Periodization and Continuity HISTORICAL THINKING SKILLS
Americas History by James Henretta THE PERIODS OF U.S. HISTORY, up to 1877 Americas History by James Henretta 1450-1763: The Creation of American Society 1763-1820: The New Republic 1820-1860: Overlapping Revolutions 1844-1877: Creating and Preserving a Continental Nation
Henretta vs. The AP U.S. History Exam THE PERIODS OF U.S. HISTORY, up to 1877 Henretta vs. The AP U.S. History Exam Textbook Exam 1450-1763 1491-1607 1763-1820 1607-1754 1820-1860 1754-1800 1844-1877 1800-1848 1844-1877
THE PERIODS OF U.S. HISTORY, up to 1877 AP U.S. History Exam 1491-1607: American, European and African contact (eve of Columbus’s arrival to first English settlement) 1607-1754: New colonial and native societies emerge (Jamestown to the eve of the French & Indian War) 1754-1800: Colonies assert their independence (French & Indian War to Jefferson’s election) 1800-1848: pre-Civil War reform and social change (Jefferson’s Revolution of 1800 to the Seneca Falls Conference) 1844-1877: Expansion leads to debates on slavery (Polk’s election to the end of Reconstruction)
THE PERIODS OF YOUR OWN HISTORY Your Life, By You Working by yourself, and without comparing notes with anyone, divide your life into five periods. Be ready to explain why you divided your life the way you did and what each of the periods represent.
My Life, By Me The Clean-Shaven Years, 1960-1977 THE PERIODS OF Mr. Charity’s HISTORY My Life, By Me The Clean-Shaven Years, 1960-1977 Ill-Advised Attempts at Mustaches and Beards, 1977- 1985 The Permanent Mustache, 1985-2006 A Return to the Razor, 2006-Present
A Few Major Strands (Themes) U.S. HISTORY, up to 1877 A Few Major Strands (Themes) The Expansion of Rights: Americans struggle over rights with the British, stake out rights in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, then gradually expand voting rights to propertyless whites and African-American men. Wyoming extends the vote to women. Racism: Early on, Americans develop prejudice based on skin color to justify slavery; from then on, racism – against immigrants as well as blacks – fuels conflicts in an expanding country and especially during the fight over emancipation and Reconstruction. Land Hunger: Immigrants have always come to America for the chance to own land. Over time, the land hunger has led to wars with France and Mexico, the Louisiana Purchase, and the dispossession of Native Americans.