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United States History

• Activating Strategy
• On page 2 of your packet, use the words to write
  sentences about events in the history of the
  United States that you have learned about in
  third through fifth grade.

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US History

• Essential Questions
• How has colonization and immigration affected the
  United States?
• How did conflict between the colonists and
  Britain impact the United States?

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Write and define the following terms in your
packet (page 4)

• Vocabulary
• 1) indigenous 2) representation
• 3) Revolution 4) declaration
• 5) independence 6)constitution
• 7) republic 8)amendment
• Define on page 4 of your packet

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Indigenous

• Native to a place.
• Europeans called them Indians.
• Native Americans First Americans

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Representation

• Acting or speaking on behalf of someone or
  something.

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Revolution

• A sudden, complete change in government.

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Declaration

• An official statement.

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Independence

• Freedom to rule oneself.

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Constitution

• A document that describes a written plan for
  governing.

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Republic

• A form of government in which the citizens elect
  representatives to make and enforce the laws.

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Amendment

• An addition or change to a document.

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US History Timeline

• Pages 106-111

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US History Timeline

• 1492- First Europeans led by Christopher
  Columbus Arrive in America
• 1700- England had set up 13 separate colonies
• 1763- British helped the colonist fight the
  French-Indian War
• 1774- The First Continental Congress meet in
  Philadelphia to challenge British rule.
• April 19, 1775- American Revolution begins

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US History Timeline

• May 1775- Second Continental congress meets and
  forms an army led by George Washington.
• July 4, 1776- Declaration of Independence
• 1781- End of the Revolutionary War
• Sept. 3, 1783- British and American leaders
  sign the Treaty of Paris
• May1787- Congress called for a Constitutional
  Convention to make changes to the first
  Constitution.

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• Study your timeline and vocabulary while I check
  your study guide homework.

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US History Timeline

• 1788- US Constitution was approved
• 1803- US Purchased the Louisiana Territory from
  France.
• 1853- The US controlled all the land that would
  be the 48 contiguous states.
• 1861- The start of the Civil War between the
  North and the South (States Rights)
• 1900- US Obtained Hawaii and Alaska(1959) and
  was involved in two World Wars. (1914-1918)
  (1939-1945)
• 1920- More people live in US cities than on farms

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Answers to guided notes

• Indigenous, Europeans
• Native Americans
• Tribes, people or Native Americans,
• Europeans, Christopher Columbus. Trade route
• Hoping to get rich, religious freedom
• Spanish, United States, south, west

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Answers to Guided Notes continued

• 7. French, Canada, Mid-west
• 8. East or Atlantic
• 9. colonist, French
• Eastern,taxation
• Taxation without representation
• Angry, liberty
• Philadelphia, First Continental Congress

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Answers to Guided Notes continued

• 14. American Revolution
• 15. 4th, declaration, independence
• 16. the freedom to rule ones self
• 17. 1783, Treaty of Paris, independent country
• 18. Articles of Confederation, constitution,
  authority

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Answers to Guided Notes continued

• 19. They worried that a strong central
  government might rule unfairly and take away the
  rights and freedoms they just fought for in the
  revolution.
• 20. executive branch, legislative branch,
  judicial branch
• republic, vote, represent, governing
• Are the citizens (people)

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Answers to Guided Notes continued

1. Changes to a document (constitution)
2. Rights, rights or freedoms, citizens
3. They purchased Louisianna from France, and gained
   other lands through treaties and wars.
4. Cities, farms
5. 1800s, Civil

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Guided Notes Answers Continued

• 28. Started in 1861, lasted 4 years, fighting
  over states rights (slavery), between north and
  south, north won
• 29. 1. US was in 2 wars,
• 2. The Great Depression happened
  between WW1 and WW2.
• 3. US led the way in space exploration
• 4. 1969, first astronaut landed on moon
• 30. World leader, freedom, world

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Lesson Summary-Key Points

• 1) Before Christopher Columbus and other
  Europeans arrived in the Americas in 1492, there
  were about 1 million Native Americans living
  here.
• 2) Over the next two hundred years Europeans
  migrated to North America.
• 3) By 1700, England had set up 13 colonies along
  the North Atlantic coast.
• 4) 1763- British help the colonist fight the
  French and Indian War.
• You need to do more four on your own!!!

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Summary Paragraph

• There have been many important events take
  place in the history of the United States. When
  Columbus and other Europeans came to the New
  World, they set up colonies. From 1492-1700
  England had set up thirteen colonies.
• Hint Use sequence words such as first, next,
  then, after,