https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on en-us 2022-09-26 17:51:23 UTC 2022-09-29 17:38:42 UTC hello@padlet.com 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2314166944 On December 20, 1606 the London company set sail to settle down in Virginia. On board they had about 105 men, 40 soldiers, 35 gentlemen, artisans, and laborers. Captain Newport was instructed to settle down where Spanish could not find where they were at. He also wanted to attack and have access to the sea. Where they settled they named it "James towne." 
Colonial Settlement helped Europeans establish colonies.
It also helped them increase territory and enrich themselves.]]> 2022-09-26 18:08:41 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2314166944 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2314373016 The American Revolution happened because tension grew between residents from Great Britain's 13 North Colonial government. By the next summer of 1775 rebels were waging full-scale war for their independence. 1778 France entered the Revolution being on the colonist side. The British surrendered in 1781 because of French assistance to the Continental Army. The Americans ended up winning their independence. 
The American revolution was the insurrection fought between 1775 and 1783. It also founded with the Declaration of Independence in 1776.]]> 2022-09-26 20:41:33 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2314373016 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2316080995 1776 the Continental Congress created a committee and that committee wrote articles of Confederation which loosened the alliance of the States. A disagreement came about how they dealt with the Western lands claimed by several States. When Virginia stopped claiming and gave them to the west lands the Articles of Confederation were adopted. union of sovereign states was created because of the Articles of Confederation. Each state had one vote in the Confederation Congress and they needed the votes of 9 out of 13 to pass any act of Congress.
The New Nation helped Americans establish their government. The New Nation also requisitioned men and money from the states.]]> 2022-09-27 17:48:22 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2316080995 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2316134231 The largest democracy was the small republic founded by George Washington. Politics became hotly contested with wider suffrage. During this period Democratic, the Whig, the American, the Free Soil, and the Republican Parties happened. Indian tribes and Mexicans were displaced when White settlers moved to the West. Territorial expansion created conflict between North and South.
National expansion helped create the public school system. It also helped Women get equal rights. ]]> 2022-09-27 18:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2316134231 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318025944 1861 was when Unites States had its greatest crisis. The Northern and Southern states became less alike socially, economically, politically. The South remained largely agricultural and the North had become increasingly industrial and commercial. The Northerners wanted to limit how much slavery spread while Southerners wanted expand the institution. In 1861 eleven southern states seceded from the Federal Union. 
The Civil War redefined citizenship and expanded the franchise. It also changed the relationship between the federal government and state government. ]]> 2022-09-28 18:03:02 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318025944 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318042718 The railroads to the West opened up vast areas of the region to settlement and economic development. East settlers opened went across the Mississippi to mine, farm and ranch. Settlement from the East transformed the Great Plains. American Indians seemed doomed that they were defeated by settlers and the military force of the U.S. government. Most American Indians had been confined to reservations in areas in the West that were least desirable in the 1800s. 
The rise of Industrial America increased production. Another thing it helped with was get production from rural areas to urban areas.]]> 2022-09-28 18:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318042718 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318600760 In the Early 20th century was the birth of business expansion and progressive reform in the United States. The progressive era made American society a better and safer place. They worked to clean up corrupt city governments, to improve working conditions in factories, and to better living conditions. This also gave women the right to vote for recall, referendum, and direct election of Senators. In 1917 the United States joined Great Britain and France in the war against autocratic Germany and Austria. 
The progressive era helped by passing a food safety law. It also increased political rights for Women. ]]> 2022-09-29 02:49:04 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318600760 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318631233 In October 1929 was when the great economic depression happened. Peoples jobs,savings,homes and farms were harmed. When Franklin Delano Roosevelt was involved it became time for hope and optimism. This economic instability led to political instability. During this time it gave Adolf Hitler in Germany and military in Japan a rise. 
This event helped give unemployment insurance. It also gave public housing.]]> 2022-09-29 03:13:10 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318631233 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318638496 When the United States joined World War ll it changed America's life.  Americans were caused to leave due to labor demands of war industries. The Atlantic, Pacific, and Gulf coasts were the most defensive plants located. The United States bettered economic conditions after the war. Money for veterans who attend college, being able to purchase a home or farm was easier because of the GI Bill of Rights passed in 1944. 
This war gave 17 million civilian new jobs. It also corporate profits after taxes doubled. ]]> 2022-09-29 03:20:13 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318638496 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318650544 The 15th Amendment, enacted in 1870. This fulfillment of all promises to African Americans. This meant that the African American lives were given privileges that they didn't have before. African Americans were written into the laws of former Confederate states. Plessy v. Ferguson legalized “separate but equal” meaning they had the right to do things but in different locations. "Jim Crow" gave African American's to move up to second-class citizenship.
The 15th Amendment help African American men vote. It also helped them go from poor to 2nd class citizenship. ]]> 2022-09-29 03:32:48 UTC https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318650544 2919247 https://padlet.com/2919247/84nnq57fkcquf5on/wish/2318662294 On April 28, 1970 President Richard Nixon ordered U.S. ground troops to invade Cambodia. People criticized him for abusing his power. This gave passage to the War Power of Acts in 1973. This also limited the Commander-in-Chief to the ability to declare war without congressional approval. Presidents exploited loopholes in the War Powers Resolution, raising questions about executive power. 
Congress had become increasingly active in the years prior to the passage of the War Powers Act. Congress also had to be determined to play a larger role.

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