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'''US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History'''
'''US History concept chart major concepts & themes across US History'''


Objective:
This page is overview of the '''US History timeline & concept charts'''
* overview of core ideas for understanding historical times, persons, places, and events in U.S. History
* which are designed for bulleted study of US History based on timeline of dates, events, periods, and people


[[category:US History]]
{{US History timeline & concept chart introduction template}}
[[category:AP United States History]]
[[category:US History timelines & concept charts]]


'''Index'''
== Concept & themes chart objectives ==
* [[US History timeline & concept chart: periods, events & themes| US History timeline & concept chart main page]]
* [[:category:U.S. History timelines & concept charts| US History timelines & concept charts list]]


U.S. History course pages:
=== Develop timeline & periods awareness ===
* [[US History]]
* timeline awareness develops ability to recall events and persons more readily
* [[AP United States History]]
* periods awareness develops ability to draw connections across US history
<br>


== Concepts & Themes ==
=== Thematic overview of US history ===
* theme-based learning develops ability to connect and assess different periods
* theme-based learning develops conceptual skills and awareness
 
=== Understanding & connecting historical times, persons, places, and events in US history ===
* thematic and periodization helps US History students:
** relevancy and connections across all periods of US history
** content retention
** causal and conceptual understanding
* AP US History (APUSH) test is based upon primary source documents
** success on the test includes ability to:
** identify time, theme, and issue based upon a date
** connect, compare & contrast similar periods to primary source documents
 
* see also
** [[Social Studies skills|Social Studies skills]]
** [[Geography|Geography]]
 
== Periods, timeline, and major concepts ==


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* 1607 pre-Colonial<br><br>
* 1607 pre-Colonial in North America
* 1607-1765 Colonial period<br><br>
* 1607-1765 Early colonial period
** 1730s-40s First Great Awakening<< confirm dates
* 1730s-40s First Great Awakening
* 1765-1783 Revolutionary Era <br><br>
* 1754-1760 French Indian War (in America)
** 1754-1763 Seven Years War (Europe)
* 1765-1783 Revolutionary Era  
* 1783-1789 Articles of Confederation period (post-Revolution)
* 1783-1789 Articles of Confederation period (post-Revolution)
* 1789-1815 Early Republic  
* 1789-1815 Early Republic  
* 1815-1827 Era of Good Feelings
* 1815-1827 Era of Good Feelings
* 1827-1833 Jacksonian period  
* 1827-1833 Jacksonian period  
** 1830s-40s Second Great Awakening
* 1830s-40s Second Great Awakening
* 1833-1850s Antebellum
* 1833-1850s Antebellum period
* 1860-1865 Civil War
* 1861-1865 Civil War
* 1865-1876 Reconstruction
* 1865-1876 Reconstruction
* 1876-1898 Industrialization  
* 1876-1898 Industrialization  
* 1898-1917 Progressive Era
* 1898-1917 Progressive Era
* 1917-1919 World War I
* 1917-1919 World War I
* 1920s Roaring Twenties
** 1914-1918 in Europe
* 1920s Roaring Twenties, Prohibition
* 1929-1941 Great Depression
* 1929-1941 Great Depression
* 1941-1945 World War II
* 1941-1945 World War II
** 1937-1945 in Asia
** 1939-1945 in Europe
* 1946-1989 Cold War
* 1946-1989 Cold War
* <br><br>
* 1950-1953 Korean War
 
* 1959-1974 Vietnam War
** 1966-68 U.S. escalation
* 1950s-60s Popular Culture, Youth Movements
* 1970s Stagflation
* 1980s Wall Street Culture
* 2000s War on Terror
* see  
* see  
** [https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/ U.S. History Primary Source Timeline (Library of Congress]
** [https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/united-states-history-primary-source-timeline/ U.S. History Primary Source Timeline (Library of Congress]
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** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_United_States_history#Named_eras_and_periods Outline of United States History #named eras (wikipedia)]
** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_United_States_history#Named_eras_and_periods Outline of United States History #named eras (wikipedia)]
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
'''BIG IDEAS'''<br><br>
<big>'''What does it MEAN? '''</big>
<big>'''What does it MEAN? '''</big>
* every issue, dispute, event, represents someone’s perspective, ideal or outlook
* every issue, dispute, event, etc., represents someone’s perspective, interest, ideal or outlook
<br><br>
* identify distributions of power and their impact on events, groups, and individuals
* what motivates historical choices?<br><br>
 
