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Christopher Columbus seeked to find a new route to India, but instead found the Americas.
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Britans first attempt of a colony in North America. The colony ended in failure as it mysteriously disapered.
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British colony that was founded in present day Virginia. The colony became sucessful due to the cash crop tobacco
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British colony made up of all Puritans. The colony was created so the Puritans could pratcice their religion without persecution.
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George Calvery started this colony with the hopes of it becoming primarily for Catholics.
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Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams who wanted to create a home for religious minorities.
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Nathaniel Bacon helped anger poor white's in Virginia in order to cause disorder.
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William Penn created Pennsylvania so Quakers and other denominations could freely pratice their religions
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Several young girls in the town of Salem Massachusetts caused mass hysteria when acusing members of the community to be witches. The acusations led to several executions.
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Large protestant movement that took place in the 1730's in the colonies.
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A large scale revoult in which 100 slaves rose up and killed several white people.
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A war with the French that resulted in tensions building up between Britain and the colonies.
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British act that taxed all offitial documents in the colonies.
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Proclamtion made by Britain that stated that the colonists could not inhabit the Appalachian Mountains.
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British tax put on sugar in the colonies.
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An over sensationalized event in which British soldiers shot and killed several rowdy colonists in Boston
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Several colonists dressed as Native Americans, dumped barrels of tea into the Boston harbor and burned several British vessels.
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Britian reacted to the Boston Tea party by cutting off all trade in Boston and passed other laws to punish the colonist
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First battles battles that took place between Britain and the colonies. They sparked the Revoltuionary War.
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The war between the colonies and Britian that would ultimately lead to the The United States becoming a free country.
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The famous document, primarily written by Thomas Jefferson. It proclaimed in writing that the colonies did not aprove of Britians actions and wanted to split and become a seperate nation
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America's first written government. It created weak bonds between states and had no executive leader. This ultimately led to its destruction.
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A new written government in reaction to The Articles of Confederation. Established the three branches of government and is still the written law used today.
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The first bank was created bank by Alexander Hamilton. This helped set forth a dynamic for America's economic system.
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A violent uprising that took place in western Pennsylvania. This was squashed by president Washington and a large militia force.
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This was a large purchas of land from the French that more than doubled the size of the United States.
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A second war fought between Britain and the United States.
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The harsh removal of Native Americans to present day Oklahoma.
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A war fought with Mexico driven by President Poulk. The end resulted in gaining Mexican territory, spreading America's reach to the Pacific Ocean.
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The war that occured between the North and South which nearly split the country in half.
