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Title: American History Condensed


1
American History Condensed
  • Revolutionary War to Constitution
  • Henrichsen

2
Precursors to War
  • Taxation
  • High Rates
  • Lower than any other part of the British Empire,
    including at home in London
  • Without representation
  • Virtual representation
  • Acts
  • Stamp, Sugar, Mutiny
  • Tea Party
  • Politics
  • George III
  • Parliament
  • Impressment
  • War
  • 7 years War
  • French Indian War
  • King Georges War
  • Buildup to the Rev
  • Intolerable Acts
  • Lexington/Concorde

3
Revolution
  • 1775 1783
  • Americans are really good at losing battles
  • Different styles of fighting
  • Guerilla tactics
  • Propaganda
  • Common Sense
  • Declaration of Independence
  • No legal weight
  • States first write constitutions
  • Loose alliance of states and people
  • Americans are still really good at retreating

4
Declaration of Independence
  • List of problems Americans had with England
  • Specifically blamed King George III
  • Most problems linked to actions of parliament
  • Foundation of the Bill of Rights is in the
    problems they complain about
  • No jobs without approval
  • Habeas Corpus Suspended
  • Force soldiers to stay in private homes

5
Rev part 2
  • Alliance with the French
  • Shift of war to the Southern Colonies
  • 1781 Americans start winning some key battles
  • Britain is tired of fighting way over here
  • Violence against native Americans
  • Had been promised independence by Britain
  • Same problem with slaves
  • Ratification of AoC
  • War ends 1783 with the Treaty of Paris

6
Articles of Confederation
  • First government of the US
  • Weak central government
  • No taxation ability
  • Only works for adding new land to the country
  • Each state is effectively a separate country
  • Shipping and trade is almost impossible
  • Economy sucks
  • No political unity
  • States fighting all the time amongst each other
  • Looks like easy target to reabsorb into Britain

7
Constitutional Convention
  • Illegal group action designed to make a better
    government
  • The framers are committing treason and could be
    executed under US law
  • Different groups want different things
  • Large States
  • Small States
  • How to fight corruption and control
  • Give out even more power
  • Division of powers
  • Legislative
  • Senate
  • House
  • Executive
  • Pres and VP
  • Judicial not included

8
Constitution Cont
  • Check and Balances
  • Large vs Small
  • Virginia Plan
  • Each state gets reps based on the size of the
    state
  • New Jersey Plan
  • Each state gets the same number of reps
    regardless of size
  • First Great Compromise
  • We do both
  • Senate follows the NJ plan
  • House follows the VA plan
  • Slave vs Free
  • How are we going to deal with the population of
    slaves?
  • There are more slaves than People in the
    Southern states
  • This leads to the 3/5ths Compromise
  • Each slave counts as 3/5 of a person for purposes
    of determining the number of reps in the House of
    Representatives
  • Still have the slavery question
  • Ban slave trade after 1808
  • Ignore the problem until later

9
Constitution Final
  • Notes were not allowed to be taken out of the
    convention
  • Constitution was not allowed to be seen until
    finished
  • Adoption of Constitution by at least 9 states of
    the original 13
  • President is chosen and the person with the next
    most votes is the VP
  • Adams Pres 2
  • Doesnt like immigrants
  • Alien and Sedition Acts
  • Jefferson
  • Loves the rural agricultural lifestyle
  • Central Government should be weak
  • Lets buy more land than we have already for 1M
    dollars
  • No power to do so

10
Exceptions to the rules
  • Judicial
  • Marbury v Madison
  • Judicial Review
  • Determine if a law is unconstitutional
  • Now a check on both branches of government
  • Source of many arguments for the next 200 years
  • Loose interpretation of the constitution or the
    constitution as a living changing document
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