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1607 Jamestown was settled by the British and in 1624 became a royal colony.
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Founded as the "New Netherlands" by the Dutch. And was later taken over by the Duke of York. In 1664 New York became a royal colony
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The Mayflower saild from Plymoth England in July of 1620 carring over 130 passengers. After a long and horrible jouny the "Pillgrims" landed in the New Wolrd September 9th, 1620.
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Founded by Lord Baltimore.
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Founded by Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. Rhode Island became a royal colony in 1636.
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Started by people leaving Massachusetts. Founded when 3 settelments united. They later created the first constitution in the America's.
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In 1663 founded as one settlment. In 1729 became 2.
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Starting as two seprate settlements given to the Duke of York. In 1702 the two settlements united as one and became a royal colony.
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Founded by the Dutch as "New Sweden". Surrendered to the Duke of York and was made part of Pennsyvania. 1703 became its own legisalture.
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1622 land grand given to John Mason Controlled by Massachusetts until receiving royal charter. 1979 New Hampshire became a Royal Colony.
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Founded by William Penn and grew to be one of the largest colonies.
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Founed by James Oglethorpe upon Brithish command. 1752 became royal colony.
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The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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In 1777 the British attempted to wipe out the flickering revolt by a concerted plan to split the colonies with converging expeditions concentrated upon the Hudson valley.
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The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia met between May and September of 1787 to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
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The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lought by the United States of America against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, its North American colonies, and its American Indian allies.
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The Antebllum Period was a time after the War of 1812 and before the Civil War. Key points of this time include:
-The Cotton Economy In The South
-Early Industrialization and the Rise in Manufacturing in the North
-Penny Press and Affordable Newspapers
-Canals, Turnpikes, and Early Railroads
-Pre-Civil War Slave Rebellions
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Decades of simmering tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including states’ rights versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War.
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April 9th, 1865 Robert E. Lee’s surrender.
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Under the administration of President Andrew Johnson, new southern state legislatures passed restrictive “black codes” to control the labor and behavior of former slaves and other African Americans.
