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Bartolome de las Casas' book released just 14 years before his death.
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The first Guale rebellion, often labeled Juanillo's Revolt, began on October 4, 1597.
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Since the arrival of Europeans, the Native Peoples' (Pueblos) fortunes declined significantly.
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The Pope organized this during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
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As a result of the Greak Awakening, a decrease in French colonists came about. Most of the colonists were in the St. Lawrence River Valley.
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The Seven Years War was between France, Austria, and Russia on one side, and Great Britian and Prussia on the other side.
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An eight year control over a foreign nation.
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The French and Indian War was fought at the Fort Duquensne base.
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The Treaty that ended the Thirty Years' War
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April 1861, shooting started at the Battle of Fort Sumter, South Carolina. South won.
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North won the battle.
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South won the battle in SpringfieLD, Missouri
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Congress passed the Homestead Act on May 20, 1862 which encouraged settlement of the west by giving away land to anyone who had $18 and was willing to live on it and farm it for 5 years.
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Location: Antietam, MD.
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President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free.
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Southern Plantations start to become less and less popular - due to the Emancipation Proclamation. An end to slavery was in the works.
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Slavery in British colonies and GB was abolished.
