Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE! Jamestown, Virginia, the first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607.Jamestown

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!The Declaration of Independence was signed July 4, 1776 (Written by Thomas Jefferson).Declaration of Independence

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!3. The Constitution of the United States was written in 1787- James Madison is the FatherConstitution

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!4. President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in 1803.Louisiana Territory

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!5. The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865.Civil WarConfederatesUnion

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!6. The ___House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in the new world.VAAre you reading COMIC BOOKS?!?

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!7. The first battle of the American Revolution was at Lexington and Concord in April 1775. Lexington and ConcordThats good stuff!Hey Ralph! I bet they hear this shot round the world!

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!8. The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the American Revolution (French entered the war).SaratogaIf you get shot, can I have your Freedom Fries?

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!9. The British defeat in 1781 at Yorktown, Virginia by George Washingtons troops signaled the end of the American Revolution.Yorktown

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!10. Mercantilism is an economic system in which the mother country controls the trade of its colonies.Mercantilism

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!11. A tariff is a tax on goods brought into a country (designed to protect home industries).Foreign Merchanttariff

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!12. Republicanism is a system of representative government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them. Republicanism

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!13. The Three Branches of Government are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches. Legislative, Executive and Judicial

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!14. Checks and Balances is a system set up by the Constitution in which each branch of the federal government has the power to check, or control, the actions of the other branches.Checks and Balances

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!15. Federalism is the sharing of power between the states and the national government.Federalism

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!16. The Legislative Branch makes the laws. The Executive Branch enforces the laws. The Judicial Branch interprets the meaning of the laws.My name is Bill Lawmaker.I veto youYou areSO guilty!!!LegislativeExecutiveJudicial

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!Magna Carta, 1215No freeman shall be seized except by the lawful judgment of his peers (equals), or by the law of the land.Bring me a shrubery!We are the knights who sayNi!17. The Magna Carta, signed in 1215 by King John, was the first document that limited power of the ruler.Magna Carta

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!18. The - an agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth. It is the 1st representative government in America.Hey! What do you mean, Thanksgiving?You sure are cocky for a starving Pilgrim!Mayflower Compact

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!19. The Proclamation of 1763 limited the colonies from expanding west of the Appalachian MountainsDo not walk this way, by order of the BritishProclamation

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!20. The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War. The debt from the war led to increased British taxation of the colonies.Your Coercive Acts are Intolerable!Eres your tea, MATE!Poop on your duty.Treaty of Paris of 1763

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!21. The English Bill of Rights of 1689 protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights.That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king William & MaryI will RULE you, punk!Youre out Daddy & we are in. We know Parliament has the funk.English Bill of Rights

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!Sugar1764Stamp1765Townshend1767Intolerable or Coercive1774Tea1773Quebec177422. These acts following the French & Indian War ticked off the Colonies and eventually led to the Revolution!Quartering Act1765

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!23. Common Sense - a pamphlet by Thomas Paine that convinced many colonists to support independence from Great Britain.It is Paine-ful to not use Common Sense.

Get it?

Ha ha!Common Sense

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!24. Thomas Paine wrote pamphlets like Common Sense and The Crisis to encourage American independence and resolve.Common SenseThe CrisisThese are the times that try mens soulsThomas Paine

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!25. Ben Franklin wrote the Albany Plan of Union Join or Die! He also signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Energy and persistence conquer all things.He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else. Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today. I am in the prime of senility. Well done is better than well said. Creditors have better memories than debtors. Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.Albany Plan of Union

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!26. Sam Adams, a member of the Sons of Liberty and leader of the Boston Tea Party, stirred public support for American independence.Die, you defenseless American rebels! We massacre your for no reason! (according to Paul Revere)If ye love wealth better than liberty... Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you.Sons of Liberty

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!Give me liberty or give me death!I got your Bill of Rights right here, you stinkin Anti-Federalist!I smell a rat

27. The fiery orator, patriot and Anti-Federalist Patrick Henry called for American independence and later opposed the Constitution because it did not protect individual liberties.Patrick Henry

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!28. George Washington was the leader of the Continental Army who later became the first President of the United States .George Washington

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!29. A patriot is someone who supported American independence during the Revolution.patriotIm a Patriot, too!TOUCHDOWN!