<big>'''Causality'''</big>
* '''contingency''' = conditions & choices
** each set of conditions creates a set of choices
** each choice taken historically created a new set of conditions
** the new conditions thereby presented historical actors with a new set of choices
** how does one or a series of decisions lead to others, either by limiting or expanding on those choices?
* examples:
** ''if, how & why did the French-Indian War lead to the American Revolution?''
** ''if, how & why did the need for compromise in the Constitution lead to the Civil War?''
** ''if, how & why did the Compromise of 1850 lead to the Civil War?''
** ''if, how & why did the New Deal program extend the Great Depression?''
** ''if, how & why did white leftist radicals contribute to the Civil Rights movement?''
** ''if, how & why did the Great Society welfare programs lead to entrenched poverty?''<br><br>


<big>'''connections'''</big>
<big>'''Connections'''</big>
* how are events related?
* how are events related?
* what common themes occur across American history  
* what common themes occur across American history? including:
<br><br>
** civil liberties
** individualism
** local v. national rule
** political & economic equality
** political dissent
** sectionalism
** slavery and its impact & legacies<br><br>
 
<big>'''Core issues & themes in US history '''</big>
* central bank
* civil rights
* economic winners & losers
* faction
* immigration & ethnic identity
* judicial review & court activism
* majority v. minority
* political parties
* populism
* reform movements
* slavery
* states rights
* tariffs
* urban v. rural
* westward & territorial expansion<br><br>


<big>'''causality'''</big>
* >>
<br><br>
<big>'''Constitutionalism'''</big>
<big>'''Constitutionalism'''</big>
<br><br>
* the US Constitution created the extent and limits of the federal government
** based on theory of ''limited government'' and ''checks & balances''
** the '''Bill of Rights''' expressly reserved, or protected from government infringement (violation) certain individual rights and liberties
* elements to constitutionalism include:
** Constitutional interpretation
** federal supremacy
** judicial review
** limited government
** rule of law
* some questions to consider:
** ''why do Americans generally abide by the Constitution, or do they?''
*** ''and if so to what extent?''
** ''how have different constitutional interpretations impact historical outlooks and events?''
** ''how does constitutionalism lead to political stability?''
** ''how does the difficulty to amend the Constitution (Article V) lead to political instabilty?''
** ''how, why & to what extent does the judiciary amend the Constitution?''<br><br>


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=== "the American Experience" ===
* "the American Promise”
* economic, including:
** freedom
** economic imperialism
** economic inequality
** economic opportunity
* immigration
** assimilation and "melting pot"
** origin cultural heritage & identity
* land ownership, pioneer culture
** “land of opportunity”
** "move west"
* political activism and issue advocacy
* race & racial relations
* religious freedom
* slavery & legacies:
** segregation
** discrimination
* self-governance & political participation
=== Cognitive dissonance in the American experience ===
* cognitive dissonance = "maintaining opposing thoughts at the same time
** ''cognitive'' = relating to mental processes; ''dissonance'' = tension between disharmonious elements
* American history includes widely diverse experiences, points of view, locales, cultures, economies, etc.
* at the same time, American history yields commonalities that have bound Americans, including:
** common conception of the nature of civil liberties
** constitutionalism & rule of law
** dominant white, protestant population
*** starting as mostly English, other European ethnic groups merged into "white" America over time
** English language
* APUSH students may wish to consider how these ''dissonant'' elements act out across US History


