And the Men who made it happen

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The United States ...A Brief History

• And the Men who made it happen

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Jamestown founded -1607
EVENTS LEADING TO JAMESTOWN

• James becomes KING

• Makes peace with SPAIN

• SPAIN Releases claim to Americas

• ENGLISH INTEREST GROWS

• VIRGINA COMPANY AND INVESTORS LOOKING FOR PROFITS

JOHN SMITH
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• PROBLEMS
• SWAMPY
• MOSQUITOES
• SICK
• INDIANS
• GREEDY ADVENTURERS
• 2/3 DIED!!!!!!

• By 1609 - 800 more settlers arrived
• INDIANS STOPPED TRADING
• SETTLERS WERE SCARED
• ATE RATS AND MICE
• ONLY 60 SURVIVED

POCOHONTAS 1595 -1617
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Mayflower Compact - 1620
An agreement signed by 41 men before leaving the
Mayflower that all people would obey the laws
agreed upon by the group. This idea set an
example for later documents in the development of
self-government in America.
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Declaration of Independence 1776
A document written by Thomas Jefferson to declare
the 13 colonies as independent states, and free
from the rule of Great Britain. It contains
grievances (complaints) about King George and the
British government.
Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson
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When in the Course of human events, it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have connected them with
another, and to assume among the powers of the
earth, the separate and equal station to which
the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle
them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind
requires that they should declare the causes
which impel them to the separation. We hold
these truths to be self-evident, that all men are
created equal, that they are endowed by their
Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that
among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of
Happiness. That to secure these rights,
Governments are instituted among Men, deriving
their just powers from the consent of the
governed. That whenever any Form of Government
becomes destructive of these ends, it is the
Right of the People to alter or to abolish it,
and to institute new Government, laying its
foundation on such principles and organizing its
powers in such form, as to them shall seem most
likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
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American Revolution 1777-1783
The war for independence fought between the 13
colonies and Britain. The war began in April
1775.

• The right of the people to control government
• The acts of the British Parliament which forced
  the colonists to do things against their will
• The frustration caused by repeatedly being
  ignored by the British

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GEORGE WASHINGTON - 1ST PRESIDENT
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United States Constitution - 1787

• The Constitution was written in 1787 to correct
  problems created by the Articles of Confederation
  in 1781.
• Includes
• Bill of Rights
• 3 Branches of Government
• Other Amendments Laws

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The Constitution of the United States of
America We the people of the United States, in
order to form a more perfect union, establish
justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for
the common defense, promote the general welfare,
and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves
and our posterity, do ordain and establish this
Constitution for the United States of America.

James Madison
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James Madison
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Checks and Balances to prevent too much power.
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• Bill of Rights - 1st Ten Amendments
• Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition
• Quartering of Troops
• Search and Seizure
• Grand Jury, Double Jeopardy, Self-Incrimination,
  Due Process
• Criminal Prosecutions - Jury Trial, Right to
  Confront and Counsel
• Common Law Suits - Jury Trial
• Excess Bail or Fines, Cruel and Unusual
  Punishment
• Non-Enumerated Rights
• Rights Reserved to States

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1803 Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Territory, consisting of about
800,000 square miles of mostly uncharted land
extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky
mountains, was purchased from France for a mere
15 million by President Thomas Jefferson.
Assess why this purchase was perhaps one of the
most valuable land buys in US history.
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The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the
United States. As Lewis and Clark explored the
area with the help of their Native American
guide, Sacagawea, it proved to contain valuable
natural resources.
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Civil War - 1861-1865
War between the north and the south caused over
controversies revolving around the constitution,
freedoms, and slavery.