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plymouth rock is a large coastal point where the pilgrims landed
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a group of young girls blamed their frightening visions and strange behavior on whichcraft. the girls named the people who were bewitching them and they were brought to trial.
it still isnt clear what had started all of this strange behavior but there are some theories such as connections with ergot and being isolated -
Britain placed a tax on all printed material. soon The Sons Of Liberty, colonists who took the streets to protest the new taxes, forced britain to repeal.
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the boston massacre showed the rebel patriots that the struggle for independence would require bloodshed
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actually took place at breeds hill.
amereican soldiers were mainly volunteers who were not well trained or diciplined while british soldier went through a lot of training -
Common Sense is a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine on how to manage better relations with the british
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thomas jefferson offered the congressional resolution that led to the creation fo the declaration of independence. it didnt include blacks, indians, and women in the new freedoms of the united states of america
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after genera george washington got his troops to white plains, new york, he was attacked by the british general howe
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1,500 soldiers in pennsylvania and new jersey seized artillary, cannon balls, and filed out of camp intending to march to philidalphia and lay their grievences in front of the council
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henry knox became americas first secretary of war, le marquis de lafayette led the french revolution, and george washington lived quietly at home
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-african american souldiers
-fought with tenacity and determination, like buffalo
-wanted to show they were worthy -
-purhcased by thomas jefferson
-doubled the size of the U.S.
-encouraged westward movement -
-thomas jefferson sent them out to search for new routes
-gave tobacco to indians to make them happy
-used old french maps -
won the presidential election of 1816 with help from james madison and thomas jefferson
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adressed the issue of equality in the number of slave states and free states.
entered maine as a free state and missouri as a slave state -
-city grew most
-social darwinism
-fallow is a field that has been left empty for a year -
-led early pioneers overland
-almost 2,000 miles
-dangerous journey
-death could come from indians, starvation, or dehydration -
caused by the closing of a large number of american banks
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the route traveled by the cherokee people when they were forcibly removed from their homelands
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calfornia decared independence from mexico
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-took place in california
-brought settlers looking for gold
-opened up the west for even greater settlement -
forced northerners to return runaway slaves to their owners
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slave brought to a free state by his owner fights for his freedom.
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norths troops outnumnered the souths.
most soldiers were killed by surgery. -
Abraham Lincoln was the first president to die of assassination. He was shot in the back of his head by John Wilkes Booth
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congress impeached andrew johnson because he was accused of interfering with congress's plan for reconstructions
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- new york= "city that never sleeps'
- immigrants turn to crime and gangs -growth of agricultural inventions did not change
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- alaska joined the U.S.
- explotion of the U.S.S maine occured in the havana harbor
- yellow journalism = orinting stories designed to sell
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- developing military strength consisted of increasing resources
- tripple entente= britian, france, russia -the black hand tried to reunite all serbs
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- more than a million women in workforce
- german immigrants were often physically attacked
- treaty of versailles was not signed by senate
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-forced to abandon farms due to drought
-cattle gave much needed fertilizer
-vegetables were preserved in glass jars or cool cellars -
- withdrew 148 million acres of forest form real estate
- established over 50 wildlife sanctuaries
- designed areas as national parks and monuments
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- quick way to make money
- mainley italian and russian immigrants
- comfort of protection and respect
