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Founded by John Smith.
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Henry Hudson and his crew were searching for the Northwest Passage when a storm blew them off course and they ended up at a river they named the Hudson River.
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1612 - John Rolfe established the first plantation on the James River. 1616 - John Rolfe crosses Tobacco strains from Trinidad and Guiana.
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50 acres would be provided to one who paid for themselves or others to travel to Virginia.
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The first representative government in America was composed of landowners who met in Jamestown.
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The Duch sell the first twenty slaves to Virginia colonists.
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The Mayflower Compact is written.
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Conflicts between Colonists and Native Americans.
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Later became New York.
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Puritans immigrate to New England
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Founded by John Winthrop.
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Established for Protestants and Catholics to live In harmony.
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Founded by Roger Williams on egalitarian principles.
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Established by Tomas Hooker, a pastor.
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Machestutsits colonists sell Native Americans to West Indies colonies.
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Established by Sweedish Peter Minuet.
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Founded by Captian Mason.
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Merchants in American Colonies ship goods to England only.
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A law passed in Virginia declared that an enslaved woman's child remained in slavery.
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Established by the Lords Proprietor.
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Native Americans were sold into slavery.
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Doeg Native Americans took pigs from Tomas Mathew because he refused to pay his debt. Bacon raises a militia of settlers to fight the local natives. Governer Berkely intervenes, resulting in a showdown outside the Virginia State House.
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Native Americans rose up against the Spanish. The city of Santa Fe was seized.
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Established by William Penn.
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Bloodless overthrowal of the Catholic King of England, James II, by his Protestant daughter, Mary, and her husband, William.
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Paper bills issued by Massachusetts were the first paper money.
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Established by the Lords Proprietor.
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The Spanish King granted freedom to slaves fleeing English colonies if they swore allegiance to Spain and converted to Catholicism.
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Captain Thomas Phillips states he doesn't believe that one color of the skin is above another, he is only in the slave trade business to make a profit.
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Closed American ports to prevent involvement in the Napoleonic War.
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Native Americans attempt to wipe out English settlements in the Caraloinas.
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Movement in Europe that emphasized reason over tradition. Famous people such as John Locke, Voltaire, and Descartes influenced the thinking of the time.
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Revival swept across America encouraging people to live a pious life and have a personal relationship with God.
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Published By Benjamin Franklin for about 20 years. The book contained a calendar, proverbs, advice, and jokes.
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Founded by James Oglethorpe
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The Slaves rebeled while their owners were at Church.
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George Whitefield travels to America.
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Preaches "Sinners In the Hands Of An Angry God"
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Created by Benjamin Franklin.
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Created by Benjamin Franklin
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(The Seven Years War) The British Fought against Native Americans and the French.
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Peace Treaty that ended the Seven Years War
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Ottawa Tribe Fought against the British around the Ohio River Valley.
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Boundary between Colonies and Native Territory. (Appalachian Mountains)
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1- Sugar Act: combat smuggling. 2- Currency Act: restricted paper money. 3- Stamp Act: a tax on paper. 4- Declaratory Act: England has full control over the American Colonies. 5- Townsend Acts: tax placed on imports. 6- Tea Act: a tax on tea.
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A group of colonists fighting against the British Acts.
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British open fire on angry colonists.
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Colonists dressed as Native Americans dump Tea into the Boston harbor.
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1- Boston Port Act: shut down the port. 2- Massachusetts Government Act: put British control over the colonial government. 3- Administration of Justice Act: Royal officials accused of a crime were tried in Britain. 4- Quartering Act: British soldiers were allowed into any home.
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Colonists demand repeal of the Coercive Acts.
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Battles Of Lexington and Concord
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Patrick Henery's famous words.
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The Continental Army was formed under George Washington. The Olive Branch Petition was passed.
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British siege of the City of Boston.
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Pinned by Thomas Paine.
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Drafted and signed by the "Founding Fathers," in 1776.
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In A surprise attack, George Washington crosses the Deleware under night and leads his army to victory in the Battle of Trenton.
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In the Battle of Saratoga, American Forces were able to defeat General Burgoyne in New York, who had been abandoned by Howe.
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Treaty of Amity and Commerce sighed between France and America.
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General Cornwallis was waiting for supplies when he was surrounded by the French and the Continental army. He surrendered, ending the American War for independence.
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The independence of the United States was secured from England as well as land for expansion.
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A group of farmers blockaded the courthouse so that the foreclosure of their farms could not be issued.
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A group of government officials met to revise the Articles of Confederation. Three branches of government were decided and two senators per state as well as a population vote. Twenty-year protection was put over the slave trade.
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Created by John Fitch
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Regulations were put on slave ships regarding limits to slave space on a ship and the number of slaves transported on the ship.
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George Washington is elected.
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Created by Samuel Slater.
