By: Britton Taubenfeld History Of the United States By: Britton Taubenfeld

Objectives: By the end of this lesson you should have a very basic understanding of The Discovery of the Americas by Europeans The Early Colonization Period by the British The Revolutionary Period and the Thirteen Original Colonies The Writing of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution The American Civil War For deeper reading check “Further Reading” at the end of the powerpoint

Discover of the Americas by Europeans

Not SPAIN But… he did… Buonasera, everyone! I’m ____________, and I’m from ____________ Not SPAIN But… he did…

If fact he ALWAYS believed he had landed in ___________ So we can tell from these routes that Columbus doesn’t actually make it to _________ If fact he ALWAYS believed he had landed in ___________ And that’s why we called the natives ________, but now its more appropriate to call them __________

So we called the natives Indians

Why do we call the Americas “America”?

Christopher Columbus thought he had landed in India

This man Vespucci

Early English Colonization Period 1607

Fearing that the British Islands were already close to over-population New found confidence from defeating the Spanish in a major battle And Jealous of the colonization benefits that Spain was experiencing

England decides to begin its own colonization of the Americas

England’s First Attempt at Roanoke Key Facts: 1. 2.

The next attempt at Jamestown, Virginia Key Facts: 1. 2. 3.

The third attempt at Plymouth Rock Key Facts: 1. 2. 3.

The Original 13 Colonies 1773

By ______ English settlers had occupied 13 colonies along the _________ ______

Why are these thirteen so important?

These thirteen colonies will __________

Deeply angered by what they felt were ___________ And that they had no _____ __________ in government The 13 colonies decide they must _________

Considered the first true battles of the American Revolution The Battles of Considered the first true battles of the American Revolution

The Battles of Fought in 1775 The first shot

The Revolutionary War Ends The war ends in 1783 The United States is Officially recognized by England

The Declaration of Independence

While the war is going full force A man named Writes a document called Which does two VERY important things for the United States

The United States is a weak confederacy The federal government is weak, and the states seem unwilling to cooperate

The North and South have huge cultural and economical differences

If something is not done quickly the United States will fall apart! What are we gonna do?! If something is not done quickly the United States will fall apart!

The Constitution of the United States 1789

You’ll have to wait for the section on Government to learn more about this guy!

The American Civil War 1861 - 1865

1861 7 states succeed from the Union to form the Confederate States of America Eventually ___ states declare themselves the Confederate States of America

The Differences of the North and South Why the Conflict? The Differences of the North and South

Lincoln declares the Emancipation Proclamation

End of the War Two issues resolved