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Christopher Columbus who sailed 1492. He conquer for Spain for search in gold because more gold the more power. He is credited with discovering AMERICA.
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Began after Columbus discovery and it impact the social cultural make up of both side of Atlantic.
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He was a Conquistador(conqueror). He claim colonies for Spain and conquered the Aztecs Empire.
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He sailed in 1532 and claim new colonies for Spain and conquered the Inca Empire in Peru.
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No self government. Conquer the native american and established NEW SPAIN. land divided to states call encomiendas. Spanish settler and native american intermarried, creating a mixed race called mestizos.
1565-1608 -
Roanoke-1st attempt at English settlement- THE LOST COLONY.
captain was John White who sailed back to England for supplies.
Virginia Dare-first baby born in american to English parent. The word CROATOAN was craved into a tree. Historian believed the colonist either starved, attacked by the native american, or join with a native american tribe. -
Samuel de Champlain. New France-along the St.Lawrence River and the great lakes. Quebec,Montreal-Canada. Detroit (Michigan), New Orleans.
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Obtain by bringing 50 tenants to the colony. Few restriction on who could settle in new Amsterdam.
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Pequot War -In 1637, Pequot were virtually wiped put by the English
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When the british fired into a crowd and killed many.
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When the america was declaring independence
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The first president of USA
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When the American Won the war against britain.
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No details for a court system in the Constitution
Federal law remained the “Supreme Law of the Land” -
The first 10th Amendment
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Amendments added to the Constitution between 1795 and 1992 to protect the rights of citizens in the United States
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John Adam become 2nd president
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Jefferson won as the third president of the united state.
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James Madison recelect
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US and Britain returned land boundaries to where they were before the war
US won respect from other nations
US nationalism grew stronger
Federalist Party lost its credibility and disbanded
US manufacturing grew due to a lack of British manufactured goods
US became more self sufficient
Native American resistance declines -
Become the 5th president of the united state
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Supreme Court (John Marshall) ruled that only Congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade
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Andre Jackson become elected as president
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Congress passed the Indian Removal Act - authorized the removal of Native Americans from the SE United States
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The Cherokee appealed to the US Supreme Court
Court ruled that the Cherokee had a right to remain on their land and could not be forcibly removed -
Troops sent to round up Cherokee and move them to Oklahoma
800 mile march in 1835 -
Martin Van Buren get elected as president
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It was completed and it was stretch 800 miles to the west
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Zachary Taylor become president
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Telegraph - device that sends messages using electricity through wires-Instant communication
Communication is revolutionized-whole different way of sending msgs -
Proposed banning slavery from any land purchased from Mexico
Upset the Southern states
Not approved -
Mexico upset over US annexation of Texas
Polk sent troops to Texas border to settle US-Mexico border dispute and to negotiate the purchase of California and New Mexico -
Stanton call for women to get their right
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California enters the union as a free state due to the Compromise of 1850
Gold was discovered in California in 1848 -
With the acquisition of the Mexican territory, the extension of slavery once again becomes an issue
Henry Clay offers a compromise to maintain balance between the free and slave states -
July 9, 1850 – President Zachary Taylor died of cholera
VP Millard Fillmore became President -
1862 - Anyone who would agree to cultivate 160 acres of land for 5 years would receive title to that land from the federal government
States used money from sale of land to finance agricultural colleges -
People given land in Oklahoma to encourage settlement
Settlers came rushing from all around to claim land -
The day i was born.
