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Columbus Lands in the Americas
Christopher Columbus did not discover America. During his four trips he never set foot in America.He landed in various Caribbean islands such as Bahamas.He also explored central and south America -
Jamestown
Te journey to Virginia began in December of 1606 were they took the Susan Constant and Godspeed ships. Were 107 English men and boys traveled to north america to start a settlement and named the town after their king ,James I. -
Pilgrims Land
Mayflower arrived in New England on November 11, 1620 after a voyage of 66 days. Although the Pilgrims had originally intended to settle near the Hudson River in New York, dangerous shoals and poor winds forced the ship to seek shelter at Cape Cod. -
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french Indian war
he French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Signing of the Treaty of Paris
France took all mainland in North American territories, except New Orleans, in order to retain her Caribbean sugar islands. Britain gained all territory east of the Mississippi River; Spain kept territory west of the Mississippi, but exchanged East and West Florida for Cuba. -
Proclamation of 1763
George III prohibited all settlement west of the Appalachian mountains without guarantees of security from local Native American nations. The intervention in colonial affairs offended the thirteen colonies' claim to the exclusive right to govern lands to their west. -
Sugar Act
The first attempt to finance the defense of the colonies by the British Government. In order to deter smuggling and to encourage the production of British rum, taxes on molasses were dropped; a levy was placed on foreign Madeira wine and colonial exports of iron, lumber and other goods had to pass first through Britain and British customs -
Quarting Act in 1765
Parliament passes the Quartering Act, outlining the locations and conditions in which British soldiers are to find room and board in the American colonies. -
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The Townshed revenue act
A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer Charles Townshend in 1767, the Townshend Acts imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies. -
Boston massacare
Colonists were Angered by the presence of troops and Britain's colonial policy, a crowd began harassing a group of soldiers guarding the customs house; a soldier was knocked down by a snowball and discharged his musket, sparking a volley into the crowd which kills five civilians. -
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Publication of Thomas Hutchinson letters
In these letters, Hutchinson, the Massachusetts governor, advocated a 'great restraint of natural liberty', convincing many colonists of a planned British clamp-down on their freedoms. -
Boston tea party
Angered by the Tea Acts, American colonists disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians and dump 59,000 of East India Company tea out of the ships into the Boston harbor. -
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Intolerable acts
Intolerable acts were Four measures which stripped Massachusetts of self-government and judicial independence following the Boston Tea Party. The colonies responded with a general boycott of British goods. -
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Battle of bunker hill
It was the first major Battle of The war on independence. Its were Sir William Howe dislodged William Prescott's forces overlooking Boston at a cost of 1054 British casualties vs 367 of the American casualties. -
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Lexington and concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. The battles were fought on April 19, 1775 in Middle sex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy Cambridge. -
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Declaration of Independence
The Deceleration of independence was written by Thomas Jefferson and gotten by the Second Continental Congress,the reasons were that British colonies of North America sought independence in July of 1776. -
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Battle of Saratoga
The Surrender was caused by Lacking of supplies. This eventually lead to 5,700 British, German and loyalist forces by Major General Horatio Gates to surrender, Which was a major turning point in the Revolutionary War. It caused the french to become alies with the Americans. -
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Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was one of the last battles.Its were George Washington and a army of 17000 french Troops and continental army began to siege against General Cornwallis and his 9,000 British troops at Yorktown. -
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Shays rebellion
Shays rebellion was an Armed Uprising in Massachusetts rebellion was a series of protests by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections. -
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Contitutional convention
The constitutional convention took place in a old Pennsylvania state house.All states were invited to send delegates.The purpose was to decide how america was going to be governed. Its with separate legislative executive and judicial branches -
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Louisiana purchase
The Louisiana purchase was a purchase of the he Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. The U.S. has paid fifty million french money. It was 828,000 square miles of land. The treaty was dated April 30 and signed on May 2. In October, the U.S. Senate endorsed the purchase. -
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Marbury v Madison
The marbury v Madison was a landmark case, by United states supreme court which forms the bases of exercise of Judicial review in the united states. It helped define a boundary between the executive and judicial branches of united states -
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Jefferson presidency
Thomas Jefferson was the third president of the United states. He was the First president to be inaugurated in Washington DC, a city that he helped plan. The foremost spokesperson for Democracy of his time, he was the author of the Declaration of Independence. Although he kept slaves Jefferson was Jefferson is famed as a winner of political and religious freedom. Jefferson loved liberty in every way and he worked for freedom of speech, press, religion. -
Missouri compromise
Missouri compromise was passed to preserve balance of power in congress between slave states and free states. So in 1820 the Missouri compromise was passed to admit Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The law prohibited slavery in Louisiana territory except for slavery. -
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Jackson Presidency
Andrew Jackson was best known for Being a national hero after defeating the British in Battle of New Orleans in the war of 1812.When he was in his reign as president Andrew Jackson fought to advance the right of common man against a corrupt aristocracy and to preserve the union. -