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!30. A loyalist is someone who supported maintaining British rule over the colonies during the Revolution.I sure do like England, Dad.Why dont you hold the end of this electrified string, you dirty loyalist!loyalist

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!31. King George III of England: He offended the colonies with his taxes and abuses of our rights as Englishman. King George III Statue being pulled downKing George III

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!32. The Declaration of Independence - a list of grievances against King George III - was written by Thomas Jefferson-July 4, 1776. It declared the colonies independent from England.Dear Georgie,You stink.Love, TomDeclaration of Independence

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!Grrrrr My Rights are God-given, natural rights and you cant take them from me!! Woof!Arf!I am the King of this kennel, and I will take them If I want!Bark!!33. Unalienable rights are rights that cannot be given up, taken away or transferred. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, are some of those rights.Unalienable Rights

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!34. The Articles of Confederation Our 1st National government with one branch (legislative). The states have most of the power. It would be replaced by the Constitution in 1787.Weaknesses of the Articles of ConfederationNo executive branchNo levying of taxesNo judicial branchNo regulation of tradeArticles of Confederation

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!35. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established the procedures for the expansion of the United States and explains that new states are admitted to the Union equal to existing states.Congress appoints governorTo rule territoryWith 5,000 free adult males, elect a territorial legislature60,000 total free population, write a constitutionCongressional approval ofConstitution means statehoodILINOHMIWINorthwest OrdinanceMN

Ahh Paris. Such a wonderful HEY! Where did the British go?!?Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!36. The Treaty of Paris of 1783 ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation.Come on, mates. Lets go home and get some fish and chips.Treaty of Paris of 1783

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!37. Shays Rebellion highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation & convinced many Founders of the need for a stronger national government.GW should be scared! Take my farm? Ill whup that tax man from a sittin position.Shays Rebellion

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!38. Alexander Hamilton: a leader of the Federalists, first Treasurer of the United States, and creator of the Bank of the U.S. - killed in a duel by the V. P. of the U. S.Suck eggs Tom!! The national government must be strong & the banks a great idea.The bank is unconstitutional.Power to the states & may my V.P. shoot you dead!Alexander Hamilton

39. The Great Compromise created a bi-cameral (2 House) Legislature we call Congress. Representation in the House of Representatives: population; the Senate: each state gets 2.Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!Great Compromise

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!40. The Constitution (our written plan of government) - Created: Philadelphia, 1787. Provides a strong national government with power balanced between the 3 branches.LegislativeExecutiveJudicialPowerPowerPowerConstitution

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!41. James Madison is considered to be the Father of the Constitution.I should win Father of the Year for this.Baby Constitution#1 Dad!Madison

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!42. Separation of Powers: system in which each branch of government has its own powers.LegislativeExecutiveJudicialMakes LawsExecutes LawsInterprets LawsSeparation of Powers

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!43. Ratify means to approve by vote.Great. Now that we have all signed the Constitution, will the states vote for it?Sweet! Now the Constitution is RATIFIED!

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!44. Amend means to change. As in amend the Constitution so it works better. Amendment = change to the ConstitutionI can amend the Amendments!2/3AmendamendAmendment3/4

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!45. The Bill of Rights - 1st ten amendments to the Constitution --designed to protect our individual liberties.Bill of Rights

46. The First AmendmentProtects the freedom ofReligion AssemblyPressPetitionSpeechDoug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!47. The 2nd Amen A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.2nd AmendmentI have the right to bear arms! Grrrr!I sure wish I had a gun!

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!47. The 2nd Amendment A well regulated Militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.2nd Amendment

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!48. The 3rd Amendment - "No soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law." This place looks great!! I think Ill move in.3rd Amendment

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!8th Amendment - Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.

49. Due process how laws are enforced fairlyFor example4th Amendment - no illegal search or seizure.5th Amendment - no self-incrimination, no double jeopardy, and no loss of life, liberty, or property without due process of law.6th Amendment - the right to a speedy trial, a lawyer, to cross examine witnesses, and the right to force witnesses at a trial to testify.7th Amendment - the right to a jury trial in civil suits.Due process

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!50. The 9th Amendment - The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people. WOW!! You mean I get even more rights than what is in the Bill of Rights?!?!?That Flippin Rocks!!9th Amendment:

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!51. The 10th Amendment The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people. Meaning10th Amendment

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!52. 13th Amendment Slavery shall (not) exist within the United States..13th Amendment

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!53. The 14th Amendment Defined the right of citizenship & ended the 3/5 compromise.Section 1. All personsare citizens of the United States... No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens nor deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny the equal protection of the laws.

