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The first settlement of 144 men who traveled to the Americas in hope of finding riches, instead found trouble with their insufficient food supply, illness and death.
[www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/Jamestown/fha/J1023]
[www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/jamestown/fha/J1007]
[www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/Jamestown/fha/J1034]
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From 1611 to 1624, the colonists are benefitting well from their success with tobacco. Despite the “starving times” years, the people are more prepared and are benefitting from it.
[www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/Jamestown/fha/J1063]
[www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/Jamestown/fha/J1040]
[www.virtualjamestown.org/exist/cocoon/Jamestown/fha/J1022]
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During this time, the people were suspicious of each other and this resulted in accusations of witchcraft. In Massachusetts, out of two hundred accusations, 20 people were executed.
[https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/maps/uphamsmall.jpg]
[https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/perley.html]
[https://salem.lib.virginia.edu/sermons/parris16920911.html]
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Lasting from 1732 to 1750, the Georgia Colony was the last colony to be found. African American slavery was present and the people were unhappy with the power the British had over them.
[https://tps.ghslearn.com/a-true-historical-narrative-of-the-colony-of-georgia-in-america/]
[https://tps.ghslearn.com/view-of-savannah-in-1734/]
[https://tps.ghslearn.com/account-of-the-exports-and-imports-at-the-port-of-savannah-1773/]
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War has begun between the British Colonists and the French with both sides aided by Indian tribes. In which the British win in 1763, gaining them large amounts of land in North America.
-Journal of Major George Washington
-Articles of Capitulation, Fort Necessity
-George Washington to Lieutenant Governor Dinwiddie (March 7, 1754)
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An event that later results in the Boston colonists invading the Boston Tea Party to protest against the 1773 Tea Act.
[https://www.masshist.org/database/3023?ft=Boston%20Massacre&from=/features/massacre/visual&noalt=1&pid=34]
[https://www.masshist.org/database/viewer.php?item_id=3065&mode=large&img_step=1&&pid=34&noalt=1&br=1]
[https://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/View/6/6.6.jpg]
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A document is created among the first thirteen states to form the first government of the United States.
[https://www.loc.gov/item/90898067/]
James Madison (May 7, 1787) Vices of the Political System of the U.States.
James Madison. Autobiography; With notes and Chronological list.
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Congress starts to make an effort to keep the peace between White Settlers and the Native American tribes, that already occupied lands, in the form of deals and treaties.
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/bdsdcc.18101]
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/bdsdcc.21201]
[https://www.loc.gov/item/2004666662/]
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Through debate and compromise, 55 men of 12 states meet in Philadelphia, to develop the Constitution of the United States. Which would create a new government designed by James Madison.
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/mcc.018/?sp=2]
[http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/ac001/lawpres.html]
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3824p.ct000294/?r=-0.601,0.644,2.462,1.39,0]
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An act was created to stop importing slaves into the United States.
-Sherman, Isaac v Charming Sally, Schooner, 1803
-The Act Prohibiting the Importation of Slaves, 1808
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The age of reform is dated from 1830 to 1850. Many movements began to change the way society was being ran at this time. They wanted changes on child labor, abolition, temperance and prison reforms, and the Indian Removal Act.
[https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.1740400a/]
[https://www.loc.gov/item/mcc.050/]
[https://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=009/llsl009.db&recNum=489]
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In 1851, many people from different countries leave their home and come to the United States in search of freedom, safety, and more job opportunities.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/lhbum.01450?sp=28
https://www.loc.gov/item/93510092/
https://www.loc.gov/resource/wpalh1.18040142/?sp=2
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(1860)Abraham Lincoln, (1861)Union and Confederate armies, (1863) Emancipation Proclamation, (1865)President Assassination, Union victory and Confederate surrender
[https://rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/civil_war/diaries_journals/alexander/index.shtml]
Harpers Weekly. President Lincoln’s Inauguration [http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/march/lincoln-buchanan-inauguration.htm]
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(1866) Civil Rights Act is passed, Reconstruction acts gave Southern States military rule until a new government was formed. Congress was able to pass two amendments which were the 14th and 15th.
These allowed African Americans the protection from discrimination and their right to vote.
https://www.loc.gov/resource/wpalh3.33020907/?sp=5
https://www.loc.gov/resource/lcrbmrp.t2319/?sp=10
https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbnawsa.n3542/?sp=40
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An era where the United States was filled with social activism. Some events include Women’s Sufferage, and Prohibition. (1896-1916)
https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/lltreaties//lltreaties-[ustbv002/lltreaties-ustbv002.pdf]
[https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/images/18thamendment.pdf]
[https://www.loc.gov/rr/main/images/volstead-act.pdf]
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From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, women banded together to protest for their rights.
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbcmil.scrp4006702/?sp=4]
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.29110/] (picture)
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/mss15404.mss15404-009_00069_00076/?sp=2]
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(1941) Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, President Woodrow Wilson, (1915) Germany sunk U.S. ships, (1917) U.S. declares war on Germany, (1919) Treaty of Versailles
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.55870/]
[https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82016014/1915-05-07/ed-1/seq-1/]
[https://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3b22390/]
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Under the 18th amendment, the law prevented the sale of alcohol beverages. This would include the making of, the transportation of, and the importation of alcohol.
[https://www.loc.gov/rr/program//bib/ourdocs/images/18thamendment.pdf]
[https://www.loc.gov/item/amss.as103180/]
[https://www.loc.gov/item/rbpe.1380240c/]
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(1929) Great Depression, (1932) President Franklin D. Roosevelt, economic relief, unemployment, fireside chats, second new deal, (1936) social security
[https://www.loc.gov/item/2005677284/]
[Mrs. Eulalia McCrainie] Library of Congress
New York Tribune (New-York [N.Y.]), May 31, 1841 | Library of Congress
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(1939) Nazi party invades Poland, (1941) attack on Pearl Harbor, Allies and Axis powers, (1945) Allies defeat Nazis and Japan.
[https://www.loc.gov/item/96522736/]
[https://www.loc.gov/item/98506923/]
[https://www.loc.gov/item/94505434/]
[World War II] (painting)
