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in 1492 Columbus discovered the "New World". The expedition was sponsored by King Ferdinand of Spain.
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The start of the trade between the "new world" and the "old world". Thing that were traded were animals such as horses, cattle, llamas. Also Diseases such as polio, small pox, yellow fever. Plants and Food such as rice, wheat, oats, coffee.
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Vasco da Gama was the first person to sail directly from Europe to India.
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Leon discovers florida.
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queen Elizabeth stood on the deck of golden hend and knighted Sir francis drake because of his accomplishments
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william was one of the greatest writers of his time. He wrote a famous play that people still perform and read toay called Romeo and Juliet
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about 100 members of a joint venture founded the first permanent English settlement in North America called Jamestown.
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were laws that restricted the use of foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies.
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e governor of French Louisiana, Jean-Baptiste founded the city of Nouvelle-Orléans on the first crescent of high ground above the Mississippi’s mouth.
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This act required the colonies to house British soldiers in the barracks.
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56 congressional delegates signed this document. Some delegates refused to sign like John Dickinson of Pennsylvania and James Duane, Robert Livingston and John Jay of New York.
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Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw over board 342 chests of tea overboard. It was a protest against taxation.
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ended the revolutionary war, negotiated between the United States and Great Britain
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It took 10 months for the first nine states to approve the Constitution. The first state to ratify was Delaware.When the bill of right was proposed in congress in 1789 North Carolina ratified.Last state to ratify was Rhode Island
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1789-1797 first U.S president had no political party died Dec. 14, 1799
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served 1797-1801 was a federalist 2nd president
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served 1801-1809 was a Dem-rep 3rd president
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The U.S. purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of land from france. French Emperor Napoleon needed money to fight Great Britian so they sold the land for 15 million to the united states.
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served 1809-1817 Dem.-Rep. 4th president
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United states went to war with Great Britain. This caused a immense impact on the U.S. During the war of 1812 the nations capital was burned down, in agust 1814. U.S. troops repulse British invasions in N.O., N.Y. and baltimore. this cause the treaty of Ghent to be signed on Feb. 17, 1815 and ended the war
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1817-1825 Dem-Rep 5th president
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1825-1829 Dem-Rep 6th president
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1829-1837 Dem. 7th president
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Signed into law by Andrew Jackson the president at that time. Many Tribes resisted the relocation policy. this Act authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders.
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1837-1841 Dem. 8th president
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Nearly 125,000 Native american "cherokee" was forcibly moved west by U.S. government. Approximately 4,000 cherokee died which is known as the trial of tears.
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1841, whig party 9th president
