Early U.S. History

The Story of U.S.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huklvOyfQJU&feature=related

The Stamp Act 1765

• First direct British tax on American colonists. Instituted in November, 1765. Every newspaper, pamphlet, and other public and legal document had to have a Stamp, or British seal, on it, which cost money.

1764-1775 Revolutionary War

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwWi0zdF7wk

Revolutionary War 1764-1775

• Colonists felt that the Stamp Act and other taxes were unconstitutional. The British Parliament insisted it had the right to tax colonists. The colonists claimed taxation without representation was illegal. The American boycott of directly taxed British tea led to the Boston Tea Party in 1773

Declaration of Independence

• When did it happen? • July 4, 1776• Why did it happen? • High taxes, no voting rights, desire for

independence from England!• http://

www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th

1776 Declaration of Independence

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7MI8NQLoo

Declaration of Independence 1776

• The Declaration of Independence was adopted on July 4, 1776, and stated that the 13 American Colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire.

1803 Louisiana Purchase

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WIMJOhOGKQ

Louisiana Purchase 1803

• The Louisiana Purchase was the largest land purchase in the history of the United States.

• Thomas Jefferson purchased more than 828,000 square miles from the French.

1848 Gold Rush

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_X2tfAtHC_8&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDkqvqqjMAA

1848 Gold Rush

• The Gold Rush was one of the most significant events in California history. It brought people from all over the United States and the world in search for gold and opened up the west to development!

1861 Civil War

• 1860 Lincoln Elected President

http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/civil-war-guerilla-leaders/videos/civil-war

Civil War

• The South, which had large plantations/farms, had many slaves.

• The North, having most of the factories in the country, had no slaves and was against slavery

• The Civil War was a war between the north and south over slavery, and to keep the united states united.

Civil War 1861

• The U.S. Civil War, also called the War between the States, (April 1861 -April 1865). The Southern states feared that Abraham Lincoln would block the expansion of Slavery and endanger the existing slaveholding system. Though Lincoln did free Southern slaves during the war by issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, he fought primarily to restore the Union.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bjxbb-tjSAA

Black Gold.. It all began in 1859…..

• http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2007/08/dayintech_0827

• Black Gold first discovered in Pennsylvania.• How did Oil change America? • U.S was the top oil producing nation. It

helped make us a world power!

1863-1869 Transcontinental RailRoad

• http://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/videos#transcontinental-railroad

• Railroads connected the eastern U.S. to the western U.S.

• What did the railroad accomplish? • Unified the nation. Increased• Trade and travel. • Last spike 1869: Utah

What is America?

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQjksz0lUZ0