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Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus was Italian, he was a pioneer, he accomplished four voyages in Hispaniola, his main goal was to find a route (western) that lead to Asia, he named those islands that he had once visited "indios", which is a Spanish word for Indians. -
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The Enlightenment
This event occurred between the 17th and 18th century, it's purpose was to make independence/individuality stand out over tradition, it spread many European ideas through the whole world. ( Liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, and constitutional government were the ideas that were spread.) It was known as the thirty years of war. -
Mercantilism
It was a policy that was made from the 16th to 18th century in Europe to increase/precede the trade benefits, it includes a national economic policy, and even know it is still used in some states for successful trading. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin ( 1706-1790) was a very smart men with very much knowledge, he was also a scientist and a inventor, he participated in the American Enlightenment, and because of his great engagement in participation with the government he got the tittle of " The First American", He also became a publisher and became wealth based on his that job. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United states (1829-1837), he was also a soldier and a lawyer, he was a formal worker in the house of representatives and the senate, Andrew while running for president again had faced a complication on threat of secession, he also signed the "Indian Removal Act" which many Native Americans have to move to the South because he was racist person -
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George Washington
George Washington was a president for the period of 1789-1797, Abraham was a volunteer for the American Revolutionary War, in return of that honor he was given land grant, He was known as the "Father of the Country" for his hard knowledgeable work , he was also born into a very wealthy family, and was a senior officer during the war of the French and the Native Americans. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott, an African American slave, fought for his and his family's rights of freedom because of their current situation, He believed that if one had once lived in a free state then freedom should be granted to them, he was married to a slave women, and tried escaping several times from its owner and at first was successful but was caught and brought back to slavery. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American third president of the United States (1801-1809). Thomas was also elected as the second vice president, Thomas was also a farmer and land owner, Thomas was against slavery and fought for their freedom, He was also the one that organized the Louisiana Purchase , which doubled the population of his country, he was a very good president and leader. -
Westward Expansion
It was the Louisiana Purchase, it happened in 1803, the major effect it took was to double the population of the country, many Americans traveled and moved Westward, wanting to have their own rich land, independence was the main belief of the expansion -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark were American Explorers, they started the" Lewis and Clark Expedition",(1804-1806) which their expedition spanned about 8,000miles and lasted about three years, Lewis was a scientist and unfortunately died in 1809. and many believed that he had committed suicide/murder, he was such an inspiring person that helped discover many new plants/species, and he also change the view of the United States. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer, who also served as the 16th President of the United States from 1861-1865, he was assassinated by an famous actor named John Wilkes Booth, he led the state through the civil war, and many more constitutional-based events, He tried to stop the Mexican-American war from occurring, as it was seen by his actions of forcing those slave states to secede out of America he was against Slavery. -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was a African American abolitionist , he became a leader of the abolitionist movement after being freed (escaped slavery), he was such a great knowledgeable speaker that it was so shocking too know that he had once been a slave, his autobiography because one of the best sellers which were about his life experience as a slave, he was very strongly against slavery and thought that everyone deserved equality no matter what race. -
Jacksonian Democracy
A democracy ruled over by Andrew Jackson, in the 19th century, it lasted up until the point to where slavery was the main complication, which put a different mindset to the politicians changing the Jacksonian Democracy rulings, In the democracy African and Native Americans had barely any rights and were treated less than the white people. (1828-1848) -
Abolitionist Movement
A social change for Slaves to be set towards freedom, and to end any type of racial slavery towards African Americans, It began in the 1830's-1870, and made many impacts, which one of the main ones was it leading up to the Civil War -
Manifest Destiny
In the 19th century , in 1845, people believed that by god it was for the democracy and capitalism beliefs/ruling to be spread through North America, the impact was a war with Mexico, it also caused them to create their own empire and break from that of the British. -
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Civil War
The war was by the United States and was caused for different perspectives towards slavery, which was from 1861-1865. Many states that disagreed with what the USA was saying separated themselves from them and made their own state and its own ruling. The war ended with Slavery ending in the USA only, since those countries that were not part of the USA still had slavery. -
Era of Reform
A period between 1890's and 1920's, which was based on trying to accomplish making social change in the Unites States, its main goal was to eliminate complications based on immigrant and corruption, many people became part of that to rebuild the education, medicine, churches ,etc.
