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• The first people to
occupy the area of the
united states were,
Native Americans.
They arrived by crossing
the Bering Straight.
European Exporation
To find a sea route to
the spices of Asia
European Impact
• Native Americans
provided fur pelts to
French and Dutch
traders. The Europeans
gave Native Americans
manufactured goods, like
cloth, iron cookware,
guns and tools. The furt
trade in the end, had a
negative effect on the
Native Americans.
colonization
French & Indian War
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The final Colonial War (1689-1763) was the French
and Indian War, which is the name given to the
American theater of a massive conflict involving
Austria, England, France, Great Britain, Prussia, and
Sweden called the Seven Years War. The conflict
was played out in Europe, India, and North
America. In Europe, Sweden , Austria, and France
were allied to crush the rising power of Frederick
the Great, King of Prussia. The English and the
French battled for colonial domination in North
America, the Caribbean, and in India. The English
did ultimately come to dominate the colonial
outposts, but at a cost so staggering that the
resulting debt nearly destroyed the English
government. It was that debt that caused the
escalation of tensions leading to the Revolutionary
War. Parliament was desperate to obtain two
objectives; first, to tax the colonies to recover
monies expended on the battle over North America,
and second to restore the profitability of the East
India Company in an effort to recover monies spent
on the battle over India.
The Path To Independence
• The Founding Fathers of the
United States of America were
political leaders and statesmen who
participated in the American
Revolution by signing the United
States Declaration of Independence,
taking part in the American
Revolutionary War, establishing the
United States Constitution, or by some
other key contribution. Within the
large group known as the "Founding
Fathers", there are two key subsets:
the "Signers of the Declaration of
Independence" (who signed the United
States Declaration of Independence in
1776) and the Framers of the
Constitution (who were delegates to
the Federal Convention and took part
in framing or drafting the proposed
Constitution of the United States).
• The American Revolution was the political upheaval
during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen
colonies in North American joined together to break free
from the British Empire, combining to become the United
States of America. They first rejected the authority of
the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from
overseas without representation, and then expelled all
royal officials. By 1774, each colony had established a
Provincial Congress, or an equivalent governmental
institution, to govern itself, but still within the empire.
• The majority of the existing work on nationalism has
centered on its role in the creation of new states. After
Independence breaks new ground by examining the
changes to nationalism after independence in seven new
states. This innovative volume challenges scholars and
specialists to rethink conventional views of ethnic and
civic nationalism and the division between primordial and
constructivist understandings of national identity.
• from 1790-1820, the
population of the US doubles
to 10 million people
• this is a result of an increase in
reproduction, as immigration
had slowed
• there were only about 250,000
immigrants during this period
many couldn't come because
of wars and other hardships
others weren't sure that
America would last
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from 1790-1820, the population of the US
doubles to 10 million people
this is a result of an increase in
reproduction, as immigration had slowed
there were only about 250,000 immigrants
during this period
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many couldn't come because of wars and
other hardships
others weren't sure that America would last
immigration increases after the defeat of
Napoleon in 1815
• immigration rates:
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1820s: 150,000
1830s: 600,000
1840s: 1,700,000
1850s: 2,600,000
by 1860, the number of states had doubled
to 33, and 40 cities had over 20,000 people
shift in source of immigrants
Irish
• Slavery in the United States first
began in Virginia in 1619. By the
end of the American Revolution,
most northern states had
abandoned the institution while it
continued to grow and flourish in
the plantation economy of the
South. In the years prior to the
Civil War almost all sectional
conflicts revolved around the slave
issue. This began with the debates
over the three-fifths clause at the
Constitutional Convention of 1787
and continued with the
Compromise of 1820, the
Nullification Crisis, the anti-slavery
Gag Rule, and the Compromise of
1850.
• Blacks after the Civil War enjoyed
many privileges that their
predecessors could only dream of.
