Most Influential Explorer
I think Christopher Columbus is the most influential explorer for many reasons. One reason why Christopher Columbus is influential is that without him all of Europe would not know that another massive landmass existed. If he had not told of this new land they may have discovered it 100 years later. If it had been discover 100 years later then world history would have changed and there would probably not be a country called the USA.
Causes of the Revoulution
Stamp Act - British put tax on paper products
Proclamation of 1763 - Prevented colonists from going west of the Appalachian mountains
Sugar Act - Placed a tax on molasses and sugar
Intolorable Acts - Closed the port of Boston
Quartering Act - Colonists were forced to house British soldiers
Boston Massacre - British troops fire on unarmed Protestors
Stamp Act - British put tax on paper products
Proclamation of 1763 - Prevented colonists from going west of the Appalachian mountains
Sugar Act - Placed a tax on molasses and sugar
Intolorable Acts - Closed the port of Boston
Quartering Act - Colonists were forced to house British soldiers
Boston Massacre - British troops fire on unarmed Protestors
Battles of the Revoulution
Battle of Saratoga - Americans beat British in a open field
Battle of Camden - Militia fled the battle leaving colonists out numbered
Battle of Trenton - Americans killed 1000 British and captured even more with out any American losses
Battle of Yorktown - British were trapped between French Navy and the Continental Army, and surrendered 8,000 Troops
Battle of Saratoga - Americans beat British in a open field
Battle of Camden - Militia fled the battle leaving colonists out numbered
Battle of Trenton - Americans killed 1000 British and captured even more with out any American losses
Battle of Yorktown - British were trapped between French Navy and the Continental Army, and surrendered 8,000 Troops
Most Significant Moment in the American Revoulution
The most important moment in the American Revoulution is the victory at the battle of Saratoga. One of the main reason why this battle was so important in the Revoulution is that it convinced the French to join the war on the Colonists side. This effected the war greatly because it gave colonists the advantage of French naval support. Without French support the British would most likely not have surrendered at Yorktown, causing the war to go on for much longer than it would, and we can't be certain that America would have won. This Battle also had a big effect on the troop moral. It showed that the colonists could beat the most powerful army in the world face to face in a battle. These are the reason why I think that the Battle of saratoga was the most important battle in the Revoulution.
The Executive Branch
Qualification for president - 35 Years old, Natural Born Citizen, US resident for 14 years
Pay started at $25,000 and now it is $400,000
1967 - Turned tradition into law; says of Presidency is vacant, the VP becomes President and then appoints a new VP.
Since ratified the 25th Amendment has been used 3 times
8 US Presidents have died while in office - Abraham Lincoln, Zachary Taylor, Benjamin Harrison, JFK, FDR, William Henry Harrison, William Mckinley, Warren G. Harden
1947: Congress passed the Presidential Succession Act which indicates the order of succession to the Presidency
Line of Succession: The Vice President, Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary Health and Human Services, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
7 Major Roles of the President: 1)Chief Executive - Carries out nation's laws, Issues Executive Orders, Appoints cabinet members, ambassador, judges, heads of govt. agencies; 2)Chief Diplomat - Responsible for making treaties with other countries with Senate approval, Meet foreign leaders, Can make Executive Agreements with other countries, Responsible for appointing ambassadors with Senate approval; 3)Commander in Chief - President has final authority over all military matters; 4)Political Party Leader; 5)Legislative Leader; 6)Judicial Leader; 7)Chief of State
Vice President: Qualifications are the same as the president, President of the senate, but only goes when there is a tie
1st Amendment - Guarantees freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition.
2nd Amendment - Protects the right to bear arms, which the right to own a gun
3rd Amendment - "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in manner to be prescribed by law."
4th Amendment - Protects the people form unreasonable searches and seizures
5th Amendment - Protects people from being held for committing a crime unless they are properly indicted, (accused)
6th Amendment - Guarantees a speedy trial, an impartial jury
7th Amendment - right to a speedy civil trial
8th Amendment - guarantees that punishments will be fair and not cruel, and that extraordinarily large fines will not be set.
