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The American Revolution to Civil War
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Northern Emancipation of Slaves
The Nothern states started to abolish the slavery. The black people in North were free. This became the first time for black people stand up for free.
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed on September 3, 1783. this is the beginning of the expansion of American colonies.
http://blog.worldbook.com/2013/09/02/this-week-in-history-the-treaty-of-paris-is-signed-in-1783/ -
George Washington's Farewell Address (Political)
The Farewell Address is the letter written by the first American, president George Washington.
http://mycatbirdseat.com/2011/03/philip-giraldi-a-farewell-address/ -
Election of 1796 (Political)
John Adams gets the most votes and becomes a president.
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Painting_31_00005.htm -
Election of 1800 (Political)
Thomas Jefferson got most of votes and become a president of United States.
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Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquistion by United States in 1803. the United States paid total sum of 15 million dollars for the Louisiana territory.
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Slaves during War
During the 1812, many slaves escaping from America to Great Britain. thus America demanded that slaves who escaped should return to United States.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Tubman -
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists.
http://www.mcm.edu/~frazierd/maps/Texas_Revolution_Map.html -
Texas Annexation
In 1845, the United States annexed the Republic of Texas and it became to the Union as the 28th state.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wpdms_republic_of_texas.svg -
Manifest Destiny
The phrase "manifest destiny" expressed the belief that the United States was ordained to expand to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican and Native American territory. Many Americans believed that this destiny was manifest.
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The California Gold Rush
The United States quickly benefited from new territories when gold was disvovered at Sutter's Mill in the California Sierra Nevada mountains.
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Second Abolition
On 27 April, 1848, under the second republic, they abolished the slavery in the remaining colonies. The state brought the slaves from the colons, and then freed them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolitionism -
Seneca Falls Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention is an early and influential women's rights convention held in Seneca Falls, New York.
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Women's Health
Improvement in women's education began to improve women's lives, most notably in health reform. Elizabath Blackwell, the first woman who graduate from medical college, later opened the New York infirmary for Women and children.
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Dred Scott v. Sandford
Dred Scott's slave master had brought im from the slave state of Missouri to live for a time in free territory and in the free state of Illinois. Eventually they returned to Missouri. Scott believed that because he had lived in free territory, he should be free.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
