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Christopher Columbus
he was a explorer and he complted four vayages across the atlatic ocean -
Aug 1, 1498
Christopher Columbus Lands
He landed in America on August 1 1498 after taking multiple trips there -
First Americans Enter North America
This was when the first Native Americans canto america to start a new population -
Mercantilism
This is trading and economic policy across nations -
Jamestown
This is when the English settled in america and it soon came to an end becasue of all of the famine and disease that was brought with the english. -
Navigation Act of 1651
This was a series of English laws that restricted colonial trade to egland. -
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The Enlightenment
This was an idea that was to spread out the power. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was a between England and the American colonies, against the French and some of the Indians in North America. -
Proclamation of 1763
thus us where they wanted to spread to the west but didint and they had a fight -
Stamp act
This was the start to when everyone had to pay taxes -
Boston Massacre
This was an incident when the British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea party
This was when people woouold throw tea into the harbor. -
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American Revolution
When the American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence of Great Britain -
Declaration of independence
This was when America wanted to split from great Britain -
United States Constitution Signed
A document to support the us governemnet -
Benjamin Franklin
he was one of the founding fathers of the us -
George Washington
He was the first president and a founding father of the us -
Westward expansion
This was when the president bought land in the west and expanded the land so more people could live there -
The Louisiana purchase
This is when the united states bought Louisiana territory. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
This is when Lewis and Clark came to America to see how the Native Americans lived and how there life was -
Lewis and Clark
They were the first Americans to explore the western part of the united states -
Thomas Jefferson
He was a president and he made the decloration of independence -
Abraham Lincoln
He was the 16th president who was assassinated and work to have right for african americans -
Jacksonian democracy
When the president listened and represented the common people and it was abusing his power as a president. -
Thomas Jefferson
He was the third president. -
The Election of 1828
In 1824 there were only a little bit of people voting and John Quincy Adams falsely won. In 1828 there were a lot more people who were able to vote. This TIme Andrew jackson won becasue there were more poeple to vote for him. -
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Abolitionist Movement
This was a time where people came together to stop slavery -
Indian Removal Act
the president andrew jackson signed the indian remaoval act in may 28, 1830. this act was made so american can have more space to expand and to move the indinas out of the way and to the west. -
Manifest destiny
The god given right for the U.S to spread from the East to the West -
Andrew Jackson
he was the 17th president from 1829 to 1837 -
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Mexican American War
this was when Mexico had there owned space and they didn't want to share so America went to war to have some more. -
Compromise of !850
This was when five laws were passed in September 1850. This was all dealing with slavery. The fugitive slave act was amended and the slave trade was abolished. -
Dred Scott
He was a slave that was unsuccessfully sued for his freedom -
Dred Scott Decision
This was when a legal case in the Supreme Court that he was not entitled to his freedom and that African Americans could never be legal citizens. -
Election of 1860
lincoln was severed as the primary catalyst of the American Civil War. America became super divided -
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Civil War
This is when the Union and the Confederacy fought against each other because the union wanted to end slavery and wanted to keep the country united. The Confederacy wanted to keep slavery and wanted to split apart. -
Fredrick Douglass
He was a slave when he got his freedom and he wanted to stop slavery so he soon became a public speaker on slavery. He was one of the causes of the abolition. -
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Era of Reform
This was a period where there was a widespread of social activism. this was eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration etc.