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Made to attract new settlers to Virginia Colony. Each settler was guranteed two headrights of land.
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Armed rebellion against the British governer of the Virginia Colony, William Berkely.
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Overthrow of King James ll in England by Parliament and Dutch Stateholder William of Orange.
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Religious revival in the colonies that greatly increased the number of pastors and churches. Started by George Whitefield.
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War between England and France fought in North America. Taught colonists how to fight and caused the French to lose all North American land.
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Issued by King George in 1763 that forbid the colonies from expanding past the Appalaichan mountains. One of the main causes of American revoulution.
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Issued by King George lll. Stated that colonists were not allowed to settle past Appalaichan Mountains.
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Paul Rever and others rode through the towns of Lexington and Concord to warn the sleeping people that the British were coming.
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First shots of American Revolution were fought at Lexington and Concord. Declaration of Independance wasnt drafted and signed until 1776.
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Declaration of Independance is signed by delagates. The United States is now free from England.
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Written by Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations" had an enormous impact on British economic philosophy.
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Colonial forces attack Yorktown and French fleet prevent British escape. British forced to surrender.
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Set up process for surveying land on the Western Fronteir
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Delegates from different states came together and wrote the American Constitution. Created the government we still use today.
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Established process for admitting new states into the union. Also guranteed new states eould be protected by Bill of Rights.
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Compromise between the North and the South that stated black people would be counted as 3/5 of one white person when it came to representation. One of the compromises that led to the civil war.
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Established the judiciary branch of the United States government. Still in effect today. Also established how much power the Court would have.
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Policy proposed in 1790 that would hopefully fix the economy.
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The first Ten Ammendments to the constitution were ratified by the states in order to protect the rights of it's citizens and prevent tyranny.
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The time when John Marshall served as Supreme Court judge. He was a Federalist appointed by John Adams.
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Supreme Court formed the basis of Judicial Review in the United States. Also determined the rule of law.
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Deal between the United States and France that increased the size of the U.S by 2/3. Bought for 15 million dollars.
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Lewis and Clark set off to map the new world. They believed that they would find erupting volcanoes and wooly mammoths.
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Militarty Conflict between the United States and England. Fighting began due to English Impressment of American trade.
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Compromise that decided which states would be slave states, and which states would be free states. Immediate cause of the American Civil War.
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President Monroe told Europeans to stay away from North American affairs.
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Protective tariff signed by the United States in 1828. Meant to protect American products and industry.
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Political movement started my Andrew Jackson in pursuit of a greater democracy for the common man. This was a second party system.
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Nat Turner led a slave rebellion and murdered over 50 white people. Rebellion was squashed and Nat turner was executed.
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Political Party formed in English Parliament. It's central ideas are liberalism and protectionism. merged into republican party.
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War fought between the United States and Mexico over land disputes and the massacre at the Alamo. The United States gaines the South West from the victory.
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Free Soil Party was a political party devoted to the abolishment of American slavery. Disbanded in 1852
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Allowed the people to decide whether they wanted slavery or not. Repealed the Missouri compromise of 1820.
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Allowed for Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves if they wanted slavery within their borders. Led to violence known as "Bleeding Kansas".
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Purchase that allowed trans-contenental railroad to be built. Land was required to go around the Rocky Mountains without crossing Mexican border.
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After the election of Abraham Lincoln, South Carolina felt that their way of life was endangered, and decided to leave the Union.
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Union garrison stationed in Fort Sumter was attacked by Confederate Forces. First Shots fired of American Civil War.
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Document issued by Abraham Lincoln in order to justify the Union War effort. Freed zero slaves.
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Confederate and Union army meet in Gettysburg Pennsylvania. Small skirmishes broke out and both sides sent reinforcements. Over 50,000 casualties resulted in a costly Union victory.
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The Ku Klux Klan is a hate group founded by Nathan Bedford Forest in 1866. Famous for burning crosses and wearing white pointy hats.
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“all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” are now guranteed rights granted by constitution and it's ammendments. This included freed slaves.
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Two Treatises of Government is a book written by Johne Locke about the agreement between the government and the Governed.
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Established the process for immigrants to become naturalized citizens in the United States. Before this naturalization was limited to white men only.