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AMERICAN HISTORY - Coggle Diagram
AMERICAN HISTORY
Jamestown (1607)
Beginnings: First permanent English settlement in Virginia.
Starving Time (1609–1610): Harsh winter; many settlers died.
Pocahontas & John Rolfe: Cultural contact; Rolfe introduced tobacco → major cash crop.
Slaves: First African slaves arrived in 1619.
Brides for Sale: Women sent from England to marry settlers.
New Colonies
Pennsylvania: Founded by William Penn, religious tolerance (Quakers).
New York: Former Dutch colony (New Amsterdam).
Rhode Island: Founded by Roger Williams (religious freedom).
Anne Hutchinson: Spoke against Puritan leaders.
Connecticut: Founded by Thomas Hooker.
Important Figures
George Washington: Commander of the Continental Army.
Thomas Jefferson: Author of Declaration.
Benjamin Franklin: Diplomat and inventor.
John Adams: Advocate for independence.
Plymouth (1620)
Mayflower Compact: First self-government agreement.
Puritans/Pilgrims: Sought religious freedom.
Thanksgiving: 1621 feast with Native Americans.
Continental Congress and Independence
First Continental Congress (1774): Colonies unite vs. Britain.
Second Continental Congress (1775): Leads Revolution.
Declaration of Independence (1776): Written by Thomas Jefferson.
Taxes on British Colonies
After the Seven Years’ War (1756–1763)→ Britain taxed colonies.
Acts: Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Tea Act.
Colonists protested “No taxation without representation!”
Civil War (1861–1865)
North (Union) vs. South (Confederacy) over slavery and states’ rights.
Abraham Lincoln: President; issued Emancipation Proclamation.
Result: Abolition of slavery and preservation of Union.
Migration of the 1630s
John Winthrop: Led the Puritans to Massachusetts Bay.
Sermon: “A City Upon a Hill” → idea of moral example for others.
Boston Events
Massacre (1770): British soldiers killed 5 colonists.
Boston Tea Party (1773): Protest against tea tax.
Ku Klux Klan
Formed after Civil War (1865).
White supremacist group opposing rights for freed African Americans.
Expansionism
Louisiana Purchase (1803): Doubled U.S. territory (bought from France).
Westward expansion → “Manifest Destiny”.