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colonial period
This is a period of time when British first came here .John smith founded the first British settlement in Virginia. called Jamestown In 1607. -
Revolution
The Revolution was the American Patriots in the 13 colonies going against British rule in war, resulting in American independence. The Americans were led by George Washington and this took place in 1776 in the 13 colonies. -
constitution
It was the declaration of independence written by Thomas Jefferson who wanted freedom and independence from Britain. This document was wrote on 1776 in Philadelphia. -
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New nation
United states had emerged as a 2 party system federalists and republicans. And then the war of 1812 was Americans war that lasted 3 years. Which was another problem. This war was fought on North america, gulf coast of united states, pacific and Atlantic ocean. -
Nationalism and sectionalism
Nationalism wanted to unify the country when sectionalism wanted to leave and be there own country because the Southerners were relying more on cotton, plantations and slavery. This was between north, south and west america -
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civil war
This was a conflict between the Union and the confederates because the north wanted to give African Americans rights and the south wanted them to stay slaves. Robert. E Lee was confederates best general who defeated many union generals. This long 4 year war that had the union losing at first it also had led to over 600,000 deaths. Some states even wanted to leave the country due to this. Finally the union won and slaves were free which impacts today because what if we were still slaves. -
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gilded age and progressive era
This was the american society developing and changing roles and cutting down on corruption. It was a social and political movement. These problems society faced (poverty, violence, greed, racism, class warfare. -
Emergence of modern america
This was at the end of Spanish- American war. Unite states had joined the allies and stepped onto an international level which made the a super power. And the rise of progressive movement. -
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Worl war 2
This war was the 2nd global war that lasted from 1939-1945. This war was allies vs axis powers. This was the deadliest war in history it had marked 50 to 85 million . This took place in Europe and across pacific and east Asia. Hitler wanted to take over all of Europe. This changed today's world because we try to avoid world wars because world war 2 was so bad especially after dropping the atomic bomb. -
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Cold war
This was a time of tension between soviet and United states. The tension got so bad that soviets had missile cites in Cuba. Which caused panic in the U.S a lot. Also United states wanted to stop communism and didn't want soviets to have atomic bombs. This had lasted from 1947-1991 -
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civil rights
This was many African American leader such as Martin Luther King Jr protesting and boycotting for decades struggling to get legal and constitutional laws for African Americans. -
Contemporary world
This is how the world changes like social changes and technology changes for example when soviets Launched Sputnik, a satellite that
orbited the Earth It had started the space war. Which was a huge technological change. -
