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People who paid his or her way into America, for period of years.
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an adventerous explorer, mapmaker, and soldier.
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People whovwanted to purify the Anglican Church.
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First English settlers in Massachusetts left England de to religious conflicts.
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Revolution in ideas that swept across Europe in the 1700s
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The Stamp Act placed a tax on printed matter of all kinds: advertisements, diplomas, legal documents, newpapers, and playing cards.
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was the first constitution of the United States of America and specified how the national government was to operate.
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Agreement worked out at the Constitutional Convention; granted each state an equal voice in the upper house of the legislature and representation according to population in the lower house.
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Plan drafed by Jame Madison at the Constitutional Convention that shifted power away from the states and toward the central goverment.
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As cotton plantations spread throughout the South, the number of slaves in the South also grew - from half a million in 1790 to nearly 4 million in 1860. Cotton cultivation required a great deal of labor.
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John Marshall established many basic principles of U.S. constitutional law. Among these was the principle of judicial review
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U.S. purchase of French land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains that has been called the largest land deal in history.
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Marshall established many basic principles of U.S. constitutional law. The principle of judicial review - the power of the courts to declare an act of Congress unconstitutional.
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was the first overland expedition undertaken by the United States to the Pacific coast and back.