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Today we discuss the causes of the Civil War. Let’s dive in.

Abe Lincoln - Do your own research here - ALSO your next essay

1. Ricky- I read Bill O'reilly’s book on Lincoln and his assassination so this should be fun. Lincoln was a man of his word, and After he signed the emancipation proclamation he was called an ape because of his giant ears and beard and because of the south’s/confederate pro slavery additude. Abraham lincoln was born on February 12th 1809 in the town of Hodgenville Kentucky. In his early years he lived in a cabin and became a lawyer in his adult life. In the last episode we covered the lincoln debates so that was obviously a part of his life.

Slavery and the Missouri Compromise

1. Skylar - People in free states were worried about slavery because if they wanted to move West there would more than likely not be any land for them to buy because rich slave owners bought it all. You cannot compete with free labor. Even if there was land for you to buy you would probably have to purchase a few slaves to even compete with the rich slave holders. If you were paying people to work you’d be making pretty much nothing off your crops when slave holders could take in all the profit they make because they don’t have to pay them to work. In 1860 the most valuable thing you could own was slaves. The slave holders didn’t want a new state like Missouri to become a free state because all their money was tied up in slavery, once your surrounded by free states chances are your state will soon become free too.

The south wanted it to be a slave state so they didnt in the future lose everything

They had been working for because all those plantations with slaves if states

Started becoming free states so would there state and economy would crash in a

Way because of all the slaves working to the economy

1. Ricky: Well everyone seems to have taken most topics so I’ll talk about Henry clay. Henry clay was the “architect” of the missouri compromise. The missouri compromise was practically built by Henry clay and the compromise was “If we give you missouri, then we get main as a free state.  

Increasing political battles over slavery in the mid-1800s

1. Skylar - As the United States grow and develop the higher tension became between the slave states as well as the free states. The slave states wanted them to become slave states and the free states wanted them to become free states. It would mean more free work if they became slave states, but as a free state they couldn’t compete with the states with slaves and the free work. Even if your anti-slavery or an abolitionist you still had to partake in slavery, if you see a slave escape its your job to bring them back to their owner, or you could get fined.

Literal fights and political fights over slavery or not one time a senator in kansas

Killed because he didn't believe in slavery kansas was named bleeding kansas

Because of this and many other states fought too.

1. Hunter- Like Gabe said in the mid 1800’s there were many battles fought whether it was political debates or physical fighting. And they were all based on slavery whether slavery will stay in ‘America or go and this is was sparked the Civil war but we will get to in in a minute.

Start of the Civil War - secession and Fort Sumter

1. Skylar - The South was worried that when Lincoln takes office he would ban slavery, their whole economy was based off slavery and their free labor. If slavery was banned everyone would become poor especially in the south. This caused the south to secede from the Union, these states include South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Georgia, and Texas. They formed what they called the Confederate States of America. It was basically the same as the Union, nearly the same constitution, although it states that there will be slavery. I bet they felt pretty stupid when Lincoln says in his speech that he didn’t plan on outlawing slavery, just not moving it further West. Lincoln offered that they could come back and everything would go back to normal, but they decline, they want to make sure slavery will never end.

Strategy of the Civil War

1. 1. Skylar - Each side had around 30,000 troops each. They met fairly close to Washington, D.C. to begin war, This was called the Battle of Bull Run also known as the Battle of Manassas. People brought picnic’s and wanted to watch this battle for entertainment but this was the exact opposite of entertaining around 800 people died that day and it was the most deadly battle in American history to ever happen.  It was a Confederate Victory, which isn’t very surprising to me because southern people are crazy.

• Gabe

1. Ben- The south did very well in the beginning, even though the north had some advantages like railroads, and just the number of soldiers they had was greater. The south had good defense, they were prepared for the north. And the south had the great generals and leaders, people like Robert E. Lee and others.

     6.Hunter- I’m pretty sure that everyone has written down their strategy ethan’s thought on the strat is basically the beginning the strats got more and more complex like most wars. What this is is both sides trying to learn more about the enemy and their forces.

