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Englishmen crossed the Atlantic Ocean, found a place in Virginia, and named it Jamestown. There was bad land including stagnant water and bad soil, and the natives weren't there. King James ran Jamestown. -
England brought over about 400 people. While they were settling, it was a harsh winter for the people and they were not skilled in hunting. Because they lacked hunting skills, they resorted to canibalism and eating horses. -
In 1619, twenty African Americans were captured and then carried to the coast of Virginia. This sparked the start of slavery and began in South Carolina. There, their main crop was rice and they used the task system. -
The House of Burgesses was the first government of the colonies which was unlimited. During this, 20 slaves got shipped from Africa which started slavery. Everything was about money and slavery was justified in order to continue making money. -
The Navigation Act was an act from England that restricted trade in the colonies to where only English ships could bring goods into Britain. The American colonies could only sell their goods to England. The goods that were sold to England were tobacco and sugar. -
The Comprehensive Slave Codes were a set of four laws that stated that a child of a slave was a slave, slaves had to tithe, slaves were legal, and marriage between slaves was not recognized. The set of laws was formed by English colonies in order to set boundaries and "protect" themselves from enslaved people. -
Wampanoag was very kind to the colonists and considered them friends. He met Pocahontas, married her, and had a child later named King Philip. King Philip took over and was not nice to the colonies and tried to take over. He ended up attacking the colonists for about a year. The colonists got together an army and fought back and ended up cutting King Philip's head off. -
Nathaniel Baker was a small farmer in Jamestown. He gets mad at the Indians for "taking up his land" and forms a militia to attack them. Nathaniel Baker ended up burning Jamestown which in the end increased slavery. -
The Glorious Revolution was a bloodless revolution in which they were trying to overthrow King James from his thrown. Later in 1689, the revolution was over, and King James was overthrown and replaced by William and Mary. -
Between 1692 and 1693, Betty Paris and Abigail Williams accused many people of being witches. By May of 1692, 2 dozen people were accused of being witches. More than 200 people were convicted, and most were even killed, in the end, they deemed Betty and Abigail to be making the accusations up, but they didn't get persecuted or punished. -
Slaves from South Carolina fled to Florida to try to escape slavery. Once they made it to Florida, which was run by Spain at the time, Spain agreed that if they pledged their loyalty, and converted to Catholicism, they would become citizens and no longer slaves. -
The Industrial Revolution was the movement in the world in order to function more efficiently. The first industrial revolution was with coal and discovering how useful it could be. They learned that it could be a useful source of fuel. -
Britain began to unfairly tax the colonies. The colonies didn't like this because they were being taxed without being able to represent themselves. The colonies got mad, and their relationship became very strained. Britain kept taxing more and more and the colonies began revolting, leading to the war. -
The Quartering Act forced the colonies to house and take care of the British soldiers. Each colonial assembly was directed to provide for the basic needs of the soldiers stationed. -
The British were patrolling the streets of Boston and shots got fired. More shots got fired in defense of other people 5 Bostonians got shot and 2 boys were killed. John Adams ended up representing the soldiers in this case. -
Thomas Hutchins led 30-130 men dressed in Mohawk costumes to the Boston harbor. There, they got on the British ships and dumped all the tea out. This served as a revolt against Britain by the colonies and led to much harsher punishments by Britain. -
This was the effect of the Boston Tea Party when Britain forced them to close the Boston Port, Massachusetts was then ran under military law, the new Quartering Act, the Quebec Act of 1774, along with manny other harsh acts. -
The Declaration of Independence was signed and adopted as a formal breakaway from Britain by the U.S./colonies. It was written by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, and Robert R. Livingston in the Pennslyvania State House. -
The Treaty of Paris was signed in Paris by representatives of Great Britain and the United States to end the American Revolutionary War, also known as the Seven Years' War. -
The Bill of Rights is the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution. The third amendment states that there is no quartering which is specifically targetted towards the Quartering Act that Britain opposed in the now US. -
Thomas Jefferson bought $15 million worth of land that was originally taken over by France. He was hesitant at first because he thought it would be deemed unconstitutional. Lewis and Clark discovered species and claim the US territory. -
The War was between Great Britain and France. The United States remained neutral but still wanted to trade with other countries. The other countries didn't like it and we ended up going to war too. -
The Spain Secession kind of went along with the Louisiana Purchase. The US and Spain defined the western limits of the Louisiana Purchase. -
The first railroad was in Baltimore and Ohio. The significance of this is that it allowed people to be able to transport through obstacles. "Laying of the First Stone" was a major quote to the movement, as the railroad was a sign of westward expansion. -
The Mexican War was between Mexico and the United States when Mexico invaded into the US territory. The war ended with the US extending boundaries to the Pacific Ocean. -
The California Gold Rush was when people were expanding westward they found a hot spot for gold, which caused more people to move to California in hopes of making a fortune from gold. -
Abraham Lincoln was highly favored in the North because he promised that he would free the slaves. He ended up getting elected into office and 3 years later in 1863 issued the Emancipation Proclamation which declared to free the slaves within the Confederacy. -
The Civil War was against the Union and the Confederacy mainly because of the roles that slavery placed in the North vs the South. The war ended when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia. -
Abraham Lincoln issued the 13th Amendment of abolishing slavery to be ratified on December 6th, 1865. The amendment states, "all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." -
The Spanish-American War was between Spain and the United States and ended with Spain losing its colonial empire in the Western hemisphere, which all-in-all secured US territory and position of the United States.