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Native America, European Exploration, Colonization
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St. Augustine was the first Spanish settlement and first European settlement in (Florida) America.
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Jamestown, Virginia, was the first successful English settlement in North America.
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De La Warre, who now was the governor of colony, introduced private property along with the headright system as a contributor to his success.
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The first meeting in Virginia for the representative assembly in America.
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The Mayflower landed in the "New World" and established the Mayflower compact. This was the groundwork self government and established the rights of Englishmen.
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Pilgrim Fathers found Plymouth near Cape Cod, soon followed by many other English Puritans and their colonies.
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The first type of constitution written by the colonies. A beginning of rebellion.
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The struggle for land in North America between the British and the French end with the British winning.
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This policy prohibited white settlement west of the Appalachian mountains
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After the Seven Years War came to and end, Britain ended the period of ignoring the colonist beginning the road to revolution.
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American Revolution, the Confederal Era, and the Early Federal Period
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Parliament passed its first act on the colonies which taxed them on any foreign products that were purchased.
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A small skirmish broke out between a group of patriots and British soldiers. Several citizens were killed.
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The Sons of Liberty snuck onto a ship and messed up the Bri ish tea. It's mental iwwness innit luv <3.
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12 of the colonies 13 delegates met in Philadelphia to discuss resistance against the Parliaments Coercive Acts.
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Known as the "shot hear 'round the world," this was the first battle of many in the Revolutionary War.
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After the Second Continental Congress has met, the Declaration of Independence is unanimously ratified, which in the name, declared independence from Britain
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This was known as a turning point for the Revolutionary War as Burgoyne surrendered to American General Gates.
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This was the final Battle of the Revolutionary War in which the colonies won. General Cornwallis surrenders after being surrounded in Virginia.
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This was the first Constitution approved by all of the 13 colonies. It later failed due to many problems including having only one branch, no taxing power, different currencies and more.
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Although signed the previous year, it is finally adopted after New Hampshire decides to ratify it.
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George Washington becomes the first president of many to be the representative leader of the now called United States.
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The first bank is put into service. People today still use banks to deposit and withdraw currency.
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The Bill of rights was ratified. It was a set list of rights for all US citizens to be granted and they could not be taken.
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The cotton gin was invented by Eli Whitney, it changed the future of fabric production.
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A trade agreement between the U.S and Britain. It also agreed to pay off any debts. This angered both France and the people of the U.S.
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A new country, The War of 1812, Problems with moving west
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For a small price, Thomas Jefferson the current president bought a very large amount of land that is now modern USA. The land he bought was around 828,000 square miles.
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Following the Louisiana Purchase, Lewis and Clark were two men who led an exploration through the newly acquired land.
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The steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton and helped the speed of transportation of both goods and people.
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Shortened to Cumberland Rd, this was the first US highway. Along with the steamboat this helped to improve the speed of transportation.
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A war that ended up with no one truly winning, the War of 1812 began during James Madison's presidency.
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This was the treaty that ended the War of 1812, and it helped to resolve the land disputes between the countries who signed it.
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Jackson had sent troops to Florida to search for runaway enslaved people, but had also burned many native villages and killed many leaders.
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A compromise that annexed Missouri into the United States as a free state. This would help the balance between the north and south for just a little longer.
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A doctrine that promoted no new European colonization in the western hemisphere as it would be taken as a threat by the hemisphere and by the US.
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Due to the War of 1812, the federalist party had been dying for a while. It was in 1824 that it had officially ceased its operations.
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The Jacksonian Era, Natives fight back, Acquisition of New Territory
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Jackson wins a mandate with his "Common man" appeal and his philosophy on the roles of leadership.
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Many tribes were forcefully removed from their land by congress for the US to use.
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Moved to Illinois after getting in trouble to begin teaching about polygamy. Did gross things but helped to spread Utopian Communitarianism.
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In Florida, this was a war if resistance among the Natives. Ended with agreement to move to Oklahoma for an unspecified amount of time.
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John Worchester acted as a lawyer for the Cherokee and allowed them to stay on their land.
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Following a short depression was a panic as unemployment rose while wages lowered.
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The Final Straws, the Civil War, and the Beginning of a new Era
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After the number of US citizens out numbered the people of mexico, they claimed an independence and gained the territory under the US name.
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Along the 49 parallel on the Canadian border after being fought over by many nations, the US finally claims the Oregon territory,
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The US declares war on Mexico in attempts to gain California and other territories.
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Modeled after the Declaration of Independence, this convention was about the beginnings of the women's rights movements.
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After being enslaved for quite some time, Harriet Tubman escapes and within a decade becomes the leader of the Underground Railroad.
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California comes in as a free state, Utah and New Mexico come with popular sovereignty, a tougher fugitive slave law in enforced, the land between New Mexico and Texas goes to New Mexico, Texas got money compensation for land, and the end of the slave trade in Washington D.C.
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Democratic representative Franklin Pierce wins and is the official end of the Whig Party
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The republican party is formed and every anti-slavery group/person joins.
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Scott was an enslaved person who was moved into a free territory, but was still considered enslaved. Ended with enslaved being seen as property, could be taken anywhere.
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Solid south votes democratic, republicans still win. Abraham Lincoln now president as his platform appealed to the north.
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South Carolina secedes from the United States after Lincoln wins in 1860.