     7.ricky-the goal, as ethan said, was to push them down, but the ultimate goal was to take over the southern coast cutting them off from both the world, and exports. This caused bread riots in the confederate states.

Early phases of Civil War and Antietam

1. -Ethan- While elected in 1860, he didn’t get inaugurated until 1861. Now after that the Battle of Fort Sumter took place was kind of the beginning of the Civil War. I mean McClellan was worried about losing troops, so LIncoln was kind of ticked and thinking that we’re just giving the South more time to strategize. Lee thinks that he did very well in Virginia, he should take his troops up North to Maryland. This is where he meets with McClellan at Antietam. hehehehheehEHheheheheheheheheehehhehehehehehehehehhflufffy chickens

1. Ricky-

The Emancipation Proclamation

1. -Ethan- The first draft of the Emancipation Proclamation was written in 1862 by Abe, and issued on the 1st of January 1863. Before it was issued some of his advisors were just thinking it would make things weird with the slave states still in the Union. The Proclamation was basically just ending slavery in the South. The Proclamation was kind of like we’re going to give a few months to rejoin the Union. When they didn’t and they signed it, it said they couldn’t keep people from being free.

Significance of the battle of Antietam

1. 1. -Ethan- The battle of Antietam took place on September 17th, 1862. It was the most violent battle in American history. A little over 4000 people died then. It was also a pretty big win for the Union and Lincoln and after this victory he had enough power to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. Now, I know normally he would be able to do that no questions asked, but with the South separating he didn’t have enough power where it mattered. This allowed slaves to separate without question.

• Gabe - Antietam was one of the bloodiest battles in the civil war because they just fought back and forth as i said earlier none stop basically just losing men till the other team lost more.

1. Ben- And Europe was on the south’s side at this time, because most of their economy was based off the cotton plantations of the south, the Battle of Antietam didn’t just affect America.  

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Thomas Jefferson’s Presidency

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Today we discuss .   Let’s dive in.

Why did the Irish imigrate to America, why did the Germans?

Irish and German immigration

1st Ben- In 1812 to 1870, seven and half million people immigrated,  Halfway through the nineteenth century, a third of the Irish population immigrated to America, and one third germans did too, they did so because of the unemployment they faced and the civil unrest in their countries, they did it because of the near impossible hardships before them. The wave of immigration really affected a lot of cities.

2nd ricky approximately 90% of immigration was either german/irish. This is a huge number the reason they immigrated was because of the potato famine [in ireland] were all they had to eat was potatoes which doesn’t sound too bad to me! BTW i am both Irish and German, with a little Cherokee in the mix.

3rd - Ethan - In the time period of 1820-1840, the Irish and Germans were the largest  group of immigrants in the US. They were time and time again subjected to prejudice and discrimination. Over time though, they became the most successful groups of immigrants in the US. The US is an immigrant country, so in turn had lots trouble with incorporating new demographics. A million Irish died because of starvation. This was known as the Great Irish Famine.

4th  gabe - germans created settlements and every union state from pennsylvania all the way

To Oregon all along the north and midwest. Many germans were farmers with innovative ways

To farm like soil conservation but some settled in metropolitan areas pursuing education.

Even today over 50 MILLION PEOPLE IN AMERICA ARE SOME OR ALL GERMAN I have a little german myself  

5th- Blake - Y’all have covered basically everything cause y’all think its a race so i’m just going to summarize. During the early to mid 1800s 90% of the immigrants to America were of eastern european origin. The Potato Famine was a big part of the Irish immigration. Of course with mass immigration there is always opposers as Americans began to wonder if these immigrants would take their jobs.

6th Hunter- do not say that i copied and pasted for info because this is the real treaty. (well seems more like a letter-Hunter) ((yo andrew jackson was wack (not in the good way) -ben))

Letter to the London Times from an Irish Immigrant in America, 1850

I am exceedingly well pleased at coming to this land of plenty. On arrival I purchased 120 acres of land at $5 an acre. You must bear in mind that I have purchased the land out, and it is to me and mine an "estate for ever", without a landlord, an agent or tax-gatherer to trouble me. I would advise all my friends to quit Ireland — the country most dear to me; as long as they remain in it they will be in bondage and misery.

