How did America become America? by Naomi Dove https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c Share at least TWO resources you used and at least THREE things that you learned from your research en-us 2019-08-18 01:51:32 UTC 2025-11-30 20:48:51 UTC hello@padlet.com DIRECTIONS: MrsDove https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/375206875 You will be making TWO posts on this padlet. See the directions below:

POST #1 will be titled "Reliable Resources" - in this post, you will share the TWO links to the resources you used and explain why each of them are reliable sources (be sure to mention the AUTHOR of the posts and how you know they are reliable)

POST #2 will be titled "America's Past" - in this post, share THREE things that you learned about America's history that were interesting. Give a brief background on each event.

BONUS: ADD PICS! ]]> 2019-08-18 01:57:12 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/375206875 Reliable Resources justinm00581 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/375817512 https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-C-Fremont

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/james-buchanan/

I know that Britannica.com is on of the most respected encyclopedia websites on the internet. This article was written by Kenneth Pletcher, who is a Senior Editor on the site.

The next article is from whitehouse.gov, which you can automatically tell that it would be reliable from the .gov. The authors are Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey. It would be hard to get government approval unless it is 100% accurate]]> 2019-08-20 19:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/375817512 Reliable Resources scoutr0059 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/375840382 https://time.com/5653369/august-1619-jamestown-history/

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery

For the first article, "Time Magazine" is one of the most popular and read magazines in the world, so their content should be reliable because of "Time's" reputation. The article also had the time and date it was published, along with the author herself.

For the second article, "HISTORY.com" is one of the most used and respected websites when it comes to history. The past couple school years I have had when Social Studies is taken more seriously, all of my teachers have used this website at one point. This article also has the time, date, and author as well.]]> 2019-08-20 20:48:58 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/375840382 America's Past scoutr0059 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/375844770 One thing that I learned about America's history that I thought was interesting was how the "human cargo" that arrived in America in 1619 had come from a Portuguese colony at the time. 
Another thing that I found interesting was how historians don't know much about the men and women who were sold, so slaves were people being traded and sold like an item. Now looking back, that seems so cruel and inhumane, but at the time that is what made sense which is crazy to me.

The last thing that I learned is that in the 18th century alone, 6 to 7 million black slaves were imported to the new world. That is equivalent to the population of city of Los Angles, Orange county, and the city of San Diego being taken and sold.]]> 2019-08-20 21:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/375844770 America's Past justinm00581 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376077780 I chose to explore the question of: "What if James Buchanan lost his election?" From my sources, I learned that James Buchanan did basically nothing to keep the south from separating from the union. From what I learned, I can safely guess that if his opponent in the election, John C. Fremont had won, this would have gone differently. He was an experienced military commander, and if the south had tried to separate under his presidency, he may have been able to use military force to stop the civil war before it began. The other thing I learned is that Fremont dropped out of his campaign to give Lincoln a chance. If he hadn't done this, the civil war could have been prevented, and Lincoln wouldn't have even needed to run for president. There are so many ways our history could have changed if Fremont had continued his campaign and been elected president of the United States of America.]]> 2019-08-21 16:21:03 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376077780 Reliable Resources https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376080534
https://www.nps.gov/revwar/about_the_revolution/timeline_of_events_06_10.html

https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution
My first source @www.brittanica.com  is best known for its credibility and authenticity. The author of this article was Willard M. Wallace

Secondly I used an official government website nps.gov is the National Parks Service, which tell us lots and lots of information on the Revolutionary War]]> 2019-08-21 16:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376080534 Americas Past https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376086302 It all started with the loyalists leaving Britain, they were tired of being oppressed for their religion and decided to leave to begin a new country with the freedom of religion and a democratic government, little did they know a war was about to be waged!

As you could probably assume the king was not happy about the Puritans packing their bags and hopping on the mayflower Which is where  the Revolutionary War begins. I read that the first shots EVER were shot on April 19th 1775, at Lexington and Concord.
 
