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The colony of Jamestown was formed. It was the first permanent settlement in North America.
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The House of Burgessess was the first elected assembly in the New World. This assembly still operates today as the "General Assembly."
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Slavery was brought into this world in 1619, even though it wasn't used much at first. By the 1700's, though, slavery become much more needed.
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The Mayflower Compact was a document where they agreed to obey laws created for the general good. It created a convenant community, which is a community based on the promises found in the compact.
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England and the American colonists fiught against France and the Indians. England won the war and drove the french out.
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England gained land from France. They gained the land west of the Appalachians and they gained land in Canada.
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England wouldn't let colonists settle west of the Appalachians. They said it costed too much to protect colonists from Indian attacks.
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The Stamp Act placed taxes on legal douments. It was taxing people without representation.
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The colonists and the British soldiers started fighting for jobs. British started an actual fight over it. They killed 5 colonists.
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Washington got elected as the firsrt president of the United States. He had a hard time setting up the government.
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This act set up the court system. Three executive departments were created. They were the departments of State, Treasury, and War.
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The cotton gin was invention invnted by Eli Whitney. It was created to make cotton growing very profitable.
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The causes of this war were British interference with american shipping, and british aid in the west. President madison called for this war.
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This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It talked about how evil slavery was. This book was widely read and it increased support in the North for abolition.
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Dred Scott was a slave whoi sued for freedom after being taken into free territory by owner. In this case, court ruled that African Americans aren't citizens so he didn't have a right to sue, and Congress had night to ban slavery. This case overturned efforts to limit spread of slavery.
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Abraham Lincoln, a republican, won the election. Slavery had been the main issue.
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The first battle of the war was at Fort Sumter, which was in South Carolina, although it remain under Union control. Southerners fired on these Union ships that were there to resupply Ft. Sumter.
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The Sherman Antitrust act was a landmark federal statue in the history of US antitrust law. It was passed by congress in 1890.
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Susan B Anthony was a strong leader of the woman's suffrage movement. She encouraged women to enter labor force in WW1
