American History Managing A Republic Building America's Capitalist Democratic Federalist National Republic  1619 to 1973 American History Chronology of Turning Points Our Growing Constitution

Building America's Capitalist Democratic Federalist National Republic  1619 to 1973

American History Chronology of Turning Points
 

Part 1 The Colonial Period 1. The Great Small Pox Epidemic of 1617    2. 1619 Began Representative Democracy and Slavery 3. Freedom of Religion Began in 1636   4. A1635 All Immigrates Welcomed By New Amsterdam 5. 1676 King Philip's War Began Centuries of Indian Removal   6. Freedom of the Press Began with the 1735 Zenger Trial

Part 2 Growing a Democratic Republic 7. 1773 Boston Tea Party Begins a Process 8. A Hesitant Reluctant 1776 Nation Seeks Freedom 9. The French Save the Day 10. 1786 Shays' Tax Rebellion Leads to a Constitution 12. 1800 Sees First Peaceful Democratic Power Transfer 13. Marshal Creates a Third Separate Power 15. Who Are the 1816 People of We the people? 23. Who Protects Unalienable 1866 Rights of Whom? 25. The 1870's Take Away Unalienable Rights 33. 1930's Government Safety Net Deficits, Like War Deficits, Attracts Many 42. 1973 Finally Brings Faster Track Civil Rights

Part 3 Growing a Nation 11. A 1789 Brain Drain Begins US Industrial Revolution 14. A Transportation Revolution for a Growing Nation 20. Mexican War, Expansion Becomes Manifest Destiny 28. War With Spain Means Manifest Destiny Rides Again 1862 Go West, Young Man! The Homestead Act 1872 Open Spaces—The National Parks 1903 Transportation Revolution 2 Expanding Government 1909 The Scourge of the South—Hookworm Expands Government

4. A Changing Culture 1845 The Ultimate American Game—Baseball 1821 The Second Great Awakening- people are reborn 1831 Abolition, a Righteous Crusade 1873 Colfax Massacre ends reconstruction 1876 How the West Was Won and Lost—Custer 1900 The Great Migration to the Promised Land 1901 That Damned Cowboy! Theodore Roosevelt 1945 The Land of Lawns 1950 Birth of TV 1960 Power to Choose the Pill 1975 Personal Computers Bring a Digital Age   Our Growing Constitution  1 Building a Constitution Birth of a Republic 2. 1619 Began Representative Democracy and Slavery 3. Freedom of Religion Began in 1636   6. Freedom of the Press Began with the 1735 Zenger Trial What Did Our Founding Father's Mean George Washington Creates Executive Privilege 13. 1803 Marshal Creates a Third Federal Power 12. 1800 Sees First Peaceful Democratic Power Transfer 13. Marshal's 1803 Power Grab Creates a 3rd Separate Power The Power Grab Continues Recent Supreme Court Managing Efforts Jackson's New Use for the Veto 15. Who Are the 1816 People of We the people? Lincoln Saves “1865 United States” Constitution 23. Protecting Unalienable 1866 Rights of Whom 25. 1870s Begins a Loss of Unalienable Rights 42. 1973 Finally Brings Fast Track Civil Rights 3. Constitutional History of the United States Our Founding Fathers Feared Direct Democracy Maintaining Our Republic Required Compromise The Power Grab Begins Five Recurring Themes of Political Discussions Three Continuing Questions Developed

5. Protecting America 1919 Strikes, bombs and a Red Scare 1939 Eisenstein's Letter on a Bomb 1948 Berlin Airlift 1969 A Disaster Creates Environmentalism 1989 Russia's Collapse End of Cold War 2001 US Age of Terror Begins 6. Battles That Changed History 1862 Terrible reality of Antietam 1942 Battle of Midway 1968 Tet offensive Loses Vietnam      2. Governing Our Capitalistic Democratic  Federal National Republic 7. A Nerve With The 1773 Boston Tea Party 8. A Hesitant Reluctant 1776 Nation Seeks Freedom 9. The French Save the Day 10. 1786 Shays' Tax Rebellion Leads to a Constitution 12. 1800 Sees First Peaceful Democratic Power Transfer 13. Marshal Creates a Third Separate Power 15. Who Are We of We the people?  23. Who Protects Unalienable 1866 Rights of Whom?  25. The 1870's Take Away Unalienable Rights  33. 1930's Safety Net Deficits, Like War Deficits, Prove Attractive 42. 1973 Finally Brings Faster Track Civil Rights 4. Recommended Readings Our Democratic Federalist Capitalist Republic 2 page of basics Our Democratic Federalist Republic Readings A Very Brief U.S. Political History