Please Do Now:  Take a textbook from the cart in the front of the room.  On the back of the T-Chart, answer the following question in a minimum of 3 good sentences:  If you were a settler coming to the United States in 1776, where would you choose to live and why?

Activity  Open book to page 61 and skim the “Battle for Ratification” and its subsections  Fill out the Federalist/Anti-Federalist Chart describing the two sides  Minimum 3 points each

Activity:  Turn to pages and fill in the 4 square organizer on President Andrew Jackson.

Revolution to Pierce

Colonization  Exploration-  Spanish, English, French  Founding the colonies  First Successful Settlement: Jamestown, VA  13 Original  Mercantilism-England taking resources

Colonization  Pennsylvania is chartered by William Penn for the Quakers  Salem Witch Trials in Salem, Mass

Revolution  Beginnings  Boston Massacre  Boston Tea Party-Unfair Taxes with no representation  Lexington and Concord  War  Declaration of Independence  Fighting continued after the signing and did not win war until 1781

Creating America  Articles of Confederation  Was the 1 st document that created a U.S. gov’t  Kept states very independent  failed  US Constitution-1787  Federalists-Favored the constitution  Anti-Federalists-Apposed  First 10 Amendments=Bill of Rights  3/5 th Compromise-3/5 of a states slave population would count towards their overall population (for determining # of seats in the House of Rep)

Washington  George Washington  Precedents (2 terms, cabinet, isolation)  Created the model for future presidents  John Jay becomes first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court

John Adams   1 st Congress met  Eli Whitney invents Cotton Gin  Increases demand for slaves  Nullification debate  Federal versus State laws

Thomas Jefferson   Chosen by House of Representatives  Marbury v Madison  Louisiana Purchase  From France $15 Million  Lewis and Clark Exp.

James Madison   War of 1812  With British

James Monroe   Monroe Doctrine  No New European Colonies in Western Hem  Missouri Compromise  Free/Slave State issue  Era of Good Feelings

John Quincy Adams  Corrupt bargain  Unpopular  Tariff of Abominations

Andrew Jackson   War hero from 1812  Age of the common man  War against the Bank of the U.S.  Spoils System  Indian Removal Act

Assignment  Read “The Presidency of Andrew Jackson” starting on page 123. Using the “Jacksonian Era” worksheet, fill out the four sections with ways that Jackson influenced America.  Policies=Politics  Economy=Issues Dealing with Money  Society=Issues dealing with people  Culture=Change in American society (hint political parties)

Martin Van Buren   Trail of Tears  Financial panic William Henry Harrison Tippecanoe and Tyler too Dies of Pneumonia

John Tyler   Texas declares independence from Mexico

James K. Polk   Mexican American War  Gain Texas, Arizona, New Mex, and Calif. (increases nation by 1/3)  War Hero Zachary Taylor becomes famous  Seneca Falls  Gold is discovered in Calif.

Zachary Taylor   Clay’s Compromise  CA free state  Dies of stomach problem Millard Fillmore Compromise of 1850-Slavery Stronger Fugitive Slave Act

Franklin Pierce   Kansas-Nebraska Act  Gadsden Purchase  Sumner (Mass.) caned by Brooks (SC)