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Sameria McDonald. 4th Period. Goals To graduate honors. Attend and graduate college. Live healthy successful life. Purpose To help others Future Career A secondary mathematics teacher or a college professor. Hobbies Singing Dancing Learning Reading Books Spending time with friends
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Sameria McDonald 4thPeriod
Goals • To graduate honors. • Attend and graduate college. • Live healthy successful life. • Purpose • To help others • Future Career • A secondary mathematics teacher or a college professor.
Hobbies • Singing • Dancing • Learning • Reading Books • Spending time with friends • Making people laugh.
The Beginning • Declaration of Independence • July 4,1776 • A document written to declare America’s independence from Great Britain. • Articles Of Confederation • April 17, 1781 • Battle fought during the American Revolution when the British surrendered. • Constitutional Convention • May 25, 1787 • A convention at the State House in Philadelphia, organized to revise the Articles of Confederation.
The Beginning (continued) • Lousiana Purchase • April 30, 1803 • Purchase made by president Jefferson, that doubled the U.S. in size. • Civil War • 1861–1865 • War between the states, over states rights, slavery, and sectional discrimination. • Treaty of Paris • April 25, 1898 • Formally ended the Spanish-American war.
Growth of Representative Government • Magna Carta(Also known as The Great Charter) • 1215 • A charter the king was forced to sign because he had too much power. It also formed a Parliament. • English Bill Of Rights • December 16, 1689 • Reestablished a monarchy, and declared rights and liberties of citizens.
Declaration of Independence • July 4, 1776 • America breaks from Britain. • U.S Constitution • May 25, 1787 • Created to replace the Articles of confederation during the constitutional convention. • Federalism • A system of government which power between central and federal government are unevenly distributed.
Checks and Balances • Distributes power evenly throughout the legislative, judicial, and executive branch. • Bill of Rights • December 15, 1791 • Rights given to citizens, first ten amendments to the constitution. • Separation of Powers • The division of power among different branches of government.
Nullification Crisis • An argument over states rights which led to the crisis of nullification in South Carolina.
Amendments • 13th amendment • Freed all enslaved African Americans. • 14th amendment • Declared all African Americans citizens and guaranteed them rights. • 15th amendment • Granted all African American men enfranchisement.