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An Italian explorer sailing for Spain who believed that Asia (India) could be reached by sailing west from Europe. His first voyage was in 1492, wherein he discovered North America (Caribbean islands) and named it the West Indies. He will make four voyages to the new world without fully realizing what he had discovered. -
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This was the forced travel of africans to the new world. they were faced with so many dangers such as attacks out at sea by pirates and enemy ships, bad weather, attacks at port by unfriendly tribes, and all forms of abuse. they were to go there and work as slaves in the americas and the west indies. -
Is the first successful colony in the new world. located in resent day Williamsburg Virginia. settled by the English as their first foothold in the new world which was dominated by Spain. -
The Carolina colony which stretched from Virginia to Florida. the northern half were farmers eked out a living. In the southern area planters were producing corn, lumber, beef and pork, and later in the 1690s, rice. it has been heavily relied on slave labor and as a result, slavery played a significant part in the development of the carolinas. -
A group of near 1000 English men and women board the Mayflower. Many of them were part of the English separatist church later known in history as pilgrims. -
The first colony to appear here is the plymouth colony,Ten years later a wealthy syndicate that was known as the massachusetts bay company brought in a much bigger group to help colonize. with the help of he natives they soon got ahold of farming, fishing, and hunting, massachusetts then started to prosper. -
King charles ll granted the land between new england and virginia. the dutch along with scandinavians and germans were already there and did not want to move. that made new york the most diverse and prosperous place in the new world. -
Settled by about 1000 puritan refugees from England under Gov. John Winthrop. The Previous year they received a charter From England empowering them to colonize and trade in the new world. -
The religious revival in the british american colonies.Under the leadership of Jonathan Edwards, George whitefield, and others. The great awakening represented a reaction against the secularization of society. -
I was also known as the seven year war. The french's expansion towards the ohio river brought a lot of conflicts with the claims of the british colony. The actual war was declared in 1756 by the british after ome skirmishes with the french. -
The Industrial revolution was the transition from and agricultural economy to an industrial economy. the transition took nearly a century due to the lack of land and lack of labor in the new world. transitioned from hand made products to machine made products. -
The stamp act was the first attempt of the british to directly tax the colonies. It was meant to pay off the defense burdens after the french and indian war after the sugar act as well. -
The boston massacre was a skirmish between a british unit and a crowd of protesters. this was massively publicized contributing the the british's unpopular regime in most of the colonial north america. -
The boston tea party was an incident where hundreds of crates of tea belonging to the british was dumped into the boston harbor. It was done by american patriots who dressed up as mohawk indians to make it look like the indians were the ones who caused it. -
The war happened with the british. when the british were trying to assert a greater control over colonial affairs. this was against a policy of salutary neglect. at first it was a civil war within the british empire than france got involved later along with spain. spain and france joined with the colonies against britain. -
The general of the troop of 700 british soldiers was ordered to confiscate the stash of military equipment that the american provincials had stored in concords. on the march there, the british were ambushed in lexington by 77 minutemen.who had been warned of the event. the battle didn't last long and the british continued their march to concord.They were overpowered at concord and withdrawn to boston during the march the american colonists shot them the whole way there from cover with heavy loss -
This document was approved by the continental congress that the 13 north american british colonies separate from great britain. It was stated that the 12 colonies with New York abstaining would become free and independent states. -
It was the first U.S constitution that served as a bridge between the continental congress and the federal government. the articles were written in 1776 and they were adopted in 1777. The document was not fully ratified until 1781. -
The encampment of the continental army in pennsylvania under the command of general washington. It was a one year period but that period marked the triumph of the morale and military discipline of the american army after the string of losses they had at the battles of brandywine and germantown. -
This was more than just a military victory, it was the last battle of the american revolution. It took place in Yorktown, Virginia. It made George washington's reputation as a good leader solid and it lead to him being elected as the first president of the united states. -
This was the convention that drew the constitution of the united states.It produced political movements such as Shays rebellion that urged for a more central government. the meeting was set to meet at the pennsylvania state house in philadelphia. -
The bill of rights is the first 10 amendments of the united states constitution. They all constitute a group of guarantees of individual rights and of limitations on federal and state governments. -
The purchase of a huge chunk of the united states. It was sold to the united states by france with it being less than 3 cents per acre. a total of 825,000 square miles. -
It was a huge exploration expedition Lead by Capt. Meriwether Lewis and Lieut. William Clark. the expedition was to explore all the new land to the west of the united states after the louisiana purchase. -
this was a War between united states and great britain. france and britain got into near constant conflict since the french revolutionary and napoleonic wars. america's interesting was injured by both countries trying to prevent america from trading with the other country. -
admission of missouri that was worked out by the north and south. It was passed by the U.S. congress as the 24th state. It was then the beginning of the conflict over prolonging slavery which led to the american civil war. -
The election of which that John Quincy Adams lost the election after Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes but failed to win the majority. -
The indian removal act was the act that removed indians from state borders more into the western prairies. this made it easier to rapidly settle land all the way to the mississippi river. -
This was a movement to stop the slave trade and to help the slaves in the southern states. it was mainly to bring attention to the brutality that slavery is and always will be. -
The battle of the alamo was a 13 day battle between around 200 texans and thousands of mexicans. the mexicans then overpowered the fort but it remained as a symbol for the texans as their resistance to oppression. The texans were led by James Bowie and William Travis and the mexicans were led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. -
Was a war between mexico and america. America had a huge string of victories. The war was over in two years. -
The california gold rush was a boom of population of fortune seekers coming to what is now california after gold was discovered there by a man named James W. Marshall. he and John sutter wanted to keep it a secret but new spread and thousands of people swarmed in trying to get their hands on some riches. -
the underground railroad was not a railroad but a bunch of secret underground systems. those systems were meant to help slaves escape to the north by sympathetic northerners. -
the compromise was to help settle a bunch of slavery issues in the union. It was proposed by "the great composer" sen Henry Clay. -
It was a book that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book was about slavery intentionally to bring attention to how brutal it is. it caused a lot of tension between the north and the south. -
Bleeding Kansas was where people from missouri poured into kansas and try to pressure them to vote to be a slave state instead of a free state. -
Dred Scott is a freed black slave that took his case to court saying that he should have the same rights as any other american. he took it to congress and the congress denied him of his rights. -
A series of debates to become a senator of the congress. lincoln lost and douglas became senator and lincoln then beat him later in the fight for presidency. -
it was the continued westward expansion towards the pacific. the whole idea was to cause acquisitions in the oregon territory. -
This was the first battle of the civil war. There was no casualties in this battle just a bunch of exchanged. -
The war between states, this war was about slavery and the slaves states left america and called themselves the confederate states of america. -
This battle was basically the turning point of the war. before, the south was winning and the north was struggling. but the war turned the tables. -
Was where Abraham lincoln went to the battlefield of gettysburg and gave a speech. it is one of the best resident speeches in history. -
This was a document written by abraham lincoln about basically to free the slaves. a document to simlpy say all slaves are free. -
This marked the end of the civil war. where the generals of both sides shook hands and wrote a treaty to sign that the war was over and america was one once again.