History of the Americas Pictorial

Review
French and British Territory Before
1763
What it may have looked like
What Were the Results of the War?
Reduced the colonists need for protection
against the French.
Led Britain to tax the colonists to help pay off
Britains war debt.
Greatly expanded Britains North American
Empire.

Dont need em
New Taxes
All this new land
Stamp from the Stamp Act
Why Were the Townshend Acts
Repealed?
Britain was losing a ton of money due to the
boycott.
All the taxes were repealed except for the one
on tea.
(Except for tea)
First Continental Congress

6.2 How Did the War Begin?
How Did Washington Become the Commander
of the Continental Army?
He was unanimously elected by the Second
Continental Congress.
Henry Knox and Ethan Allen
Knox transporting the cannons
View of Boston from Dorchester
Heights
Siege of Boston
The Olive
Branch
Petition
The Paine Train (Thomas Paine)
TJ (Thomas Jefferson) and the
Declaration of Independence
What Are Natural Rights?
Jefferson believed that all men are created equal in Gods eyes,
and that all are entitled to the same basic rights.
What are they?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What does that mean?
It means that the government cannot deprive you of life or liberty
without due process, and you are free to TRY and make a great life
for yourself.
What is the job of the government?
It states that it is the job of the government to secure these rights,
and if it doesnt, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it.
Where does the government get its power?
It states that the power to rule comes from the consent of the
governed.
6.6 What Was the Final Break?
By July 2, 12 colonies had cast votes for
independence.
What Was Independence Day?
On July 4, 1776, all of the delegates (reps)
signed the final version of the Declaration.
This was treason against Britain and all would
be executed if the Revolution failed.
Valley Forge
7.5 What Was the Pep Talk?
What Was The Crisis?
It was a pamphlet written by
Thomas Paine
This pamphlet revived the troops spirit and they
were ready to attack Hessians at Trenton, NJ.
Victory at Trenton
Hessians Handing Over Saber at Battle
of Trenton
Washington Crossing the Delaware
Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne
Burgoynes Plan Gone Wrong
Burgoynes Surrender at Saratoga
Washington rallying retreating troops
Molly Pitcher at the Battle of
Monmouth
Gen. Cornwallis
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of Yorktown
Storming a British redoubt
Yorktown
Signing the Treaty of Paris
What Was the Influence of the
Revolution?
Influenced France to have its own revolution
6 years later (the French Revolution).
Articles of Confederation
Northwest Territory
Daniel Shays
Shays Rebellion
The Constitutional Convention
Little Jemmy (James Madison)

Representation
Population
State
9.3 The Legislative Branch Makes the
Laws
How is Congress Structured?
Congress is bicameral, meaning it is made up of two
houses: the House of Reps. and the Senate.
Senators must be at least 30 years old and serve 6 year
terms.
Members of the house must be at least 25 and serve 2
year terms
9.4 Executive Branch Carries Out the
Laws
How is the President Elected?
President is elected by a group of electors.
How many electors for each state?
Each state has as many electors as it has reps. and senators.
New president must take the Oath of Office (a solemn
promise to defend the Constitution).
President must be 35 years old and a natural-born citizen.
Impeachment
Good going Bill
9.5 The Judicial Branch Interprets The
Laws
The judicial branch is the system of federal courts and
judges that are supposed to protect the Constitution.
They resolve disputes involving national laws, the
federal government, or the states.
What Is the Federal Court System?
Two main sets of lower courts: district and appellate.
Most fed. cases originally heard in district courts.
What if you dont think a decision was fair?
Appeals are heard in appellate courts who determine
if the original trial was fair.
The Amendment Process
The Federal System
IT ALL STARTS AND END HERE
1
st
Amendment
10.5 What Are Legal Rights and
Protections?
Whats the Fifth Amendment? Legal Rights
5 rights: grand jury, double-jeopardy, self-
incrimination, due process, just
compensation.
All apply to people accused of crimes or who
are involved in legal disputes.
Whats the Sixth Amendment?
Criminal Trial Rights
How long do you wait until you go to trial?
Speedy and public trial by an impartial jury.
Who makes up the jury?
Jury consisting of people who live in the defendants
area.
Right to hear and question all witnesses.
Right to an attorney.
Typical jury (12 people)
TVs greatest lawyer
Crocodile tube
Pillory
Spanish Spider
Lead Sprinkler
Thumbscrews
Whiskey Rebellion
Washingtons Farewell Adress
The Federalists
Hamilton
The Republicans