What you labour for is sweetened by contentment and happiness; there is no failure in the potato crop, and you can grow every crop you wish, without manuring the land during life. You need not mind feeding pigs, but let them into the woods and they will feed themselves, until you want to make bacon of them.

I shudder when I think that starvation prevails to such an extent in poor Ireland. After supplying the entire population of America, there would still be as much corn and provisions left us would supply the world, for there is no limit to cultivation or end to land. Here the meanest labourer has beef and mutton, with bread, bacon, tea, coffee, sugar and even pies, the whole year round — every day here is as good as Christmas day in Ireland.

7th - Skylar - Americans who lived in the united states before the immigration of german and irish people were not too happy about all this, they did not want these new-comers who didn’t even belong there to take over their country. Everyone has said pretty much everything to be said, but something i think is really cool is how a lot of americans now have either german or irish in them because of all of these people who came to the US nearly 150 years ago.

The 1820s and the Market Revolution

Why was the market revolution so revolutionary? Name one invention that came out of the MR.

1st - skylar- a lot of people think that the market revolution was more revolutionary than the revolutionary war. Which is pretty amazing because how could a something to do with marketing be more revolutionary than a war?!? Thats crazy talk but it truly is. That’s how people made their money, fed their families, and paid their bills. One guy was so obsessed with textile mills they had made it illegal but he know it wasn’t illegal to think about it so he memorized the way the loom worked.🦄

2nd -  Ethan - The Industrial revolution was basically a change in the kind of machinery that was used to make things. In the 1790s - early 1800s was a time when new inventions came to the US. This was the time when people went from farmers to hourly laborers. Towns were placed near rivers to keep an easy to obtain and clean source of H2O. There was a slow introduction to factory working in this time. They made the cotton gin, which while still requiring labor, it made separating the seeds from the cotton a load easier. The work changed, the goods changed, and the common items started to change during the 1840-1860. The way we got from place to place was improved too. We were able to transport things much quicker. They added railroads too.

3rd Ben- Some people really thought it was a negative thing, people today think it marked the beginning change from democracy to capitalism. It improved trade and really made resources moblie.

4th- Blake - the Industrial revolution was a time of when many inventions came to light and helped out the market in all kinds of ways like the cotton gin or the telegraph. ‘Merica.

5th ricky- to add on to what ben said, Charles Grier seller said: “While dissolving deeply rooted patterns of behavior and belief for competitive effort, it mobilized collective resources through government to fuel growth in countless ways, not least by providing the essential legal, financial, and transport infrastructures. Establishing capitalist hegemony over economy, politics, and culture, the market revolution created ourselves and most of the world we know”, I do not agree that capitalism is a negative effect, some people are more lucky then others, and people who think capitalism is a negative effect just don’t get it, YOU EARN WHAT YOU EARN. (unless you get a raise -Ben)

6th Hunter- i have to agree with everyone and Ricky preach it. What you are saying is be happy your even earning anything. And Ben wow just wow. It’s true but wow...

7th - gabe - it was basically the start of trade in America.

The age of Jackson

Knowing Jackson now would you have voted for him? Why or why not?

1st - Skylar - Jacksonian democracy was one of the most influential things in the era of the 19th century to a lot of historians. Jackson had a very strong opinion on indians, slaves, and women. He did not like indians and did not care about women. He thought anyone who was not white and male then they were worthless, but he still served two terms. 🦄

2nd - Ethan - Although the US is a democracy most of the founders feared the “Tyranny of a Majority”. Voting was based off if you could own land. They thought if you didn’t own property, you couldn’t a good decision about the country. They also tried to make it to where, only 1 part of the population could vote. Since all of the big names in politics were white men, they decided to make it white male landowners.

3rd - Blake - I assure you this part will not be light hearted. Andrew Jackson started his life in the essence of death as his father died shortly before he was born. Of course his life being surrounded by death is no excuse of his hot tempered action toward others. One of his most brutal accomplishments was his racism towards Native Americans after he enacted the indian removal act which made Native Americans walk what is now known today as The Trail of Tears to modern day Oklahoma which caused the deaths of many Native Americans.

