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- A period that began with Christopher Columbus discovering North America and ended with the first acts of Rebellion that would lead to the American Revolution
- The time in between was characterized by Religious change and evolution, and colonization.
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- The first formation of a framework of government written and enacted in the territory that is now the East Coast of the United States of America.
- This document would bring the first group of U.S. Pilgrims together and set the stage for later forms of government
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A time period best described as containing the entirety of Americas' revolution against Britain and its occupation.
- This time period contains:
- The Stamp Act
- Proclamation of 1763
- Boston Tea Party
- Boston Massacre
- Lexington and Concord / April 1775
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- This act of violence involved The Son of Liberty to protest Britain's strict hold on the colonial people.
- On December 16, 1773, The Boston group of The Sons of Liberty invaded several British ships docked in Griffins Warfe- a Massachusetts Trade Harbor.
- The rebels dumped 114 cases of tea into the Boston Harbor, costing the British East India Company the equivalent to more than $1,700,000 dollars!
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A transitional period between the founding of America at the end of the American Revolution and the beginnings of the racial societal shifts within American Social groups.
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-The Missouri Compromise was a legislative order led by Henry Clay admitting Maine and Missouri into the United States.
- Maine was admitted as a free state on March 3, 1820, and Missouri was admitted as a slave state on August 10, 1821Resource- The Missouri Compromise- Britannica
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- A period during the 1830s that is best denoted by the relocation of Native Americans
- Approximately 100,00 Native Americans were moved west of the Mississippi River
- The following Native American Groups were forced to relocate:
- Cherokee
- Creek -Chickasaw
- Seminole
- Choctaw
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- Nat Turner was an enslaved black man living in the South who believed himself to be called upon by God to free his people.
- on August 21, 1831, Turner rebelled, killing his masters and rallying other enslaved people to his cause
- He and a group of others then marched throughout Southampton killing at least 55 people
- Turner then avoided capture for almost 2 months until he was captured and hung on November 11, 1831
Nat Turner and His Rebellion - Reference
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This time is described as being between the formation of the U.S. government and the beginning of the Civil War. It Includes:
- "Bleeding Kansas"
- Harpers Ferry
- Nat Turners Rebellion
- The Annexation of Texas
- Mexican-American War
- Missouri Compramise
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- Mexico bans any new immigration to Texas Territory
- All current residents were permitted to keep their slaves but could no longer buy new ones
- Residence requesed the right to slave labor but are denied
- This results in the Battle of the Alamo with Santa Anna
- The defenders of the Alamo were defeated on March 16, 1836
- Later, however; Residents of this disputed territory defeat Santa Anna and his men and retook Texas Territory
Video - Annexation of Texas
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- Stephen Austin sold portions of land that belong to what is now present-day Texas for a meager price.
- Mexico was displeased with this and banned any further immigration to 'Texas'.
- This led to the Battle of the Alamo and The Mexican American War
- In 1837, Texans requested to join the U.S but The Senate denies them due to not wanting to imbalance the Slave-State-to-Free-State ratio
- This problem was later solved in 1846 with the annexation of both OR. and TX. under The Oregon Treaty.
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- The Mexican-American War was a series of battles fought between Mexico and The United States
- This war stemmed from the Annexation of Texas on December 27, 1845. -Abolishitonists were vehemently opposed to this war because they saw The U.S's declaration of war as an attempt to expand slaver
- The U.S. invaded Mexico through the Rio Grande and slaughtered the Mexican troops.
- In the end, Mexico signs away more than half of its territory under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Feb. 2, 1848.
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- Mexico signs away more than half of its territory ( 500,000 square miles) under The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
- This area includes:
- New Mexico
- Utah
- Nevada
- Arizona
- California
- Texas >Background Connection- The Annexation of Texas
Source- The Mexican American War
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- December 3, 1849, Cal. requested to join the U.S.
- Although initially denied to maintain an equal slave-state-to-free-state ratio, it was later admitted as a free state
- The U.S. government assumes all of Texas' debt in exchange for a portion of its territory that would later become New Mexico and Utah
- These territories entered The U.S. at the same time as Cal. but the decision for slavery was left to popular sovereignty >Resource
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- Three groups occupied Kansas
- Pro-slavery
- Free-staters
- Abolitionists
- Guerrilla warfare between the three groups from 1854-1861
- Stopped because Kansas entered the union as a free state on January 29,1861
Bleeding Kansas Reference
- Three groups occupied Kansas
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- In July of 1859, Abolitionist John Brown and his sons began planning their raid of the Harpers Ferry Federal Arsenal
- Throughout the summer of 1859, they recruited and gathered members of The Provisional Army
- In the late evening of October 16th (1859), John Brown and his men began their two-day raid on the federal arsenal.
- On October 17 (1859) Colonel Robert E. Lee leads a group of Marine soldiers in a siege of the engine house
- On December 2nd, 1859 Brown was hanged for treason
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- On December 20, 1860, 11 Slave States declared their withdrawal from the Union following Lincoln's election
- The following states decided to withdraw:
- Mississippi
- Florida
- Alabama
- Georgia
- Louisianna
- Texas >Resource- the Encyclopedia Britannica, Secession of the Southern U.S. States
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A period in American History best defined as consistent battles between Northern and Southern U.S. states in an effort by the North to outlaw slavery and the South to gain popular sovereignty. The war finally ended in April of 1865 with the Southern Surrender at Appomattox
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- One month after his inauguration, President Abraham Lincoln sent provisions to Fort Sumter, a port located in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina
- On April 12, 1861 troops opened fire
- The following Southern States used this as an opportunity to Secede
Resource- Encyclopedia Britannica, Southern Scession from the United States
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- Abraham Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation on September 22 ,1862, and later finalized it on January 1, 1863
- Lincoln declared "that all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free."
- This proclamation did not end slavery, but it did fundamentally transform the Civil War
- The Emancipation Proclamation also allowed the acceptance of Black men into the Union Army and Navy
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