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when the magna carta was signed and limited government was formed -
first permeant settlement -
Agreement signed by Pilgrims establishing self-governance in Plymouth Colony -
a law passed by the English Parliament in 1689 that established civil rights and limited the power of the monarchy -
t was a protest about the tax on tea, levied without representation in the British Parliament and against the monopoly of the East India Company -
when the ARW started -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first armed conflict of the American Revolution, -
a law passed by the British Parliament in 1765 that required colonists to pay a tax on legal documents and other paper goods -
we the people 1776. when the Declaration of Independence was signed. -
a series of two battles fought in upstate New York in 1777 -
when the ARW ended
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ending the American Revolutionary War and establishing the United States as an independent country -
when the constitution was drafted -
when the use had its first president -
when it was ratified -
Acquisition of vast territory from France, doubling the size of the U.S. -
the war of 1812 between us and britian -
belief in the U.S. destiny to expand westward -
War that resulted in the acquisition of large territories from Mexico, including California -
when the Mexican-American War ended
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Treaty ending the Mexican-American War, establishing the U.S.-Mexico border -
Legislation that fueled tensions over slavery in the territories, leading to "Bleeding Kansas" -
a period of violent conflict in the Kansas Territory from 1854 to 1861 between pro-slavery and anti-slavery groups -
upheld slavery in United States territories, denied the legality of black citizenship in America, and declared the Missouri Compromise to be unconstitutional. -
a time of significant change in the United States after the American Civil War, from 1861 to 1900 -
a war over slaves between the north and south -
the first engagement of the American Civil War, beginning on April 12, 1861, when Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort -
Lincoln's declaration freeing enslaved people in Confederate territories -
turning point of civil war -
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation -
when the civil war ended
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The surrender was a symbolic end to the war, but other Confederate forces continued to fight. President Andrew Johnson formally declared the war over on August 20, 1866. -
the assassination of Lincoln -
a 1,911-mile railroad that connected the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the United States -
lady liberty (aka statue of liberty) was given to us by the french -
bans slavery -
Movement aimed at addressing social and political issues like corruption and labor rights -
when ww1 started -
when ww1 ended
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gave women right to vote -
led to great depression -
a time when america was at its lowest. lasted to the start of ww2 in 1939 -
FDR's plan to fix the great depression. -
when ww2 started -
us entry of ww2 -
when ww2 ended
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when the movement over civil rights started -
jfk assassination -
when the civil rights movement ended
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when MLK JR was assassinated