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Jamestown was the first successful European colony in the New World.
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Plymouth was a settlement that served as a safe haven for those who would face persecution for worshiping God.
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Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley. The immediate cause of the rebellion was Governor William Berkeley's refusal to retaliate for a series of Native American attacks on frontier settlements. In addition, many colonists wished to attack and claim American Indian frontier land westward, but they were denied permission by Gov. Berkeley.
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The Stono Rebellion was the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies, with 25 white people and 35 to 50 black people killed.
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The First Great Awakening was a Protestant religious revival that swept Protestant Europe and British America in the 1730s and 1740s. An evangelical and revitalization movement, it left a permanent impact on American Protestantism. It resulted from powerful preaching that gave listeners a sense of deep personal revelation of their need of salvation by Jesus Christ.
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The French and Indian War was a war that was fought between the French and Indian forces against the British on American soil.
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The Boston Massacre was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed people while under attack by a mob. The riot was heavily publicized by leading Patriots, such as Paul Revere and Samuel Adams, to encourage rebellion against the British authorities.
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Independence Day was the day that the Declaration of Independence was signed, a document that stated our freedom from the British Crown
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The Battles of Saratoga marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War.
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The Articles of Confederation were documents that established the first government that would be used by America after it had seceded from the Crown.
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The Constitution, a document that established the basic government for America after being freed from the Crown, was ratified.
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Shays' Rebellion was a series of protests in 1787 by American farmers who couldn't pay off their debt against the tax collectors and state.
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The Northwest Ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States, from lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains, between British North America and the Great Lakes to the north and the Ohio River to the south. The upper Mississippi River formed the Territory's western boundary.
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The Whiskey Rebellion was caused by a tax on liquor that was instated to help fund the government, but the people rebelled because they felt that the tax was the same reason as why they left the Crown so that they could live freely from taxation.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798. They made it harder for an immigrant to become a citizen, allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens who were deemed dangerous or who were from a hostile nation, and criminalized making false statements that were critical of the federal government.
