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The Native Americans arrive here and start living off the land. They adapt to the land. This is important because the natives affected American history in many ways.
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He was born on October 31, 1451 and died on May 20, 1506. He was a European explorer who "discovered" America for Spain. Without him it may have taken Europeans many more years to come to America or they might never have come (but somebody else probably would have).
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The Spanish explorer Christopher Columbus lands in American. He lands in central America, probably of the coast of the Bahamas or somewhere in the Caribbean. He thought that he was arriving in Asia. Without him landing there at that time, it might have taken many more years for Europeans to arrive in America.
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This is a kind of economy (trade thing) that England had with the colonies. This angered the colonists leading to the Revolutionary War.
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Jamestown is the first British colony in America. It was successful and was the start of the colonies and the US.
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They prohibited the colonies from trading directly with the Netherlands, Spain, France, and their colonies This angered the colonists leading to the Revolutionary war.
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Benjamin Franklin was an inventor and founding father of the US. He helped create the constitution which lead the to the US.
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This was a movement that helped for the type of government the US was going to be. It was based off of roman ideas. This helped keep the balance of power in the US government.
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George Washington was an amazing general and the first president of the United States of America. He helped win the war and start the country.
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Thomas Jefferson was the 3rd president of the US and was a founding father. He helped write the constitution and helped the US become its own country.
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France and England fought for the land in the Americas. This helped the US win land, expand, and kicked the French out of the area.
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This was when parliament started taxing all paper imports to the colonies. This helped lead to the revolutionary war.
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He was the 7th president of the US. He removed Natives from their land which lead to the trail of tears and reservations.
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This was when some British soldiers killed some colonists (on accident). This lead to the Revolutionary war.
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Merriweather Lewis and William Clark re two explorers hired by the US government to explore the west and make relations with the natives. They helped the American government expand westward and trade with the natives.
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This was when some colonists dumped a bunch of tea in the ocean to protest the stamp act. This lead to the revolutionary war.
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This was a movement full of people that were against slavery and wanted equal rights for African Americans. This eventually lead to the freeing of slaves in the south.
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This was the thing the founding fathers signed as a potation to free the colonies. Without this the US would have never happened.
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This was when the constitution was finally signed. Without this the US would have never happened.
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It said that colonial settlers couldn't cross the Appalachian mountains due to the treaty of Paris in 1776.
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He was a black man and an slave. He moved to the north with his owner and started a family with another slave. The owner moved back to the south, but he claimed he was free because he was in a northern state which outlawed slavery. He lost the case. This was an event which angered Abolitionists and helped lead to the freeing of the slaves.
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This was the area of land that the French sold to the US for cheap. This doubled the size of the US.
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The act of the US expanding westward and enlarging the size of the country. This triple the size of the original US size.
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This was the idea that the US had a god given right to own and settle in the land west of the frontier. This lead to westward expansion.
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This expedition explored the land west making new maps and making relations with the natives. This lead to westward expansion and the increase in size of the US.
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Abe Lincoln Was the 16th president of the united states. He ended the Civil War and free the slaves.
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Frederick Douglass was an avid Abolitionist and fought for equal rights for all. He helped lead to the freeing of slaves and getting equal rights for all skin colors.
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The Progressive Era was a movement that was about eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. This changed how people saw the government and industrialization.
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This was the election where Andrew Jackson went up against John Quincy Adams. This was significant because Andrew Jackson made a big impact on US history.
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This was a kind of democracy that Andrew Jackson created. It "espoused greater democracy for the common man".
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Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act which removed natives onto reservations. This grew tensions between natives and European Americans and lead to natives being on reservations and the trail of tears.
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This was a war between Mexico and the US which was over the land of Texas. This affected relations between the countries for many years.
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This was part of the fugitive slave act which meant California joined the Union and other states became free states. This lead to tensions between slave states and the Union.
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The Dred Scott decision was when the supreme court said that even though Dred Scott was in the north ,which meant he was free, he was not free. This lead to abolitionists fighting for rights and eventually the Civil War.
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During this election the democratic party was split thus leading to the election of Abe Lincoln. This made even more tension between the north and south causing the Civil War.
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This was a war between the Confederate army (the south) and the Union Army (the north). This was one of the worst wars in US history which still affects today.