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England enforced mercantilist policies on its American colonies through Navigation Acts. -
The English settlers established in 13 colonies in North America which were: Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and South Carolina. -
This compact was signed (November 11th) which marked the first written framework for self-government which would then become the United States. -
At first English colonies were facing hardships, but by this time most of them were offering economic opportunities and the chance of escaping inequalities in England. -
This proclamation was restricted colonial migration westward, which led to tension that went into the American Revolution. -
The American colonists rebelled against British rule leading to the toppling of a statue of King George III in this year. -
Here the American independence and outlining the territorial boundaries were highlighted here. This also mentions the contributions of women and the challenges making a society with the ideal liberty and equality that was set in the Declaration of Independence. -
The Constitution was signed by 39 delegates on September, but faced some challenges during the ratification process to protect individual freedoms which led to the addition of the Bill rights a few years later. -
These events led up to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 where some delegates met to go over the Articles and create a stronger system of government. -
The Louisiana Purchase and the concept of manifest destiny led to the US expanding to the west, which doubled its size. -
In lesson 9, the text goes deep into slavery during this year which then led to the Civil War. It starts when Preston Brooks assaults Charles Summer which shows the rising disagreements about slavery. -
In this speech, Abraham Lincoln talks about how the tension is drastically growing because over slavery in the United States. -
The Emancipation Proclamation connected the war to the goal of ending slavery by announcing that enslaved people in rebel states were free. -
General Grant's total war strategy led to the capture of Atlanta and surrender of General Lee at Appomattox Court House during this year, which then ended the Civil War. -
The Congress made laws to protect the people that were free, like continuing the Freedmen's Bureau and creating the Civil Rights Act in this year. -
The text mentions the slow progress of the African Americans having the right to vote, with African American men gaining the right to vote in 1870. -
The Compromise resolved the debated presidential election in 1876 by giving it to Rutherford B. Hayes in 1877 in exchange for removing federal troops from the South. -
It includes the economic rights with political and civil rights, but not every American saw this as rights, and they debated whether the government should consider measures like healthcare and social services. -
The text mentions the slow progress of the African Americans and women having the right to vote, with women gaining the right to vote 90 years after the African Americans, in the 1960s.