APUSH Semester 1 Study Session Notes PDF
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These notes cover US History, from 1491 – 1800 and then move into the 1800s, including important events like the American Revolution, the Civil War and more. The document includes key historical figures, terms, and periods.
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-1491-1607 = first time period Europeans came for resources Spain was dominating the new world Jamestown = 1607 People came to America / new world for money and freedom Slaves were brought to Jamestown in 1619 Virginia was bad due to swampy conditions John Calvin =...
-1491-1607 = first time period Europeans came for resources Spain was dominating the new world Jamestown = 1607 People came to America / new world for money and freedom Slaves were brought to Jamestown in 1619 Virginia was bad due to swampy conditions John Calvin = Calvinists who follow him Protestants = Decide for yourself what the bible means. John Locke = the people give those in charge power Social Contract Theory = Give people power to rule but have the option to take it away if there is a lack of morals -1688-1750 =Salutary Neglect →(Britain left us to thrive cause they thought we could handle it) -1775-1783 = Revolution Era Seven Years War AKA French-Indian War = 1754-1763 (nine years) This war costs lots of money so Britain taxed us Mercantilism = Selling raw goods to a home country, the home country makes something profitable and sells it back to the colony Townhouse Acts = Instead of internal taxes they are external Sons Of Liberty (Sam Adams) 1773 (Boston tea party) Intolerable Acts (Kings Rebuttal) ⅓ loyal to king ⅓ wanted to fight ⅓ didn't care 7/4/1776 = Declaration of Independence Battle Of Saratoga (France helped us!!) Washington was from VA (important for constitution?) Thomas Paine, author of common sense A.O.C. was too weak!! (look at AOC tab) Shays Rebellion highlighted the weaknesses 1787=constitution Ratification = approval\ Federalist (Team Hamilton) wanted it! Republicans (Team Jefferson) didn't want it! Wyoming technically allowed women to vote first James Madison wrote federalist 10 Hamilton helped form the national bank Election of 1800 = peaceful transfer of power Calhoun, Clay, Webster (REMEMBER THEM) 1828 was abomination of tariffs South Carolina = the bad ones always doing stuff independently Nullify means state can rebuttal a law for their state Jackson was a HYPOCRITE Corrupt Bargain was assumed to be John Adams and Clay Era of Good feelings → Era of Common Man Jackson hated the bank and got rid of it in 1836 Jackson was a butt and did spoils system which was gave his friends jobs in the government John Marshall = Marbury V. Madison (REMEMBER THIS) Judicial Review = Final say is the courts (Why Roe V. Wade was the way it was) Marshall gave power to central government Trail of tears = cherokee died LOTS Era of Reform = alcohol and slavery go bye bye (Not really) WASP = White. Anglo-Saxon. Protestant. Romantic Era = FEEL IT IN YA BONES There was a labor reform then Seneca falls = 1848 (Alicia Mott, Katie Stanton) Women's Rights Fredrick Douglas (African American Abolitionist) Antebellum = Before the War 1846-1848 = Mexican American War Henry Clay = The great compromiser Taylor dying SAVED our country Kansas-Nebraska Act = popular sovereignty John Brown killed slave owners and went to talk about it in the NORTH The south seceded after LINCOLN The CIvil War = 1861-1865 Basically that's all the video. Study Reconstruction notes, Westward expansion notes, Lincoln's speeches (Look in the other tab) !! Good luck and don’t be stressed.