=== "The American Experience" ===
=== European colonialism ===
* religious, economic & political freedom
* European countries competed for colonial possessions around the world, largely for economic, religious and political purposes
* “land of opportunity”
** ex. France largely sought economic exploitation in its North American possessions
* "The American Promise”
** by contrast, British colonialism in North America, which started as commercial ventures, explicitly promoted population of the colonies
* slavery, segregation, discrimination
* types of British colonial enterprises in North America:
* land ownership
** Joint-stock company under Royal charter
* self-governance & political participation
** land-patent (allowance) from other joint-stock company
* >> get into modern experience
** Royal colony
** proprietary colony (privately owned)
* types of British colonial purposes in North America:
** commercial/entrepreneurial
** religious
** political / political refuge
** proprietary / personal ownership
click EXPAND for chart of types/ purposes of colonial charters/ establishment
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! '''Colony'''
! '''Established'''
! '''Charter type'''
! ''''Purpose'''
! ''' Notes ''''
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| Colony of Virginia (Jamestown)
|| 1607
|| joint-stock company (Virginia Company which had Royal charter)
|| entrepreneurial
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| Plymouth Colony
|| 1620
|| independent w/ land patent (allowance) from the Plymouth Company (a Royal joint-stock company)
|| religious
|| never had a royal charter; merged into Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691
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| Massachusetts Bay Colony
|| 1628
|| founded by Massachusetts Bay Company (joint-stock company)
|| primarily religious
|| 20,000 people, mostly puritans, migrated in the 1630s; merged into Province of Massachusetts Bay in 1691
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| Province of Massachusetts Bay
|| 1691
|| Royal colony
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|| re-organized Massachusetts colonies and charters into a single political unit that would become the state of Massachusetts
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| Connecticut Colony
|| 1636
|| religious, political dissent
|| informally established under self-government
|| reformed as Royal colony in 1662
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| Providence Plantations (Roger Williams)
|| 1636
|| religious, political dissent
|| informally established under self-government
|| reformed as Colony of Rhode Island by Royal charter 1663
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| Delaware Colony
|| 1664
|| proprietary
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| Province of Pennsylvania
|| 1681
|| religious (Quaker)
|| proprietary
|| King Charles II paid a debt to William Penn with the colony
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| Province of Maryland
|| 1632
|| religious (Catholic)
|| proprietary
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| Others:
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* Province of New York, proprietary 1664, Royal colony 1686
* Province of Carolina, 1629-1729 by Royal charter
* Province of North Carolina, Royal colony 1729
* Province of South Carolina, Royal colony 1729
* Province of Georgia, proprietary colony 17932, Royal colony 1752
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=== colonialism & push-pull factors ===
=== Push-pull factors ===
* opportunity
==== Push factors from England====
* poverty/ lack of land ownership (rents)
* religious persecution
* escape debt or criminality
** (generally via indentured servitude)
* lack of economic or social opportunity  
* primogeniture
* primogeniture
>> build out
** 2nd sons didn't inherent titles or property
* limits imposed by British social and economic class system
==== Push factors to American colonies====
* economic opportunity (trade)
* adventurism
* religious freedom
* land ownership
* start new life
* political opportunity
* merit-based opportunity


