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Jamestown was the first colony founded in the new world. Formed by the Virginia Company of London
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Jamestown had the first slaves. Slaves werent used much at first.
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1st government in the new world. Still operates today in the general assembly.
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The Mayflower Compact was formed on a ship. Stating they agrees to obey laws created for general good.
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English and the American colonies fought the French and Indians. England won the war.
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France lost the war. England gained the land west of the Appalachians.
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England prohibited the settlers from settling west of the Appalachians. It would cost to much money to protect them.
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Put a tax on legal documents. Also put taxes on tea, sugar, and more things.
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A mob of colonist formed. The british shot and killed 5 colonist.
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England taxe the tea. Colonist boarded a ship one night and threw the tea into the water.
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First meeting all 13 colonies were together. Asked colonies to form militias.
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They created a continental army. Named George Washington general of the army.
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British troops attacked colonial supplies. Minutemen fought the British.
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It was issued by the continental congress. Stated the colonies freedom from England.
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First form of government for America. A very week government.
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French blocked an exit to the chesepeake bay inclosing the british. General Cornwallus surrendered.
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When the United states were under the Articles of Confederation
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England accepted americas independence. United States set boundaries from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
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Established plan for surveying western lands.
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Was called to settle problems with trade in the states. The was only 5 states showed up.
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Discussed two key plans, Diiscussed two key compromises
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Created a 2 house congress. Which balanced the power between large and small states.
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Provided the procees to make new states. New states in the new land there exploring.
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Farmes in Massachusettes rebell. They rebell to high taxes.
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Slaves were counted as 3/5 of a person. When counting to determine representation in House of Representatives.
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George Washington are nation first president. Was president from 1789-1797.
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It set up the court system. The first court system.
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The Bill of Rights were signed.
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. He made cottnon very profitable.
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John Adams was a federalist. He defeated Thomas Jefferson.
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He defeated John Adams. Was the first Democratic-Republican.
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Mardhall declared the law unconstitutional. Made Judicial Review.
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Jefferson bought the land from France. It doubled the U.S. size.
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War between America and Britian. British interfered with American shipping.
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Established the doctrine of implied powers.
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DIvided the Louisana Purchase. North of the line was free and South ofthe line was slave.
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Overturned steamboat monopoly.
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Warned Europe against future colinization in the Americas. Not to interfere in the Western Hemisphere.
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Indians were forced off their lands to smaller reservations.
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Written by Harriet Beacher Stowe. Showed the evuls of slavery.
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Indians will be forced to adopt the american culture.
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Slave Dred Scott sued for freedom. Supreme Court said African Americans aren't citizens.
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Main issue was slavery. Abraham Lincoln won.
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Was in South Corilina. First battle of the CIvil War.
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Bloodiest battle of the war. Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation after it.
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Freed slaves in the rebelling states.
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Lee pushed North to Pennsylvania.
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Was in Mississippi.Cut the confederacy in half.
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Short ssspeech from Lincoln. Saying to all the states their one nation.
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Repairing the south after the silver war.
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Abolished slavery.
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Where the South surrendered. Lee urgered southeners to accept the surreneder.
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He was killed by John Wilks Booth.
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Gave citizenship to African American.
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Gave African Americans the right to vote.
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Established seperate facilities for whites and blacks.
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Banned entry of all chinese.
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Only skilled worker a craft union.
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Bomb went off and killed some police officers
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The goal was to Americanize the indians. Legally abolish the tribes.
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Goverment to institute refoems to fix problems caused by industrialization.
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It outlawed monopolies.
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There was a gun battle at the Steel plant.
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Founder was Eugene Debs. For skilled and unskilled workers.
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Started by railroad workers a natonwide boycott.
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Supreme Court said "seperate but equal," did not violate the 14 amendment.
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U.S annexes Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillippines.
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Cubans rebelled against the Spanish.
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Cubans rebelled against spanish rule. We helped them do that.
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Gave all natiions equal trading rights in china.
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Womens suffrage movement leader.
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Goal was to remove foreign influence
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U.S. asserted the right to intervene in Cuban affairs.
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Reminded Europr not to interfere.
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A man made canal built for ships to cross.
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Creates Federal income tax .
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The movement of African American moving north.
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Voters elect senators now.
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Allies fight the Central Powers.
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Expands on sherman act with outlawing priice fixing.
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Investigates federal businesses.
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German submarine warfare, zimmerman telegram, and close ties with britian is why we joined the war.
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Wilsons peace plan.
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Women gain the right to vote.
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Had the punishment of Germany, mandate, national bounderies were redrawn, and Leauge of Nations.
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Put a quota on how many immigrants can come from each country.
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Banned the use of alcohol.
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Trial over teacher teaching evolution.
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Was president during the great deperession.
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Time of severe economic hardships in the United States.
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Stock Market Crashed
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The explosion of black intellectual and cultural life.
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Horrible drought on the Great Plains.
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President after Hoover helped get us out the depression.
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Corrected unsound and investment practices
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FDR's programd to get us out of the depression.
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Provides safeguard for unepmloyment.
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Set maximum work hours and minimum wage.
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Stalin and Hitler agree not to attc each other.
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The start of the war.
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They invade Russia.
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Drafted people into the military.
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U.S. declares war on Japan
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Japanese attacks Pearl Harbor
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The U.S. navy beat a large japanese force.
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Germans made a big push but we recovered.
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Is when we invaded Normandy.
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Supreme court alllowed internment.
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Post war trials for Nazis for war crimes
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Atomic bomb that ended the war.
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Atomic bomb dropped to end the war
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We overrran Germany in Europe. Victory in Europe.
