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Magna Carta

British

Nobility v. King

Limited Power of King

Trial by Jury

Founding document signed by King John

Federalism

System of Government

National Government

Divided Power

States

Power is divided between the national and state governments

Declaration of Independence

Treasonous

Grievances

King George III

1776

Written by Thomas Jefferson

Bill of Rights

Declaration of Independence

Anti-Federalists

Guarantees

Unalienable Rights

1st 10 Amendments

Thomas Jefferson

Secretary of State under Washington Vice

President under John Adams

3rd President

Louisiana Purchase

1803

Declaration of Independence 1776

Thomas Paine

Patriot

Writer

Urged colonists to

support independence

The Crisis

Common Sense

Articles of Confederation

Yorktown

No taxation

Weak central government

1st attempt at a national government by the United States

Weak executive

Checks and Balances

Congress approves

Presidents appointments

President appoints judges

Supreme Court may declare laws unconstitutional

President may veto bills

Way to make sure each branch does their jobs correctly

Nullification

South Carolina

John C. Calhoun

Henry Clay

State’s Rights

Idea that a state could ignore national laws

Abolitionists

William Lloyd Garrison

John Brown

Sojourner Truth

Frederick Douglass

Movement to end slavery

Abraham Lincoln

Republican

Illinois

Civil War

Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg Address

Women’s Suffrage

Seneca Falls

Elizabeth Cady

Stanton

Susan B. Anthony

Right to Vote

Exclusion

1787

Change Articles of

Confederation

George Washington

Philadelphia

Writing the Constitution

Weak Government

George Washington

From Virginia

On Money1st President of United

States

Commander of the

Continental Army

Member of Continental Congress

Unalienable Rights

God Given Rights

Rights that cannot be

taken awayLife, Liberty

Pursuit of Happiness

Declaration of Independence

Popular Sovereignty

People have the power

“We the People”Principal of

the Constitution

The People have the final authority over

the government

Constitution

Colonial Grievances

“He is waging war against us”

“He will not protect the

people”“Taxation without

representation”

Addressed in the Bill of

Rights

“We have no trial by jury”

1st Amendment

Freedom to Petition the government

Freedom of Religion

Freedom of the Press

Freedom of Speech

Freedom to Assemble Peacefully

13th, 14th, 15th

Amendments

Citizenship

Right to voteFormer Slaves

Constitutional Amendments

Freedom

Columbian Exchange

North America

Transfer and TradeAnimals, Crops,

and Disease

Between Europe and the New

World

Caribbean

Subsistence Farming

Self Sufficient

Family of WorkersGrowing for

yourself

Do not grow cash crops

Poor

Primary Source

Letter

Not a textbookEyewitness

to events

The best source of historical information

Diary

John and AbigailAdams

She wrote letters to him

often

He was Vice President

under Washington

She spoke often for women’s

rights

He was the 2nd President of the

Untied States

He helped negotiate the

Treaty of Paris in 1783

Bubonic Plague

From Asia

Ring Around the RosesRats

Millions Die

Trade

Bubonic Plague

From Asia

Ring Around the RosesRats

Killed Millions

Trade

SomeReasons for the

American Revolution

The colony was a long distance

away from it’s home country

Taxing Tea

Common Sense made sense to a

lot of people

No taxation without

representation

Demanded Rights of Englishmen

1861-1865Civil War

Fort Sumter

Gettysburg and Vicksburg

Over 600,000 people die

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Secession

Cottage Industry

Work at home

Sell products

Minimal resources

Small Scale Production

Family

Growth ofRepresentative

Government

Mayflower Compact

English Bill of Rights

Fundamental Orders of

Connecticut

US Constitution

Magna Carta