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Most Influential Explorer.
I think the most influential explorer was Columbus. He was the one who started the whole "craze" about the new land and its inhabitants. Then Vespucci went to see if it was real or not. He(Vespucci) wouldn't have probably come to America if Columbus didn't go and say there was people and land, along with gold. He found out that there was more to the earth than Europe, Asia and Africa.
Jamestown Survival Items.
1. Salted Pork and Hard Tack: Food source
2. Flint and striker: For heat and cooking
3. Magnetic Compass: Can tell where we are
4. Case Bottle: Can hold liquids
2. Flint and striker: For heat and cooking
3. Magnetic Compass: Can tell where we are
4. Case Bottle: Can hold liquids
The 13 Original Colonies.
New England:
Wanted to escape religious prosecution
Looking for religious freedom
Wanted to escape religious prosecution
Looking for religious freedom
Causes of the Revolution.
French & Indian War:
Britain asked the colonists to help them fight France & their Indian allies for control of the Ohio River Valley
Proclamation of 1763:
Britain feared more conflict with Native Americans and wanted to keep colonists close to the coast, so they passed the Proclamation Act of 1763.
Stamp Act:
The British taxed paper goods (like cards and newspapers), this was to help pay the debt from the French and Indian War,but the colonists were not happy about this, so they boycotted many British goods.
Quartering Act:
The colonists were forced to house and feed the British soldiers.
The Townshed Act of 1767:
The British put another tax, but it was a secret tax, when the colonists found out they got furious so they boycotted more goods.
The Boston Massacre of 1770:
British soldiers shot and killed 5 unarmed colonists raising fury within Boston and the colonies.
The Boston Tea Party of 1773:
In protest to the tea act, members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, and dumped tea into the British Harbor.
Intolerable Acts of 1774:
Britain closed to port of Boston, placed Massachusetts under military rule and reinstated
First Continental Congress- 1774
12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia in order to rise against Britain and the King, the colonists sent a declaration of rights which called on all colonies to start a militia.
Lexington & Concord- 1775
The British were marching to Concord but the militia were already there waiting for them, this was where "The shot heard around the world" was.
Britain asked the colonists to help them fight France & their Indian allies for control of the Ohio River Valley
Proclamation of 1763:
Britain feared more conflict with Native Americans and wanted to keep colonists close to the coast, so they passed the Proclamation Act of 1763.
Stamp Act:
The British taxed paper goods (like cards and newspapers), this was to help pay the debt from the French and Indian War,but the colonists were not happy about this, so they boycotted many British goods.
Quartering Act:
The colonists were forced to house and feed the British soldiers.
The Townshed Act of 1767:
The British put another tax, but it was a secret tax, when the colonists found out they got furious so they boycotted more goods.
The Boston Massacre of 1770:
British soldiers shot and killed 5 unarmed colonists raising fury within Boston and the colonies.
The Boston Tea Party of 1773:
In protest to the tea act, members of the Sons of Liberty dressed as Mohawk Indians, and dumped tea into the British Harbor.
Intolerable Acts of 1774:
Britain closed to port of Boston, placed Massachusetts under military rule and reinstated
First Continental Congress- 1774
12 of the 13 colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia in order to rise against Britain and the King, the colonists sent a declaration of rights which called on all colonies to start a militia.
Lexington & Concord- 1775
The British were marching to Concord but the militia were already there waiting for them, this was where "The shot heard around the world" was.
Branches of Government
Legislative Branch:
-Make/pass laws
-They can declare war
Executive Branch:
-To enforce laws
Judicial Branch:
-To ensure that laws are Constitutional (Judicial Review)
-Make/pass laws
-They can declare war
Executive Branch:
-To enforce laws
Judicial Branch:
-To ensure that laws are Constitutional (Judicial Review)
The Executive Branch
Qualifications for Presidency
- - 35 years of age
- - Natural born citizen
- - U.S. resident for at least 14 years
- - Anyone born inside the U.S. states
- - Anyone born outside the United States, both of whose parents are citizens of the US, as long as one parent lived here
- - Born in US, one parent citizen and lived for one year
- - Born in US possession, one parent citizen and lived for one year
- - Found in US under the age of 5 with no identified parentage
- - Anyone born outside the US, if one person is an alien and one parent is a US citizen
- - 1789: $25,000 --> 2001: 400,000
- - Receives $50,000/ year for expenses and up to $100,000/ year for travel
- - Salary cannot be changed during their term
- - Free lodging at the White house & Camp David
- - Medical care & Secret Service
- - Air Force one & Marine one at disposal
- - every 4 years
- - President elected by an electoral collage
- - Candidate with most electoral votes wins the election
- - 4 years = 1 Presidential term
- - Constitution originally placed no limit on number of Presidential terms
- - George Washington established a tradition when he stepped down after 2 terms
