Building Nations
What defines what makes the government created by the U.S. Constitution a republic?
Citizens elect representatives to carry out their will.
Describe how the US gained its independence.
In 1776 13 American colonies demanded independence from Britain and were willing to fight to gain it. In 1776 13 colonies issued the Declaration of Independence, the document explained the reasoning for separating with Britain the colonies raised an army and fought a revolutionary war against Britain France during the fight and helped the United States when it gained independence with a decisive victory in the Battle of Yorktown and 1781 after winning Independence the US set up a government and its 1787 delegates from each state gathered to write the Constitution.
Describe some of the key events in Canada’s road to independence.
The Quebec act of 1775 gave French Canadians religious freedom and kept existing French laws, and the War of 1812 kept Canada out of U.S., and canada now has a coomon enemy, the U.S 1840 an act of union created a united government for what is now Ontario and Quebec. 1867, the British North America Act unites four provinces in the Dominion of Canada with some self-government. 1931 Statute of Westminster grants Canada independence from Britain,
During the 1800s what was the main reason Americans wanted to expand territorial control outside the U.S.?
They wanted to gain land and natural resources.
Describe the ways in which the US expanded its territory.
Two fund the war France sold Louisiana territory to the US in 1803 this doubled the territory that the US owned. then Britain and the US fought the War of 1812 the US government gained Independence. after these European Wars to take control of Florida. The United States forced Mexico to give up an area of West Texas in 1845.
When did Canada become independent?
1931
How did the War of 1812 affect Canada?
It united Canadians to fight against a common enemy.
Describe the struggles that the US faced after independence to stay unified.
as territories became States conflict grew between people in the North and the South, Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 on a pledge to stop the spread of slavery in 1861 several Southern States declared independence and formed a government called the Confederacy a civil war broke out between the Confederacy and the union or the northern United States when the war ended with the Union victory the Nations hard to rebuild slavery was abolished.
Once independent, describe some of the changes that happened in Canada.
Like the United States, Canada faced unemployment and hardship during the Great Depression new political parties formed and demanded that the government do more to help people Canada's economy grew rapidly during World War II, after the war the federal and provincial governments established universal health care for all Canadians during the 1960s and '70s, and movement in the French-speaking province of Quebec called for greater protection for this French language impossible Independence for Quebec.
What doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803?
Louisiana Territory
Describe how the US became an international power.
In 1898 the U.S. won a war with Spain. Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philipines came under American control. Then in the same year, the U.S. took over Hawaii.
During its year as a dominion, What was Canada's relationship with Britain?
Canada was governing itself but Britain was controlling all their foreign affairs.