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1 United States History I. European Discovery & Colonization of America A. The First Americans (chapter 1) B. Europeans Set Sail (chapter 2.1) Vikings 2. Technology 3. Prince Henry 4. Rounding Africa C. The Arrival of the Europeans (chapter 2.2) Christopher Columbus a. Impact i. Turning point ii. Permanent contact b. Columbian Exchange 2. Ferdinand Magellan a. Circumnavigate D. Spain Builds an Empire (chapter 2.3) Conquistadors 2. Spanish settlements E. The French & Dutch in America (chapter 2.4) Northwest Passage 2. French presence in the New World 3. Dutch presence in the New World 4. Arrival of the English II. England s First Colonies A. Jamestown (chapter 3.1 & 3.4) Charter 2. Early struggles B. Plymouth (chapter 3.2 & 3.4) III. The Thirteen Colonies A. The Southern Colonies (chapter 3.1) Jamestown 2. Maryland 3. Carolina 4. Georgia B. The New England Colonies (chapter 3.2) Massachusetts Bay 2. Roger Williams 3. Economics of the New England Colonies 4. Education in New England C. The Middle Colonies (chapter 3.3) New York 2. William Penn 3. Economics in the Middle Colonies D. Life in the Thirteen Colonies (chapter 3.4) Colonial governments 2. English trade laws a. Triangle trade b. Middle passage

2 3. The Great Awakening 4. The Enlightenment E. The French & Indian War (chapter 3.4) The War for North America 2. Albany Plan of Union 3. Treaty of Paris 4. The Western frontier IV. Road to Revolution A. Conflict in the Colonies (chapter 3.5) Taxation 2. Boston Massacre B. The Road to War Boston Tea Party 2. Intolerable Acts 3. First Continental Congress (chapter 4.1) 4. Lexington & Concord C. The Revolution Begins Second Continental Congress (chapter 4.1) a. Olive Branch b. George Washington 2. Early Battles a. Bunker Hill b. Evacuation of Boston 3. V. The American War for Independence A. Declaring Independence (chapter 4.2) Common Sense 2. Thomas Jefferson 3. July 4, Patriots & Loyalists (chapter 4.1 & 4.2) B. The Struggle for Liberty (chapter 4.3) The Battles of New York 2. Crossing the Delaware 3. Saratoga 4. Help from Europe 5. Valley Forge C. Independence is Won (chapter 4.4) The War moves South 2. Yorktown 3. The Treaty of Paris VI. Creating the American Republic A. The Articles of Confederation (chapter 5.1) State constitutions 2. The Articles 3. Northwest Territory 4. Weaknesses a. Weaknesses of the Articles i. Most power held by state ii. No executive iii. No power to tax b. Economic problems

3 c. Shays Rebellion d. Calls for Change B. Creating the Constitution (chapter 5.3) The Framers 2. Compromise a. Virginia Plan b. New Jersey Plan c. Great Compromise d. Three-fifths Compromise C. The Battle for Ratification (chapter 5.4) Federalists 2. Anti-federalists 3. Federalist Papers 4. Bill of Rights VII. Citizenship & Constitution A. Understanding the Constitution Principles of the Constitution (chapter 5.3) a. Popular sovereignty b. Federalism c. Separation of powers d. Checks & balances 2. Amending the Constitution 3. Legislative Branch (chapter 6.1) 4. Executive Branch 5. Judicial Branch B. Amendments to the U.S. Constitution (chapter 6.2) The Bill of Rights 2. Amendments C. Rights & Responsibilities of Citizenship (chapter 6.3) U.S. Citizenship 2. Civic duties & responsibilities VIII. Launching the New Nation A. President George Washington (chapter 7.1) Electing the first president 2. Precedents a. Cabinet B. Alexander Hamilton & Thomas Jefferson (chapter 7.2) Debt 2. Opposing views 3. The National Bank C. Challenges for the New Nation (chapter 7.3) Neutrality 2. Treaties Jay & Pinckney 3. Conflict in the Northwest 4. The Whiskey Rebellion 5. Farewell D. President John Adams (chapter 7.4) Election of XYZ Affair 3. The Alien & Sedition Acts IX. The Jefferson Era