=== American colonial perceptions viz Britain ===
=== American colonial self-identity as British citizens ===
* American colonials perceived themselves as both British citizens and citizens of their local colonies
* the British perceived the colonists as subjects
** = a key source of dispute between the British and the colonialists as to their political relationship
* local rule under colonial charters gave colonials a sense of entitlement and tradition of self-government
** American colonists strongly objected to the reorganization of most northeastern colonies into the Dominion of New England in 1659
* citizens or subjects?
* citizens or subjects?
* duty & responsibilities as British
* duty & responsibilities as British subjects
* self-governance or British-appointed governance
* direct v. indirect representation
* direct v. indirect representation
** indirect representation was the British idea that the King and the Parliament ruled on behalf of the American colonials as a parent governs a child
* ''salutary neglect''
** = the idea that the American colonies had better progressed without British interference
** see [[US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies#Salutary neglect]]
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== Founding documents & political philosophies ==
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Timeline
* 594 BC Athenian path towards democracy developed under Solon<br><br>
* 508-411 effective democracy in Athens
** 375 BC Plato criticizes democracy in "The Republic"<br><br>
* 509 BC Roman Republic established after expelling the Roman king<br><br>
* 27 BC official end of Roman Republic
** as Senate grants extraordinary powers to Caesar Augustus, establishing the Roman empire<br><br>
* 1215 '''Magna Carta'''
** King John cedes power to local lords and recognizes civil and legal protections in law<br><br>
* 1450s-1500s Italian Renaissance
** rise of humanism & political philosophy (Machiavelli)<br><br>
* 1689 '''Bill of Rights 1689''' (England)
** limited power of the monarchy & asserted powers of Parliament & protections of certain civil rights<br><br>
* 1776 '''Declaration of Independence'''<br><br>
* 1789 '''US Constitution'''<br><br>
* 1789 '''Bill of Rights''' (1st ten amendments to the US Constitution)<br><br>
|| BIG IDEAS
<big>'''Democracy'''</big>
* demos = people
* -cracy = rule by
* ancient Athens employed a form of "direct democracy"
** male citizens voted directly on state policies
** approx. 60% of Athenian adult men participated
* historical meaning:
** dangers of "mob rule" & "'''tyranny of the majority'''"
** instability and susceptibility to populism & demagoguery
*** populism =
*** demagoguery = appeal to the fears of citizens
* American Founders distrusted pure democracy<br><br>
<big>'''Republic'''</big>
* from Latin ''res publica'' = of the people
* divided government
** Senate (represented "patricians," or elites) and Tribunes (popular representative body)
* historical meaning:
** anti-monarchical
** less susceptible than democracy to populism, demagoguery and factionalism
** stability and flexibility<br><br>
<big>'''Natural Law'''</big>
* the idea that individual rights are inherent (people born with them) and not granted by governments
** John Locke articulated natural law
** affirmed by the '''Declaration of Independence'''
* <br><br>
<big>'''Self-rule'''</big>
* also known as self-governance, self-government
* colonial traditions of local self-rule were inherent to colonial experience, isolated communities, distant from British governance<br><br>
<big>'''Private v public lives of Americans '''</big>
* democracy requires public life
* yet, people maintain multiple public and private lives and identities:
** community (local) identity
** economic or class identity
** ethnic identity
** group identify (or of multiple groups)
** individual / family identify
** national identity
** political identity
** religious identity <br><br>
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=== English civil law & rights ===
==== Monarchy & parliament ====
* monarchy is based upon the concept of '''divine rule'''
** God selects the King for the people = (usually) the first born of the previous king or ruler
* monarchy = the most common form of government across human history
** due to its stability
** divine rule resolves the problem of succession of power (transfer of power between leaders)
*** = "the king is dead" (the father) "long live the king" (the son)
** not always successful in peaceful transfer of power (factions, disputes, challenges, etc.)
** divine rule implies that since God chose the ruler, God also chose the subjects
*** monarchy also resolved problem of ruling heterogenous populations (different languages, regions, religions, ethnicities, etc.)
==== Magna Carta ====
* "Great Charter" of 1215
* English King John signed a royal charter (contract) limiting his powers & outlining certain rights and protections for local barons (rulers), including:
** church rights, protection against illegal imprisonment, limiting ''feudal payments'' (required of local rulers to the central monarch)
* significant statement of individual rights & protections and limited government
* by limiting the power of the monarchy, it significantly challenged divine rule and powers
==== Bill of Rights, 1689 ====
* enacted after Glorious Revolution under William and Mary
** the English Civil War and subsequent events demonstrated the potential for abuse by both the monarhcy and Parliament
* Bill of Rights of 1689 acted as a form of a constitution, setting fundamental law, including:
* limited power of the monarchy
* asserted powers of Parliament, including
** regular parliamentary sessions
** freedom of speech in the Parliament (protecting dissent)
** ensuring free and fair elections to Parliament
** no taxation without Parliament's consent
* protected certain civil rights, including
** right to self-defense
** protection against "cruel and unusual punishment"
** Parliament protections are also protections of individual civil liberties, including rule by consent of the governed


==== Common law ====
* in the English legal system, the law is from an accumulation of prior cases ("precedent") and based upon commonly agreed rules
** especially as concerns contracts, property, and civil disputes
** the British consider the common law a form of a constitution (set of fundamental rules)
=== Enlightenment ideas ===
=== Enlightenment ideas ===
* Machiavelli
** Roman republic
**
* John Locke
** natural law
** "clean slate" theory of human equality
* Montesquieu
** theories on separation of powers
* Hobbes v. Hume


=== Declaration of Independence ===
=== Declaration of Independence ===
* affirmation of Locke and natural law
* affirmed rule by consent of the governed
* affirms self-governance
* anti-monarchy/ divine rule:
** "all men are created equal" = negates concept of divine rule
* justifies revolution based on needs of citizens going unmet


=== self-governance/ self-government ===
=== Faction, dissent & minority rights ===
* extents and limits of self-government
* to consider:
** what does it mean and how do different people & times interpret it?
** what is democracy? How can it work? What are its limits? How does it empower people?
 