4th- Ben- During this time the nullification crisis also happened. The nullification crisis was when there were a lot of tariffs being put in place. (tariffs are taxes placed on imported goods.) John C. Calhoun, (pronounced cal-hoon btw) as current vice president, was mad that Andrew wasn’t confronting the tariff problem. So there was this electricity between the pres and vice pres. Calhoun made a pamphlet that was anonymously published (anonymous at the time, not anymore) inside the pamphlet was the theory of nullification. Which said that in normal law, if there’s a pass, all states must enforce the law. But the theory of nullification said that a state should be able to choose in that law if that law is enforced or not. ( and please, no one compare this to weed in colorado.) The pamphlet made everyone start debating. One of the biggest opposers was John Quincy Adams, former president. Jackson put up all the walls to keep from splitting up the nation. He still compromised, though, he signed a bill that lowered tariffs which kinda made the south happy. But some were stubborn and wanted 0 taxes on imported items. They saw the government as suspicious and they even threatened to secede every time a law was thought to be antagonistic to the south.

5th Hunter- He was an American soldier and statesman who served as the Seventh President of The United States of America like Ricky said he was a bad dude he was really REALLY tough. He is definitely tougher than Dwayne Johnson because i don’t think he can take a bullet inches away from his heart.

6th-Ricky-andrew jackson was ‘BAD dude, he was shot in the the chest inches away from his heart and survived with only minor injuries, and while his actions with the trail of tears were unjustifiable, he had a sense of honor and social integrity, for example Andrew jackson fought 106 duels all for the integrity of his wife.

7th

Jacksonian Democracy - background and introduction

Jacksonian Democracy - the "corrupt bargain" and the election of 1824

Jacksonian Democracy - mudslinging and the election of 1828

Jacksonian Democracy - spoils system, Bank War, and Trail of Tears

What is the Jacksonian Democracy.

1st gabe - the Jacksonian Democracy started and ended a lot of things one of the things

Was that if you were a landowner you could vote so some free black people could vote but that changed very fast making any white person able to vote and removed the land ownership vote way.

2nd Ben- john quincy adams, son of john adams was elected president, some think it was because he was friends with henry clay, well, not really friends, but they both hated jackson. People called it a corrupt bargain. They said that john quincy adams had bribed henry clay by offering a spot of political power in exchange for his deciding vote. The people knew/thought this because after John Quincy Adams was elected, henry clay was made secretary of state.

3rd - Ethan - The Jacksonian Democracy was the birth of American political culture. Many of the big names in politics feared a large government. The Expansion of Democracy, basically made the US political system into a democracy. While other country were slowing into a cerai political place the US just went straight to it. This era was called the Jacksonian Era or the Second Party System.

4th- Blake - The age of which Andrew Jackson was president caused many changes to what we know about democracy. Jackson and his supporters caused major uproar after the election of 1824 after Jackson won the popular vote and John Quincy Adams won the electoral vote but JQC ended up gaining the presidency.

5th-ricky- the trail of tears was a heartbreaking and dangerous trek through the south relocating the cherokee, and other tribes of Georgia, to (at the time) indian territory which today is called oklahoma/arkansas.

6th Hunter- like Blake said him and his supporters did cause a uproar and he did change a lot of things about democracy. With that said all the things he did were probably because of his miserable childhood and that’s where he probably got his racism unless he got his racism from another incident.

7th - skylar - The Jacksonian Democracy was sort of the start up of what today’s political culture is today, In this time like everyone else has said only landowners were aloud to vote but this quickly changed to just white men over the age of 21 really quick after Jackson became the 7th president. Then it was a ‘‘you scratch my back i’ll scratch yours’’ meaning you’ll do this for me i’ll do this for you. This was called the spoils system, anyone who would vote for him he’d give them part of the government. A lot of the people who voted for him didn’t even like him they just wanted a good job.

