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Aug 13, 1574
Samuel de Champlain
Samuel de Champlain, "The Father of New France", was a French navigator, cartographer, draughtsman, soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnologist, diplomat, and chronicler. He founded New France and Quebec City on July 3, 1608 -
Dec 13, 1580
John Smith
John Smith, Admiral of New England, was an English soldier, explorer, and author. He was knighted for his services to Sigismund Bathory, Prince of Transylvania, and his friend Mózes Székely.
He died June 21, 1631
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John Winthrop
John Winthrop was a wealthy English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in the founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the first major settlement in what is now New England after Plymouth Colony. -
Anne Marbury
Anne Marbury, was a Puritan spiritual adviser, mother of 15, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy that shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. -
Joint stock company
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A joint-stock company is a business entity where different stocks can be bought and owned by shareholders. Each shareholder owns company stock in proportion, evidenced by his or her shares -
Roger Williams
Roger Williams was an English Puritan theologian who was an early proponent of religious freedom and the separation of church and state. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by separatist Congregationalists who called themselves "Saints". Later they were referred to as Pilgrims or Pilgrim Fathers. They were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England. -
The Paquot War
The Pequot War was an armed conflict between the Pequot tribe and an alliance of the English colonists of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies and their Native American allies which occurred between 1634 and 1638. -
William Penn
William Penn was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. -
King Philip´s War
King Philip's War, sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion,[1] was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–78. -
Bacon Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley.
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English bill of rights
The 1689 English Bill of Rights was a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession in William and Mary following the Glorious Revolution of 1688 -
james oglethorpe
James Edward Oglethorpe was a British general, Member of Parliament, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia. As a social reformer, he hoped to resettle Britain's poor, especially those in debtors' prisons, in the New World -
Great Awakening
Great Awakening can refer to several periods of religious revival in American religious history. Historians and theologians identify three or four waves of increased religious enthusiasm occurring between the early 18th century and the late 19th century.
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States. -
Henry Clay
Henry Clay, Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, and skilled orator who represented Kentucky in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives.
He died June 29, 1852, -
2nd Grat Awakening
It was a religious revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. The movement began around 1790, gained momentum by 1800 and, after 1820, membership rose rapidly among Baptist and Methodist congregations whose preachers led the movement. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion, also known as the Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. Ended in 1794. -
Aliens and Sedition Act
Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills that were passed by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress and signed into law by President John Adams in 1798, the result of the French Revolution and during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. Authored by the Federalists, the laws were purported to strengthen national security, but critics argued that they were primarily an attempt to suppress voters who disagreed with the Federalist party -
Abolition Movement
was an effort to end slavery in a nation that valued personal freedom and believed "all men are created equal.
(no spesific date found, only beginning of 1800) -
Marbury v Madison
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court formed the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States under Article III of the Constitution. -
Luisiana Purchase
It was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million. -
Treaty of Ghent
It was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States and the United Kingdom. -
Missouri compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. At the time, the United States contained twenty-two states, evenly divided between slave and free. -
Monroe Doctrine
was a U.S. foreign policy regarding domination of the American continent in 1823. It stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, requiring U.S. intervention. -
Erie Canal
The Erie Canal is a canal in New York that originally ran about 363 miles from Albany, on the Hudson River to Buffalo, at Lake Erie. It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. -
Indian Removal Act
as passed by Congress during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The law authorized the president to negotiate with southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their ancestral homelands. -
California Gold Rush
Began when James W. Marshall discovered a gold nuget in the American River while reconstructing in the Sacramento Valley. -
Seneca Falls Convertion
was the first women's rights convention. It advertised itself as "a convention to discuss the social, civil, and religious condition and rights of woman". Held in Seneca Falls, New York, -
Gadsen Purchase
This is a 29,640-square-mile (76,800 km2) region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed on December 30, 1853 by James Gadsden who was the American ambassador to Mexico at that time. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
April 12-13
It was North against South
North had limited troops, limited supplies, no reinforcement from Union. Opposite to south, who didn't have anything.
