Sunday, February 13, 2011
Saturday, February 12, 2011
War of 1812
Causes of the War of 1812
• Impressment – Forcing foreign sailors into service in the British navy
• Embargo Act (1807) – Congress banned all imports to England. It was intended to hurt England, but actually hurt the U.S. because other nations stopped trading with us. England just found other countries to deal with. It was repealed in 1809.
• Trouble with Native Americans – Angry that Americans were moving into their lands, Native Americans began attacking settlers on the frontier. The British helped by proving weapons and instigated many battles.
Vocabulary Terms
Embargo – prohibits trade with another country
Warhawks – people who pressured Madison to declare war against the British
Nationalism – loyalty to one’s country
The War of 1812
• Things get rougher – By 1814, the British had defeated Napoleon and the French and could now concentrate on the war. In August, British troops marched into Washington, D.C. and burned down the capital, including the White House
• Star-Spangled Banner -- After burning Washington, British troops attack Baltimore, but are held off at Fort McHenry outside the city. Francis Scott Key writes what would become our national anthem while watching the battle.
• Battle of New Orleans – The British decide the war is too costly and unnecessary and signed the Treaty of Ghent to end the war in December 1814. However, word didn’t reach the U.S. in time to prevent the Battle of New Orleans. Forces led by Jackson won the battle, which helped him become our 7th President in 1827.
• End of the Federalists – Federalists in New England had been against the war. They were called unpatriotic and fell out of favor after Jackson’s victory.
The Louisiana Purchase - Lewis & Clark
Before the Louisiana Purchase
• The Louisiana Territory belonged to Spain, which allowed the U.S. to use the lower Mississippi River for trade.
• In 1802, Spain transfers the Louisiana Territory to France. Jefferson was afraid France would try to extend its empire to America and offered the French as much as $10 million.
• A revolution in Santo Domingo (Haiti) led by Toussaint-Louverture, a former African slave, drives the French and British out of Santo Domingo.
• France needed money to finance Napoleon’s plans for a war against England, so they agreed to sell the Louisiana Territory to the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase (1803) – The U.S. buys 828,800 square miles of territory from France for $15 million. The purchase doubles the size of the country and eventually 13 more states.
Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806) – Thomas Jefferson chooses Meriweather Lewis and William Clark to explore the new territory. The Corps of Discovery was also guided by a Native American woman, Sacagawea.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Class Timeline
Important Dates
1607 – Jamestown Settlement
1776 – Declaration of Independence
1787 – U.S. Constitution
1803 – Louisiana Purchase
1861-1865 – Civil War
Timeline
Era of European Exploration
1215 – Magna Carta
1265 – English Parliament
1492 – Columbus sails to New World
Era of Colonial Settlement
1607 – Jamestown Settlement
1619 – Virginia House of Burgesses
1619 – First Africans arrive in America
1620 – Mayflower Compact
1639 – Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
1689 – English Bill of Rights
1720 – First Great Awakening
1754 – Albany Plan of Union
1754 – French and Indian War
1763 – Treaty of Paris
1763 – Proclamation of 1763
American Revolutionary Era
1764 – Causes for American Revolution
1774 – First Continental Congress
1775 – Lexington and Concord
1775 – Second Continental Congress
1776 – Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
1776 – Declaration of Independence
1777 – Articles of Confederation
1777 – Saratoga
1778 – Valley Forge
1781 – Yorktown
1783 – Treaty of Paris
New Republic Era
1787 – Northwest Ordinance
1787 – Philadelphia Convention
1787 – Three-fifths Compromise
1787 – U.S. Constitution
1789 – First U.S. President (George Washington)
1789 – Origin of Political Parties
1791 – Bill of Rights
1796 – Washington’s Farewell Address
1798 – Alien and Sedition Act
1798 – XYZ Affair
1800 – Industrial Revolution and Free Enterprise
1803 – Marbury v. Madison
1803 – Second Great Awakening
Era of Westward Expansion
1803 – Louisiana Purchase
1809 – James Madison
1812 – War of 1812
1815 – Battle of New Orleans
1816 – Second Bank of U.S.
1817 – Reform Movement: Disabilities
1818 – Manifest Destiny
1819 – McCulloch v. Maryland
1820 – Missouri Compromise
1823 – Monroe Doctrine
1824 – Gibbons v. Ogden
1826 – Reform Movement: Temperance
1828 – Election of Andrew Jackson
1828 – Rise of Modern Democrats
1830 – Indian Removal Act
1832 – Nullification Crisis
1832 – Jackson challenges Second Bank of U.S.
1832 – Worcester v. Georgia
1837 – Reform Movement: Education
1838 – Trail of Tears
1840 – Oregon Country
1841 – Reform Movement: Prisons
1845 – Texas is annexed as the 28th state
1846 – Mexican-American War
1848 – Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
1848 – California Gold Rush
1848 – Mormons in Utah
1848 – Seneca Falls Convention
Civil War/Reconstruction Era
1850 – Compromise of 1850
1850 – Fugitive Slave Act
1854 – Kansas-Nebraska Act
1857 – Dred Scott v. Sandford
1861 – Civil War begins at Fort Sumter, SC
1863 – Emancipation Proclamation
1863 – Battle of Gettysburg
1863 – Battle of Vicksburg
1863 – Gettysburg Address
1865 – 13th Amendment
1865 – Lee surrenders at Appomattox
1865 – President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated
1867 – 14th Amendment
1870 – 15th Amendment
Instructions for February 10th Project
Six-weeks Project: Due on February 10th
There are two parts to the assignment; a one-page paper on a connection between two things we’ve covered in class and another one-page paper in which students take one event out of the timeline and predict the outcome.
A. Choose one assignment from the following list of connections and write a 1-page paper; also include a visual representation (picture) along with your paper:
1. What is the connection between the Magna Carta and the U.S. Constitution?
2. What is the connection between the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and the U.S. Constitution?
3. What is the connection between the Virginia House of Burgesses and the U.S. Constitution?
4. What is the connection between the Articles of Confederation and the U.S. Constitution?
5. What is the connection between the French and Indian War and Colonial Taxes like the Tea Act, which led to the Boston Tea Party?
6. What is the connection between Jamestown and Plymouth?
7. What is the connection between Columbus and the 13 Colonies?
8. What is the connection between Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson and political parties?
B. Choose any event from our timeline and remove it. Then, in a one-page paper, predict the outcome. In other words, what happens as a result? For example, if Jamestown wasn’t founded in 1607, what happens to the country as a result of the first permanent English colony being founded at Plymouth in 1620? What effect does this have on our country’s history? Write a one-page paper and include a visual representation.
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