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Declaration of independence
The two part document claiming independance from great britan -
British defeated at Saratoga
The turning point for the U.S it showed the rest of the world that we had the power to defeat and capture 86% of the british troops fighting us. -
Shays rebellion
It was to get tax relief for farmers and was very underwhelming when it comes to the actual fighting -
The Constitution
The constitution was A document telling the government how to run the country -
George Washington First president
Him being president was expected before they were even picking one -
Cotton Gin
It was a machine that would remove the seeds from the cotton fiber -
XYZ Affairs
This is when Americans went to France to negociate in an attempt to stabilize the relationship between america and france -
The Capitol moves to washington
The Capitol of the united states moves to the quiet town of Washington -
Louisiana Purchase
When Louisiana was bought from france By the United states -
West taken from Native Americans
This was when the settlers started taking as much land as they could. -
Lowell Factory System
http://history1800s.about.com/od/1800sglossary/g/Lowell-Mill-Girls.htm The factory needed workers, and Lowell wanted to avoid using child labor, which was commonly used in fabric mills in England. The Lowell mills were as much a social experiment as they were an economic enterprise. Mill owners recruited young New England farm girls and provided housing for them in company-owned dormitories where their leisure time was as carefully supervised as their working hours. -
Frederick Douglass
http://www.frederickdouglass.org/douglass_bio.html Most black critics of slavery were somewhat less violent in their rhetoric but equally uncompromising in their commitment to abolition. Douglass never recovered from the betrayal of the abandonment. When he was about eight he was sent to Baltimore to live as a houseboy with Hugh and Sophia Auld, relatives of his master. It was shortly after his arrival that his new mistress taught him the alphabet. -
Calhoun's Theory of Nullification
Calhoun developed the theory of nullification. Nullification is to make legally null or valueless. Calhoun had strongly supported the tariffs. He had come to believe that the tariff was responsible for the stagration of South Carolina's economy- even though the exhuastion of the state's farmland was the real reason for the decline. -
The Erie Canal
<ahref='http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/eriecanal.htm' >http://geography.about.com/od/urbaneconomicgeography/a/eriecanal.htm</a> The Erie Canal made it possible to ship goods by inland waterways all the way from New York to New Orleans. -
The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroads emerged from a combination of technological and entrepreneurial innovations: the invention of tracks, the creation of stream-powered locomotives, and the development of trains as public carriers passengers and freight. The first company to begin actual operations was Baltimore and Ohio, which opened a thirteen-mile stretch of track in 1830. -
The "Spoils System"
The "Spoils System" refers to the conferral of office on people based upon political concerns rather than fitness for office. Andrew Jackson embraced a distinct and simple theory of democracy. "Andrew Jacson believed that the goverment should offer "equal protection and equal benefits" to all white male citizens and favor no one region or class over another " (Brinkley, 219). Jackson's supporters worked to transform the process of selecting presidential candidates. -
Jackson For President
The first election With two political parties. -
New Reform Efforts
The reform impulse also helped create new movements to remake mainstream society-movements in which, to a striking degree, women formed the ranks and file and the leadership. Revivalism soon became not only a means of personal salvation but al effort to reform the larger society. -
The Dorr Rebellion
http://www.britannica.com/presidents/article-9398258 The democratic sentiments that swept much of the nations produced the Dorr Rebellion. The state ratified a new constitution extending the franchise. Thomas L. Dorr held a convention, drafted a new constitution, and submitted it to a popular vote. -
Gold Rush
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The gold rush was a important event of the time, because it motivated westward expansion. aswell it drove the poulation of california to grow ate an incredible rate. in turn causing it to be considered for statehood. -
The Aristocratic Ideal
The great aristocrats were indeed people whose families had occupied positions of wealth and power for generations. Wealth southern whites sustained their images as aristocrats in many ways. The Aristocratis Ideal also found reflection in the definition of a special role for southern white women. -
"Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions"
In 1840, abolitionist Elizabeth Cady Stanton attended the World Anti-Slavery Convention in London, England. She and fellow abolitionist, Lucretia Mott, were outraged to learn that women could not participate in the conference. They promoted the first Women’s Rights Convention in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1848, in which the Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions was adopted. It is one of the first documents to demand equal rights for women. -
Missouri Compromise
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4p2951.html In 1850, the Missouri Compromise was passed admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. In addition, with the exception of Missouri, this law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36° 30´ latitude line. the effects it had on slavery make this event a important part of the time. -
Slave Codes
http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h137.html Slave owners did anything that they could to keep slaves from running away. They did not want the slaves to do or learn anything that might help them. One way the owners did this was with laws called slave codes. -
Emergence of Lincoln
In 1858, in the congressional elections a lawyer Abraham Lincoln who was not well known at the time a ran against popular northern Democrat Stephen Douglas. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates attracted great attention and the major issue of slavery was at the heart of the discussions. Douglas for slavery, where as Lincoln was against. even though he lost the attetion brought to this election makes this event very significant, because it put him in public view which helped him take office later on. -
Establishment of the Confederacy
1861, the southern states started their own government. Following secession, the Confederate states attempted to seize federal property within their boundaries, including forts, customs houses, and arsenals. The Confederacy’s establishment was of great significants because of the action they took toward the north sparked the revolutionary war. -
The Battle of Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter On April 10, 1861, southern forces demanded the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Garrison commander Anderson refused. On April 12, Confederate batteries opened fire on the fort, which was unable to reply effectively. At 2:30 pm, April 13, Major Anderson surrendered Fort Sumter. This was the first conflict between the North and the confedrate south sparking the war. -
The Trent Affairs
The Trent Affair was the diplomatic disaster that potentially brought Great Britain and the United States closest to war. when the north seized two southerns in cuba bound for england and france in attempt to gain there support.this was very crucial becuase rather then spark more conflict it brought the north and england closer togher. which was benificial for the futer. -
Lincoln's Assassination
President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes booth while Lincoln and his wife were attending a play. This is a critcal event that shocked the country and caused great distress aswell it ment Vice President Andrew Johnson assumed the role of presidency. -
The 14th Amendment
The amendment was approved by Congress and sent to the states for ratification. Under the amendment, “Everyone born in the United States, and everyone naturalized, was automatically a citizen and entitled to all the “privileges and immunities” guaranteed by the Constitution, including equal protection of the laws by both the state and national governments.