The presidency of Andrew Jackson

1st gabe - Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the US he was in office from 1829 to 1837. He changed the voting system from only landowners to about everybody. He oversaw

The indian removal act which devastated all native americans and moved ten whole tribes.

2nd Ricky- Andrew jackson was probably the toughest guy in the U.S at the time. He survived a shot to the heart in a duel when a man had a love for his wife [i evaluated this in the last topic] he also was a famous general in the war of 1812.

3rd - Ethan - I’d like to add that the voting system actually went from landowners to basically just white males.  The Indian Removal Act was put into effect in 1830. This act allowed us to move the Native Americans away from their homes. Soon, this act tipped over the dominoes and created the Trail of Tears.

4th - skylar - like Ethan said Jackson forced the native americans away from there land through the trail of tears which is just one of the horrible things jackson did, he was a basic white guy back then who didn’t really care about anyone but himself. He did have a pretty good army, and obviously won against the indians in the creek war.

5th- Blake - There's not too much more to say about Andrew Jackson he lived a violent life since birth. He accomplished many things in office but he also wrecked the nation's economy which paved the way for the first economic depression.

6th Hunter- while he was in office it was pretty violent he had a lot of duels caused the trail of tears and is responsible for the death of meny indians. And I am surprised he made it to two terms and was even qualified to even run for president a second time!

7th-Ben- It kind of makes me sad looking back on the political state and how it was so loose that basically anyone could be elected. After his presidency he moved back to Nashville, TN, and eventually died at his home in 1845 at the age of 78, 17 years after he was elected president.

Indian Removal

Name on tribe that was removed 5 people. Why were thry moved and did any resist

1st- Skylar - the indian removal act, later known as the trail of tears. All of the remaining southern indian tribes west of the mississippi would get $500,000  for food, transportation, and such. The indians indured so much during this time. Many died from diseases, malnutrition, and other horrible things. It truly was the worst thing that happened to indians in my opinion. They were forced to move away from all they knew just so more americans could move in.

2nd -gabe -the indian act was probably the worst thing to ever happen to the indians they were Moved out of america so americans would have room for settlement the indians had To leave their land and there traditions and leave everything and move.

3rd - Ethan - The Indian Removal Act was signed in May 1830. It caused the Trail of Tears which, like Skylar said, caused many Native Americans to die. The act effected 5 tribes, the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole.  These names were made by people associated with white-European culture. The 1st to leave was the Choctaw. The Chickasaws said they would leave unless given 3 million dollars. The US didn’t decide to do so until 30 years later. The Creek had to give up 20,000 acres of ancestral ground. That was called the Treaty of Fort Jackson. Also, the Seminole wouldn’t leave which caused a war. This was the Second Seminole War. The US won and caused the Seminoles to leave. Then the area west of Mississippi River became Native American territory.

4th - Ricky- the indian Removal policy was something that was created by Andrew Jackson and his supporters. (blake-the native americans didn’t create the USofA now did they ;-), also they own  casinos, and oil rigs, and land, and construction (unless thats mexican, IDK) and this is not me trying to be racist. While this was revolutionary for the United States growth, it was extremely disrespectful, and racist and was unjust.(also im about ¼ of me is cherokee).

5th- Blake - *Mutters* Oh boy here we go the Indian Removal Act was created to move the Five Civilized Tribes to modern day Oklahoma so the whites could have Native American land for westward expansion. This plan was extremely racist and disrespectful to Native American tribes WHO WERE THERE FIRST. But all is good nowadays as we own the majority of casinos slowly taking back the money white people stole from us.

6th Hunter- *claps* yes yes indeed they were there first and it was extremely racist and disrespectful.

7th-Ben- (my ancestors were of the cherokee tribe)  They really wanted the land the indians had rule over, because you know its land the more the better and in 1828, two years before the act, gold was discovered in the indians land. So thats some sort of motivation i guess? I still dont think the act was justified but they had motive.

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Which Candidate would you have voted for, why?