9th Amendment - All rights not stated in the Constitution and not forbidden by the Constitution belong to the people.
10th Amendment - States that any power not granted to the federal government belongs to the states or to the people
Launching the Republic
George Washington
- Unanimously elected President in 1789
- April 30, 1789 he took presidential oath
- Appointed cabinet members
- Made many peace treaties, and placed tax on states
- Elected again
- Retired after 2nd term
- Established in 1781
- Proposed by Hamilton
- Tax on grain (used for whiskey)
- Angered citizens
- Caused big rebellion
- Militia ended rebellion
- First time the militia act was taken into place
- 1793-1794
- Native Americans and 1000 warriors
- US troops
- Near Ohio
- Americans lost under 100 men
- Ended by signed treaty of Greeneville
- Led to Ohio eventually becoming a state
- Washington proclaimed Neutrality
- Both wanted US to help (France and England)
- Wanted to keep out of war
- America denying helped to create tension between US and France
- Presented Address on 1796
- Warned against permanent alliances
- Warned against political parties
- Dangers of accumulating debt
- Took place on Thursday April 30, 1789
- said that he was here for the people
- Thomas Jefferson believed the government should be weak, and strict on the Constitution
- Alexander Hamilton thought there should be a strong government, with loose interpretation of the Constitution
- Hamilton - Federalists
- Jefferson - Democratic-Republicans
- First Vice President of the US
- Second POTUS served 1 term
- Kept US out of war with France
- Father of the US Navy
- Diplomatic and official affair between France and the US
- Adams sent delegation to France to resolve disputes
- French Prime Minister Tallyrand sent 3 agents to demand a bribe and loan for France
- Adams referred to the agents as XYZ and urged congress to prepare for war
- Designed to people from speaking out against the government
- changed from 5 to 14 years to be a citizen
- these acts hurt the Federalist party
- Jefferson got 61.4% and Burr got 38%
- Between Arron Burr, and Thomas Jefferson
- Thomas Jefferson and Arron Burr tied with 73 electoral votes
- The House voted and choose Thomas Jefferson
- Lead to passing of the 12 amendment
- First Secretary of State
- Second Vice President of US
- Third President
- Adams appointed his midnight Judges
- Jefferson tells Madison don't deliver them
- Gets sued by Marbury
- France for 15 million
- Jefferson believed the purchase without congress approval was unconstitutional
- used treaty power to buy for 15 million
- doubled the size of the US
- First Secretary of War
- First election with 2 political parties
- John Adams won the election
- lead to the 12th amendment being passed
- Sent by Jefferson to explore Louisiana territory, looking for a water route to the west
- reach a water route to the west
- Sacagawea helped them
- lead 2 expeditions trough upper Mississippi river valley and into what is Colorado
- gave Americans there first description of the great plains and rocky mountains
- American hero and scenes was the art
- Music is patriotic and american
- 1800's was the second Great Awakening
- Writer of the Federalist papers
- First Chief Justice
- Made all exports illegal
- Jefferson wanted to hurt France and Britain
- It really hurt American trade instead
- Considered Jefferson's biggest mistake
- US was angry about impressment
- First time a President asked congress to declare war
- Treaty of Ghent ended the war
- William Henry Harrison
- Tecumseh
- Battle over land and US won
- William Henry Harrison got a good reputation
- Fought in the war of 1812
MANIFEST DESTINY The picture to the right is a famous picture representing manifest destiny. I see the angel in the middle of the picture which represents the holiness of the idea. Throughout the rest of the picture we can see many people moving west in anything they could. Some traveled in a train others in a horse drawn carriages, and the most determined traveled by foot. Everyone no matter how difficult the journey was, was making it to get to the west.
