Simulation– Trashball Review

Who drew it?

Ben Franklin

What does it mean?

Colonies need to join together under 1 government in order to survive and defeat the French during the French and Indian

War

How did the French and Indian War impact the colonists?

• War led to debt, which led to England taxing the colonies (so the war debt could be paid for)

Which group met under the Liberty Tree or Liberty Pole in their colony?

Sons of Liberty

What kinds of things did the Sons of Liberty do in order to

get their point across?

• Tar & feather tax collectors• Destroy things (homes, goods, paper)• Set fire to effigies (life-size dolls of tax

collectors)• Use violence and force

What was the end result of the French & Indian War?

French lost all of their land in North America.

• Which act included the following?– Closing the port of Boston– All colonists had to quarter soldiers– Cancel Massachusetts charter– Trials held in England

• INTOLERABLE ACTS

• What did James Otis mean when he said, “NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!”

The colonists did not think it was fair that they were being taxed by Britain and were not

allowed to elect representatives in order to voice their opinions

about the taxes.

Which places were involved in the Transatlantic Slave Trade?

England, Africa and 13 colonies

What document OFFICIALLY ended the French and Indian

War?

Treaty of Paris 1763

What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?

• Colonists could NOT move WEST of the APPALACHAIN MOUNTAINS.

• Who did this engraving?

• Paul Revere

Who started the Sons of Liberty?

Sam Adams

Which victim has been “left out”?

• Crispus Attucks

What battle is show?

Battle at Concord

Why were the battles of Lexington and Concord significant to history?

Start of the American Revolution

Patrick Henry’s famous words to show that he wanted freedom

from GB’s rule?

• GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH!

Paul Revere was a midnight rider, but who did not receive

any credit for being one?

Wentworth Cheswell

Showing disproval of laws through NON-VIOLENT ways

is…

CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE

• Examples – boycott, smuggle

What act is pictured here?

Quartering Act

Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Helped colonists

recognize they needed to be free from Great Britain.

Common Sense

3 unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence

• Life• Liberty• Pursuit of Happiness

Common Sense helped to prompt the writing of this important US document.

• Declaration of Independence

Abigail Adams wrote to her husband, “Remember the

ladies!” What did she mean?

Don’t forget about women’s rights

American or BritishAdvantage or Disadvantage

British advantage

• Had the “home field” advantage – familiar with land and conditions

American Advantage

• Got his job b/c he was appointed (picked) by the 2nd Continental Congress

• Became the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, b/c he was a virutous man and a good leader

• GEORGE WASHINGTON

3 parts to the Declaration of Independence

• Preamble – lists 3 unalienable rights

• Grievances – list of complaints

• Statement of Declaration – US declares themselves free from GB

• Why was France so willing to help Americans fight the British during the American Revolution?

• Great Britain was a long time enemy --- always competing…… a little payback from the French and Indian War!!!

Main author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

• 1st battle of the American Revolution

Lexington and Concord

• Document that officially ends the war with Great Britain

• Ben Franklin helped to write as well as the French.

• Boundaries of the US established –

• Treaty of Paris 1783

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation????

• Weak, central government• No money, no power to tax• Border disputes• No national army• Lack of respect from foreign countries• No national court system

The NW Ordinance was a system of admitting ______

________- to the Union

New States

What did Shays Rebellion make Americans realize?

• That the current US government, the Articles of Confederation was not so good and we needed to make some changes

How was the North and South’s argument over whether or not to

count slaves as part of the population solved?

3/5 Compromise

Significance of the year 1787?

• When delegates got together to meet and held the Constitutional Convention in order to originally just rewrite the A of C, but ended up writing the US Constitution that we still have today

In order to get the Anti-Federalists to approve the

Constitution, Federalists added this to the document…

A bill of rights

How many states were needed to ratify the Constitution?

Explain how the Great Compromise was a compromise

between the VA and NJ Plans

Took ideas from both…

• Senate – from NJ Plan – each state gets 2 Senators

• House of Representatives – from the VA Plan – based on the population of a state

We looked back on our history and the complaints we had about government while we were ruled by King George III. We looked at the Declaration of Independence since that was a formal list of all our grievances.

Government can’t require citizen to house a soldier during

peacetime.

From which colonial document did we borrow the idea of

creating a WRITTEN document as to describe how the

government will be structured?

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

From which document did we borrow the idea of self

government and incorporate it in the Constitution?

Mayflower Compact

How each branch of government makes sure the

other branches are NOT abusing their powers.

Checks and Balances

Principle of the Constitution were PEOPLE have the

POWER!!!

POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY

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PRINCIPLE OF GOVERNMENT – certain powers only granted to

Federal gov’t (like coining money, declaring war) and other powers only granted to the state

gov’t (like est school) AND… other powers they both share

FEDERALISM

Principle (idea) we included in the Constitution that

government can NOT do whatever they want, they also

have to follow the laws

Limited Government

What is the significance of the Louisiana Purchase in regards

to the US?

*Doubled the size of our country*Control of Mississippi River*People could move out west

How did GW put an end to the Whiskey Rebellion?

Sent out 13,000 militia troops

Which goal of the Constitution did the Whiskey Rebellion

break? • form a more perfect Union• establish justice• domestic tranquility• common defense• general welfare• liberty for ourselves and our posterity

domestic tranquility

What law did GW create that helped establish the judicial

branch?

Federal Judiciary Act of 1789

Why did Alexander Hamilton and Federalists argue for the creation of a national bank?

Needed in order to help keep tax money collected by

Congress (since Congress has the power to tax)

What 3 things did GW warn Americans NOT to do in his

Farewell Address?

• Go into debt

• Make permanent alliances

• Create political parties

In what ways did GW set a precedence?

• 2 terms in office

• Created a cabinet

• Being called “Mr. President”

What event is described?

• US sent diplomats to France to get them to stop impressing our sailors. They tried to talk to Prime Minister Talleyrand and the French asked for money to stop impressing our sailors.

XYZ Affair

Adams responded to the XYZ Affair by saying – “Millions for defense and not one cent for

tribute.” What is meant by this?

• Adams would rather spend millions of dollars to training his troops to go to war with France rather than pay one cent to pay a bribe

This political party thought:

• The US Constitution should be strictly followed

• Farming should be the basis of the US economy

• Common people could govern our country

... And was lead by Thomas Jefferson

Democrat-Republicans

What did Federalists think about the following:

• Who should govern?• How to make money?• Creating a national bank?

• Educated, wealthy• Businesses, trade and manufacturing• Yes, create a bank

What were the effects of the War of 1812?

• Increased patriotism• Native Americans weakened• Growth of US manufacturing• US proved it could defend itself against

world’s best military• Americans gained confidence in country

What is one cause of the War of 1812?

• British interference with American shipping – naval blockade

• Impressment (kidnapping) American sailors

• Americans believed British pushed Natives to fight settlers

• War Hawks wanted to expand into Canada

What right did the Supreme Court gain b/c of Marbury v.

Madison?

Judicial Review

• The power of the Supreme Court to declare a law unconstitutional

Laws enacted by the United States Congress which closed all American ports to exports and restricted imports from

Great Britain between the years of 1807 and 1812.

Embargo Act