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Slaves brought to Jamestown and without this there would have been no civil war
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This colony was settled for religious freedom for the puritan pilgrams.
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The Mayflower Compact set up the idea for majority rule in america.
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This war prooved to the world and themselves that the U.S. could win a battle against the major powers in the world. it showed they could fight and win for their independence.
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British put a tax on tea which caused more reason for the colonist to rebel
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Movement for independence
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Started the revolution
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The United States of America declared their independence from Great Britain. Although this was declared they had to proove the independence by prevailing in the war. This gave them more reason to fight in the war.
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THis was the first form of government in the U.S.
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Ended the REvolutionary War
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The constitution created the frameowork for our government.
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The Lousiana Purchase doubled the size of the U.S. and helped achieve the beginning of our manifest destiny.
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Missouri enters the union and there becomes a line where all above the line are free states and all below are slave states. This prevented the Civil War in 1820.
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California comes in as a free state and it strengthened the fugitive slave act. this caused many northeners to become abolishinist which was the opposite idea from the government.
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This was the first idea of popular sovreignty. The fight was over money and it caused the first bloodshed over slavery.
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This did not free any of the slaaves, but Lincoln also knew that it wouldn't. He knew that this would only give the people a reason to fight in the cival war.
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The thirteenth admendment aboished slavery in the U.S.
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