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Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal act was signed by president Andrew Jackson. To Negotiate with southern Indians ,Such as the Cherokee to move west In exchange for their land. they have been promised land west of Mississippi River. a few tribes went peacefully but some resisted. Later during the fall of 1838 and 1839. The Cherokees were forcibly moved west by the U.S Government. This lead to many Indians dying about 4,000 of them which was named from the horrific events that happened the Trail of Tears. -
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Nate turner rebelions
Nate turner was an American slave who led a rebellion of slaves were he freed blacks in Southampton county Virginia. The rebels happened from plantation to plantation were they gathered horses and guns freeing other slaves along the way. -
Dred Scott v Sanford
The Dred Scott v Sanford case was a landmark decision by The United States Supreme court. Were the Supreme court ruled a slave who has spent part of his life in non slave territory simply couldn't sue for his freedom because Negroes whether slaves or free, Men of the African race were not Citizens of United states. According to the constitution. -
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Abraham Linchon Presidency
Abraham Linchon was a self taught lawyer, legislator and fight against slavery. He was elected as 16th president of United states. During the Civil war in 1863 he brought out emancipation of proclamation which freed slaves. Linchon and used the U.S army to protect escaped slaves.His Gettysburg Address stands as one of the most famous pieces of oratory in American history.Sadly President abraham linchon was assassinated by a confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth. -
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Attack on Fort Sumtor
The Battle was the barrage of Fort Sumter in South Carolina .It was by the Confederate Army, and the return gunfire and subsequent surrender by the United States Army.(The Union) which started the American Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Linchon Issued the Emancipation of proclamation after the starting of third year of the horrid civil war. The emancipation of proclamation stated The proclamation declared that all African Americans that are held as slaves within the rebellious states shall be free. -
Surrender at Appomattox
Near the town of Appomattox court house in Virginia the Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. But before the surrender of Appomattox. There was a battle that only lasted a few hours. -
Lincoln Assassinated
John Wilkes Booth walked towards the presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington D.C, and shot President Abraham Lincoln in the head. As Lincoln slumped forward in his seat, Booth jumped from the president box to the stage causing him to break his leg. -
Thirteenth Amendment Ratified
The thirteenth amendment which formally abolished slavery in the United States wasn't passed until 1865. It passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Execution act was the first significant law restricting immigration into United States.In 1882 The Chinese execution act was passed by congress and signed by President Chester A Arthur. This act issued an absolute Prohibition on Chinese labor immigration -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was the first governmental act that outlawed monopoly business practices.The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was the first passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts.Several states had passed similar laws, but they were limited to businesses. -
Plessy v Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson was a Supreme court case that advanced the controversial saying "separate but equal" . It assessed the racial segregation laws and was the first major inquiry into the meaning of the fourteenth amendment. which prohibited the state from denying equal protection of laws. -
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Sapnish american war
The Spanish-American War was a conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. -
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T. Roosevelt Presidency
Teddy Roosevelt was governor of New York before becoming U.S. vice president. Teddy Roosevelt became the youngest man to get the U.S. presidency after President William McKinley was assassinated in 1901. He won a second term in 1904. Known for his anti-monopoly policies and ecological conservationism, Roosevelt won the Nobel Peace Prize for his part in ending the Russo-Japanese War. -
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Panama Canal
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. -
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Wilson Presidency
Woodrow Wilson the 28th U.S. president, led America through World War I and crafted the Versailles Treaty's "Fourteen Points," the last of which was creating a League of Nations to ensure world peace. -
WWI Begins
There was no single event that caused World War One. The war happened because of several different events that took place in the years building up to 1914. Firstly, there was the role of empire. Great Britain, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia all had empires -
WWI Ends
World War One ended at of the November of 1918. Germany signed an armistice (an agreement for peace and no more fighting) that had been prepared by Britain and France. At the start of 1918, Germany was in a strong position and expected to win the war -
Eighteenth Amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution effectively established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol illegal. -
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treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.it was their to punish Germany for all the wrong they did -
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Harlem Rennissons
The Harlem Rennissons was a cultural,social, artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, that went on in the 1920s. During the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement." -
Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. It was adopted on August 18, 1920. -
Gitlow v New York
Giltow v New York was an important Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution extended the reach of certain provisions of the First Amendment, specifically the provisions protecting freedom of speech and freedom of the press, of governments of Individual states. -
stock market crash of 1929
The stock market crash of 1929 was not the sole cause of the Great Depression, but it did act to accelerate the global economic collapse of which it was also a symptom. By 1933, nearly half of America's banks had failed, and unemployment was approaching 15 million people, or 30 percent of the workforce.