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Abraham Lincoln
George McClellan
Robert Gould Shaw
Robert Gould Shaw was an American soldier in the Union Army during the U.S. Civil War. Born into a prominent abolitionist family, he accepted command of the first all-black regiment (54th Massachusetts) in the Northeast and encouraged the men to refuse their pay until it was equal to the white troops’ wage.
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Robert E. Leee
Ulysses S. Grant
Stonewall Jackson
George Meade
William T. Sherman
William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier, businessman, educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the Civil War , for which he received recognition for his outstanding command of military strategy as well as criticism for the harshness of the "scorched earth" policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the Confederate States.
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George Pickett
George Edward Pickett was a career United States Army officer who became a major general in the Confederate States Army during the Civil War. He is best remembered for his participation in the futile and bloody Confederate offensive on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg that bears his name, Pickett's Charge
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Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker (November 13, 1814 – October 31, 1879) was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
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Ambrose Burnside
As a Union Army General, in the Civil War, he conducted successful campaigns in North Carolina and East Tennessee, as well as countering the raids of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan, but suffered disastrous defeats at the Battle of Fredericksburg and Battle of the Crater. His distinctive style of facial hair became known as sideburns, derived from his last name.
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P. G. T. Beaurgard
David G. Farragut
David Glasgow Farragut was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay (in which he was victorious) usually paraphrased as "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" in U.S. Navy tradition.
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James Longstreet
Civil War Battles
Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–14, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, North Carolina, that started the Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. The US Army did not listen and sent supplies. The South took this as an act of war and attacked.
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1st Battle of Bull Run
The 1st Battle of Bull Run (July 21 1861) took place near Manassas Junction and is the first major land battle in the civil war. 35, 000 Union troops marched from the federal capital in Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate force of 20,000 along a small river known as Bull Run. After fighting on the defensive for most of the day, the rebels rallied and were able to break the Union right flank, sending the Federals into a chaotic retreat towards Washington. The Confederate victory gave the South a surge of confidence and shocked many in the North, who realized the war would not be won as easily as they had hoped.
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Capture of New Orleans
The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the Civil War was an important event for the Union. This was one of the last cities that had not been destroyed. The capture of the largest Confederate City was a major turning point in the war. This was also an event of international importance as it affected he trade of many countries.
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Monitor vs. Merrimack
The Battle of Monitor vs. Merrimack or the Battle of the ironclads was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. The battle was a part of the effort of the Confederacy to break the Union blockade, which had cut off Virginia's largest cities, Norfolk and Richmond, from international trade.
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Battle of Shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Major General Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee on the west bank of the river, where Confederate forces under Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard launched a surprise attack on Grant's army.
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Battle of Antietam
The Battle of Antietam, also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American History, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing.
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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a Presidential Proclamation and executive order issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. In a single stroke, it changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved people in the designated areas of the South from "slave" to "free".
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Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville
The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotslyvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside.
Siege of Vicksburg
The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate Army of Mississippi led by John C. Pemberton into the defensive lines surrounding the fortress city of Vicksburg Mississippi.
Battle of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War. The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war and is often described as the war's turning point.
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Sherman's March to the Sea
Sherman's March began with Sherman's troops leaving the captured city of Atlanta, Georgia, on November 15 and ended with the capture of the port of Savannah on December 21. His forces destroyed military targets as well as industry, infrastructure, and civilian property and disrupted the Confederacy's economy and its transportation networks. Sherman's bold move of operating deep within enemy territory and without supply lines is considered to be revolutionary in the annals of war.
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Battle of Appomattox
The Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was one of the last battles of the Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Ulysses S. Grant. Lee, having abandoned the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, after the ten-month Siege of Petersburg, retreated west, hoping to join his army with the Confederate forces in North Carolina.
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Lincoln's Assanation
United States President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre as the Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the commander of the Confederate Army of Virginia, General Robert E. Lee,surrendered to General Ulysses S. grant and the Union Army of Potomac.
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