An additional fact that I found interesting was that the British decided to make an alliance with the Patriots slaves, giving them a huge advantage. I have to say that this was a very smart move on the British side, although a select few stayed loyal to their Patriot masters ( I hate saying that sorry) 

Finally the last thing that I found interesting was the Declaration of independence in which John Hancock famously scribbled his name all over, this was an important day, (July 1776)

]]> 2019-08-21 16:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376086302 America https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376126777 2019-08-21 18:38:42 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376126777 Americas Past https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376126781 America would not be America today if slavery had not existed. Slavery in the South helped grow the economics in the United States. Slaves were used to harvest cotton for trade with Europe. The major consumer good, such as, cotton, coffee, sugar, rum, and tobacco supported the economic growth in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Over half of all export earnings came from one crop of slave grown cotton. 

The Quaker's in Philadelphia, in 1775, founded the anti slavery society which was the start of the revolution. While some Northern states downright banned slavery, others adopted the gradual end of slavery. Throughout the next century, the debate of free rights for blacks was still questionable by the Northerners. The economics would not be what they are today without slavery. ]]> 2019-08-21 18:38:43 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376126781 Reliable Resources https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376136345 https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/historical-context-was-slavery-engine-american-economic-growth

http://www.ushistory.org/us/12a.asp

The first reliable resource I used was, The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.  The 25 year old institution is the leading nonprofit organization for K-12 history education. 

The second reliable resource I used was, US History Pre-Columbian to the New Millennium. It was launched on July 4th, 1995, by the Independence Hall Association. ]]> 2019-08-21 19:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376136345 What would have happened if we had helped the French in their revolution? JelloForever https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376171888 https://www.quora.com/What-would-have-happened-if-the-United-States-aided-the-French-in-their-war-with-Great-Britain

https://www.history.com/topics/france/french-revolution

After the French helped in our revolutionary war, they had a war of their own against great Britain. France requested aid from America, but America refused. This was for two reasons, one more obvious than the other. The first reason was that America had no supplies to help with. America was still recovering after their war, and they were mostly negligible for a military force at that point. It would have seriously hurt the U.S. if they tried to help. The other part is that the U.S. was trading with Britain. Britain was fighting with France, so joining France would destroy their trade with them. They'd them have practically no resources, and they wouldn't last long in the war. They then would have fallen apart without their resources, and America would most likely be taken over by Britain. I didn't know that Britain was trading with America after their war, and that was interesting to me. I wasn't aware that the French had been fighting Britain, as I didn't know much about their revolution. A fun fact that I only learned after this project is that the French Revolution lasted close to 10 years, which is surprising considering they were fighting Britain, AND their own nobles.]]> 2019-08-21 21:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376171888 AMERICA jonathanm0060 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376223098  
The colinists protested.In my opinion, the Boston Tea Party was the first big act to start the Revolutionary War. Another thing that I learned, was that our first congress meeting was right after the Boston Tea Party and the colonists were about to start the Revolutionary War. The third thing I learned, was that the only thing that the brits taxed were tea and sugar, but charged for stamps; which was the Stamp Act. Some of the places I found reliable information was Timeline and History Overview from History.com had the authors link it showed resources that are reliable there wasn’t a bias it showed when last updated and not anonymous.  crash course video number 6. All of the following has been cited for reliable details,from and my teacher uses crash course.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nn5uqE3C9w
https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/boston-tea-party]]> 2019-08-22 03:08:13 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376223098 How Did Alexander Hamilton make America, America? drakes2921 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376421944 https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/alexander-hamilton

https://www.biography.com/political-figure/alexander-hamilton#citation

Biography is reliable because they have all of their citation information you can even send them your concerns if you think something sounds fishy. History is the same they have all of the citation information. These are also both reputable and trusted sources. Alexander Hamilton at the age of 11 started working to make ends meet. In 1775 The Revolutionary War began and he was part of the New York Provincial Artillery Company. There he fought the battles of Long Island, White Plains and Trenton. After years of battle of Brandywine Creek, Germantown and Princeton, in 1777, he was promoted to lieutenant colonel of the Continental Army. His service caught the eye of George Washington and made Hamilton his trusted adviser. Hamilton put his skills to work for the next 5 years. He wrote Washington's major letters, and composed multiple reports on the strategic reform and restructuring of the Continental Army. In 1781, Hamilton convinced Washington to let him go on the battle field again. He led a winning attack in the Battle of Yorktown. After that he when on the fix the Articles of Confederation and play big roles in the development of the Constitution. ]]> 2019-08-22 17:03:56 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376421944 Would America be as it is Without Slaves? matthewm1877 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376512189 https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/historical-context-was-slavery-engine-american-economic-growth

"It is inconceivable that European colonists could have settled and developed North and South America and the Caribbean without slave labor. Moreover, slave labor did produce the major consumer goods that were the basis of world trade during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries: coffee, cotton, rum, sugar, and tobacco."
This means that European colonists couldn't've settled into North, South America and the Caribbean without slave labor or Americans from the first people in the founding of America would be swole,  if there were some puny people that survived with bulging muscles all over.

