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Cite Samson Occom opens up Dartmout University in honor of Lord Darmout. Open because of his time spent in Europe raising money.
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Cite Around 1770's, the population amount in the American colonies reach 2,000,000 + people.
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Cite The French Revolution - social unrest caused he revolution and the social unrest is the rebellion or refusal of obedience or order. This relates to the Native Americans not wanting to leave their homes to move west (Manifest Destiny).
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Cite On April 30, 1803, representatives of the United States and Napoleonic France conclude negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, a massive land sale that doubles the size of the young American republic.
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Cite As Napoleon was leading the French army through Haiti, he lost 55,000 soliders and lost a massive amount of power. He needed to recouperate funds, therefore he sold off the land in the United States (Lousiana Purchase) to earn more money for the war in Europe. This action led to the Lousiana Purchase which then ld to the Westward expansion.
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Cite Louis and Clark begin their exploratio which leads to major discoveries in history.
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Cite President Jackson signs the Indian Removal Acts, which promises financial compensation to Indian tribes that agree to resettle on lands west of the Mississippi River. U.S. population: 12,866,020.
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Cite Westward expansion - One of the biggest reasons our country has expanded overall. They believed America had a devine right to expand west. The Indian tribes were forced to leave their homes by President Jackson at the time.
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Cite Sand Creek Massacare was an invasion on Indians villages that left 700 men dead. One of the biggest turning points in Indian history.
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Cite Wounded Knee massacre was the last battle of the American Indian wars that had been going on. One of the most brutal, also a turning point in history for the Indians.
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Cite Maria Tallchief, an Indian woman that has prospered because of her ancestors. Becoming a world class act ballet dancer and retiring in her prime as on one of the greatest. Because of her ancestors and their battle for equality, she has had the oppurtunities to do so many great things.
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Cite Ella Cara Deloria, a young girl born into a time period that was momentous for the Sioux. Unlike her family, she was open to oppurtunities that her generation was lucky enough to come across. She attended Columbia University in New York City and graduated in 1914. Although she was settled in New York and was successful, she moved back to home help her ill mother and her life became focused on family first.
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Because of major turning points in history, today everyone is opened to oppurtunities. Education, oppurtunity, progresion and more is offered and avaliable for anyone willing to try.