Section 2. Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers, counting the whole number of persons in each State, excluding Indians not taxed

14th Amendment

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!54. The 15th Amendment The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged on account of raceIm free, I have the rights of all citizens (14th amend), and I get to vote?YAY!!Sadly, many southern states would find ways to prevent African- Americans from voting.15th Amendment

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!55. The 19th Amendment The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied on account of sex. Hey Susan B. Anthony, I am suffering cause I cant vote.Suffrage will cure your suffering, Elizabeth Cady Stanton!1920192019th Amendment

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!56.

the practice of having the authority to make decisions for oneself.Popular Sovereignty

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!57. Federalists were supporters of the Constitution who favored a strong national government.This rocks!Now we have a strong national government!Federalists

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!58. The Federalist Papers - a series of essays written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton defending the Constitution and the principles on which the government of the United States was founded.Federalist

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!59. Anti-federalists were people opposed to the Constitution, preferring more power be given to the state governments than to the national government.Who gives you the right to speak We the People you power monger!HiHiAnti-Federalists

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!60. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, became the 3rd President of the United States and purchased the Louisiana territory, doubling the size of the United States.Thomas Jefferson

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!61. George Washingtons Farewell Address advised the United States to stay neutral in its relations with other nations and to avoid entangling alliances.The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible....It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.... - George Washingtons Farewell AddressGeorge Washington

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!62. Free Enterprise is an economic system where citizens are free to choose how to make a living. So thirstyWhat to choose?Free Enterprise

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!63. was the 1803 Court decision that gave the Supreme Court the power of judicial review - the right to determine whether a law violates the Constitution.Yo, dawg! You cant stop me from becoming a judge!I guess we will decide this on the court!Marbury v. Madison

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!64. Industrial Revolution: industry changed from the production of goods at home (cottage industry) to factory production using powered machinery. Boott Mill, Lowell Mass.Industrial Revolution

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!65. Robert Fultons steamboat improved transportation of goods and people during the Industrial Revolution.5 miles an hour!Wooooooooooooo-hooooooooooooo!!!!Were flyin now boys!!Robert Fulton

66. Textile MillsThief: Samuel SlaterImportance: Led to large-scale factory production of cloth through the use of power looms. Provided new job opportunities for young women.Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!67. Interchangeable PartsInventor: Eli WhitneyImportance: Allowed factories to make products faster & cheaper. Parts could be replaced easily if broken.

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!68. Cotton Gin - 1793Inventor: Eli WhitneyImportance: Allowed for fast separation of cotton from seeds, greatly increasing profitability of cotton. This made the use of slavery on plantations essential to cotton farmers in the South.

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!69. James Monroe: 5th President & author of the Monroe Doctrine, which shut down the western hemisphere to European expansion or interference.I wrote it cause Im smrt.But I was prez, so the credit go to me!John Quincy Adams Sec. of StateJames Monroe:

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!Insult my beloved Rachel and Ill thump your skull. I will hold the Union together, so shut your trap & pay the tariff SC!Your Bank bill bites, Congress! Now you must get vetoed and thumped by Old Hickory!70. Andrew Jackson was a self-made man & founder of the modern Democratic Party. He was responsible for the Trail of Tears and he supported the Union during the Nullification Crisis

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!71. Trail of Tears forced the Indians in the southeastern U.S. to move west of the Mississippi River.Trail of Tears:

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!72. Nullification is the idea of a state declaring a federal law unconstitutional or not in force in that state. Webster: Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable. Jackson: Our Federal Unionit must be preserved. Calhoun: The Union, next to our liberty, most dear.Nullification

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!73. Daniel Webster - a Massachusetts Congressman and Senator who spoke for the North and the preservation of the Union.Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.Look into my eyes and repeat after me

Union,Union,UnionDaniel Webster

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!74. John C. Calhoun was a South Carolina Congressman and Senator who spoke for the South before and during the Civil War.The Union, next to our liberty, most dear Punk !!John C. Calhoun

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!75. Henry Clay was a powerful Kentucky Congressman and Senator who proposed the American System and the Compromise of 1850. Known as the Great CompromiserStates Or I will PUNK you!Cant we all just get along?Henry ClayUnionUnionUnion

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!76. Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ".... the right of our manifest destiny to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent It is right such as that of the tree to the space of air . John O Sullivan 1845

American Progress by John Gast, 1872Manifest Destiny

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!77. Westward Expansion - Draw an outline map of the US. Label the Oregon Trail, Santa Fe Trail, Mormon Trail, and California Trail.See page 506 of textbook.

