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Part 1. Eras in U.S. History. EOC Boot camp b e a STAAR!. Eras in U.S. History. 1607 – 1776: Colonial Era . 1776 -- 1861: New Nation . 1861 -- 1877: Civil War & Reconstruction . 1877 -- 1917: Industrial Revolution, Guilded Age & American Imperialism . - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Eras in U.S. History

EOC Boot campbe a STAAR!

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Eras in U.S. History

• 1607 – 1776: Colonial Era.• 1776 -- 1861: New Nation.• 1861 -- 1877: Civil War & Reconstruction.• 1877 -- 1917: Industrial Revolution, Guilded Age &

American Imperialism.• 1917 -- 1945: World War I, Roaring Twenties,

Great Depression & World War II.• 1945 – 1989: Cold War.• 1989 – Present: Post Cold War.

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1607-1776 Colonial Era

1607Jamestown – first successful English settlement

Joint-stock companyFounded for profit

1620Pilgrims - Mayflower CompactFounded for religious reasons

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1607-1776 Colonial Era (cont.)

1756-1763 – French & Indian War

1765-1775 – Colonist protest British rule– English Taxation to pay for war

– Taxation without representation

1775-1783 – Revolutionary War!

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1776-1861 New Nation

• 1775-1783 – Revolutionary War!• 1776 Declaration of Independence

• Beginning of New Nation• 1781-1787 – Articles of Confederation

• 1987- Present – US Constitution

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Representative Government

• England had a Parliamentary style Government which was “Representative”

• Colonial assemblies existed and were part of government which answered directly to people

• Desire for representative self government lead most to revolution and declaration of Independence

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Colonial Grievances

• Due to high cost of French and Indian War British taxed the colonists to help pay for war debt– Stamp Act – Coercive Acts

• Colonists objected to these taxes because they had no say in their establishment – Magna Carta (1215)– English Bill of Rights (1689)

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Thomas Paine

• Wrote Common Sense• Attacked monarchy and

stirred people to action towards independence

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Samual Adams

• Leading rebel agitator• Helped plan Boston Tea Party

• Referred to as “penman” of the American Revolution because he wrote circular letters to colonies expressing opposition to British acts

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Benjamin Rush• Physician, writer, educator, and humanitarian born in

Pennsylvania. • Active in the Sons of Liberty in Pennsylvania during

1773. • In June of 1776 he was appointed to represent

Philadelphia at the Second Continental Congress and signed the Declaration of Independence

• In 1777 he was appointed surgeon-general of Continental Army.

• Federalist• Appointed treasurer of the US Mint from 1797 to 1813.

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John Witherspoon

• In 1776 he was elected to the Continental Congress in time to vote in favor for the Declaration of Independence.

• His notable comment America “was not only ripe for the measure (the declaration), but in danger of rotting for the want of it.”

• Witherspoon was a very active member of congress, serving on more than a hundred committees through his tenure

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John Peter Muhlenberg

• During the Revolutionary War he raised and commanded the Eighth Virginia (German) Regiment and was brevetted major general in 1783.

• He returned to Pennsylvania and was elected to the First Congress

• He was elected to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1801 until his resignation on June 30, 1801.

• He was appointed by President Thomas Jefferson supervisor of revenue for Pennsylvania in 1801 and collector of customs at Philadelphia in 1802 where he served until his death in October 1807.

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Jonathan Trumbull Sr.

• Served as governor of Connecticut in both a pre-Revolutionary colony and a post-Revolutionary state.

• Friend and advisor of General Washington • He was the only colonial governor to continue

office through the American Revolution. • He is the father of John Trumbull (1756-1843)

who is known as the “Painter of the American Revolution”.

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King George III

• British Monarch during American Revolution

• Persistence in taxing colonists led to American Revolution

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Unalienable Rights

• Rights that cannot be taken away

• Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Instituted in the Declaration of Independence

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Lexington & Concord

• First battle of the Revolution

• Massachusetts Minutemen fought t the British regulars trying to destroy colonial military stores and arrest colonial leaders

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Battle of Saratoga

• Turning point of the War

• Battle where colonists won and convinced France to commit troops

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1787!Adoption of Constitution

Framework for US Government

Remains the model for representative government

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Popular Sovereignty

• Government subject to the will of the People!

“We THE People…..”preamble

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THE CONSTITUTION

Federalist v. Anti-federlist

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Separation of PowersA way of dividing power among three branches of

government so that each branch is accountable to different constituencies.

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Checks and Balances

No single branch can become to powerful!

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Federalism• Shared power between national and state government• States are bound together under one national

government

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Limited Government

A type of government in which its functions

and powers are written, limited, and

restricted by law to

protect the citizenry.

National Government• May not violate the Bill of Rights • May not impose export taxes among states • May not use money from the Treasury without

the passage and approval of an appropriations bill

• May not change state boundaries

State Government• May not enter into treaties with other countries • May not print money • May not tax imports or exports • May not Impair obligations of contracts • May not suspend a person's rights without due

process

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Cartoon #1Which constitutional principle is represented in this cartoon? What is the message the cartoonist is trying to get across? What symbols does the cartoonist use?

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Cartoon #2Which constitutional principle is represented in this cartoon? What is the message the cartoonist is trying to get across? What symbols does the cartoonist use?

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Cartoon #3Which constitutional principle is represented in this cartoon? What is the message the cartoonist is trying to get across? What symbols does the cartoonist use?

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Cartoon #4Which constitutional principle is represented in this cartoon? What is the message the cartoonist is trying to get across? What symbols does the cartoonist use?


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