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-Native American population: decreased, largely as
European Exploration
result of the spread of infectious diseases form
effects
Europeans
American Revolutionary -cause: Taxation without representation
War
Constitution: Advocated the creation of a strong
"central" national government.
Federalists
Hoped to avoid development of political factionalism
and political parties
Constitution: Feared a strong national government
would lead to tyranny.
Anti-Federalist *Hoped to avoid development of political
factionalism and political parties.
*People who opposed ratification of the Constitution.
1st President
-Decision to leave after two terms important-
disproved the criticism of the US Constitution that the
George Washington
President would become a new monarch.
-Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during
the American Revolution (1732-1799)
, 3rd President of the United States
-Delegate from Virginia at the Second Continental
Thomas Jefferson
Congress
-Wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson- Lewis & Purpose of expedition- To find a water route to the
Clark Pacific Ocean, explore the flora and fauna of LA
shortly after the LA territory for a waterway.
purchase from France
1803
32nd US President -
-He began New Deal programs to help the nation out
of the Great Depression:*by providing funding for
Franklin D. Roosevelt public-works projects
-He was the nation's leader during most of WWII
-Strongly advocated an increased role for
government in domestic matters
16th President
- Civil War President
Abe Lincoln - Killed by John Wilkes Booth
- wrote emancipation proclamation
- gave gettysburg address
28th president of the United States, known for -World
War I leadership- to make the world safe for
democracy
-Create Federal Reserve
-Federal Trade Commission
-Clayton Antitrust Act
Woodrow Wilson
-progressive income tax, lower tariffs
-women's suffrage (reluctantly)
-Treaty of Versailles
-sought 14 points post-war plan
-League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification)
-won Nobel Peace Prize