1500’s

SPANISH EXPLORATION

NEW WORLD

GOLD

POWERFUL COUNTRY

French and English

NORTH AMERICA

JAMESTOWN 1607

MAYFLOWER COMPACT1620

GLORIOUS REVOLUTION

ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS 1689

GREAT AWAKENING1730’S AND 40’S

7 YEARS WAR1756-63

FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR 1760-63

TREATY OF PARIS 1763

PROCLAMATION OF 1763

TAXES ON COLONIST

BOSTON MASSACRE 1770

COLONIST UNITE

BOSTON TEA PARTY 1773

INTOLERABLE ACTS 1773-74

1ST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS1774

LEXINGTON AND CONCORD 1775

COMMON SENSE 1776

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE 1776

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION 1777

BATTLE OF SARATOGA1777

BATTLE OF YORKTOWN1781

RATIFICATION OF THE TREATY OF PARIS of 1783

ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION

1777

SHAYS REBELLION1786

Articles of Confederation not working

James Madison

Father of the Constitution

Took all notes of the proceedings

CONSTITUTION1787

Six principles of the constitution

1.Federalism

2.Individual Rights

3. Limited Gov’t

4. Popular Sovereignty

5.Republic Gov’t.

6. Sep. of Powers & Checks and Balances

ConstitutionArticle I

Legislative Body

Makes Laws

2 Houses Senate and House of Representatives

Great Compromise: Equal Representation (Senate) , Population (House of Representatives)

ConstitutionArticle 2

Qualifications of the Executive Branch

Enforces laws

Presidents and VP

ConstitutionArticle 3

Judicial Branch

Interprets laws

Judicial Review

FEDERALIST /ANTI-FEDERALIST

Federalist papers

Strong Central Government

Opposition wants individual rights listed (anti-federalist)

BILL OF RIGHTS 1791

First 10 Amendments

Ratified in 1791

NORTHWEST ORDINANCE 1787

Allow states to enter on even footing with other states

GEORGE WASHINGTON1789-1796

CABINET

WHISKEY REBELLION

JAYS TREATY

2 TERMS

JOHN ADAMS 1796-1800

Jays Treaty

XYZ Affair

Alien and Sedition Act

Nullification Resolution of Virginia and Kentucky