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•Abolished
slavery in all
of the United
States.
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13
Amendment
•Gave citizenship
and equal
protection to
anyone born in
the U.S.
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14
Amendment
•Gave black
men the
right to vote.
th
15
Amendment
•First African-American
to be elected into the
U.S. Senate,
represented
Mississippi. Inspiration
to many AfricanAmericans
Hiram
Rhodes
Revels
•President of
the US during
the Civil War.
Abraham
Lincoln
•Supreme Union
general during the
Civil War and later
served as
President
Ulysses S.
Grant
•President of the
Confederate
States of America.
Jefferson
Davis
•Supreme
Confederate
general during
the Civil War
Robert E.
Lee
•Confederate general
who stood like a “stone
wall” against the Union
at the Battle of Bull Run,
helping the Confederacy
win, which shocked the
Union.
“Stonewall”
Jackson
•African-American soldier
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that fought with the 54
Massachusetts Regiment
in the Civil War, first
black soldier to win the
Medal of Honor.
William
Carney
•Chilean immigrant,
Hispanic Union
naval hero during
the Civil War,
received the Medal
of Honor.
Philip
Bazaar
Jamestown
•Virginia- the first
permanent and
successful English
settlement in North
America
Mayflower
Compact
•written by Pilgrims
aboard the ship
Mayflower,
established their own
self-government and
laws
Declaration of
Independence
•Document signed
by the colonists to
break away from
the British
government.
U.S.
Constitution
•Document written to
replace the Articles of
Confederation, in
order to have a
stronger and better
government.
Louisiana
Purchase
•Jefferson buys this
Territory from
France, doubling the
size of the United
States.
1861-1865
The Civil
War
•Union (North)
vs. Confederates
(South) over
slavery
• signed in 1215 by King John
of England, was the first
document that limited
power of the ruler and
established the principles
of trial by jury and one
could not be deprived of
life, liberty and property.
The Magna
Carta
• was the document written aboard
the Mayflower in 1620 by the
founders of the Plymouth colony,
the Pilgrims. This document
represented an early form of
colonial self-government and an
early form of a written
constitution, establishing the
powers and duties of the
government.
The
Mayflower
Compact
•drafted by the settlers in
the Connecticut River
colony in 1639, was the
first written constitution
in the colonies
establishing a democratic
government controlled
by citizens.
The
Fundamental
Orders of
Connecticut
•established in 1619, was
the first representative
assembly (group) in the
American colonies.
Famous delegates
included Patrick Henry,
Thomas Jefferson, and
George Washington.
The Virginia
House of
Burgesses
• A law from King George III: to
prevent further Indian attacks,
colonists could not settle west of
the Appalachian Mountains
• Colonists were upset because they
wanted more land to move onto
Proclamation
of 1763
• A series of laws passed by Parliament to
punish the people of Boston and
Massachusetts and bring the colonists
under control. They closed the Boston
ports, banned committees of
correspondence, allowed quartering of
troops wherever necessary, and all British
officials accused of crimes to stand trial in
Britain not in the colonies
• Colonists were upset because they felt all
of their rights were being taken
Intolerable/
Coercive Acts
• The British colonies economic system. Goal
was to get more gold and silver. Colonists
were expected to sell their raw materials
(tobacco, rice, fur, and fish) at low prices to
Britain and buy British manufactured
goods (glass, paper, tea) which were more
expensive. This unequal trade would
increase the wealth of the “Mother
Country.”
• Colonists were upset because they wanted
to trade with other countries and
manufacture their own goods
Mercantilism
• A set of various tax laws placed on the
colonies in order to pay the debt from
French and Indian War.
• Colonists were upset because they felt
they had no representation in
parliament to vote on these taxes.
“No taxation without representation!”
Sugar Act, Tea
Act, Stamp Act,
Townshend Act
• An act of civil disobedience where
the colonist protested the Tea Act
by dressing as native Americans
and throwing British tea into the
Boston Harbor.
• Colonists were upset because they
were tired of taxes and restrictions
by the British government.
Boston Tea
Party
• A clash between colonists and
British soldiers, in Boston, which
resulted in the death of five
people; named a “massacre” by
Samuel Adams. Crispus Attucks was
the first to die.
• Colonists were outraged that
soldiers had killed colonists.
Boston
Massacre
• A conflict in North America
from 1754 to 1763 that was
part of a worldwide struggle
between France and Britain;
Britain defeated France and
gained French Canada.
French and
Indian War
•makes
the laws
Legislative
Branch
•executes
the laws
Executive
Branch
•interprets
the laws
Judicial
Branch
Separation
of Powers
•Divides the
powers of
government into
3 branches.
•Example:
–Executive branch executes
the laws
– Judicial branch interprets
the laws
–Legislative branch makes
the laws
Checks
and
Balances
•makes sure no
branch of the
government becomes
too powerful.
•Example:
–The President can veto a
bill
– Congress can impeach a
president
–The Supreme Court can
rule a law unconstitutional.
Federalism
•Power is shared
between the states
and national
government.
• Example:
– The state governments
deal with marriage licenses
– The federal government
can declare war
– Both the state and
national government tax
Limited
government
•the power of the
government is
restricted by the U.S.
Constitution.
• Example:
– The U.S. Government
must follow the
Constitution
– No one is above the law
Republicanism
•A system where
people vote for
elected
representatives to
run the government.
• Example:
– Voting for your state
representative for Congress
Popular
Sovereignty
•The people
hold the
ultimate power.
• Example:
– “We the people…”
Individual
Rights
•Bill of Rights,
st
–1 ten
amendments to
the Constitution
• Example:
– Freedom of religion, right to
bear arms, right to a speedy
trial, protection from
unlawful search and siezure
•Freedom of speech,
religion and press;
right to assemble;
right to petition
st
1
Amendment
•Right to
bear arms.
nd
2
Amendment
•No quartering of
troops during
peace time.
rd
3
Amendment
•No unlawful
search and
seizure.
th
4
Amendment
•Right to Due Process,
no double jeopardy,
do not have to testify
against yourself.
th
5
Amendment
•The right to a fast
and public trial, right
to have a lawyer.
th
6
Amendment
•Trial by jury
in civil cases.
th
7
Amendment
•No cruel or
unusual
punishment.
th
8
Amendment
•Rights
reserved to
the people.
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9
Amendment
•Powers
reserved to
the states
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10
Amendment