United States History Activating Strategy On page 3 of your packet, try to use the words in the word splash to describe important events in the history of the United States.
US History Discuss your paragraph with the person sitting next to you. See if you both agree on the information you have written about. Discuss your paragraph with the person sitting next to you. See if you both agree on the information you have written about.
US History Essential Question: Essential Question: What important events took place in the history of the United States?
Do Now Vocabulary indigenous representation revolution declaration independence constitution republic amendment Define on page 4 of your packet Write and define the following terms in your packet (page 4)
Do Now On the 3X5 card, write the vocabulary word that is defined in the following definition. You may use your notes if you need to A form of government in which the citizens elect representatives. A form of government in which the citizens elect representatives. A sudden and complete change in government. A sudden and complete change in government. Freedom to rule oneself. Freedom to rule oneself.
US History Timeline First Europeans led by Christopher Columbus Arrive in America England had set up 13 separate colonies British helped the colonist fight the French-Indian War The First Continental Congress meet in Philadelphia to challenge British rule. April 19, American Revolution begins
US History Timeline May Second Continental congress meets and forms an army led by George Washington. July 4, Declaration of Independence End of the Revolutionary War Sept. 3, British and American leaders sign the Treaty of Paris May1787- Congress called for a Constitutional Convention to make changes to the first Constitution.
US History Timeline US Constitution was approved US Purchased the Louisiana Territory from France The US controlled all the land that would be the 48 contiguous states The start of the Civil War between the North and the South (States Rights) US Obtained Hawaii and Alaska and was involved in two World Wars More people live in US cities than on farms
Answers to guided notes Indigenous, Europeans Native Americans Tribes, people or Native Americans, Europeans, Christopher Columbus. Trade route Hoping to get rich, religious freedom Spanish, United States, south, west
Answers to Guided Notes continued 7. French, Canada, Mid-west 8. East or Atlantic 9. colonist, French Eastern,taxation Taxation without representation Angry, liberty Philadelphia, First Continental Congress
Answers to Guided Notes continued 14. American Revolution th, declaration, independence 16. the freedom to rule ones self , Treaty of Paris, independent country 18. Articles of Confederation, constitution, authority
Answers to Guided Notes continued 19. They worried that a strong central government might rule unfairly and take away the rights and freedoms they just fought for in the revolution. 20. executive branch, legislative branch, judicial branch republic, vote, represent, governing Are the citizens (people)
Answers to Guided Notes continued Changes to a document (constitution) Rights, rights, citizens They purchased Louisianna from France, and gained other lands through treaties and wars Cities, farms ’s, Civil
Guided Notes Answers Continued 28. Started in 1861, lasted 4 years, fighting over states rights (slavery), between north and south, north won US was in 2 wars, 2. The Great Depression happened between WW1 and WW2. 3. US led the way in space exploration , first astronaut landed on moon 30. World leader, freedom, world