=== faction & disagreement ===
* sectionalism
* sectionalism
* political parties
* political parties
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** Why do some Americans feel isolated and start radical movements?  
** Why do some Americans feel isolated and start radical movements?  
** How do the big political parties adapt to those movements?
** How do the big political parties adapt to those movements?
** How does the Constitution both resolve factionalism and enhance it?
=== Madison's Federalist no. 10 ===
* provides theoretical framework for overcoming the dangers of "faction"
* the Founders recognized that faction is a danger inherent to democracies
** if one faction seizes 51% control, it can ignore and thereby abuse the rights of the minority (49%)
** the situation is what is known as the ''tyranny of the majority''
* Madison reasoned that:
** faction can be controlled by limiting its ability to control an entire government
** it is accomplished through separation of powers with checks and balances
** therefore, a large republic (like America) can avoid factions more readily be avoided since there is more power to be distributed/separated than in a small republic
*** that is, a small republic would be easier for a single faction to take over and control
*** the idea was novel, as it was assumed by all thinkers up to Madison that a republic would not function in a large country


=== Constitution===
=== Constitution ===
* forms the structure of the federal government
* forms or organizes the '''structure''' of the federal government  
* what does "to form a more perfect union" mean?
** legislative, executive & judicial branches, plus the relationship between the federal and state governments and between the states themselves
* Bill of Rights
** most importantly, the constitution creates checks and balances between the branches
* first ten amendments are called the "Bill of Rights"
* Constitutional principles
* Constitutional principles
* judicial review
* judicial review
* change over time in interpretations,
* change over time in Constitutional interpretations
* to consider:
** ''what does "to form a more perfect union" mean?''
** ''what is the intersection of politics and the Constitution''?


=== Bill of Rights ===
=== Bill of Rights ===
* = strong expression of what is important to Americans:
* = strong expression of what is important to Americans:
* 1st amendment as expression of American ideals: freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition of government
* 1st amendment as expression of American ideals: freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition of government


=== Electoral College ===
=== Electoral College ===
* = combined representation of states and population
* 12th amendment changed from top-two winners = President and Vice president
** to "ticket" system where by electors vote for combined President and Vice President as a "ticket"
** = ensures the '''two-party system'''
=== Self-governance/ self-government ===
* in a democracy the people rule by popular vote of all decisions
** colonial New England developed deeply-democratic traditions via town meetings and councils
** impractical in a large country
* in a republic the people rule by selecting by popular vote those who will rule on their behalf
** direct representation = representatives are selected by popular vote
*** = the American model
** indirect or "virtual" representation is
*** Britain argued that Parliament, elected by British Island inhabitants, represented the colonists "virtually" and looked out for their interests
**** thus the American colonial protest of "no taxation without representation"
*** prior to the 17th amendment (direct election of senators), the US Senate represented the states and not the people directly
**** a form of = virtual representation
**** that changed with the 17th amendment
* to consider:
** ''the extents and limits of self-government in the American system and history''
*** think political participation, ''de facto'' (in fact) and ''de jure'' (by law), over time
** ''what does it mean and how do different people & times interpret it?''
** ''what is democracy? How can it work? What are its limits? How does it empower people?''
=== Conditions for self-governance ===
* political freedom
** political equality
* economic freedom
** but not political equality
** i.e. rich or poor have same rights
* religious freedom
** people not bound by government-controlled religious rules
** self-governance can exist in a religiously homogenous society (all the same religion)
** but without freedom of religion, self-governance cannot exist in a heterogenous (multi-religion) society


=== Two-party system ===
=== Democratic spirit ===
* the idea that the people may rule themselves is radical in the 18th century
* origins of the "democratic spirit" in
* economic opportunity
* "frontier" and immigrant experiences of seeking a new life that one can control
* political organizations of small towns, especially in mid-Atlantic and New England
* protestant religions:
** especially puritanism and Calvinism, which held that individuals may have a personal relationship with God, and not through priests
*** as was the Catholic and Church of England
*** John Calvin preached that congregations should choose their own clery = a form of self-governance, democracy
** personal relationship to the Bible spurred spread of literacy, education, and dissent


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== Cultural, social & political intersections ==
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=== Native American - colonial interactions ===
* contrary notions of property:
** Native Americans saw land as communal, especially for hunting
** English saw land as defined by property lines and with specific ownership
* tribal warfare
** tribal alliances lined up for or against the British and French
** created "confederacies" or alliances of tribes
** motivated by land access and trade, especially the fur trade
* warfare
** Native Americans sought tribal dominance and integration
*** which meant primary goal was kidnapping, prisoners and non-lethal combat
** English colonists sought domination via surrender or killing
* contracts
** Native Americans created informal contracts / agreements
*** ceremonial (peace pipe)
** English colonists believed in written contracts/ agreements
*** formal (written, signed contract)


