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The AmericansSection 3, Ch. 4

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Native Americans

Experts believe that the first Americanscame from Asia on a land bridge that

connected Asia with present-day

Alaska. Their descendants today areknown as Native Americans.

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Explorers and Colonists

Around A.D. 1500, Europeans arrived in theAmericas.

Because of the abundance of raw materials,European countries set up colonies in theAmericas.

The British colonists soon began to seethemselves as Americans.

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Explorers and Colonists

From 1775 to 1783, the Americans

fought the American Revolutionary War

and won their independence from GreatBritain.

The Treaty of Paris (1783) was thedocument that officially ended the war.

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The U.S. Constitution

In 1787 a group of American leadersmet to create a new national

government. They wrote the United States

Constitution, the basis for all our laws.

Constitutional amendments allow theconstitution to be changed in a peacefulway.

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Bill of Rights:

Amendment 1 - Freedom of Religion, Press,

Expression

Amendment 2 - Right to Bear Arms

Amendment 3 - Quartering of Soldiers

Amendment 4 - Search and SeizureAmendment 5 - Trial and Punishment,

Compensation for Takings

Amendment 6 - Right to Speedy Trial,

Confrontation of Witnesses

Amendment 7 - Trial by Jury in Civil Cases

Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual

Punishment

Amendment 9 - Construction of Constitution

Amendment 10 - Powers of the States and

People

Amendment 11 - Judicial Limits

Amendment 12 - Choosing the President, Vice President

Amendment 13 - Slavery Abolished

Amendment 14 - Citizenship Rights

Amendment 15 - Race No Bar to Vote

Amendment 16 - Status of Income Tax Clarified

Amendment 17 - Senators Elected by Popular VoteAmendment 18 - Liquor Abolished

Amendment 19 - Women's Suffrage

Amendment 20 - Presidential, Congressional Terms

Amendment 21 - Amendment 18 Repealed

Amendment 22 - Presidential Term Limits

Amendment 23 - Presidential Vote for District of

ColumbiaAmendment 24 - Poll Taxes Barred

Amendment 25 - Presidential Disability and Succession

Amendment 26 - Voting Age Set to 18 Years

Amendment 27 - Limiting Congressional Pay Increases

Amendments

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A Federal Republic

Our government is based upon the principleof democracy, or rule by the people.

The U.S. has a representative democracy,

in which voters choose leaders who makeand enforce the laws.

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A Federal Republic

People elected by the voters of each

state serve in state or national

government. In this way, the U.S. is a federal republic,

or a government divided between

national and state powers with apresident who leads the national

government.

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Executive

Legislative

Judicial

U.S. Government

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A Period of Growth

Be the mid-1800s, the South had built an

economy based on slave labor, an issue that

divided the country. Several Southern states seceded, or

withdrew from the national government,

bringing about the Civil War in 1861.

At the end of the war, the Southern states

were brought back into the Union, and slavery

was abolished.

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A Period of Growth

Following the Civil War, economic

growth attracted another great wave of

people from other countries.

These people were immigrants, or

people who move to a new country tomake a permanent home.

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A World LeaderThe U.S. participated in the two World

Wars. After World War II, some groups

of Americans - women, African

Americans, and Hispanic Americans,

struggled for equality.

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