The election of 1800

1st - Ricky-the Election of 1800 was a cruel, and partisian time filled with bitterness and hate. The gist of the Election was that Thomas jefferson had been ‘waging war’ so to speak against John adams. Each had different views on America even though they were friends Thomas Jefferson was Democrat/Republican and John adams was federalist.

• 2nd - Gabe - There was some major conflict in america in 1800 because with

the Federalist leaning toward Britain and the Democratic/republic leaning

More Toward the French many thought the federalist were trying to bring

back more of a monarchy.

• 3rd -  Ben- These bitter rivals fighting over how the States should be governed, but both representing different points of views. The alien and sedition acts were also still a problem during this time, and alexander hamilton wrote a 54 page long letter criticising adam and all his flaws, which mustve been many flaws if it was 54 pages. Soon after, the entire letter was published, which really damaged the federalists. Duing the voting of who would be president, it was a total tie, with 65 electoral votes on each side, but once south carolina turned it their votes, it revealed that jefferson had won the election.

Jefferson's presidency and the turn of the nineteenth century In your opinion what was the most important thing Jefferson did?

• 1st - Gabe - Thomas Jefferson was the writer of the declaration of independence

He was a Democratic/Republican not a Federalist he ran against john adams and

Won in 1800 before that he was a secretary under george washington and vice

President for John adams.

• 2nd - Ethan - Jefferson was the 3rd president of the US. He served 2 terms from 1801-1809. Jefferson had to deal with some difficult challenges with authority. Piracy on the Barbary Coast of Northern Africa and British impressment.  This made Jefferson instate a massive ban on European goods. This was called the Embargo Act of 1807. Jefferson was born in Virginia. He was the first US Secretary of State.

The Louisiana Purchase and its exploration

What did the Purchase do? Why do you think it was so cheap.

• 1st - Ethan - The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the US, which reshaped the environmental and economic stance of the country. He was the president that confronted the fact that he didn’t have the power to do it but he did it anyway. He got 2 men to explore the new territory. These 2 men were Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.

of being reelected by all but 14 votes. Even tho there was a lot of criticism from the

northern states about there being to many slave states but he passed it anyway.

• 5th - Blake - At the time of the Louisiana Purchase President Thomas Jefferson didn’t even know if it was constitutional. During the years of the Louisiana Territory being passed around by France and Spain it was mostly inhabited by various Native American tribes. Altogether there was about 828,000 square miles of land in the entire territory which sold for 3 cents an acre adding up to about 315,000,000 in today’s money.

Lewis and Clark Expedition

           1st -  BEN- The lewis and clark expedition was from may 1804- september 1806, it was      

also called the Corps of discovery expedition. It was a selected group of US army volunteers, led Meriwether Lewis and his good friend Second Lieutenant William Clark. They were hired to explore the newly bought territory that america got during the louisiana purchase.

• 2nd - Ethan - Lewis and Clark were hired by Jefferson to explore the land west of the Mississippi River. The expedition lasted 4 years. The were aided in their investigation by a local indian woman named Sacagawea. She knew the tribes and land so she help immensely.

swarmed them. They killed many animals including: elk,grizzly bears, and buffalo.

One of the explorers actually had been bitten by a rattlesnake and survived.

They documented flora and fauna and lewis being very curious had  even eaten

some minerals and had become very sick.

• 5th - Blake - After the Louisiana Purchase Thomas Jefferson had newly bought land that was undiscovered so Jefferson granted an expedition. Jefferson selected two Army volunteers to lead the expedition Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark. One of the many animals they discovered was the prairie dog which they captured by pouring buckets of water down each hole and flooding them out.

The War of 1812 -

• 1st - Ben- The war of 1812 lasted from June 18, 1812- February 12, 1815. There was a lot of conflict deciding if they should go to war or not, but the biggest group, the “War Hawks” led by Henry Clay said that they shouldn't tolerate such insults from britain. Most federalists didn’t want a war, they thought it would stop important trade that northern america depended on.

Creek Nations population. The creek had to give up 23 million acres of land

and had to never join sides with the Spanish or British against the Americans again when they signed the treaty of Fort Jackson.