As the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the US Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor.
two men died. America were in was with themselves. -
Anaconda Plan
President Abraham Lincoln was president at that time.
Was a military plan designed by Whinfield Scott. The plan Emphasized the blockade of the south ports, and called for an advance down the mississippi river to cut rhe south in two.
This ended in 1865 -
First and second Battle of Bull run
The union was led by Generl Irvin Mcdowell, had a streght of 228-25,000. The battle was in prince william country, Virginia e untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell marched from Washington against the Confederate army, which was drawn up behind Bull Run beyond Centreville.
It took defeat union amry nearly 36 hours to get back to Washington D.C marching non stop locking rest, food and supplies.
Second battle: Aug 28-30, 1862.
The battle begann under under Jacobs' observations. -
Battle of antientam
General robert E lee And Generk George McClellan.
The battle was in Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Maryland. in the the first battle of the American Civil War to be fought on northern soil.Though McClellan failed toutlilize his numerical superiority to crush Lee’sarmy, he was able to check the Confederate advance intothe north. Aftera string ofUnion defeats, this tacticalvictory provided Abraham Lincoln the political cover he needed to issue his Emancipation Proc
26,000 casualties and 4,000 died -
Reconstruction
To march 17, 1877.
The reconstruction was a try to reunite the south after the civil was. Because south was totally destroyed after the civil war. -
Battle of Chancellorsville
Aprill 30th, 1863 to May 6th, 1863.
The battle was in Chancellorsville, Virginia
South vs north.
In Noth:
Hooker tried cutting off their supply lines. Robert L Lee divided his army into two separate sections.
Set up General Robert E Lee to win other battles. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Us Grant vs John. Pemberton.
77, union soliders+Union navy gunship vs 33,000.
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s armies converged on Vicksburg, investing the city and entrapping a Confederate army under Lt. Gen. John Pemberton. On July 4, Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged siege operations. This was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war. With the loss of Pemberton’s army and this vital stronghold on the Mississippi, the Confederacy was effectively split in half. -
Gettysburg
July 1/3 1863 in Pennysylvenia
Most impotrtant battle of the civil war
General Roberrt E. Lee lead 60,000 confederate soliders, 3,000 union soliders lead by General George Mead.
183/65 passed the national bank act of 1863. North gained economy, south went poor.
Confederates were not successful. Union lost 23,000 men, south lost 28,000. -
the battle of Atlanta
The Battle of Atlanta was fought on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood. \
3,400 Union soliders died. 8,500 confederate soliders died.
The women hospitalized the soliders. THis battle was very political important. IT said to be the reason lincoln got picked. -
The Appomattox Courth Hpuse
was one of the last battles of the American Civil War. It was the final engagement of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant.
It was 700 casualitis.
This was the end of the war. -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is a racist, anti-Semitic movement with a commitment to extreme violence to achieve its goals of racial segregation and white supremacy. Of all the types of right-wing hate groups that exist in the United States, the Klan remains the one with the greatest number of national and local organizations around the country. -
14'th Amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws, and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War.
Slavery was not alloed anymore, everyone is equal. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote, passed by congress. -
Radical Republicans
The Radical Republicans believed blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites. They also believed that the Confederate leaders should be punished for their roles in the Civil War. -
Battle of Petersburg
June 9, 1864- March 25, 1825.
Consisted of Trench warfare. Was largest concentration of African Americans.
The Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia. -
Sherman's March to the sea
The battle lasted from Dec 15-21. It was a violent cmpaign . Sherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the military Savannah Campaign in the American Civil War, conducted through Georgia, William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army.
Life in North was normal, but south suffered. They lived in fear of Sherman and his army. The march attracted a lot of refugees.
Sherman recruited 5,000 african American refugees to assist with the march.
