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104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America,
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104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. It was named after King, James 1. The settlement became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
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On August 20, 1619, 20 and odd Angolans, kidnapped by the Portuguese, arrive in the British colony of Virginia and are then bought by English colonists.
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Prepared boys for ministry and law
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The Dutch took a more hard- nosed approach to the Swedish interlopes by restricting New Sweden's access to the Delaware Rive and squeezing it out of the fur trade.
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Was originally chartered in 1629. In 1663, Charles 11 of England rewarded eight men for their faithful support of his efforts to regain the throne of England by granting them the land called Carolina: these men were called Lords of Proprietors and controlled the Carolinas from 1663 to 1729.
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Eliminated religion, focused on practical needs
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The growing division between Republicans and Federalists so disturbed Washington that he agreed to run for a second term as president in 1792
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The Democratic Republicans supported Thomas Jefferson for president that year. His support mainly came from farmers in the South and West
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They argued that these laws were needed as protection against foreigners who might threaten the nation.
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The McGuffey readers were textbooks that stressed religious values and emphasized moral lessons which intended to develop students into good citizens
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The Lexington Normal School essentially became the birthplace of American pedagogy
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Required every city and town to offer primary school, focusing on grammar and basic arithmetic
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Created methods and standards for high school
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Began in Europe when Germany invaded Poland
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American troops were sent into hot zones to eradicate or drive the Viet Cong out of their strongholds
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Were a series of airline hijackings and suicide attacks committed in 2001 by 19 terrorists associated with the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda.