🏛️ Social Studies · Grade 7

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“Long before Europeans arrived, the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy governed much of New York, and the Lenape lived around today's New York City and Long Island area.”

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• The Haudenosaunee Confederacy united the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca; the Tuscarora joined later.
• Their Great Law of Peace set up a council of nations.
• Longhouses, and farming the Three Sisters: corn, beans and squash.
• On Long Island, nations include the Shinnecock and Montaukett; the Shinnecock Nation is federally recognized.

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“The Dutch founded New Netherland; in 1664 the English took over and renamed it New York. The colonies grew in very different ways.”

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• In 1664 the English took New Amsterdam and renamed it New York.
• Three regions with different land, climate and economies.
• Slavery existed in every colony, including New York.
• John Peter Zenger's 1735 trial in New York became an early milestone for freedom of the press.

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“After the French and Indian War, Britain taxed the colonies. Colonists protested “no taxation without representation.””

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• The Stamp Act of 1765 taxed printed paper.
• In 1773 colonists dumped tea in Boston Harbor.
• Fighting began at Lexington and Concord in 1775.
• The Declaration of Independence was adopted July 4, 1776.

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“Many battles were fought in New York. The American victory at Saratoga in 1777 convinced France to join the war.”

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• The Battle of Long Island in 1776 was a British victory; New York City stayed under British control.
• The American win at Saratoga in 1777 was the turning point.
• France joined as an ally in 1778.
• The British surrendered at Yorktown in 1781; the Treaty of Paris in 1783 ended the war.

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“The first plan, the Articles of Confederation, made a weak national government. In 1787 delegates wrote the Constitution.”

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• Under the Articles, Congress could not tax or enforce laws.
• The Great Compromise created a House by population and a Senate with two per state.
• The Three-Fifths Compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths for representation, protecting slavery.
• New York ratified in 1788; the Federalist Papers were written to persuade New Yorkers.

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“Three branches check each other, and the Bill of Rights protects individual freedoms.”

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• Congress makes laws, the president carries them out, courts interpret them.
• Checks: the veto, a two-thirds override, judicial review.
• The Bill of Rights was added in 1791.
• Federalism shares power between national and state governments.

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“The U.S. grew from the Atlantic to the Pacific, bringing new land for settlers and devastating losses for Native nations.”

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• The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 doubled the country's size.
• The Erie Canal opened in 1825, making New York City a trading giant.
• The Indian Removal Act of 1830 led to forced removals like the Trail of Tears.
• The idea of Manifest Destiny and the Mexican-American War pushed borders west.

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“In the early 1800s, Americans organized to end slavery, win women's rights, improve schools and limit alcohol. New York was at the center.”

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• Abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, who published in Rochester, and Sojourner Truth fought slavery.
• The 1848 Seneca Falls Convention in New York launched the women's rights movement.
• The Underground Railroad helped people escape slavery, with stops across New York.
• New York's gradual emancipation was completed in 1827.

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“Disputes over slavery in new territories split the nation. Eleven Southern states seceded, and the Civil War began in 1861.”

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• Compromises tried to balance free and slave states.
• The Dred Scott decision in 1857 denied that Black Americans could be citizens.
• The war began at Fort Sumter in 1861.
• The Emancipation Proclamation took effect in 1863; the war ended in 1865.
• In 1863 violent draft riots broke out in New York City.

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“Every document has an author with a purpose. Historians weigh sources before using them in an argument.”

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• HAPP helps you analyze any source.
• A strong answer: claim, evidence from documents, and your own knowledge.

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