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Unit 1 - Early People of the Americas
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Unit 6 - The American Revolutionary War
1
Geography and Archaeology Review
46 Battles of Lexington and Concord
2
The Land Bridge
47 Battle of Bunker Hill
3
The Olmec and Maya
4
The Aztec and Inca
48 Second Continental Congress and Continental Army
49 Thomas Paine, Common Sense and American Values
5
Early North Americans--North, West and Plains
50 Debate Over Independence
6
Early North Americans--East, Southeast and Southwest
51 The Declaration of Independence
Unit 2 - Age of Exploration
52 Loyalists vs. Patriots
7
Political World Map
53 Patriot Army
8
Why Exploration?
54 Defeat on Long Island
9
The Growth of Ideas
55 A Low Point for the Patriots and the Battle of Trenton
10 Advanced Technology
56 Battle of Saratoga
11 West African Empires: Ghana, Mali and Songhai
57 European Allies
12 Portuguese and Spanish Explorers
58 War in the West and South
13 Other European Explorers
59 Victory at Yorktown
14 Mercantilism and Capitalism
60 Post-War Details
15 Exploration Effects: Disease and Commerce
Unit 3 - Colonization
Unit 7 - The Constitutional Convention
61 Moving Toward a Republic
16 Spanish Conquest and Colonization of the Americas
62 Articles of Confederation
17 Spain in the Americas
63 Land Policies
18 The Columbian Exchange
64 Independence and Economics
19 Roanoke and Jamestown
65 Shays' Rebellion
20 Seeking Religious Freedom
66 Slavery Revisited
21 The Mayflower Compact
67 The Constitutional Convention
22 New England Colonies
68 The Virginia Plan
23 Middle Colonies
69 The New Jersey Plan
24 The Middle Passage: Slave Trade
70 Principles of Compromise
25 Southern Colonies
71 Approval of the Constitution
26 Slavery in Colonial America
Unit 8 - The United States Constitution
72 Influences on The United States Constitution
27 Thirteen Colonies
28 French and Spanish Colonies
73 Federalists and Antifederalists
Unit 4 - French and Indian War
29 Colonial Life: New England
74 Branches of Federal Government
75 Adoption of The Constitution
30 Colonial Life: Middle Colonies
76 Popular Sovereignty, Republicanism and Limited Government
31 Colonial Life: Southern Colonies
77 Federalism, Separation of Power, Checks and Balances and Individual Rights
32 Colonial Government
78 The Preamble
33 Britain and France Clash
79 Article I: The Legislative Branch
34 Seven Years' War
80 Article II: The Executive Branch
35 Fall of New France
81 Article III: The Judicial Branch
36 Treaty of Paris
37 Effects of the French and Indian War
82 Constitutional Articles IV-VII
83 The Bill of Rights
Unit 5 - Causes of the American Revolution
84 Constitutional Amendments
38 British Interests in the Colonies
39 The Sugar Act
85 Citizenship
Unit 9 - The Federal Period
40 The Stamp Act
86 America's First President: George Washington
41 The Townshend Acts
87 The First Congress
42 The Boston Massacre
88 The Economics of New Government
43 The Boston Tea Party
89 The Whiskey Rebellion
44 The Intolerable Acts
90 The First Political Parties: Federalist and Republican
45 The Continental Congress
91 President John Adams
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92 Alien and Sedition Acts
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Unit 12 - Industrial Revolution
93 Republicans Take Power: Thomas Jefferson
119 Northern Geography and Manufacturing
94 Looking West: The Louisiana Purchase
120 The Economics of Manufacturing
95 Lewis and Clark
121 The Industrial Revolution and The Factory
96 Foreign Conflicts
122 The Cotton Plantation
97 The War of 1812
123 The Realities of Slavery
98 The Monroe Doctrine
124 Cotton Is King
Unit 10 - Age of Jackson and Reform Movements
99 James Monroe and the Era of Good Feelings
125 United States Political Map as of 1860
Unit 13 - The Civil War
100 John Quincy Adams' Presidency
126 Slavery: Conflicts Between the North and the South
101 Andrew Jackson: The People's President
127 The Fugitive Slave Act
102 The Spoils System
128 President Abraham Lincoln
103 The Tariff Debate
129 Confederate Attack at Fort Sumter
104 Indian Removal Act and Trail of Tears
130 North and South: Advantages and Disadvantages
105 Jackson and the National Bank
131 A Soldier's Life
106 Whigs Take Power: William Henry Harrison
132 Major Battles of the Civil War
107 American Immigrants
133 The Emancipation Proclamation
108 Religious and Educational Reform
134 Civilians Feel War
109 The Abolitionists
135 The Gettysburg Address
110 The Women's Movement
136 Total War
Unit 11 - Westward Expansion
137 The End of the Civil War in America
111 What Is Manifest Destiny?
112 Oregon Country
138 Results of America's Civil War
Unit 14 - Reconstruction
113 Mountain Men
139 Plans for Reconstruction
114 Pioneering: A Difficult Life
140 Freed African Americans
115 Pioneering Tools
141 Radical Reconstruction
116 Texan Independence
142 Scalawags and Carpetbaggers
117 The Mexican War
143 Rutherford B. Hayes and The End of Reconstruction
118 California Gold Rush
144 Southern Shift: Political Change and Industrial Growth
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