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!78. Reform movements like :Public education promotes knowledge and skills that open the doors to opportunity.Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of menHorace Mann, 1848(#41, 2004 TAKS)Public Education

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!79. Elizabeth Cady Stanton organized the Seneca Falls Convention, creating the Womens Rights Movement in the United States.Women join theabolitionistMovement.Women areprevented fromSpeaking publicly atAbolitionist meetings.?Aint I a woman? Sojourner TruthWomens RightsMovementWomens Rights Movement

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!80. The Temperance Movement was a campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol.Temperance Movement

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!81. An abolitionist was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States. Abolish - to get rid of.Harriet Tubman helped over 300 slaves to freedom in the North through the Underground Railroad.William Lloyd Garrison Outspoken white abolitionistFounded The Liberator, an anti-slavery magazine, in 1831.abolitionist

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!82. The Compromise of 1850 would try to solve the divisions between free and slave states or territories. The Fugitive Slave Act would upset Northerners.The Compromise of 1850

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!83. Sectionalism is a strong sense of loyalty to a state or section instead of to the whole country.Sectionalism

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!84. Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became a well-known abolitionist in the country.The blessings in which you, this day, rejoice, are not enjoyed in common.This Fourth of July is yours not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn.- Frederick Douglass, speaking at a 4th of July celebration in 1852Frederick Douglass

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!85. Uncle Toms Cabin, an Anti-slavery novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe, created widespread abolitionist support among Northerners.

Im the little lady who started the great big war! Tee-hee!Uncle Toms Cabin

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!86. Dred Scott v. Sanford -1857 was the Supreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens and thus cant sue in court. It would find the Missouri Compromise of 1820 to be unconstitutional and aggravate sectional tensions between North and South. Taney & the Supreme Court are racial jerks! I have been wronged!Dred Scott v. Sanford

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!87. In 1859 John Brown, An abolitionist who believed armed resistance to slavery was necessary, seized a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to begin a slave rebellion. He was captured and later executed. Grab a gun and free yourself!!!Ill be a hero to abolitionists everywhere!!(#16, 2000 TAAS)John Brown Villain or Hero?abolitionist

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!88. Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederacy during the Civil War.Jefferson Davis

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!89. Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States (Union); served during the Civil WarHas anyone seen my stovepipe hat?Abraham Lincoln

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Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!90. Ulysses S. Grant was the General of the Union Army and accepted Lees surrender at Appomattox Court House, ending the Civil War.Ulysses S GrantNo other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works.

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!91. Robert E. Lee was the General of the Confederate Army. His defeat at Gettysburg would be a turning point in the Civil WarWhiskey - I like it, I always did, and that is the reason I never use it. Never do a wrong thing to make a friend or keep one.Robert E. Lee

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!92. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter - Charleston, South Carolina.Pierre Teutante BeauregardRobert AndersonFort Sumter

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!93. The Battle of Gettysburg, July1-3,1863, was the turning point in the Civil War where Lees army is defeated. Hey, baby. Wanna check out my severed leg?Battle of Gettysburg

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!94. The Gettysburg Address - speech given by Lincoln dedicating a cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered to be a profound statement of American ideals.

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!94. The Gettysburg Address - speech given by Lincoln dedicating a cemetery for soldiers who died at the Battle of Gettysburg. It is considered to be a profound statement of American ideals.3 Confed. prisoners at Gettysburg

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!95. The capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi by the North in 1863, was important because it gave the Union Army control of the Mississippi River. Vicksburg

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!96. Appomattox Court House, Virginia is where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant, ending the Civil War.Appomattox Court House

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!97. Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, setting all slaves in the Confederate states free.Emancipation Proclamation

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!98. Lincolns First Inaugural Address stated that, no statecan lawfully get out of the Union, but pledged there would be no war unless the South started it.no State upon its own mere motion can lawfully get out of the Union; that resolves and ordinances to that effect are legally voidI therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!99. Lincolns Second Inaugural Address was meant to help heal and restore the country after four years of Civil War. It stated the South should be treated fairly.With malice [hatred] toward none, with charity for all,let us strive on tobind up the nations wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle andto do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves

Doug & Steves Super 100 Greatest American History FactsColonization Through the Civil WarIts cooler than ICE!100. Primary Sources are the original records of an event. They include eyewitness reports, records created at the time of an event, speeches, and letters by people involved in the event, photographs and artifacts.Secondary Sources are the later writings and interpretations of historians and writers. Often secondary sources, like textbooks and articles, provide summaries of information found in primary sources.

History Rocks!!!