Thomas Jefferson
11.7 What Was the Election of 1800?
Who Was In It?
John Adams V. Thomas Jefferson

versus
John Adams Thomas Jefferson
What Was the Peaceful Revolution?
The election of 1800 showed that power
could pass from one group to another
peacefully.
Isolationism
X,Y,Z
Who Were the Pirates?
Barbary States demanded tribute ($) for U.S. ships to
enter the Mediterranean Sea.
Guess how much the U.S. had been paying.
Ruler of Tripoli declared war on U.S. when Jefferson
stopped the tribute.
Barbary Coast
Jeffersons Embargo
What Happened on the Frontier?
Settlers in the S. and W. favored war with Britain. They
accused Britain of stirring up trouble with the Natives.
Natives were found with English guns and Americans
were outraged.
War Hawks such as Clay and Calhoun wanted to drive
the British out of Canada.
Tecumseh
Henry Clay
John C. Calhoun
William Henry Harrison
Whats Happening To Me?
War of 1812
What Were the Results of the War?
3 important effects of the war:
1. Indian resistance weakened in the Northwest.
2. U.S. national pride surged. The U.S. truly felt like an independent
nation.
3. Federalist party weakens from opposition to the war, and never recovers.
The Monroe Doctrine
Monroe
Chief Justice John
Marshall
End of the Era of Good Feelings
Cole
Catlin
Audobon
Davy Crockett
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
James Fennimore Cooper
Jacksons Inauguration
Farmers and workers flood the White House on inauguration day
14.5 What Was the Nullification Crisis?
What Were the Tariffs?
1828 Congress passed a law raising tariffs on imported
goods so American manufactures could outsell foreign
competitors.
Northern states approved, southern states were strongly
opposed.
Why would southerners be opposed?
Southern states referred to the tariff as the Tariff of
Abominations.
The Death of Free Trade
Jackson Killing the Bank
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Jackson Invades Florida

Compromise on Oregon
War with Mexico
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Francis Cabot Lowells textile mill
Cyrus McCormicks Reaper
Elias Howes Sewing Machine
Dont fear The Reaper
Robert Fultons Clermont
A Clipper Ship
Freight on the Erie Canal
Northern and Southern Railroads
Southern Society


Irish and German Immigration
The Great Emancipator
Most of Missouri is north of the Ohio
River
The Missouri Compromise

Before the compromise
After the compromise
The Compromise of 1850 was
accepted.
Kansas-Nebraska Territory
Preston Brooks Beating Charles
Sumner

Impact of the Dred Scott Case
John Browns Execution


Weakness: military leadership.
George McClellan Benjamin
Butler
Ambrose Burnside William
Rosecrans
Who were the presidents of the U.S.
and CSA?
Abraham Lincoln was the president of the US. His
primary goal was to maintain the unity of the country.
Jefferson Davis was the president of CSA.
Abraham Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
VS.

Strengths: Military leadership
Jeb Stuart
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall
Jackson
Nathan Bedford
Forrest
Patrick
Cleburne
The Aftermath
The Anaconda Plan
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Picnickers at Bull Run
Whens the battle
gonna start?
Realities of war
Gettysburg Cont.
1863 Lee tries to invade the North again.
17,500 Union troops killed/wounded, and 23,000
CSA troops killed/wounded. Lee loses 1/3 of his
army and never again tries to invade the North.
South will now manage a defensive war.
Robert E. Lee George Meade
Versus
The Merrimac
The Monitor
Union Gunboats Shell Vicksburg
Battle of Ft. Wagner
The Massachusetts 54th
Col. Robert Shaw
What Did Grant Do?
Grant took 100,000 men to fight it out with Lees army
in VA. Despite HUGE losses, Grant would not retreat.
Why wouldnt Grant retreat?
Grant could reinforce his losses, Lee could not.
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Versus
Sherman: Total War
Sherman Was Here
The Surrender
620,000
John Wilkes Booth
Ku Klux Klan during Reconstruction
Election of 1876?

Rutherford B. Hayes
Versus
Samuel Tilden
23.6 Why Did Reconstruction Begin to
Reverse?
Public schools began to close. Half of all black kids in
the South attended school.
How could they keep blacks from voting?
Southern states passed laws requiring citizens pay a
poll tax or to take a literacy test to vote. (Do you think
you could pass?)
The grandfather clause excused whites from this.
What Were Jim Crow Laws?
When Democrats returned to power, they drew a
color line between blacks and whites. Segregation
laws became known as Jim Crow Laws.
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