STAAR Category 1 Key Dates 1607 – Jamestown 1620 – Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

1. STAAR Category 1 Key Dates 1607 – Jamestown 1620 – Pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock 1776 – Signing of the Declaration of Independence 1787 – The Constitutional Convention 1803 – The Louisiana Purchase 1861-65 – The Civil War

2. Spain: Columbus landed in 1492 Spanish conquistadores came for Gold, Glory & God! Spain built missions to help spread Christianity and the Catholic faith to the New World!

3. France: landed in Canada and along the Mississippi River Made a profit off of fish/furs!

4. Jamestown 1607 * The House of Burgesses

5. The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620 Before going ashore they signed the MAYFLOWER COMPACT – a form of Self-Government

6. The New England Colonies Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire Major Economies: Fishing and Ship-building (lumber) Puritans –settled in Massachusetts for religious freedom!

7. Penn., New York, New Jersey, Delaware Economy: The Breadbasket Colonies **Pennsylvania – started by William Penn for Quakers

8. Maryland Virginia North & South Carolina Georgia Economy: Plantations growing tobacco/rice Maryland – for Catholics Georgia – for poor people from debtor’s prison

9. IMPORTANCE OF RELIGION ON 13 COLONIES ****THE GREAT AWAKENING Led to people wanting more Freedoms!!

10. THE TRIANGULAR TRADE MIDDLE PASSAGE – HORRIBLE FOR SLAVES

11. Mercantilism – the mother country (England) set up the colonies to get rich off of them! Navigation Act – the colonies could trade with NO ONE but England! (designed to help English Merchants get rich)

12. The Proclamation of 1763 The Colonists could NOT cross west of the Appalachian Mountains (Britain wanted to protect the colonies from Indians, but the Colonies felt that the British were just trying to push them around)

13. England put taxes on the colonies to pay for the French & Indian War Stamp Act, Sugar Act, etc. Colonists motto: No Taxation without Representation! Intolerable Acts: Punishment to the colonists for destroying the tea

14. Boston Massacre Boston Tea Party

15. Key People of the American Revolution: The Sons of Liberty led by Samuel & John Adams Daughters of Liberty: led by Abigail Adams & Mercy Otis Warren

16. Crispus Attucks – 1st to die at Boston mass. Thomas Jefferson – Declaration of Independence “Unalienable Rights” Thomas Paine – Common Sense & the Crisis

17. Patriot: wanted to fight for independence! Loyalists: supported the King and England (Britain)

18. Ben Franklin – went to France for help! George Washington – Commander in Chief

19. Wentworth Cheswell – African –American who fought at Saratoga (& midnight ride) James Armistead – African American Spy

20. The Marquis De LaFayette – French officer who helped Washington’s Army Haym Salomon – Bernardo De Galvez Jewish American Spanish Governor of Who gave money to Texas who sent food The Continental Army to the Cont. Army

21. Key Battles of American Revolution: Lexington & Concord Saratoga – turning point Valley Forge Yorktown Treaty of Paris of 1783

22. The New Republic George Washington’s Farewell Address: 1.) Stay out of Foreign Affairs 2.) Don’t form Political Parties

23. The 1st Political Parties: Federalists – John Adams/Alexander Hamilton (Strong Federal Government/England/Bank of the U.S.) Democratic- Republicans – Thomas Jefferson (Strong State Government/France/ no Bank!)

24. Thomas Jefferson (3rd President) Louisiana Purchase 1803 Laissez Faire – the government does not control private business (Free Enterprise)

25. The War of 1812: Causes – Impressment & giving guns to the Indians Francis Scott Key – Star Spangled Banner Andrew Jackson – hero of New Orleans Era of Good Feelings – Time period After the War of 1812! Monroe Doctrine

26. ANDREW JACKSON HERO OF NEW ORLEANS DEMOCRATIC PARTY INDIAN REMOVAL ACT TRAIL OF TEARS NULLIFICATION CRISIS DESTROYED BANK

27. MANIFEST DESTINY Texas Annexation MEXICAN WAR: CAUSE – BOUNDARY DISPUTE OVER TEXAS ANNEXATION! Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexican Cession) Mormons Gold Rush!

28. MAJOR COMPROMISES BEFORE CIVIL WAR: The Missouri Compromise (Maine & Missouri) Compromise of 1850: included the Fugitive Slave Law which made it harder for slaves to escape! Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the horror’s of slavery! Turned people into Abolitionists!

29. CIVIL WAR 1861-65 CAUSES: SLAVERY, TARIFF, STATES’ RIGHTS, LINCOLN’S ELECTION KEY PEOPLE: ABE LINCOLN JEFFERSON DAVIS ULYSSES S. GRANT WILLIAM SHERMAN ROBERT E. LEE “STONEWALL JACKSON” WILLIAM CARNEY & PHILLIP BAZAAR

30. CIVIL WAR KEY BATTLES: FORT SUMTER – 1ST Antietam – “Bloodiest Day! GETTYSBURG – TURNING POINT VICKSBURG (capture of Miss. River) APPOMATTOX COURTHOUSE

31. GETTYSBURG ADDRESS - “so the dead shall not have died in vain and there will be a new birth of freedom” EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION – 1863 – Lincoln made it a war to end slavery!

32. RECONSTRUCTION: 13TH, 14TH AND 15TH AMENDMENTS FREEDMEN’S BUREAU BLACK CODES RADICAL RECONSTRUCTION ELECTION OF HIRAM RHODES REVELS

33. The Homestead Act: to settle the west, men were given 160 acres for a small fee! The Morrill Act: set aside land for colleges! The Dawes Act: allowed the President to break up reservation land!

34. The Constitutional Convention Article of Confederation Northwest Ordinance Territory 60,000 Represented Virginia Plan New Jersey Plan Great Compromise Three-Fifths Compromise

35. Ideas that helped shape the Constitution Magna Carta English Bill of Rights- government gets its power from the consent of the people Mayflower Compact Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 1649 Act of Toleration

36. Federalists Alexander Hamilton James Madison John Jay Anti-federalists George Mason Patrick Henry Thomas Jefferson Bill of Rights Ratify Federalist Papers

37. Constitutional Principles Federalism Separation of Powers Check and Balances Limited Government Popular Sovereignty Republic 2/3s 3/4s

38. Bill of Rights 1st Ten Amendments Free Citizens Vote 13th 14th 15th Slavery Citizen Vote

39. The New Republic George Washington’s Farewell Address: 1.) Stay out of Foreign Affairs 2.) Don’t form Political Parties

40. The 1st Political Parties: Federalists – John Adams/Alexander Hamilton (Strong Federal Government/England/Bank of the U.S.) Democratic Republicans – Thomas Jefferson (Strong State Government/France/ no Bank!) Laissez Faire Free Enterprise

41. The War of 1812: Causes – Impressment & giving guns to the Indians Francis Scott Key – Star Spangled Banner Andrew Jackson – hero of New Orleans Era of Good Feelings – Time period After the War of 1812! Monroe Doctrine

42. MANIFEST DESTINY Texas Annexation MEXICAN WAR: CAUSE – BOUNDARY DISPUTE OVER TEXAS ANNEXATION!

43. Factors that led to the Industrial Revolution Technology/inventions factories jobs 1812 Cotton gin and interchangeable parts Urbanization Monroe Democratic Whig

44. Manifest Destiny(Texas Revolution, Mexican War, Gold Rush, Oregon Trail)

45. Famous Supreme Court Cases Marbury vs. Madison-Judicial Review (M&Ms=Jolly Ranchers) Gibbons vs. Odgen McCulloch vs. Maryland Worcester vs. Georgia