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It was the first permanent english settlement.
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It is the Mayflower compact, signed by the colonists. It also esablished the United States government.
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This decleration gave us our independance from King George 3rd. This document was adopted July 4th, 1776. We were no longer apart of the British Empire.
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The 13 colonies fought for their freedom from the British. The colonies were forced to pay taxes to the British, and we did not get representation in the British Parliament
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The Costitution is the supreme law of the United States. It frames our government.
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Delagates of the Constitutional Convention approved it. It was about determaning states representation and the issue on how to count slaves.
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The Bill of Rights is our first 10 admendments, They were put in the Constitution, because it did not declare human rights.
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This was a Supreme Court case they established the Judical review.
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A purchase by Thomas Jefferson from France that expanded the United States westward. It included 15 of the states.
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This compromise was about the free and slave states, it declared Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.
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The Trail of Tears was a part of Andrew Jacksons Indian removal policy, the would go from the Mississippi river to the present-day Oklahoma.
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The California Gold Rush was people going to California to look in the rivers and mines to find important gold.
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The war started when the Southern states suceded from the Union, and Abraham Lincoln was elected.The southern states did not like Lincoln because he wanted to abolish slavery.