- - 1940: FDR became the 1st President to not step down after 2nd term - was elected 4 times
- - 1951: 22nd Amendment added to Constitution
- --> Limits President to 2 year consecutive terms
- 1967: 25 Amendment turned tradition into law; says if presidency is vacant, the VP becomes President and then appoints a new VP
- Since ratified, 25th Amendment has been used 3 times:
- 1973: VP Spiro Agnew resigned; Pres. Nixon replaced him with General Ford
- 1974: Pres. Nixon resigned and General Ford became President
- 1985: Pres. Reagan was shot and during surgery VP George Bush became president for 8 hours
- William Henry Harrison
- Zachary Taylor
- Abraham Lincoln
- James A. Garfield
- William McKinley
- Warren G. Harding
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt
- John F. Kennedy
Line of Succession
-Vice President
-Speaker of the House
-Secretary of State
-Secratary of Treasury
-Secretary of Defense
- Attorney General
- Secretary of the Interior
- Secretary of Agriculture
- Secretary of Commerce
-Secretary of Labour
- Secretary of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Transportation
-Secretary of Energy
-Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
Presidential Roles
- 7 major Roles of the president
- 1.) Chief Executive
- - Carries out the Nations laws
- - Issues Executive Orders
- - Appoints Cabinet members, Ambassadors, Judges, Heads of Gov. agencies
- 2.) Chief Diplomat
- -Responsible for making treaties with other countries with Senate approval
- - Meets with foreign leaders
- - Can make Executive agreements with leaders of other countries
- -->Has the force of law but does not require Senate approval
- -->Responsible for appointing ambassadors with Senate approval
- -->An official representative of a country's government
- 3.) Commander And Chief
- - 1973: War Powers Act passed by Congress
- 4.) Political Party Leader
- - Supports party members and election campaigns
- 5.) Legislative Leader
- -Prepares the federal Government
- -Approves or vetoes legislation
- 6.) Judicial Leader
- -Appoints judges to Federal Courts and the U.S. Supreme Court
- 7.) Chief of State
- -Role is Symbolic- President is representing people from all 50 states
- - Gives a human face to American Gov.
- - Can be demonstrated in many ways
- -->Greeting heroes
- --> Throwing first pitches at baseball games
Qualifications
- -Same as the President
- *- Serves as President of the Senate (only Constitutional duty)
- - President delegates out many responsibility to VP
The Amendments...
1st Amendment
2nd Amendment
3rd Amendment
4th Amendment
5th Amendment
6th Amendment
7th Amendment
8th Amendment
9th Amendment
10th Amendment
- The 1st amendment guarantees freedom of religion, speech, the press, assembly, and petition
- This means that we all have the right to:
- practice any religion we want to
- speak freely
- to assemble (meet)
- to address the government (petition)
- to publish newspapers, TV, radio, Internet (press)
2nd Amendment
- The 2nd Amendment protects the right to bear arms, which means the right to own a gun.
3rd Amendment
- The 3rd Amendment says “No soldier shall, in time in peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by the law”.
- This means that we cannot be forced to house or quarter soldiers.
4th Amendment
- The 4rth Amendment protects the people from unreasonable searches
- Can not come in without a warrant
5th Amendment
- The 5th Amendment protects people from being held for committing a crime unless they are properly indicated, (accused)
- You may not be tried twice for the same crime
- You don't have to testify against yourself in court. (Self-incrimination)
6th Amendment
- The 6th Amendment guarantees a speedy trial (you can't be kept in jail for over a year)
- an impartial jury (doesn't already think you're guilty)
- That the accused can confront witnesses against them \
- The accused must be allowed to have a lawyer
7th Amendment
- The 7th Amendment guarantees the right to a speedy civil trial
- A civil trial differs from a criminal trial. A civil trial is when someone sues someone else. A criminal trial is when the state tries to convict someone of a crime.
8th Amendment
- The 8th Amendment guarantees that punishments will be fair and not cruel, and that extraordinarily large phones will not be set
9th Amendment
- All rights not stated in the constitution and not forbidden by the Constitution belong to the people.
- This means that the states can do what they want if the Constitution does not forbid it.
10th Amendment
- The 10th Amendment states that any power not granted to the federal government belongs to the states or the people.
Presentation Notes
Washington Proclaims Neutrality-1993
- Authorized by George on April 22, 1793
- designed to keep America out of future wars
- at the time France & England were at war
- King Louis XVI killed in France's Revolution
- Helped U.S. survive when it was first starting out
- Created tension between US & France
- Presented address in September 17, 1797
- Tired of France getting in their political business
- Warned against forming political parties
- Accumulating debt
- Thursday April 30, 1789
- spoke about how he is a piece of gov. to help and was there for them
- Federalist vs Democratic Republic
- Jefferson thought gov. should be weak
Manifest Destiny
This painting represents the angel brightening the sky for the gloomy villagers. Making their lives just a little bit easier with a bright sky. The book that the angel is holding represents the bible and the constitution. The people below show all of the people going through the Great Depression, determined to get through those though times. |