• 5th - Blake - The War of 1812 was a armed conflict from 1812 to 1815. The combatants of this war were The United States, Great Britain and American Indians. The US and Great Britain were definitely not on great terms after the American Revolution. The british had friends within the Native American tribes and they weren’t on great terms with the US either as settlers had been pushing for more westward expansion.

The Monroe Doctrine

What did the Monroe Doctrine do? Was it effective in your opinion?

• 1st - Ben- The Monroe Doctrine was a speech, or well, a part of a speech, the speech was given in 1823 by president James monroe, here is what it says, “We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system (They were talking about britains system of government, monarchy) to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety. With the existing colonies or dependencies of any European power, we have not interfered and shall not interfere. But with the Governments who have declared their independence and maintained it, and whose independence we have, on great consideration and on just principles, acknowledged, we could not view any interposition for the purpose of oppressing them, or controlling in any other manner their destiny, by any European power in any other light than as the manifestation of an unfriendly disposition toward the United States.” It was basically declaring americas overall freedom, that britain couldnt interfere in anything or put british colonies on their land.

It was discarded largely by the other nations. Australia said it was just another

way for an American revolt , but for britain they accepted the doctrine.

• 6th - Skylar - James Monroe wrote the Monroe Doctrine in the year of 1823.  Monroe told the “Crowned Heads” of Europe to stay out of the Americas.  He also said the era of colanization is over.  Monroe did not want Europe to know anything about the Americas. The crowned heads were the kings and queens of Europe, higher up, and pretty much knew and thought they were better than anyone. This was only a phase to describe monarchs.

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Braden: What is the SCC? When did the SCC happen?

1. The Second Continental Congress

• Blake- The Second Continental Congress was formed in 1775 in Philadelphia right after the fight for american independence began. It was formed for the purpose of military strategy and provide direction in the new war. George Washington was ll elected to be the commander of the armies. The Second Continental Congress had became the government of that time.

1. The Declaration of Independence

Braden: Why was the Doi written? What did it basically do? What were some of the things mentioned in it?

• Blake- The Declaration of Independence is possibly the most famous point in the Revolutionary War. Written by Thomas Jefferson there is signs of Enlightenment thinking within the text.

1. The Articles of Confederation Braden: Why was the AoC doomed to fail?

• Blake- In 1777 The Articles of Confederation was created in hopes of looking as different from Monarchy as possible. Although there were complications as to getting it ratified by law it would need at least 9 out of 13 states for the ratification to be approved. Eventually the Articles would be changed in 1789 for a new constitution.

1. Shays's Rebellion Braden: Why did shay rebel? Why couldnt the state stop him?

• Blake- Daniel Shays was a farmer and veteran of the Revolutionary War from Massachusetts. He led a rebellion against the state of Massachusetts for the treatment of the states economy. Daniel had remained unpaid for his service in the military upon finding out he was not the only one to be unpaid he decided to do something.

1. The Constitutional Convention

• Blake- The Constitutional Convention was held in hopes of creating a stronger central government which The Articles of Confederation did not accomplish. The main problem of this was that they wanted to stay away from Monarchy as far as possible.

1. The US Constitution Braden: Whats to stop one part of the Gov to take control? What powers does each section have?

• Blake- The US Constitution was what came of the Constitutional Convention it states the different powers of each three governmental branches. Even though Thomas Jefferson was a big part of the government at the time he was not present during signing as he was working as a representative in France. To stop the formation of a tyrannical government the three branches were given the ability to stop eachother from passing laws that were deemed unconstitutional.

Welcome back to The Emancipation Podcast Station - the place to hear about history researched and retold through the eyes of Middle school and HS students.

The Road to Revolution

1. Seven Years War

• Blake-The seven years war is truly an interesting war. Many don’t realize that it was actually the first global or world war. As Ricky said the fighting actually began in 1754, however the English didn’t declare war on the French until 1756 so in actuality it is the Seven Years War. The cause of the war is pretty simple the English were obsessed with gaining the most land while the French were interested in the fur trade with the Native Americans. The English failed to gain control of the French fort “Fort  Duquesne” so the English prime minister decided this was a lack of military strength so he funded the military endeavor even more. This was a good idea at the time but later it was the main cause of the Revolutionary war because of the taxation he needed to pay back the debt.