"In the pre-Civil War United States, a stronger case can be made that slavery played a critical role in economic development. One crop, slave-grown cotton, provided over half of all US export earnings. By 1840, the South grew 60 percent of the world's cotton and provided some 70 percent of the cotton consumed by the British textile industry. Thus slavery paid for a substantial share of the capital, iron, and manufactured goods that laid the basis for American economic growth. In addition, precisely because the South specialized in cotton production, the North developed a variety of businesses that provided services for the slave South, including textile factories, a meat processing industry, insurance companies, shippers, and cotton brokers."
This means that slaves actually helped the American economy get buffed, and the people up North that were abolitionists probably didn't have polyester, and probably used the cotton that slaves made while protesting for freedom of the slaves. Roblox oof sound only it's buffed with the money made by the slaves' cotton in US History

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4i3099.html

Our good old friend Eric Foner from Crash Course US History nostalgia says:
"Slavery was intimately related to the major trends [and] developments that we associate with American history in the first half of the 19th century. For example, territorial expansion, the westward movement, the frontier. The country grew tremendously in this period until, by the 1840's, it reached the Pacific Ocean. Frederick Jackson Turner, the great historian of the late 19th century, said it was on the frontier that democracy was born, that American ideas of equality were born, individualism."
It means that Eric Foner said that slavery was a trend and development we associate with USH in the 1850's, like territorial expansion. Manifest destiny and the country got a big buff and that Frederick Jackson Turner the great 1800s historian said it was on the frontier that democracy was born, like equality, individualism.
"ALRIGHT POLITICS OVER" the respected John Green, Crash Course US History]]> 2019-08-22 23:12:18 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376512189 Americas Past isabellas2678 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376519111 https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/alexander-hamilton

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/slavery

These sources are reliable because they site their sources. And are trusted sites. 
One thing I learned was that the slave ships came from a Portuguese colony. In 1619 colonists in Virginia traded for the slaves. I also learned how Alexander Hamilton helped shaped america. Alexander Hamilton established the national bank and was the first secretary of treasury.

]]> 2019-08-23 00:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376519111 America's Past katerynab0049 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376544688 https://www.nhpr.org/post/without-slavery-would-us-be-leading-economic-power#stream/0

https://www.gilderlehrman.org/content/historical-context-was-slavery-engine-american-economic-growth

Both of these sources are reliable because this source was sites and had an authors back round. The thing that I learned from these sources is that Enslavers, along with common white voters, investors, and the enslaved, made the 1830s the hinge of US history. On one side lay the world of the industrial revolution and the initial innovations that launched the modern world.  By 1840, the South grew 60 percent of the world's cotton and provided some 70 percent of the cotton consumed by the British textile industry.]]> 2019-08-23 02:49:02 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376544688 How did America become America? amandad0042 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376790953 https://www.usa.gov/history
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/07/when-did-the-united-states-start-calling-itself-america-anyway/
These are both reliable sources. This  is because they both have a written author and at least one of them has a .gov. Anyways, one interesting fact I read about America is that slowly the size got bigger and bigger. At first it was around the thirteen colonies, but I read that in 1803 Jefferson added 530 million acres to the United States meaning, the us wasn’t as being as it was when George Washington was in charge. The second most interesting fact was that the Civil war broke us into two, however as things resolved, we became whole again. The last thing is actually about the name of the United States. The name America is said to be after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.  He believed that Christopher Columbus went to a separated continent the America. 



]]> 2019-08-23 23:53:37 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376790953 What would America if the French didn't help us in the Revolutionary War? charlesc2908 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376792565 https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history
https://www.britannica.com/event/American-Revolution
The 13 colonies on the East Coast were ruled by the British.  The British decided to raise taxes and the colonists were tired of unfair British rule, so they formed an Army to fight the British and become independent.  The Revolutionary War lasted 8 years.  First it was just the colonists vs the British.  France then decided to help the colonists behind the scenes.  As the fights in the war wore on, there was a stalemate, with one not overpowering the war.  The French brought experienced soldiers and military leaders, along with ships to trap the British forces.  It was this that helped the colonists win the war, as in turn the British surrendered.