=== slavery ===
=== slavery ===
* Cotton Gin (Eli Whitney invention)
* expansion of slavery
* expansion of slavery
* experience of slaves  
* experience of slaves  
* consequences of slavery
* consequences of slavery
** upon slaves and former slaves
** effect upon slaves and former slaves
** upon slave-owners
** effect upon slave-owners
** upon white non-slave owners
** effect upon southern white non-slave owners
* anti-slvaary
* Constitution ban on slave importation as of 1807
** Northwest Ordinance, 178>> << banned slavery in NW Territory
** 1791 Vermont state constitution forbade slavery


=== "frontier" western expansion ===
=== "frontier" western expansion ===
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* radio/ tv
* radio/ tv
* political participation  
* political participation  
=== dissent ===
*


=== reform movements ===
=== reform movements ===
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* agitation for reform
* agitation for reform
* reform (public/ private)
* reform (public/ private)
* fear, crisis, opportunism  
* fear, crisis, opportunism
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== Major wars causes & effects ==
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! '''Causes'''
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| '''French-Indian War''' 1754-1760 (1763 in Europe)
|| westward colonial expansion
|| end of salutary neglect
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== Political parties & ideological alignments ==
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! '''Other movements'''
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== Economic concepts & themes ==
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'''BIG IDEAS'''<br><br>
<big>'''17th century colonial economies & trade'''</big>
* New England and mid-Atlantic coastal trade with Caribbean & European traders
** commodities included timber, pine tar (for boats), fur, fish
* Virginia and South Carolina export of commodities, especially tobacco, rice & indigo
* British attempts to impose mercantilist policies fail<br><br>
<big>'''18th century colonial economies & trade up to 1763'''</big>
* colonial westward expansion creates internal markets
* deliberate British policy of "salutary neglect" leaves colonies largely unregulated
* colonial wars as result of westward expansion and competition with Native Americans and the French <br><br>
<big>'''17th century colonial economies & trade after French-Indian War (1763)'''</big>
* British imposition of taxes, regulations, and direct-rule via Crown-appointed Governors
* British restriction on colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains
** in response to French-Indian War<br><br>
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=== economics ===
=== economics ===
* banks/ debt
* banks/ debt
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* business / commerce
* business / commerce
* prosperity
* prosperity
* “panics” / depressions


=== private v public lives of Americans ===


=== panics, recessions, depressions ===
* usually the result of over-production, speculation (in land or businesses), money supply, war
*>> to do: chart of panics causes & effects
* Panic of 1837 ><?
* Panic of 1893
* Panic of 1907
* Recession of 1920
=== to do/ sort ===
* push /pull
distance and time
* railroad
* telegraph
* growth
* markets
* US idealism
* isolationism
* expansionism
** business/ trade/ power
** idealism
land grants act 1850s
overseas wars foreign involvement
nicauragia
wwi
cold war
women's rights in west b/c of fewer women in the population
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== British colonial & US territorial expansion & treaties ==
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1763 '''Treaty of Paris'''
* settled the French-Indian War, expanding British holdings in North America<br><br>
1783 '''Treaty of Paris'''
* ended American Revolution<br><br>
1791 '''Vermont Republic'''
* Vermont was an independent republic 1777-1791<br><br>
1802 Louisiana Purchase
* from Mississippi River to the north & west, those borders undefined<br><br>
1815 '''Treaty of Ghent'''
* settled War of 1812<br><br>
1818 '''Treaty of 1818'''
* created 49th parallel agreement<br><br>
1819 '''Adams-Onis Treaty'''
* acquisition of Florida from Spain<br><br>
1842 '''Webster–Ashburton Treaty'''<br><br>
1845 Texas annexation
* Republic of Texas entered Union<br><br>
1846 '''Oregon Treaty'''
* Britain recognized US ownership of "Oregon Lands" <br><br>
1848 '''Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo'''<br><br>
* settled Mexican-American War, "Mexican cession" of modern Southwest US, UT, NV & CA<br><br>
1853 '''Gadsden Purchase'''
* US acquired additional lands south of NM and AZ from Mexico
1867 '''Alaska Purchase'''
* purchased from Russia <br><br>
1898 '''Treaty of Paris'''
* settled Spanish-American War (Puerto Rico & Philippines)<br><br>
1898 '''Annexation of Hawaii'''
* the ''Newlands Resolution'' annexed the Republic of Hawaii<br><br>
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
<big>'''What does it MEAN? '''</big>
* Understanding American history and experience through territorial expansion
* motives, outcomes
* conflicts, impact
* land claims, economic opportunities
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<big>'''Push & pull factors '''</big>
* land ownership & use
* economic opportunity
* business expansion, especially railroads
* gold & silver rushes
* trade, especially in Pacific Ocean expansion
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<big>'''Colonial expansion '''</big>
* English settlers pushing westward from coastal settlements
** created conflict with Native Americans
** created conflict between Native Americans tribes and confederations
** created conflict with French and its fur trade with Native Americans
** led directly to French-Indian War
** Proclamation of 1763 forbade American colonists from settling west of the Appalachians
*** = British attempt to control colonials westward push <br><br>
* Spanish/French settlement in current US areas was limited
** their colonial impulse was for trade (French) and religious conversion of Native Americans (Spanish)
** English colonials sought settlement and populations grew rapidly<br><br>
<big>'''Exploration, fur trade, land '''</big>
** '''Daniel Boone''' (1734-1820) and ''trailblazers'', ''frontiersmen''
** ''frontier culture'' and ''folk heroes''
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<big>'''Northwest Ordinance of 1787'''</big>
* the new nation recognized need to organize territorial expansion
* put into ideals and protections of the Constitution and Bill of Rights, as well as prohibition of slavery
* drove further claims westward
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<big>'''Manifest Destiny '''</big>
* Republic of Texas declared after
* westward extension of railroads drove western settlement
* resulted in political disagreement/ sectionalism over expansion of free and slave territories and states
* '''Mexican-American War''' of 1846
* '''California Gold Rush''' of 1849
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<big>'''Civil War impact'''</big>
* '''Transcontinental railroad'''
* '''Homestead Act of 1862'''
** ''Homesteaders'' and ''pioneers''
** "land grants" of up to 160 acres<br><br>
<big>'''Impact of technologies '''</big>
* steam power
** first used on boats in late 17th century
** railroads (starting 1820s)
* telegraph (1830s) & telephone (1870s)
* electricity
* automobiles & airplanes (starting early 20th century)
* American commercial and technological dominance (''transistor,'' ''space race'', etc.)
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<big>'''Overseas expansion & acquisitions '''</big>
* transoceanic trade
** especially with introduction of steam boats
*** = created need for coaling stations for refueling across Pacific Ocean
* Panama Canal as outgrowth of Spanish-American War
* industrialization <br><br>
<big>'''Expansion via acquisition from  European powers'''</big>
* Eastern Louisiana Territory, Ohio Valley & Northwest Territory from Britain
* '''Louisiana Territory''' and Florida acquisitions
* Mexican-American War
* Spanish-American War<br><br>
<big>'''Expansion via acquisition or war with Native Americans '''</big>
* >>to do <br><br>
<big>'''Twentieth Century US overseas interventions '''</big>
* foreign loans and direct investment (1910s '''Gunboat diplomacy''' & later 20th century US business dominance)
* petroleum & mining investments
* WWII
** US bases around world following the War
** American commercial & cultural dominance
*** IBM, GM, Ford
*** Hollywood & music industry (popular culture)
*** internet, Microsoft, Google <br><br>
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[[File:United States land claims and cessions 1782-1802.png|thumb|Map of the United States and territories after the Treaty of Paris]]
=== British colonial expansion ===
* 1667 '''Treaty of Breda'''
