Part 1 In Search of History

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Part 1 In Search of History
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Christopher Columbus

• Columbus Day second Monday in October
• the significance of Columbuss voyage
• Genoa, Italy Lisbon, Portugal Spain
• route to the Indies

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• September 6, 1492 / Pinta, Nina and Santa Maria
• October 12, 1492 / Bahamas(San Salvador) Cuba
  Haiti
• Indians West Indies

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• Columbuss courage, self-confidence and
  persistence
• He gained a world he gave that world
• Its grandest lesson On! Sail on!
• Columbia River
• Washington, D.C.
• Amerigo Vespucci

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The Thirteen English-American Colonies
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The War of Independence

• relation between the colonies and England
• governor and the assembly
• the case of Peter Zenger
• Britains colonial policy
• conflicts with home country
• Sugar Act
• Boston Tea Party
• First Continental Congress

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• armed clash
• Second Continental Congress
• Paines Common Sense
• Declaration of Independence
• final victory

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Expansion and Development

• Jefferson and his era / his liberalism
• purchase of Louisiana
• Second War with England
• The Mexican War
• westward expansion
• frontiersmen and their influence on American
  values and culture
• Monroe Doctrine

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State Regions

• New England Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts,
  New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
• Middle AtlanticDelaware, Maryland, New Jersey,
  New York, Pennsylvania
• South Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
  Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North
  Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia,
  West Virginia
• Midwest Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
  Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota,
  Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin
• Southwest Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
• West Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii,
  Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington,
  Wyoming