Without France's guidance throughout the war, the colonists would have lost battles much more easily which would add up to losing the war.   Therefore without France's help the colonists would have lost and America would be the same America we have today.  We still could have been ruled by the British and would not have the brilliant leaders like Thomas Jefferson, George Washings to write and sign the declaration of independence.  Whereas our government would not be the same, our ruling would not be the same, and our people would not be the same. ]]> 2019-08-24 00:20:14 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376792565 How did America become America? lydiaw3286 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376798211 The most accurate view of any historical event can be gotten by pulling multiple resources/depictions of the event such as documents, testimony, writing or film, and government records. These resources do that.

Americas Past

1.
From 1954-1968, the African American  Civil Rights movement took place mainly in the southern states.

2. After over 100 years of protesting women were finally aloud to vote on August 26,1920.

3. The terrorist attacks on September 11,2001  less than a month later America began war on Afghanistan and the war is still going on today.

https://www.loc.gov

]]> 2019-08-24 01:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376798211 Reliable Resources michaelb0014 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376864259 https://www.britannica.com/biography/George-Washington

https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/george-washington

Both of these links lead to reliable sources. History.com and Britannica are trusted by most people on the internet, but some other people can be skeptic and not trust anything, really. To those people, I say listen to me and literally the reset of the internet. The information on the sites are written by real professionals who know what they're talking about. Three things I learned about America today:
1) The Industrial Revolution changed America's Economy system.
2) The Civil War started in 1871, which is way later than I originally thought it started.
3) After America bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, World War II ended.]]> 2019-08-25 00:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/376864259 America's Past elliotk0032 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/378499846 Three interesting things that I learned about America didn't necessarily happen at the founding of our nation. One thing that I learned was about how President Truman ordered racial equality in U.S armed forces. This was interesting because it seemed that he was the first one who was brave enough to stand up against racism in the armed forces. I'm sure there was some backlash from the country because of his decision. The second interesting thing that I learned from my resources was that about how Georgia law takes Cherokee land. I found this interesting because it explained that Georgia only took the land because gold was discovered there. The third thing that I found interesting was about how J. Marion Sims opened the first women's hospital. Although his motivation might not have been the greatest, it is still a benchmark in American history. ]]> 2019-08-29 23:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/378499846 Reliable Sources elliotk0032 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/378502547
1)https://time.com/5314430/american-history-moments-matter-today/
2)https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563360/
Both of these links are reliable because of the first one is from time magazine. I know that this source is reliable because it has been around for an extensive time and if it were posting fake news it would have been removed a long time ago. Also, with the amount of people reading it, it would be hard to lie and get away with it. The second source is reliable because of the fact that it is a .gov. These government websites are generally always reliable.
]]> 2019-08-30 00:08:35 UTC https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/378502547 What would America be today without the revolutionary war? What would America be today without the revolutionary war? What would America be today without the revolutionary war? sophiat3811 https://padlet.com/MrsDove/xyc9vpih9b3c/wish/378840527
The revolutionary war was one of the most important historical events in American history. It took place in 1775 and ended in 1783. It is also known as the American war, Because it helped shape American history. In 1774 and ROZES bring in Parliament, English government, was passing laws in place in taxes on the colonists in America they were completely unreasonable. About 10 years prior to this conflict with the sugar act of 1764 and the following year the stamp act. So the colonist were already displeased with English government and the king. FlashForward 10 years later, April 1775, gun fire was exchanged in North Carolina, between the lobster bags, the English, and the Malitia’s minutemen. Then began a long series of battles that became the revolutionary war the last about 8.4 years. 

https://www.history.com/topics/american-revolution/american-revolution-history

This source is reliable because is the official history.com site written by history.com’s editors. The information is fact checked in fact checked again, to insure total satisfaction when it comes to the right information. 

https://www.ncpedia.org/history/usrevolution/reasons 

This source is reliable because the author, Tar Heel Junior Historian is well known in their field. 
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