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By Eli Whitney.
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Tax officials were tarred and feathered and left for dead. The military was sent in to stop the rebellion.
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The U.S. government could deport threats and censor any speech against the government.
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"The Bloodless Revolution." The tie was broken between two presidential candidates, Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, by the 36th vote in the House of Representatives.
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A failed attack by slaves on the warehouse district of Richmond, Virginia.
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Started with the Cane Ridge Revival. Mostly consisted of camp meetings.
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Jefferson refuses men to a position in the government. one of the men sues. The court rules in Jefferson's favor. Chief Justice Marshall creates the Power of Judicial Review.
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Largest real estate purchase of the U.S. at a cost of $15 million.
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Written by Noah Webster.
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The ship was boarded by British soldiers searching for deserters.
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America dreaded the empressement, restrictions on trade, and they desired more territory. The British sunk the U.S.S Chesapeake. Fort McHenry was attacked but was not captured by the English. During this time Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star-Spangled Banner." Andrew won the last victory of the war at New Orleans.
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Created by Francis Cabot Lowe.
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The treaty that ended the War of 1812.
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Andrew Jackson fights Creek Natives.
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Organizations to combat slavery, alcoholism, spread the Gospel, and promote women's rights.
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United States Military fought Seminole Natives in Florida.
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The United States acquired Florida from Spain.
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Missouri and Maine were admitted into the union as slave and free states, respectively. The rest of the territory was divided along the 36° 30' line.
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With new inventions and discoveries, The cotton market boomed. This resulted in the requirement for more slaves. This caused more division.
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The idea that America and Western Hemishpere should be left alone by Europe.
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A waterway between the Great Lakes, Hudson River, and the Atlantic Ocean.
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The First steamboat service is established on the Hudson River. The B&O Railroad company is established.
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He established the Mormon church after claiming to have visions.
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Gave the President power to take land from native tribes.
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Created by Cyrus McCormick.
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Slaves rebelled in 11 farms in Virginia, killing 50 men, women, and children.
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South Carolina declares federal tariffs void.
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Started to oppose Andrew Jackson.
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Unitarians formed this club such as Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson who believed that America should be intellectually independent.
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Mexico signed the Treaty of Velasco after the Battle of San Jacinto.
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John Deere invents steel blade plow.
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The journey of the Cherokees to Oklahoma.
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Harrison died in office after giving the longest inaugural speech in American history. John Tyler took his position.
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Created by Samuel Morse.
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Opposed to Immigration and foreign influence.
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A term coined by John O'Sullivan. The idea that America should become a world power.
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Started over Texas border dispute between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River.
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After Taylor's unexpected death, Millard Fillmore replaced him.
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Ended the U.S. Mexican War. the United States gained California, Utah, Nevada, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Arizona.
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On John Sutter's land.
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Washington, DC abolished the slave trade in the immediate are. New territories were able to choose to be free states or not.
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Nebraska was divided to create Kansas and elections decided the freedom of the statehood.
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Views based on Founding Fathers ideas and principles.
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A ruling that decided that slaves could not sue in U.S. courts and could not be citizens. The order was given by Roger Tany
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A zealous abolitionist planned an attack on Harpers Ferry, a federal weapons arsenal in Virginia.
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The first state to do so after Abraham Lincoln's Presidental victory. Other states soon followed.
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South Carolina was joined by Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Texas, and Louisiana. These states announced Jefferson Davis as their president.
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Confederate soldiers fire on Union Fort Sumter.
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First major Confederate victory.
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Applicants receive title to undeveloped land west of the Mississippi.
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Minor victory for the Confederate Army.
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Union forces prevented a Confederate advancement into the Mississippi River Valley.
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The first transcontinental railroad is authorized.
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A Union victory gave Lincoln the courage to propose the emancipation proclamation.
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An executive order by President Lincoln declared that slaves in rebelling states to be free.
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Military draft to provide power for the Union Army.
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Largest civil disturbance.
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A Union victory that split the Confederate States in half.
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One of the most famous battles of the Civil War because it was a last attempt by Confederacy to invade the North.
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A speech by Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a cemetery.
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During this term, he was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford's Theatre.
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Union victory that ensured Lincoln's re-election.
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Union General Sherman destroys transportation networks in Georgia and the Carolinas.
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Passed by congress that informed of the strict requirements to rejoin the United States.
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The final battle where General Lee surrenders to General Grant.
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Abolishes Slavery in The United States.
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Granted citizenship and equal rights to African Americans and freed slaves.
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad.
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The right to vote will not be denied based on condition or color.
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Removed most penalties on confederates.
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Grant designates Yellowstone as the first national park.
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Created by Joseph Glidden
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Created by Alexander Grahm Bell
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Lieutenant Col. Custer is defeated by the Cheyenne and Sioux Indians in Montana.