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Declaration of Independence
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In July 1776, delegates of the Second Constitututional Convention formed a declaration based on their grievances on the King George. It was written by Thomas Jefferson and revised by Benjamin Franklin and John Adams -
Constitution
https://kinvalley.com/10-facts-about-the-constitution/After the Articles of Confederation was formed, the states had much of the government's power, and the loose collection of all the states made the delegates of Congress wanted to revise the articles, but instead wrote new document regarding how the government would function. The Constitution was ratified by NH and went into effect from then on. -
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Manifest Destiny
Americans thought it was an inevitable event that would happen, and thought that expanding west would be better for social and econmic prosperity -
Billof Rights
ABC Clio
Since 1789, the states finally came to a mutual descision to ratify the first 10 ammendments that stated the rights of American citizens, and acts as a guide for constitutionality of future laws and practices for the newly formed democratic nation -
The Cotton Gin
Patent Drawing of a Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin which allowed cotton plantation owners to produce cotton faster by seperating the cotton from the unwanted portions, and therefore made Southerns need even more slaves for cheap labor -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase (Overview)
Napoleon sells France's territory in the Americas to the US, doubling the size of the US for only $15 million -
Clermont Makes its First Trip
Robert FultonFulton's steamboat left the New York City Harbor and travelled 130 miles on the Hudson River to Albany. It marked the beginnning of new technology being invented for more efficient transportation -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise (1820)Missouri Compromise (1820)The Missouri Compromise allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and created a devison at 36 30' to ensure the power of the slave and non-slave states remained equal.Everything north of the division was non slave and everything south was slave. Southern states were afraid of losing power in the Senate if Missouri became a free state. -
The Liberator
William Lyod GarrisonA expanding nation, 1789-1850William Lyod Garrison began publishing The Liberator and promotes abolitionism mostly in the North and angers the Southern plantation owners/ slave owners -
Nat Turner
Nat Turner Nat Turner and a group of other slaves lead a revolt against white Americans in Virginia to threaten and intimidate them to get rid of slavery. However, this made plantation owners enforce stricter laws in order to prevent slaves running away and starting rebellions -
Worcester vs. Georgia
An Expanding Nation 1790-1850ABC ClioThe Cherokee tribe tried to negotiate to the Supreme Court that they had a right to stay in their respective territories, and even though they won, Andrew Jackson enforced the Indian Removal Act -
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Trail of Tears
The Native Americans were marched out of their homeland into parts of Oklahoma for westward expansion -
Morse and the Telegraph
Samuel MorseAn Expanding Nation, 1790-1850Morse was given a patent for inventing the telegraph and it became easier to communicate using what later came to be known as the "Morse Code" -
Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
Lowell Female Labor Reform Association
As more factories were in prominence in the North, there was a huge class difference in the society of the employees and their employers. Congress investgated the conditions in which employees were made to work in, and the huge gap between the rich and poor could be seen through the minimum wage through the wages they were being paid and the long hours they had to work. -
Minimum Education for Children
Horace MannAn Expanding Nation, 1790-1850The Massechusetts Legislature passed an act that prohibited children from working more than 10 hours and required them to have atleast a mandatory minimal education. American society started to realize the importance of education for furture generations to come -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoGuadalupe Hidalgo Treaty (1848) Mexico agreed to secede New Mexico and California territory as well as make the Rio Grande the border between Mexico and Texas. Mexico also recieved $15 million for the land that included present day California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona, and some of Wyoming and Colorado and acquired recieved $3.25 million in damage repayment -
Seneca Falls Convention
Seneca Falls Convention
Hosted by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, a women's convention was held to discuss the rights women shoud have since they played a major role in the promotion of the abolitionist society, and textile mills, and a growing influence in different movements
