History Making of America
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- Created on: 23-06-17 15:39
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- The Making Of America
- George Washington
- He arrived in New York on 23rd April 1789
- Ready to become first ever president of the USA
- He lead the American Army
- He was living comfortably as a slave- holding landowner in Virginia
- Is seen as a Founding Father of America
- He arrived in New York on 23rd April 1789
- Indians
- Indian tribes and the Constitution accepted these as nation in their own right
- The Congress could make treaties with them
- Came into conflict with White Settlers
- Indians could only vote if they paid there US Taxes
- Black Americans
- 1789, 694,000 African Americans lived as slaves in the Southern State
- They don't have the right to vote
- Founding Fathers considered banning slavery completely in later generations to solve
- Caused enormous conflict in the next century and beyond
- White Americans
- They are their Forefathers had to come to America from Britain or people from sourthen Europe
- People could claim to be a citizen in the USA only if they are free, white, and 'of good charector'
- 60-90% of white males could not happen in the USA
- Woman, non- citizen and slaves weren't allowed to vote
- Visions of America.... Signs of disagreement
- California Gold Rush
- Migrants would travel over the plains and through the Rocky Mountains and begin to settle in Oregon and California on the Pacific coast.
- People escaping religious persecutions would settle in the desert at Salt Lake
- Gold would be discovered in the Rocky Mountains, bringing thousands of people to seek their fortunes in the West
- 1840, White Americans wanted the land of the West and the animals on it
- The competing visions of the West held by the White Americans and Native Americans would eventually lead to war on conflict
- The System of Government
- The Constitution
- How the rules state the place should be run
- The Congress
- This was made up of people elected from each state
- The President
- The USA didn't want a king so they ad a President instead
- The Supreme Court
- This court heard the nations most difficult law cases and could not decide if new laws filled the Constitution
- The State
- These were ones that were well- populated and had a settled government and governor
- The Territory
- These were areas of land without enough people or stability to become a state
- The Constitution
- George Washington
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