USA History / Mr.Saindon
November 28 to December 2
OBJECTIVES
We will learn a lot this week:
*What motivated the colonists to send the Olive Branch Petition to the King
*If You were one of the colonial leaders living back in this time period, how would you have responded to the King's Response. What thoughts, feelings and emotions would have been racing through your heart and mind?√ I will be able to explain the causes and the impact of each event leading up to the American Revolution: From the 'French and Indian War' to the Declaration of Independence
√ What Motivated the founding fathers to make the decision to declare independence?
√ What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
√ What principles of government are expressed in the Declaration of Independence
Civil War
North vs. South
The Blue and The Gray
Slave or Free
The Civil War: Chapter 22
Abraham Lincoln16th President of the United States
Elected in 1860 in a 4-way election.
He will be elected again for a second term on November 8, 1864. A few months later he will be assassinated,
April, 15, 1865, at Fords Theater in Washington DC.
General Grant
Jefferson Davis,
1st (and only) President of the Confederate States of America
Jefferson Davis Elected. On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president of the Provisional Government of the Confederacy on February 9, 1861—as a compromise between moderates and radicals—was confirmed by the voters for a full six-year term.
