American History I Essential Standards Review Impact of War

French and Indian War Causes: Major Battles: Key Results: British/French competition over the Ohio River Valley Part of a larger European War – Seven Years War Major Battles: None that you should worry about Key Results: End of Salutary Neglect Mercantile Restrictions New Taxes (Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, Molasses Act, Quartering Act) Proclamation of 1763 Increased British Military presence in the American Colonies Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party Intolerable Acts

American Revolution Causes: Major Battles: Key Results: “No Taxation without Representation” Increased taxes and restrictions with no voice in Parliament Territorial Restrictions Proclamation of 1763 Quebec Act Desire for Home Rule Major Battles: Saratoga – Turning Point Yorktown – Final Battle Key Results: American Independence New western boundary at the Mississippi River (incorporates the Ohio River Valley into United States territory)

Quasi War Causes: Major Battles: Key Results: XYZ Affair None that you should worry about Key Results: Alien and Sedition Acts Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions Revolution of 1800 (election of Thomas Jefferson)

Barbary Coast Pirates Causes: Major Battles: Key Results: Demand that the U.S. pay tribute for safe passage across the Atlantic “Millions for Defense, not one cent for tribute” Major Battles: None that you should worry about Key Results: United States Marine Corps 1st major American assertion overseas

War of 1812 Causes: Major Battles: Key Results: Impressment, Freedom of the Seas, Rights of Neutrals British interference in United States/Native American Affairs Battle of Tippecanoe Tecumseh receiving assistance from the British through Canada Desires for Territorial Expansion War Hawks – U.S. Congressmen that supported a war with Great Britain “On to Canada” Major Battles: Battle of New Orleans Made Andrew Jackson a hero, vaulted him to the Presidency in 1828 Inspired a wave of intense patriotism and the Era of Good Feelings Key Results: Death of the Federalist Party Hartford Convention Seen as traitors after the Battle of New Orleans

Mexican War Causes: Major Battles: Key Results: Border dispute over Texas Manifest Destiny James K. Polk sent troops to the Rio Grande River and instigated an altercation with the Mexican Army “American blood spilled on American soil”, but was it really? Major Battles: None that you should worry about Key Results: Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexican Cession (California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico) Increased tension over the possibility of slavery in the west

Civil War Causes: Major Battles: Key Results: Slavery in the west States’ Rights (States’ rights to do what?) South’s perceived violation of the social contract Major Battles: Antietam – link to the Emancipation Proclamation Gettysburg – Turning Point of the Civil War Key Results: Easy Reconstruction Lincoln/Johnson Presidential “Malice toward none, charity toward all” 10% Plan and ratification of the 13th Amendment Radical Reconstruction Thaddeus Stevens/Charles Sumner Congressional Meant to punish the South Military occupation plus ratification of the 14th and 15th Amendments Compromise of 1877 Ends Radical Reconstruction by removing the last of the Federal troops from the South Begins the Redemption period and the re-emergence of the Solid South Black Codes, Literacy Tests, Poll Taxes, and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan