U.S. History Outline

1. Pre-Columbian Societies

A. Early inhabitants of the Americas

1. crossed a land bridge at the bering strait

2. settled in different areas

B. American Indian empires in Mesoamerica, the Southwest, and the Mississippi Valley

1. cultivated crops

2. aztecs incans mayans- mesoamerica

3. pueblo- southwest

4. mississippians moundbuilders- mississippi valley

C. American Indian cultures of North America at the time of European contact

1. highly diverse cultures depending on where they were from

2. hundreds of different languages

2. Transatlantic Encounters and Colonial Beginnings, 1492-1690

A. First European contacts with Native Americans

1. columbus arrived and found the indians to be friendly and submissive

2. sometimes violent, although the indian weapons were no match for the european weapons

3. europeans brought disease

B. Spain's empire in North America

1. the spanish arrived in meso america where they destroyed and enslaved the people

2. and converted them to christianity while moving up the west coast

C. French colonization of Canada

1. the french and indians were friendly together because french needed them for fur trade

2. they also tried to convert the natives to catholocism

D. English settlement of New England, the Mid-Atlantic region, and the South

1. the english in new england stayed away from the indians, mainly. In their little villages

E. From servitude to slavery in the Chesapeake region

1. the natives were used as slaves

F. Religious diversity in the American colonies

1. the diversity of religion had people only trading with their own religion

G. Resistance to colonial authority: Bacon's Rebellion, the Glorious Revolution, and the Pueblo Revolt

1. bacons rebellion- nathianel bacon had a revolt againstgoverner of va. For more resistance against indian attack

2. glorious revolution- new englanders rebeled against sir edmund andros

3. in santa fe th epueblo indians rebeled against the spanish

3. Colonial North America, 1690-1754

A. Population growth and immigration

1. the colonies grew from just 250000 to about 25000000

2. colonists moved from england and other european countries to get away from the royalty

B. Transatlantic trade and the growth of seaports

1. The colonial towns were where british goods entered america

C. The eighteenth-century back country

1. the irish and scottish flocked to the appalachians

1. they became the pioneers of the time

D. Growth of plantation economies and slave societies

1. the plantations were built of rice, tobacco, and indigo

2. mainly in the south

3. worked with slavery

E. The Enlightenment and the Great Awakening

1. ben franklin

2. the great awakening is when america started to feel a little bit of nationalism

F. Colonial governments and imperial policy in British North America

1. in different colonies there started to become a sophisticated government

2. the governments had problems with the imperial government

4. The American Revolutionary Era, 1754-1789

A. The French and Indian War

1. ends the long years of peace in paris

B. The Imperial Crisis and resistance to Britain

1. because of the french-indian war heavy taxation begins

2. stamp act-tea act

C. The War for Independence

1. fighting begins in lexington and concord

2. washington appointed commander of war

3. america declares for independence

4. france, spain, and holland declare war on britian

5. america wins war and gains independence, franklin negotiated treaty of paris in which states americas independence

D. State constitutions and the Articles of Confederation

1. the government has fully developed

2. gives state government more power than federal government

3. nationalism is at a high point

E. The federal Constitution

1. the philadelphia convention (1787) created a constitution

2. also known as the great compromise

3. washington is declared president

5. The Early Republic, 1789-1815

A. Washington, Hamilton, and shaping of the national government

1. washington established the main central government and its branches

2. hamilton focused on the constitution

B. Emergence of political parties: Federalists and Republicans

1. bacically