They could vote, hold office and
attend school. New Orleans,
Louisiana, was one of the more
integrated cities in the South. It
desegregated its streetcars in
1867, began experimenting with
integrated public schools in 1869,
legalized interracial marriage
between 1868 and 1896, elected a
total of 32 black state senators
and 95 state representatives, and
had integrated juries, public
boards, and police departments
• Imperialism is when a country
takes over new lands or
countries and makes them
subject to their rule. By 1900
the British Empire extended
over five continents and
France had control of large
areas of Africa. With the rise of
industrialism countries needed
new markets. The amount of
lands 'owned' by Britain and
France increased the rivalry
with Germany who had
entered the scramble to
acquire colonies late and only
had small areas of Africa.
• The Great Depression was a
severe worldwide economic
depression in the decade
preceding World War II. The
timing of the Great Depression
varied across nations, but in
most countries it started in
about 1929 and lasted until
the late 1930s or early
1940s.It was the longest, most
widespread, and deepest
depression of the 20th century
•
World War II, or the Second World War
(often abbreviated as WWII or WW2), was
a global war that was under way by 1939
and ended in 1945. It involved a vast
majority of the world's nations—including all
of the great powers eventually forming two
opposing military alliances: the Allies and
the Axis. It was the most widespread war in
history, with more than 100 million people
serving in military units. In a state of "total
war", the major participants placed their
entire economic, industrial, and scientific
capabilities at the service of the war effort,
erasing the distinction between civilian and
military resources. Marked by significant
events involving the mass death of civilians,
including the Holocaust and the only use of
nuclear weapons in warfare, it resulted in 50
million to over 70 million fatalities. These
deaths make the war the deadliest conflict
in human history.
The Cold War is the name given to the
relationship that developed primarily
between the USA and the USSR after
World War Two. The Cold War was to
dominate.
• For today's students, the
Vietnam War is almost as
remote as World War I was for
the soldiers who fought it.
Now that the United States
and Vietnam have normalized
relations, it is especially
difficult for many young people
to understand why the war
continues to evoke deeply felt
emotions. Thus, it is especially
important for students to learn
about a war whose
consequences strongly
influence attitudes and policies
even today.
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The War in Afghanistan (2001present), a new phase of the War in
Afghanistan (1978-present), began on
October 7, 2001,[38] as the armed forces of
the United States of America, the United
Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Australia,
and the Afghan United Front (Northern
Alliance) launched Operation Enduring
Freedom. The primary driver of the invasion
was the September 11 attacks on the United
States, with the stated goal of dismantling
the al-Qaeda terrorist organization and
ending its use of Afghanistan as a base. The
United States also said that it would remove
the Taliban regime from power and create a
viable democratic state. A decade into the
war, the U.S. continues to battle a
widespread Taliban insurgency, and the war
has expanded into the tribal areas of
neighboring Pakistan
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Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was
the fifth President of Iraq, serving in this capacity
from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading
member of the revolutionary Arab Socialist Ba'ath
Party, and later, the Baghdad-based Ba'ath Party
and its regional organisation Ba'ath Party – Iraq
Region which espoused ba'athism, a mix of Arab
nationalism and Arab socialism, Saddam played a
key role in the 1968 coup, later referred to as the
17 July Revolution, that brought the party to longterm power of Iraq.
As vice president under the ailing General Ahmed
Hassan al-Bakr, and at a time when many groups
were considered capable of overthrowing the
government, Saddam created security forces
through which he tightly controlled conflict between
the government and the armed forces. In the early
1970s, Saddam nationalized oil and other
industries. The state-owned banks were put under
his control, leaving the system eventually insolvent
mostly due to the Iran–Iraq War, the Gulf War, and
UN sanctions. Through the 1970s, Saddam
cemented his authority over the apparatuses of
government as oil money helped Iraq's economy to
grow at a rapid pace.
• The Presidency of Barack
Obama began at noon on
January 20, 2009, when he
became the 44th President of
the United States. Obama was
a United States Senator from
Illinois at the time of his
victory over Arizona Senator
John McCain in the 2008
presidential election. Barack
Obama is the first AfricanAmerican president of the
United States, as well as the
first born in Hawaii.