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The Olmec, or also known as the early Mesoamerican civilization, is considered to be the foundation for later civilizations like the Maya or Aztecs. -
The Spanish Golden Age is an important historical era because it was during a time where significant cultural, political, and economic changes really affected Spain and how it contributed to their emergence to global power. -
Christopher Colombus was a navigator and an explorer. He is best known for his voyages... -
The Enlightenment was a major moment in history and it is very significant because of its profound impacts on politics, society, and the shaping of the new modern world. -
The English Settlement refers to the establishment of Jamestown, Virginia. -
The Restoration Colonies were a group of English settlements that were established in North America. This event in history is important because it marks the significant expansion of the British Empire in North America.
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The French and Indian War is important because of its impacts and how those impacts led to the American Revolution. This war ended the Treaty of Paris in 1763, France lost most of its North American territory to Britain. -
During this time taxes were being imposed directly on to colonies. -
The American Revolution is when America officially became independent. This is when the thirteen American colonies broke free from Britain's rule. -
The Creation of the Constitution occurred due to past events that helped lead up to it. -
The Antebellum Reform and Utopianism movement was a time period of pivotal social change in the United States.
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President Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States but also one of the more controversial ones. -
The Abolitionist movement expanded significantly and founded organizations that stood against slavery, like the American Anti-Slavery Society (1833). -
The Antebellum South refers to the time period in the Southern United States before the Civil War. During this time plantation agriculture and slavery were major themes that were going on in the South. -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848, and ratified in March 1848. It was a pivotal moment in history because this treaty was an agreement to end the Mexican-American War. -
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of legislative measures being passed by the U.S. Congress to address any disputes after the Mexican-American War ended in 1848. The goal of a compromise was to achieve and maintain balance and Union in any future disasters or events.
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The Civil War was one of the most devastating wars in American history. It illustrated the devastation of humans, the economy at the time, and the social world. -
The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 was a very crucial piece in the deepening of the conflict over slavery. Similar to The Compromise of 1850, the Kansas–Nebraska Act contributed to the political realignment
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John Brown and the Election of 1860 was one of the many events that contributed to the tension between the North and South over slavery, this contributed to the outbreak of the Civil War.
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In history this time period would be marked by the significant changes in manufacturing and technology. The way people worked shaped the nation's economy and social structures.