Tom’s CabinHarriet Beecher Stowe

Compromise of 1850

Compromise Tariff of 1833(tax on imported goods)

Missouri Compromise1820

Dred Scott v. Sandford {slaves property}

Causes of the Civil War

SECTIONALISM

John C. Calhoun

DanielWebster

HenryCLAY

Civil WarFreedman’s Bureau

Lincoln AssassinatedRadical Reconstruction

AMENDMENTS13th Free

14th Citizens15th Men Vote

EmancipationProclamation

Ft. Sumter, SCVicksburg/Gettysburg

Appomattox CourthouseINDUSTRIALIZED

NorthAgrarianSOUTH

Southern belief STATESRIGHTS

ANACONDAPLAN

Abe LincolnVs.

Jeff Davis

Union(Yankees)

VsConfederacy

(Rebels)

Ulysses S. GrantVs.

Robert E. Lee

1861-1865

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