1. Uproar over the Stamp Act

• Blake-The Stamp Act was enacted because of the debts left behind from the war. While it was almost unanimously voted on there was one man who thought it was unfair to tax the colonist without their representation in parliament his name was William Pitt. But the Stamp Act was still enacted and it caused major hostility from the colonist. Printers, publishers and lawyers were directly affected by the act and as I said earlier this was one of the main causes of The Revolutionary War.

1. The Townshend Acts and the committees of correspondence

• Blake-Once The Stamp Act was repealed the English needed some way to tax the colonist. So the English passed the Townshend Act which again angered the colonist. The Townshend Act introduced by Charles Townshend was a tax on imports of glass, lead, paint and tea. The Committees of Correspondence was formed so townships could educate people of their rights.

1. The Boston Tea Party

• Blake- This Boston Tea Party was the first act of aggression by The Sons of Liberty in response to the unlawful taxation. There are many stories as to what exactly happened the most popular version is The Sons of Liberty dressed as Native Americans and snuck into the Boston harbour in the middle of the night with soot covering their faces and dumped crates of tea all over the harbour.

• Hunter-This framed act of American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation. Seeking to boost the troubled east India company, British parliament adjusted import duties with the passage of the tea act in 1773. While consignees in Charleston, New York, and Philadelphia rejected tea shipments, merchants in Boston refused to concede to Patriot pressure. On the night of December 16, 1773, Samuel Adams and the sons of Liberty boarded 3 ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. This resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Act in 1774 and pushed the two sides closer to war.  

1. The Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress

• Blake- The Coercive Acts which became The Intolerable Acts consisted of four bills. The Boston Port bill was a fine directed towards Boston to pay for the merchandise damaged. The Government bill gave Massachusetts expanded powers to the governor. The Administration Act of Justice gave the governor the ability to send corrupt government officials to London or other colonies for trial. The Quartering Act was a bill that forced all colonies to provide shelter and food to British troops which meant even making private homes open for them.

1. Lexington and Concord

• Blake- The Battles at Lexington and Concord were the first official altercations between the british and the colonist. Before these fateful battles happened in February of 1775 the British declared Massachusetts as a rebellious state. That April was when it all started the British sent Massachusett governor Thomas Gage to disarm the militia so he 700 British foot soldiers to march to Concord. This prompted the famous Paul Revere to ride through towns letting the townspeople know “The British are coming!”. Revere was warned that the British were making their way to Lexington along with Concord Revere quickly rode to Lexington to warn of the British arrival. When the British arrived at Lexington the militiamen stood strong and the skirmish ensued it is still unknown to this day who fired the first shot. After everything was settled 8 militiamen were dead and only one British soldier was wounded.

Into Episode - Freeing ourselves from the textbook for a deeper dive into the history of the United States. 

Q1: Introductions - Name, grade, If you were stranded on a desert island - who would you eat first?

Q2: Intentions/Expectations with the podcast

Q3: What’s the plan for each week?

Q4: Do you think this will be fun?

• Ricky

Completely unscripted as we come to an end of this semester, we say farewell to our boy Troy as he sets off for college. 

Completely unscripted as we come to an end of this semester, we say farewell to our boy Troy as he sets off for college. 

Wall to Wall

Troy Vernier and Erin Barnes meet weekly to talk about everything from politics to entertainment!

5/2/17

• Introduce our selves & Promote our Twitter -  https://twitter.com/troyvernier - https://twitter.com/elynnlll - https://twitter.com/walltowallshow

This week we call upon Erin's great friend Vanessa Perez to help us scratch the surface on the hard topic of racism. 

Wall to Wall

Troy Vernier and Erin Barnes meet weekly to talk about everything from politics to entertainment!

This week we were joined by Vanessa Perez

3/29/17

• Introduce our selves & Promote our Twitter -  https://twitter.com/troyvernier - https://twitter.com/elynnlll - https://twitter.com/walltowallshow