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The union had control of the Mississippi River except for Vicksburg during the war.
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The Emancipation Proclamation is issued and it freed enslaved people in areas of rebellion. African Americans were free to join the Union Army, doesn't apply to all enslaved people.
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After the use of the anaconda plan, the confederates give up and the union wins the Civil War
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By John Wilkes Booth in the Fords Theatre. John was soon caught after and died in a barn fire.
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Reconstruction, Corruption, Immigration
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Provided education, food, and jobs for the now free enslaved people. It also ignored state debts and created the Civil Rights Act (14th amendment).
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The KKK quickly became a hate group and made African-Americans fear to leave their homes.
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Ulysses S. Grant wins by a lot. Push for 15th amendment and it is added.
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This was the second Fort Laramie Treaty and it acted to end the Red cloud's war (a native rebellion).
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A division within the republican party is seen as lots of rude insults are thrown around during the campaign.
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A separate company was created by the Union Pacific railroad company to buy stocks from themselves. The public became aware of this scandal 5 years later.
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No currency exchange of gold for money. Questioned a tight or loose policy.
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The democratic party is promised one cabinet seat and the south gets federal money ti help rebuild. North won the war, the south won the peace.
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A nationwide strike of railroad workers in a union.
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Due to new immigrants "stealing" jobs from United States citizens, the exclusion was put into place.
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Created after years of lobbying for a voice in government for the welfare of people.
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The Sun Dance was often used to call onto ancestors in battle for strength.
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The Interstate Commerce Commission is created to regulate railroads and trade interstate.
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Divided the reservation of land into family plots, basically like how white people own land. Some of these plots were even sold.
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Set to break up unions and monopolies.
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The number of new immigrants (from southern/eastern Europe and Asia) had passed the number of old immigrants (northern/western Europe) the new immigrants did not assimilate well.
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The United States sent ships as support to Chile, two of our soldiers are killed and the US is payed 75,000 as compensation.
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All banks shut down, and Jay P. Bond saved the government by providing money for them to repay.
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In response to the Panic of 1893, Pullman cuts the wages, but not the prices.
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A US ship names the Maine was sunk in Havana most likely due to failures with the ship. Newspapers took this and blew it out of proportion leading many to believe that Cuba was involved.
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Teddy Roosevelt, the Progressive Era, WWI
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The federal government had used the anti-trust act to break monopolies for the first time.
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Many coal workers went on strike and of course the mine owners did not want to comply. TR stepped in onto the side of the workers, one of the first times ever that this had happened.
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Theodore Roosevelt v. Alton Parker. Theodore proposes his "Square Deal," and idea where everything is fair because like a square, all sides are equal. Everyone except the solid south had voted for Teddy.
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The mission for forest conservation is long overdue, but now it finally begins.
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Influenced by the book "The Jungle," TR passed an act that would inspect any meat that crossed state boundaries.
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All food and drugs had to have labels on them stating everything that was in the product
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A 29 million dollar fine was placed on the Standard Oil Company due to almost 1500 law violations. Though this was overturned in court, big businesses could not rule anymore.
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Teddy Roosevelt had picked Taft to run. Taft wins and failed due to not having the same charisma as Teddy, along with a lack of engagement.
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The idea of the Chamber of Commerce is to support the idea of local business and acts as a friend to the community.
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This amendment allowed the people to vote for the senators that would make big decisions for them.
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Test were now in place for lawyers instead of lawyers being able to just sign up for the job. Training was now sometimes required.
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After Germany had decided to sink many US ships, and long into America's time period of ignoring the War, the US had joined.
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at 11:00 am, armistice was declared and the war was over.
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During the same year as the end of WWI, the Spanish Flu broke out and spread to 1/3 of the population.
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The Great Depression, The New Deal, WWII
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Who ever gets to vote is no longer determined by the sex of the person.
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A treaty that created 9 new countries, the league of nations, and blamed Germany for the war. Woodrow Wilson was not able to sign due to a stroke so the US ended up not being a part of the league of nations.
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This would limit the amount of immigrants allowed to the United States of America
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On this day, the stock market had begun to crash. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged nearly 13 percent. Soon another large percentage would continue to lower.
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Hoover v. FDR. FDR had a more positive outlook while Hoover said "it could have been worse." FDR wins, 472 - 59. This means a mandate.
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The New Deal was set in place in order to fix the damages from the Great Depression. It would include the addition of many new programs for this reform.
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This act created FHA loans to help stimulate the economy by getting people to buy houses. It introduced redlining, and meant white people would become wealthy and others wouldn't
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A part of your income would be put into a "pot," and would be given back once retired. We are born with social security now.
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By this time, programs enforced to help with the depression were being removed as they were no longer being needed. However WWII was becoming even more of an issue.
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A minimum wage of 40¢ per hour was set. Our wage is much higher now, but this was a start. The act also set a maximum amount of hours.
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Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, the US had decided to enter the war fighting along the allies.
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Just before 8:00 in the morning, the Imperial Japanese Navy Air had attacked Pearl Harbor in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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The US had won a battle against Japan at Midway Atoll, marking a turning point in the pacific battle.
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The allied forced had invaded northern France by arriving on and taking over its beaches. It was the largest seaborne invasion in history.
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After many leaders in the war had taken their own life, the war itself was basically over. No trial was held. There was still another war on the other side, however.