Survey of English Speaking Countries(6)

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The Enclosure Acts

The Beginnings of the USA (2.2)

Originally inhabited by Native Americans (Indians). Crossed on the Bering Land Bridge.

Christopher Columbus (1492)

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Amerigo Vespucci (1499)

First to realize America was a new continent.

The Road to Independence

No taxation without representation.

British taxed Colonists but Colonists were not represented in British Parliament. 1773 Tea Act caused the Boston Tea Party

1775 Continental Congress began acting as a national government. 1776 Declaration Of Independence (penned by Thomas Jefferson) 1781 British Surrender

1783 Peace Treaty of Paris

American Civil War

Factors in thNorth and South had different economic systems —Plantations vs. Factories Disputes over slavery

—Balance of political power between “free” and “slave” statese

The Civil War

From 1861-1865

Slave states broke away from the United States and became The Confederate States of America

Lincoln vs. Jefferson Davis Grant vs. Lee

North finally defeated the South

Significance of the War

Kept America together Destroyed Slavery

Reconstruction of the South —Very long and difficult

—A lot of hatred between Southerners/Northerners & blacks/whites

WWI

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