4 A. The Revolution of 1800 (chapter 8.1) Election of President Thomas Jefferson 3. Marbury v. Madison B. Louisiana (chapter 8.2) Americans moving West 2. Louisiana Purchase 3. Lewis & Clark C. The War of 1812 Road to war (chapter 8.3) a. Violations of neutrality b. Embargo Act c. Conflict in the west d. Calls for war 2. Overview of the War of 1812 (chapter 8.4) a. British burn Washington b. The Bombardment of Ft. McHenry i. Francis Scott Key c. The Battle of New Orleans i. General Andrew Jackson 3. Results of the War of 1812 a. Treaty of Ghent b. Status quo X. The Rise of American Nationalism A. American Foreign Policy (chapter 9.1) Gaining Florida a. Dispute with Spain b. Adams-Onis Treaty 2. Monroe Doctrine a. B. Nationalism & Sectionalism (chapter 9.2) American System 2. Roads & Canals 3. Era of Good Feelings 4. Sectionalism C. American Culture (chapter 9.3) XI. The Age of Jackson A. Jacksonian Democracy Election of 1824 (chapter 9.2) 2. Expansion of Democracy (chapter 10.1) 3. Election of 1828 B. Jackson s Administration President Andrew Jackson a. Spoils system b. Kitchen cabinet 2. Sectional differences (chapter 10.2) a. Sectionalism b. Tariff of Abominations 3. States Rights a. Nullification b. Hayne-Webster debate

5 c. Nullification Crisis 4. Jackson attacks the Bank a. Bank s charter b. Panic of 1837 C. Indian Removal (chapter 10.3) Indian Removal Act 2. Cherokee resistance 3. Trail of Tears XII. From Sea to Shining Sea A. Trails to the West (chapter 11) Moving West 2. Oregon Trail 3. Mormons B. Texas (chapter 12) Americans in Texas a. Empresarios b. Stephen F. Austin 2. Texas Revolution a. The Alamo b. Independence c. San Jacinto 3. The Republic of Texas C. The Mexican War (chapter 13) Manifest Destiny a. President James K. Polk b. Annexation of Texas 2. War with Mexico a. Opposition from Northerners 3. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo a. Mexican Cession b. Gadsden Purchase D. Gold (chapter 14) Sutter s Mill 2. Forty-niners 3. Mining Camps 4. Impact on California XIII. North & South A. The Industrial Revolution (chapter 12.1) Industrialization 2. New Machines & processes a. Samuel Slater b. Factory system c. Textiles 3. Interchangeable parts a. Mass production B. Changes in Working Life (chapter 12.2) Workers 2. Lowell System 3. Trade unions C. The Transportation Revolution (chapter 12.3) Steamboats

6 XIV. a. Gibbons v. Ogden 2. Railroads a. Effects of the Railroad D. Technological Advances (chapter 12.4) Telegraph 2. Improved farm equipment E. Growth of the Cotton Kingdom (chapter 13.1) Cotton gin a. Eli Whitney 2. Cotton boom F. Southern Society (chapter 13.2) Planters 2. G. Slavery in the South (chapter 13.3) Slaves & work 2. Life under slavery 3. Slave culture 4. Slave uprisings America in the Mid-1800s A. Immigration & Urban Challenges (chapter 14.1) B. American Art (chapter 14.2) C. The Movement to End Slavery (chapter 14.4) D. Women s Rights (chapter 14.5) XV. A Divided Nation A. Debate Over Slavery Missouri Compromise (chapter 9.1) 2. California (chapter 15.1) 3. Fugitive Slave Act 4. Uncle Tom s Cabin B. Trouble in Kansas (chapter 15.2) Kansas-Nebraska Act 2. Bleeding Kansas C. Political Divisions (chapter 15.3) The Republicans 2. Dred Scott decision 3. Lincoln-Douglas debates D. Succession (chapter 15.4) John Brown s raid 2. Election of The South secedes a. Confederate States of America 4. Ft. Sumter (chapter 16.1) XVI. The War Between the States A. The War Begins (chapter 16.1) Northern resources 2. Southern resources 3. Preparing for war

7 XVII. B. The War in the East (chapter 16.2) First Bull Run 2. Antietam 3. Union s naval strategy 4. Fredericksburg & Chancellorsville (chapter 16.5) C. The War in the West (chapter 16.3) Shiloh 2. Vicksburg D. Daily Life During the War (chapter 16.4) Emancipation 2. Opposition 3. Life for soldiers E. The Tide of the War Turns (chapter 16.5) Gettysburg a. Lincoln s Gettysburg Address 2. Ulysses S. Grant & total war 3. Appomattox Reconstruction A. Rebuilding the South (chapter 17.1) B. The Battle Over Reconstruction (chapter 17.2) C. Reconstruction in the South (chapter 17.3)

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