US History 1600's to Civil War

In the class review of the timeline of the United States from the 1600's to the Civil War, we discovered the reasoning and timing for some of the major events that lead up to the creation of the United States and the beginning of the Civil War.

 The biggest challenges faced by the new nation in the pre-Civil War era were getting things done and agreeing on political decisions. The first unified "government" of the US was the Articles of Confederation. It was really hard to get things done,because consent had to be unanimous before anything was permitted to happen.

The nation managed to stay unified until the Civil War, because they had a common enemy. They allowed many things and put off several decisions for a long time, because they needed to stick together and fight Britain.

Here are some pictures of the timeline that we reviewed during class: