US and Canada History and Government

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US and Canada History and Government

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HISTORYEarly Americans

• The first Canadians and Americans migrated from
  Asia
• Asians most likely traveled across what is now
  known as the Bering Strait 25,000 years ago when
  the Pacific Ocean was low due to Ice Age.
• Europeans migrated after 1500 A.D.

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Early Americans

• Early Native Americans used the land to grow
  crops and the animals for food and clothing-
  adapted to environment
• Inuit- Native Americans of the arctic tundra
• Pacific coast- mild climate, good resources
• Southwest- little water or resources
• Plains- relied on buffalo
• eastern Woodlands- animals and agriculture

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European Colonization

• North America was discovered by Columbus in
  1492
• European colonization began in the late 1500s
• early settlers from Spain, France, England
• They came for religious and political freedom,
  and economic opportunity

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European Colonization

• 13 colonies of Britain would later become the
  United States
• The13 colonies fought a war to gain independence
  from Great Britain in 1775
• Canada became independent without war

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Industry And Expansion

• Northern colonies- industry and trade- poor
  soil, short growing season, good harbors
• Southern colonies- agriculture- good soil, mild
  climate
• French- fur trade along St. Lawrence and
  Mississippi Rivers
• Spain- Florida and southwest- gold, ranches, and
  Christianity
• 1840s- US gained control of present day
  California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming,
  Arizona, and New Mexico as a result of war with
  Mexico

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Technology and Growth

• Advances in technology made farming of large
  areas easier and faster.
• Industrial developments persuaded people to move
  to the cites causing them to be overcrowded
• Oregon- treaty between U.S. and Britain to settle
  border

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US And Canadas Government

• The US and Canada have 3 branches of government
  called Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
• They are both democratic style governments
  (Canada- Constitutional Monarchy US- Federal
  Republic)
• In the Canadian government the Executive and
  Legislative governments overlap --chart
  p. 117

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States VS Provinces

• The United States has 50 states and several
  territories including the Commonwealth of Puerto
  Rico and the Virgin Islands
• Canada is made up of 10 provinces and 2
  territories

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KEY WORDS

• Strait a narrow passageway connecting two large
  bodies of water
• Cash Crops crops that are raised to be sold
• Republic a form of government in which people
  elect their own officials
• Industrialization the setting up of
  manufacturing that uses machinery

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KEY WORDS

• Dry Farming plowing land so that it holds rain
  water
• Constitution plan of government -- made for the
  US in 1787
• Amendments changes in the constitution
• Cabinet- official advisors to the president