** Netherlands ceded "New Netherland" which the British renamed "New York"
** Within New Netherland, the Dutch (Netherlands) had claimed coastal areas of modern RI, CT, NY, NJ and DE
* 1715 '''Peace of Utrecht'''
** settled European conflict
** Britain seized control of the ''Asiento de Negros'' Spanish grants of right to engage in the African slave trade
** France ceded Newfoundland (eastern coast of Canada) to the British
* 1763 '''Treaty of Paris'''
** settled the French-Indian War
** Britain took all French territories in modern Canada
** France also ceded the eastern portion of the Louisiana Territory, which included lands from the Appalachian Mountains to the Mississippi River
** Spain ceded "Eastern Florida" (the "Panhandle" region)
=== US territorial expansion ===
[[File:UnitedStatesExpansion.png|thumb|UnitedStatesExpansion|alt=UnitedStatesExpansion.png]]
* 1777 '''Vermont Republic'''
* 1783 '''Treaty of Paris'''
** Britain ceded the original 13 colonies and corresponding territories west to the Mississippi River
** the cessation included the Northwestern Territory, including the Ohio Valley, and the upper-midwest below the Great Lakes
* 1791 '''Vermont Republic'''
** Vermont had declared itself an independent state in 1777
** was admitted to the Union in 1791
** the admission settled claims by New York on Vermont lands
* 1818 '''Treaty of 1818'''
** Britain ceded land northwest of the Northwest Territory (western modern MN and north & east ND)
** US ceded lands north of the 49th parallel above modern MT
** established the 49th parallel as the border of US and Canada from MN to the Rocky Mountains (leaving Oregon Country in joint-control)
** called for "joint occupation" by British and Americans of '''Oregon Country''' (northwest corner of present US, including OR, WA, ID)
* 1819 '''Adams-Onis Treaty'''
** Spain ceded Florida to the US
* 1842 '''Webster–Ashburton Treaty'''
** settled border disputes along modern US-Canadian border, including in the modern states of ME, MN, MT, ID & WA (reaffirming the 49th parallel)
* 1846 '''Oregon Treaty'''
** Britain ceded claims to "Oregon Country," setting the 49th parallel across to the Pacific Ocean as the northern border
** Oregon Country included modern OR, WA, ID and parts of WY and MT
* 1848 '''Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo'''
** settled Mexican-American War
** "Mexican cession" of southwestern territory, called "Alta California
*** included modern NM, AZ, UT, NV and CA and parts of modern CO and TX
* 1853 '''Gadsden Purchase'''
** negotiated after the Mexican-American war to purchase Mexican territory in the south of modern AZ and southwest area of NM
** includes modern AZ cities of Yuma & Tucson
** cost was $10 million and motive for Mexico to sell it was likely to get the money before the Americans fully populated and/or seized it
** US was motivated by railroad route through the region
[[File:Territorial-acquisition-uscensus-bureau.jpg|thumb|Census Bureau map depicting territorial acquisitions and dates of statehood, probably created in the 1970s]]
* 1867 '''Alaska Purchase''' from Russia for $7.2 million
** Russian motives:
*** Russia had originally exploited the region for its fur trade and never populated it
*** by 1850s sea otters were hunted to near extinction
*** the Russians understood Alaska would be difficult to defend against US or British attack
*** they preferred to sell it to the US as a buffer against the British
** US opponents called it "Seward's Folly" after Secretary of State Seward who negotiated the purchase
** US proponents thought it would help promote trade with Asia
** Alaska's extensive mineral deposits were not yet discovered (starting with ''Klondike Gold Rush'' in 1896)
** Alaska became a state in 1948
* 1898 '''Treaty of Paris'''
** settled Spanish-American War
** Spain recognized an independent Cuba and ceded Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam to the US
** US compensated Spain for the cessations $20 million
** US set up Cuba as an independent country
** US kept Puerto Rico, Philippines and Guam (as part of the Marianas Islands) as territories
** Puerto Ricans were granted US citizenship in 1917
** Philippines:
*** ''Philippine-American War'', or "Tagalog Insurgency" ensued from 1986-1902
**** Philippine nationalists sought full independence
**** pockets of resistance continued until 1913
*** Philippines remained an American territory until 1946
* 1898 '''Annexation of Hawaii'''
** throughout the 1800s, Americans settled in Hawaii for sugar planting and trade
** the ''Republic of Hawaii'' was created by white Americans in 1984 after overthrowing the indigenous Hawaiian Kingdom
*** large plantation owners, led by Sanford Ballard Dole of the Dole fruit company, orchestrated the coup
*** see [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americans-overthrow-hawaiian-monarchy Americans overthrow Hawaiian monarchy (History.com)] or [https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/how-white-planters-usurped-last-hawaiian-queen How white planters usurped Hawaii's last queen (NationalGeographic.com)]
** the ''Newlands Resolution'' annexed the Republic of Hawaii
** the Territory of Hawaii was established in 1900
** Hawaii became the 50th state in 1959
=== Acquisition or takeover of Native American lands ===
* Northwestern Territory
* Georgia
* Oklahoma
* Dakotas
=== Pacific Island and other acquisitions ===
* 1856 '''Guano Islands Act'''
** Congress declared that US citizens could take possession of any unclaimed "guano" islands and would receive US government protection
** were islands that held "guano" deposits (used as fertilizer and saltpeter, an ingredient in gunpowder)
** about 100 claims were made in Atlantic, Caribbean and Pacific waters
* 1867 '''Midway Atoll'''
** originally claimed under the Guano Islands Act, Midway islands were officially annexed by the US in 1867
** Midway served as important US Naval base
* 1903 '''Panama Canal Zone'''
** US seized the "Canal Zone" from Columbia in 1903 by supporting Panamanian independence from Columbia with support of US warships
*** the Canal Zone was receded to Panama in 1999
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