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In 1492 Columbus sail the alantic ocean with three ships and spain on his side. Queen isabella gave him these ships along with an army of men.
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This was the year he traveled the seas and up the coast of South America. He brought back to his country, the idea that the Americans were new Continents.
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In Massachusetts the law required that every town own a school. The year that the first american college, harvard, was build was 1636. Typically only whites went to school, not blacks or indians.
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In 1675 a conflict between Nathaniel Bacon and William Berkeley erupted. Bacon didn't agree with Berkely, he refused Bacon a piece of the Indian fur trade.
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This date was the date of Bunker Hill which is one of the battles of the war. This war start with a small battle at Lexington between the British and american settlers in 1775. At the war at Bunker Hill the patriots suffered severe casualties and retreated.
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On this date in history, thirty-nine delgates signed the Constitution. This document included the idea of checks and balances and popular sovereignty. James Mason was the biggest influence towards the Constitution.
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This is the date which Rhode Island elected delegates to ratifying coventions. But even before the conventions started a national debate about the convention between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists had already existed. The Federalists were the party to agree with the Constitution.
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This was the year that Eli Witney produced the cotton gin. The Industrial Revolution brought more modernized techniology to America.
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This was the election betwee Jefferson and John Adams. Adams accused Jefferson of being a dangerous radical and Jefferson accused Adams of being a tyrant. Jefferson won the Republican party over Aaron Burr on the 36th ballot.
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On this day Livingston and Monroe signed an agreement with Napoleon over the Louisiana Territory. The United States agreed to pay $15 Million for the land.
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On this date American forces seized control of Lake Erie. This was all thanks to Oliver Hazard Perry who engaged and dispersed a British fleet at Put-in Bay. In the summer of 1812 American forces invaded canada through Detroit.
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James Monroe announced a policy that would be known as the Monroe Doctrine. This document established the idea of the United States as the dominent power in the western hemisphere.
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Thousands of Americans from around the region crowded before the capitol to witness the inauguration of Andrew Jackson. He was known for embracing the theory of democracy.
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Samuel Morse began experimenting with the telegraph and was fascinated by the possibilities so he developed the Morse Code. The telegraph was a dramatic advancement over other traditional methods of communication.
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This year was when Poe published his most famous poem "The Raven". He was a southern writer who produced stories and poems that were typically sad.
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In 1860 it was estimated that 70,000 manufacturing establishments were in the north east. Along with immigration the American indusrties also grew dramatically between 1840 and 1860.
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In 1837 the Massachusetts Board of Education was created and ran by Horace Mann. By the 1850's the principle of tax supported elementary schools was established in every state.
