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GREEN~ The British passed the stamp act to defend the American territories that they had won in the 'Seven Years War'. This new law put taxes on all materials that were printed.
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BLUE~ William Tyron who was married to Margaret Wake became LIEUTENANT Governor in 1764 but when Aurthur Dobb died in 1765 he became governor that December. (1765-1771 -Served as governor)
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RED~ Great Britian's ways of running the colonies upset many colonists in Boston, Massachusetts. As a result of the "scuffle", 5 colonists were killed.
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RED~ This battle took place on a field in the Piedmont of North Carolina.This battle lasted for 2 hours. In the end, 9 militia men were killed, and 61 were wounded. 6/12 regulators convicted here hanged.
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Boston Tea Party GREEN~ On December 16, 1773, Bostons harbor was filled with 342 boxes of tea! Colonists were very upset with the "TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION" so they dressed as Native Americans and threw the tea out of the ships and into the sea.
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GREEN~ Although there was no tea, the Edenton Tea Party was big. Penelope Barker held a meeting in which 51 women came together and signed a document pledging their support for the boycott.
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The Mecklenburg Resolves were a "set of radical resolutions" wwhich were passed in Charolotte, Mecklenburg County, NC. These Resolves are also know as; the "Meck Dec".
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RED~ Even though the Americans lost to the British that day, this battle gave them a boost of confidence. Results? British- 200 dead, 800 wounded , America: 100 dead, 300 wounded.
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RED~ The Battle of Moores creek bridge was a battle between the Patriots, the Colonists, and the Loyalists, the British in which the Patriots removed the planks from the bridge which the Loyalists needed to get over. When Patriots saw them crossing the bridge anyway, they fired guns and cannons. Just in minutes 30 men were dead.
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GREEN~ The Halifax Resolves authorized North Carolina on April 12, 1776, in Halifax County, to propose and vote for independence from Britian which resulted in North Carolina being the first colony to take/make an "official stand for independence."
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GREEN~ Yay! America has now allowed all men and women the rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness with the DELARATION OF INDEPENDENCE! Americas also free from Britian!
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GREEN~ Woo-Hoo! America is INDEPENDENT from Britian! On July 4, 1776, the Continential Congress signed and approved the Declaration of independence.
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RED~ The Battle of Cowpens took place on the SC, NC border. Even though the British had 100 more men than the Americans, with 1,000, the Americans pulled though with a victory! Some 829 British men were captured!
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[NOTE: THERE ARE PICTURES OF RED I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOU TO GRADE.] RED~ The Battle of Yorktown was also an American Victory! This event took place on October 19, 1781 and the British surrendered on October 21, 1781.
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GREEN~ The Treaty of Paris has come, and it has ended the Revolutionary War. This document was signed on September 3, 1783.
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GREEN~ The 3/5 comprimise stated that each enslaved person/ slave was not a person but 3/5 of a person. So 5 slaves would equal only 3 free people.
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GREEN~ Deleware becomes the first state to ratify the US constitution.
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BLUE~ George Washington is so famous. He has a very good reason.. He was the FIRST president of the United States. He was elected on April 30, 1789. He also Commander of the Continental Army.
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GREEN~ On this day in history, North Carolina ratified the US Constitution. Yes, the famous document that starts out "We the people of the United States...". The US Constitution had very many important rights and amendments.
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GREEN~ Raleigh becomes the first state capital of North Carolina. On this day, the city Raleigh became the first state capital of NC. Raleigh is named after Sir Walter Raleigh.
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ORANGE~ On this day in history, the invention by Eli Whitney, had been granted patent but wasn't "validated" until 1807. This invention "Sparked an Agriculture Revolution".
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University of North Carolina was opened on this date. UNC was the first university to opens it's doors and accept the first student but there was debate on which school, UNC or Georgia's university was the first to "charter".
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GREEN/BLUE~ John Adams became the 2nd United States president. He served from 1796-1801.
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BLUE~ Thomas Jefferson served as an United States president from 1801-1809. He wrote the Delaration of Independence which gave America independence from Britian! That is 2 very good reasons why he's so important.
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GREEN~ This famous event called the Louisianna purchase was when France sold 828,000 square miles of land to America DOUBLING the size of America!
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At the age of 12, she was kidnapped and forced to marry the kidnapper. Later on, she was invited on the famous Lewis and Clark expedition to translate Shoshone [in 1805]. She took her baby son on this expedition.
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Because of immagrants coming, cities were becoming crowded so pioneers decided to explore the western lands, and rural areas of America.
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This war was between America and Great Britian and was also called America's second war of indepedence. This was on August 24, 1814.
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ORANGE~ On June 21, 1834 the Reaper, which was invented by Cyrus McCormick, was granted patent. The reaper made agriculture easier for farmers.
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RED~ America has a desire for more of Mexico's western lands (California, New Mexico). The reason for their desire is because of the beleif of Manifest Destiny.
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On this day, America had it's first 'recorded baseball game with codified rules'. By the late 19th century, baseball was very popular to many Americans and was a widely known/played sport.
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This was also known as the beginning of the California Gold Rush. This was a big time for San Fransisco, CA. Thousands of gold miners came to look for gold here.
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The Oil Industry all started when Edwin Drake, of Western Pennslyvania, introduced the 'world's first commercial oil well' in 1859.
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On April 3rd, 1860, Pony Express had it's first operation with carrying mail across the country. Even though it was only 'alive' for 19 months, 2 weeks and 3 days,the Pony Express had many importances.
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Abe was elected 16th president on November 6, 1860. He is aka Honest Abe. He wrote the famous Emancipation Proclamation. [In other Event.] He was very important because he helped free the slaves.
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The E.P. was issued by 16th President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The E.P. was a document that basically proclaimed to free slaves this document was also a 'war measure' during the Civil War.
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On this day, April 9, 1865, Robert E. Lee surrendered to Grant. The south of course still wanted slavery but the north said enough.
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Alaska's previous owner, Russia, sold Alaska to America on Apirl 9, 1867. Again, with the idea of 'Manifest Destiny' in Amerrica's heads, we went through with the purchase.
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ORANGE~ The telephone was invented by Alexander G. Bell. On March 10, 1876, Alexander Ghram Bell and Thomas Watson made/had the FIRST telephone call! The first words were; "Mr. Watson--come here--I want to see you." !
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Sitting Bull led a tribe during their times of resistance to the US government policies. Sitting bull was assassinated on Dec. 15, 1890. The date above was when he was forced to surrender to US Army Major, David Brotherton.
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The Wright Brothers, Wilbur, and Orville Wright, are famously known as being the first in flight. In Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, on Dec. 7, 1903, they stayed in the air for 12 seconds and became the first men in flight.
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The Model T Ford started it's populartity in 1908. Henry Ford was the guy who invented it. This car was so popular because it was the first car to be 'affordable to the masses'.
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Henry Ford is widely known for his famous automobile career. His products were huge in the early 1900's. He is also famous for the assembly line.. which created many jobs as did the automobile factories.. Date listed is when the assembly line started 'rolling'.
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president. He wrote the 14- points document. Woodrow Wilson was also an Educator or teacher besides being president. He served as president from 1913 to 1921.
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On this day, women gained suffrage rights!! Women had been sterotyped for a long time. Now they finally are considered somewhat equal in political terms to men! This was huge for women.
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The first movie, aka the first talking picture's date took place on Oct. 6, 1927. The movie was The Jazz Singer
