Jump Start to U.S. HistoryMini-Unit

Tuesday-Thursday: Notes & Video ClipsQuiz Friday

We are covering the basics of U.S. History to:

1) Preview U.S. History for next year2) Prepare for STAAR Social Studies Test next year2) Provide context on how the American Revolution

inspired the Texas Revolution

Jamestown

• 1607

• First permanent English settlement in North America

• Location-along the James River in Virginia

Declaration of Independence

• Written by Thomas Jefferson

• July 4, 1776

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Declared independence from Great Britain which is also sometimes called England.

Declaration of Independence

• Listed grievances or problems the 13 colonies had with British king, King George III

• Colonists had unalienable rights (God-given rights that belong to every person) these include:

1. life2. liberty 3. the pursuit of happiness

U.S. Constitution• Written in 1787

• In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

U.S. Constitution

• States the laws and principles of our government

• Explains how our country should operate…who does what?

• 3 branches

Write these down on 1-3!

James Madison• Delegate at the Constitutional Convention

• Kept VERY detailed notes about the convention

• Known as the “Father of the U.S. Constitution” for his contributions to the creation of the Constitution.

Bill of Rights

• First 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution

• These amendments protect our individual rights like:

Freedoms of…• religion, assembly, press, petition, speech (RAPPS) • right to bear arms (own guns)• no illegal search and seizure• no cruel and unusual punishment

1803

• Louisiana Purchase

• Pres. Thomas Jefferson buys Louisiana from France

• Doubles the size of the U.S.

1861-1865• The Civil War

• The war between the North and South

• Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president