This is a short summary of what we have studied so far:

Places we are going

* Native American Culture Groups

-arctic/subartic, southeast, southwest, eastern woodlands, northwest coast, great plains, california/great basin/plateau
-religious beliefs
-culture

*Maya, Aztec, Inca

- religious beliefs
-culture

*Influences In Europe (middle ages)

-Judaism/ Christianity (influence of Church)
-Greek/ Roman Traditions (direct democracy, law systems, etc)
-Feudalism
-Vikings
-Portuguese
-Crusades (causes and results)

* Spanish Exploration

-Spice Trade (also discuss the Portuguese here)
-Columbus
-Columbian Exchange
-Arrival of Spanish in the "New World"
-3 G's (God, gold, glory)
-conquistadors and explorers
-Treaty of Tordesillas
-New Spain
-Laws of the Indies
-slavery (Atlantic Slave Trade)
-Northwest Passage

*Protestant Reformation

-Martin Luther
-95 theses
-split in Europe (discuss Protestant/Roman Catholic countries)

*New France/ New Netherlands

-fur trade
-religious differences
-what areas are they exploring?

*England-colonization in the "New World"

-Sir Walter Raleigh
-Roanoke (2 attempts- reasons for failure)
-The "Lost Colony"
-theories about the "lost colony"
-Virginia Company
-Jamestown (near failure, importance of tobacco crop)
-problems in Jamestown ("The Starving Time", etc)
-John Smith, Pocahontas, Powhatan, etc
-House of Burgesses (influences and results)
-Steps toward representative Gov't of today(magna Carta, Parliament, Mayflower Compact, etc)
-Plymouth....arrival of the Separatists
-William Bradford, Squanto, etc.

*13 Colonies

-Upper colonies (Maine/Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island)
-Middle Colonies (New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware)
-Lower Colonies (Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia)
- purpose of the colonies/reasons for formation/date founded
-role of religion in colonial life
-culture of the colonists
-relations with Native Americans
- resources in the colonies
-who settled where?

*Colonies encounter problems

- French and Indian War (Ohio River Valley, results, etc)
-Albany Plan of Union
-Treaty of Paris (1763)
-Proclamation of 1763
-debt due to war

*Revolutionary War

-Taxation (Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Acts, Tea Act of 1773, etc)
-"No taxation without representation"
-Boston Massacre
-Boston Tea Party and the Intolerable Acts
-First Continental Congress
- Lexington and Concord.......no turning back now

-Revolution now begins.....

-Olive Branch Petition
-Bunker Hill....and various battles
-Declaration of Independence
-Treaty of Paris (1783)

* A Nation is Born

-state constitutions
-Articles of Confederation (weaknesses)
-Constitutional Convention....the Great Compromise.....our Constitution
-influences on our Constitution
-Bill of Rights

*Government

- Constitution
-3 Branches of Government
-Bill of Rights
-How do amendments come about?
-citizenship

*Launching a New Government

- George Washington and the first Presidency
- Hamilton's plan for national debt (What does this have to do with the nation's capital?)
-Whiskey Rebellion
-French Revolution
-American Neutrality (foreign policy)
-Formation of political parties (Federalists and the Democratic Republicans)
-election of 1796
- President John Adams and the immediate crisis with France
-Alien and Sedition Acts
-election of 1800

*Thomas Jefferson in Office

-downsizing of the Federal Government
-Marbury vs. Madison (strength of courts displayed)
-Louisiana Purchase
-Lewis and Clark
-Worldwide American trade and American Neutrality
-Jefferson's embargo and the effects it had (Embargo Act...and The Nonintercourse Act)
-1808- James madison elected President
-War on two fronts....the British and the Native Americans
-Tecumseh, The Prophet, and The Battle of Tippecanoe

*The War of 1812

-why?.....what pushed us into war ...again?
-outcomes/results