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Document that recognizes the rights of nobles. Limits the rights of the king. Leads to establish a series of checks and balances here.
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Trade between the Americas, Europe, and Africa. Helped show the idea of Mercantilism and grow the American market of goods.
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The Mayflower set sail
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Winthrop articulated his view of the prospective Puritan colony as “a city upon a hill,” meaning it cannot be hidden.
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Last major effort by Native Americans of southern New England to expel the British
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Indian disputer on the frontier. Colonist Asked for protection, Virginia government denied. Nathanial Bacon led the colinsts in a rebellion against the Virginia government.
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Creates rights for English citizens.
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Two part book justifying the American Revolution. Outlines the role of government. Also borrowed his ideas of Social Contract and Natural Law.
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A west Indian slave woman was accused of being a witch and accusations snowballed.
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The "Seven Years War". Between the British, French, and Indians. Ended in 1763.
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Confederacy of Native Americans under Ottawa chief Pontiac attacked British forces at Detroit trying to remove them from French lands
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Radical group in Boston that fought for fair rights for colonists. Included Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, and John Dickinson. Attacked tax collectors.
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Farmers in western NC resented the assessment of taxes and fees and the favoritism of the tidewater region. Governor William Tryon led militia forces against them and won at Alamance Creek.
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First attempt by the colines to create a government. Met before American Revolution. Involved mostly Virginia and Massachusetts. Set up the first Continental Congress.
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First shots were fired buy Minutemen who attacked British troops on their way to destroy supplies of the militia. Showed that the colonists would put up a fight.
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2200 Redcoats charge up Breed's Hill to drive away 1200 Minutemen. British won but lost over 1000 casualties.
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Between America and Great Britain. The war were America won its independence.
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Economist who influences the idea of Capitalism-anyone can open a business and sell items to the public, as long as they are doing so legally.
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Americans against Hessians and British troops. Americans won.
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Created a loose union of states where states' rights were importans. Created a unicameral legislature, Each state recieved one vote.
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Poor western farmers rebelled after being taxed by the local government. Led by Revolutionary War veteran, Daniel Shays.
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Called for equal representation. Written by William Patterson. Wanted multiple presidents.
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Representation based on population.
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Counted each slave as 3/5 of a person for representation.
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System of checks and balances between 3 branches of government so that no one part becomes too powerful. Written by James Madison. Called for one president in the executive branch.
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Established the supreme Courth as the Judiciary ruker of the US.
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First president of the US. Served from 1789-1797. Also the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental army during the American Revolution.
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Small farmers revolted in Pennsylvania after whiskey was taxed. These farmers used Whiskey to barter. President Washington sent militia and crushed the rebellion without a single death. Set a precedent that the government would use force to maintain peace.
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Based on the English Bill of Rights. First ten amendments of the US Constitution. Protects the rights of citizens. Basic Freedoms.
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Created by Eli Whitney. Separates the cotton from the plant. Whitney invented it to cut down on slavery. Had the opposite effect.
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Second president of the US. Served from 1797-1801. Was a Founding father and a leader of American independence from Great Britiain.
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Passed to silence criticism of the Federalists. Discrimnatiied against aliens (immigrants), many of whom joined the Republican party. Forbid people from speaking or writing anything.
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Third president of the US. He was a founding father. He served from 1801-1809.
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Passed by Thomas Jefferson, stopped all exports from US targeting England and France, attempt to show American neutrality.
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Fourth president of the US. Served from 1809-1817. Nicknamed "Father of the Bill of Rights".
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Fifth president of the US. Served from 1817-1825.The last president who was a Founding Father of the US.
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A waterway in New York that opened trade to midwestern states.
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Sixth president of the US. Served from 1825-1829. Also served as a member of the House of Representatives.
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James Monroe established 2 foreign policy ideals in this speech:
-Non-intervention: US woould not interfere in European affairs if European powers did not interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
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Seventh president of the US. Served from 1829-1837 Acted as a courier in the Revolutionary War.
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Began in Lowell, MA. Began the mass production of goods, and the creation of industrial factories across the US.
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Eighth president of the US. Served from 1837-1841.
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“First Indian Removal Act” enacted by Andrew Jackson, killed many.
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Ninth president of the US. Served for exactly one month before he died.
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Tenth president of the US. Served from 1841-1845.
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Created by Charles Goodyear and Thomas Hancock. Process that makes rubber stronger, and easier to mold into usable items such as tied, and soles for shoes.
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The republic of Texas voluntarily asked to become part of the United States, rather than being independent. The government agreed. Mexico then declared war on the US.
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Eleventh president of the US. Served from 1845-1849.
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Between Mexico and America mostly over territory. Mexico lost in 1848.
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Twelfth president of the US. Served from 1849-1850.
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Thirteenth president of the US. Served from 1850-1853.
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Fourteenth president of the US. Served from 1853-1857.
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Senator Stephen A. Douglas pushed for the organization of Kansas and Nebraska territories. He proposed the idea of popular sovereignty, allowing settlers to vote on the status of the territories.
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Fifteenth president of the US. Served from 1857-1861
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Between the Union and Confederacy. Causes were secession of the south and the electon of 1860. Over 600,000 soldiers killed. Union was saved and strengthened. Ended in 1865
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Sixteenth president of the US. Served from 1861-1865. Wrote the Emancipation Proclamation.
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South invades MD. 23,000 killed. Bloodiest war.
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Promised 160 acres of land for cultivation
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Grant bombarded the city on the Mississippi River for six weeks. Victory secured control of the river.
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Freed slaves in states in rebellion.
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Both southern victories as Lee and his troops kept Union from capturing Richmond.
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Ended slavery.
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Seventeenth president of the US. Served from 1865-1869.
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Mass produced by Joseph Glidden. Kept cattle in your land and protected crops. Lightweight, could easily be carried across the United States.
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Equal protection for all citizens
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Eighteenth president of the US. Served from 1869-1877.
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Created by Samuel Morse. Easy way to communicate over long distances. Created a code of short and long beeps to represent letters, names Morse Code.
