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The settlers of the New World chose Jamestown to be the first colony. Their hope was to find gold. Half of the colonists dies due to starvation.
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This was a system where settlers paid to bring people over into America, and the new citizens would be granted 50 acres of land. The Headright System aimed to increase population.
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The first actual Thanksgiving was celebrated by the pilgrims and the Native Americans in 1621. A Native American chief, Squanto, gave food to the pilgrims. Although in the present, we celebrate the holiday in late November, the first Thanksgiving took place in mid-October. (Day on timeline is not exact.)
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Tobacco was introduced from the Natives to the English in 1619. By 1624, more than 200,000 pounds of tobacco was produced per yer.
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Twelve delegates met in Annapolis, Maryland to discuss how they could better regulate trade. Not a lot of progress was made, so they planned to meet at another time.
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The delegates met again from the end of May 1787 to the middle of May 1787 to revise the Articles of Confederation. Instead, they ended up writing up a draft of the U.S. Constitution.
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The creation of the Northwest Ordinance was a process to create five new states. These included Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio. In these states, people treated the Natives better and they also outlawed slavery.
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The first presidential election began in December of 1788. There were nine federalist canidates, two anti-federalist canidates, and one independent canidate. The independent canidate won unanimously. The winner, George Washington, became the United States' first president.
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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton were two abolitionists who created the first women's rights convention in the U.S. The Seneca Falls Convention had about 200 members in attendence. The women held this at the Wesleyan Chapel in Seneca Falls, New York.
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The WCTU was created in Hillsboro, Ohio. This was a female organization whose goal was to create a "pure and sober" world. They also had a lot to do with women's suffrage.
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Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr founded this institution in Chicago, Illinois. The Hull House consisted of settlement houses for European immagrants. Addams described the houses purposes once as the three R's: residence, research, and reform.
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Congress passed the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in 1919. This amendment gave women the right to vote. Giving women the right to vote was an issue that went on for a long time, but in 1919, the issue was resolved.
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George H.W. Bush had a lot of careers including: war hero, pilot, congressman, ambassador to the U.N. director of the C.I.A., and Vice President. However, in 1989, he was inaugurated as the president of the United States.
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Congress enacted this law to prohibit discrimination of anyone with a disability. This law gives protections that are similar to those promised in the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Not only are protections given, but businesses must give appropriate accomodations to the disabled.
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In 1991, Rodeny King and two others were involved in a high-speed car chase. The chase was then followed by some of the LAPD officers beating on King. Though this was filmed by a witness, an all white jury found three out of four of the police officers not guilty. This caused Los Angeles to erupt in riots due to racial tension. In the end, 53 people died and over 2,000 were injured,
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This was a treaty between the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The purpose was to limit the number of war heads each country could have. The two countries finally signed this treaty after ten years of negotiating.
