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Iroquois Constitution
The constitution was a way to organize Iroquois society and provide rules for its government. Each tribe had a rule in the government. Made in the 12th century when specific unknown. -
Jamestown Established
First permanent English settlement. It was named after King Charles 1st. -
Mayflower Compact
It was a document that most of the men that landed on Plymouth signed and wrote. This would make whoever signed it to have to follow the laws established by the Plymouth colony. -
Lexington and Concord
The beginning of the revolutionary war. Politically disastrous for the British, it persuaded many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence is one of the founding documents of the United states. This document identifies the identity of America. This document was used to sever ties between the 13 colonies and with Great Britain. It states that all men are created equal under god and have the right of liberty, life and pursuit of happiness. It said the government had to protect these rights, and that the people had a right to revolt if they saw the government doing wrong. -
Treaty of Paris
Treaty signed between american Colonies and Britain recognizing U.S. independence as well as granting them significant western territories. -
Cotton Gin
Beginning of the industrial revolution. Machine that allowed the seeds in cotton to be separated. This machine allowed of slavery to stay alive since people needed people to work the machinery. -
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War of 1812
Conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. -
Rip Van Winkle
Short story by American author Washington Irving. Story of a man who does nothing all day, as a way to escape his wife goes hunting in the woods. He meets a short small man in the woods that gets him drunk making him fall into a 20 year sleep. He wakes up an old man missing the american revolution and everything he knew was gone. His wife dead, friends moved, and children grown and with lives of their own. -
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Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was an American poet. Although she wrote poetry throughout all her life most of her work was not published until after death. The few pieces that did make it into publishing were changed by publishers who thought of her work to be sort of eccentric. The poems usually had the themes of nature,identity of ones self, love, death, and immortality. -
Nature
Nature was an essay that Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote. It spoke that nature was a representative for gods divine power. This meant that when people appreciated nature it brought them closer to god. -
Self- Reliance
Self Reliance was an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. The theme was the need for each person to avoid conformity and false consistency, and follow his or her own instincts and ideas. -
The Lake Gun
The Lake Gun is a short story written by James Fenimore Cooper. The story was based on a folklore about Seneca lake found in central New York state. Although based on an Indian legend it was more of a satire commentary on american political leaders who tried to appeal to peoples desire and prejudice rather then being smart and rational about it. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. The story tells of Uncle Tom who is being transported to New Orleans to be sold. On his way he saves a little white girl named Eva. Her father being so grateful buys him. The way this book made a wave in the anti- slavery movement was because it depicted slaves as a righteous man who stood to his beliefs no matter the circumstances. -
My Bondage and my Freedom
A book written by Frederick Douglass . It tells the story of his child hood as a slave. The specific part we read talked about how his mistress had no thought on him he was a child and nothing more, so she taught him to read. It wasn't until her husband became so pressed that she was taught to be a slave owner. She became a women worse then her husband when it cam to slaves even when she taught him to read and write it angered her. Even children who were white sympathized with him. -
Running a Thousand Miles to Freedom
William Craft and Ellen Craft wrote this book as a way to tell their story on how they escaped slavery. Through the book we see many of their struggles. Other than their experiences told in the story they also tell stories of other people. They tell of the evils of slavery, including its negative effects on slaveholders, white children sold into slavery, and other slaves. -
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Civil War
Fight between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America. They fought over slavery and weather it should be kept or not. -
Chief Joseph
Chief Joseph surrendered at Bears Paw Mountains of Montana by making a deal with the federal government. This deal made them move by allowing them to keep land without the interference of white people which was not kept. He surrendered by saying, "I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find; maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever!" -
Henry Ford Factory Line
The assembly line allowed for the work to go to the worker. The vehicles were built step by step and the people stayed rather than moved around. -
J.F.K Inauguration Speech
In his speech he urges the people to serve for their country as well as his views on foreign policies. It spoke that the United states and the Soviet Union had to work together in order to prevent nuclear war. -
Ronald Reagan Speech
Ronald Reagan had been voted into president and his speech was mostly on the major issues of the day, including rising inflation, unemployment, and the Iran Hostage Crisis.. Even as the end reaches near his speech he says that spending is one of the most important things to address not only the people's spending but that of the government. -
Notas
Government for the people
Right to bear arm
Freedom of religion
Freedom of Speech
Pursuit of happiness
Pursuit of wealth
Right of pursuing the american dream