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Jamestown
English men and boys established the Jamestown colony, and named it after King James l. The colonists spent no time farming, the harsh winter set the colonsits back and only 38 out of 144 survived. -
Tobacco
Tabacco was introduced to Europe be the Spanish who learned from the Native Americans. Tabacco beacame popular which in time the indrusry would grow in the South -
Witchcraft in Salem
More than 200 people were accused of being witches in Salem, MA. 20 were executed. The colony admitted the trial were a mistake and the families were compensated. -
Cotton
Cotton production was expensive due to the amount od labor to remove the seeds. Eli Whitney who was named the cotton king lived in the south but from MA. He created a machine that moved through the cotton quickly -
Plantation life
Plantations had agricultural economy, the climate was good for growing crops. The children had private teachers and the parents taught them to manage plantations. Most slaves lived in the South by 1750 and worked the fields. -
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams with the Sons of Liberty on December 16, 1773 threw tea into the Boston harbor. It resulted in the passage of the punitive Coercive Acts, which pushed the war closer. -
America
America got her start by a combination of many events that happened from the birth of this country.
From The Boston Tea Party, kicked off the Revolutionary War.
The win of the Revolutionary War, American gained her independence.
The Great Debates between Lincoln and Douglas
The Westward Movement, we spread our wings and took our believes with us.
The Civil War the battle for human rights, which pinned and tore the county apart.
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Jefferson and the American Revolution
He was elected as a Delegate to the Second Continental Congress in 1775.
one year later he drafted the Declaration of Independence. In that time he served as a Delegate
and went on to be Governor in 1779.
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The End of the Revolutiony War
A peace treaty was signed by the British after the long hard battle with the worlds most powerful fleet. America now embarks on her new way of life and is one of the many American Itdentity. -
American Identity
American Identity was formed by adopting social and cultural backgrounds. Hard to say when the identity really started, but it took off after America won the Revolutionart War. -
Westward Expansion
The Westward Expansion aided by the Louisiana Purchase. Many went to follow God's will and to start over. -
Undergound Railroad
was a network of routes and safe houses to bring African slaves to free states. Abolitionists apply to both black and white free or enslaved. 100,000 slaves escaped using the Underground Railroad. -
Manifest Destiny
The government was pushing the settlers west by telling them God wanted them to go west. -
Mexican American War
The war was the fist fought on forigen soil. The Mexicans Were outnumbered. President Polk believed in the Manifest Destiny, Which is God wanting to expand west. -
The Great Compromise
agreement made among the delegates to the Constitutional Convention, American goverment would have two houses, Senators and House Reps. -
American Civil War
The American Civil War was the result of tention between the North and the South. The focus was slavery and states rights.620,000 men lost their lives in the Civil War. -
Slavery in America
Mid 19th century, Americas westward expansion, and the North abolition movement would start a war that would tear the nation apart. The Union victory freeded 4 million slaves. -
Freedmen's Bureau
It was to aid free slaves in the South, the tasks were difficult. Southern legislatures passed laws for Black Codes which restricted the movement. With this the KKK and other organizations started. KKK spread throughout the South targeting African Americans and Radical Republicans with intimidation and violence. -
Civil Rights Act
Radical Republicans after the Civil War had ended, attempted to protect black rights by passing the Civil Rights Act of 1866. two years later Johnson was impeached. -
Reconstruction Acts
It was an act to provide an efficient government in the Rebel States. The act was necessary for the South to re admitted the Union.The acts were to also help the slaves enter the country as a free man.
