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The Native Americans that lived in the Great Plains didn't have soil to do agriculture.So they would hunt buffalo, and when the buffalo would migrate , the Indians would follow them.
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The Southwest Indians would grow Maize in the plantations. As they would grow it, they would trade with other tribes around them.
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The Columbian Exchange was a way that Europe and the New World would use to trade with each other.As they would trade with each other, they would discover new resources that didn't know about.
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This was a spanish system of granting land to colonists in the new world. It would exploited natives and resource but eventually the natives were replaced with African slave labor.
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The Black Legend was subjective historical writing that was demonizing Spain. This was an intentional attempt to damage its reputation. It centralized on the bad things the Spanish would do the natives americans in their colonies.
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This was a system that was developed by the Spanish. This was incorporated and carefully defined the status of the divers populations. Like the Europeans, Africans, Native Americans in the empires. This was used in the 17th and 18th century.
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The first spanish settlement was, today know as, Santa Fe,New Mexico. This is where they had the first uprising of the native americans and also ended the Encomienda System.
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This was a war fought between Englishmen and the Pequot tribe. This led to have 500 men,women, and children killed or either sent into Caribbean Slavery.
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Nathaniel Bacon and his supporters began to slaughter Native Americans to take their land and protect frontier planters. And later Marched into Jamestown and drove the governor out.
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A guy named Pope lead an uprising at Santa Fe. Pope led the uprising because the Spanish were destroying all their religious artifacts and tried to convert them into Catholicism.
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This is a time when the Parliament removed King James the Second. He was later replaced by Queen Mary II and King James III
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Young girls in Salem, Massachusetts began to behave strangely after hearing voodoo from West Indian servants. Later elderly women would go to trial and would get executed by them.
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This was a period that had a dramatic ideological shift on individual in religion. This place more emphasis on individual religion experience rather than religious experience through church beliefs.
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Rebelling slaves were marching to St.Augustine, where the Spanish promised them freedom there, if they escaped the British colonies. This later resulted in 24 whites and 200 african slaves killed.
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This started out as a peaceful protest by the colonist. But later the red coats fired, killing and wounding Bostainians. 5 people died and 6 were wounded. This was later called the Boston Massarce.
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The British continued to tax the colonists on Tea. But later the Sons of Liberty broke into the crates and dumped tea into the tea into the harbor.
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It offically ended the American Revolution. The United States gained Independence from Great Britian and also gained control of land stretenching west of the Mississippi River.
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Farmers in Massachussetts are upset at the Federal goverment, because the state called in all debts owned and seizing land. This rebellion was led by Daniel Shay.
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This meeting was held in Philadelphia, it purpose was to revise the Articles of Confederation. George Washington was elected as leader of this meeting.
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Farmers in Western Pennsylvania became outraged at the new tax on whiskey, was also used as currency. The farmers lead a revolt against the tax collectors in the area.
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When American delegation were sent to France to negotiate. They asked to pay a bride by lower ranking French diplomats named XYZ by Adams.
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Both Jefferson and Burr were running for President at that time. They both had the same amount of electoral vote. Hamilton helped secure the victory of Jefferson.
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Napoleon had given up on an American Empire and wanted funds to conquer Europe. So he offered all the Louisiana Territory for purchase.
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When British refused to lift trade restrictions and continued impressment. This pushed Madison to ask Congress for a declaration of war in June 1812
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Monroe issued this with the help of John Q. Adams, it sets the basis for foreign policy from that point and forward. It states that the Western Hemisphere was closed for European colonization.
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American slave who started the largest slave rebellion in Virginia. Slaughtered white civilians during it , and it terrified plantations owners in the south.
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The belief that God wanted the Americans to settle from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The pioneers and Native Americans got along pretty well until problems started around the 1850's.
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This was a conflict about Texas. Whether Mexico should have it or the United States. Then they started the war about the conflict and later signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo to end it.
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was the first women's right convention in US history. It was led by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott.
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The Kansas Nebraska Act nullified the Missouri Compromise of 1850. Most people didn't like this act so they tried to uphold the Missouri Compromise.
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This was the battle that ensured between the Union and Confedrate over control of the coastal fort. This also was were the first shots of the civil war occured.
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This was a four phase plan that was drafted to wear down the confederacy. This included Naval block course, splitting the confederacy, marching arcoss the south, and capturing the caoital of Richmond,VA.
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This was the first major battle on northern soil and was also the bloodiest one day battle. This inspired Lincoln to write the Emancipation Proclamation.
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This is the battle where the confederacy finally invade the north. But later Lee's forces would retreat allowing the North to regain control of the war.
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On April 14, 1865, Lincoln was killed by John W. Booth in Ford's Theater. After he was assassinated, a questioned remain in the state of the union, How the nation would "bind up its wounds" without its heroic leader.
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In 1876, Colonel Custer and 260 of his men were killed by Sioux Indians. This was led by Sitting Bull in Southern Montana.
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In 1882, chinese laborer were denied any additional work to enter the country. Americans felt threatened by the competition.
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1890 massarce of Sioux Indians by American Cavalry. Soldiers caught up with fleeing Lakotas and killed as many as 300 in Wounded Knew.
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First federal action against monopolies. Signed by Harrison and extensively used by Teddy Roosevelt for trust busting.
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James B.Weaver was associated with the Omaha Platform. Unlimited coinage of silver and purer democracy.
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Major Corporation went bankrupt. Banks failed to follow, causing a contraction of credit. 3 million unemployed and the government continued the laissez faire policies.
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The workers went on strike because of wage cuts and layoffs. Eventually the workers grew violent.
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This was an argument that was put forward by Booker T. Washington. He wanted African-Americans to focus on economic self improvement instead on civil rights or social equality.
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After the Philippines won their independence from Spain. They also fought this war with the United States for their Independence.
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This was an act passed that prohibited anyone from making disloyal or rude remarks about the government.
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This was a signal of a worldwide Depression. But in America there was overproduction of goods and under consumption of american goods. On top of that many banks were closing and saving were getting completely lose.
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This was a period severe dust storms that damaged the ecology and agriculture of the United States during the 1930s. Which was caused by droughts, over farming and windstorms.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt offered initiatives that was termed as the "New Deal". He promised programs that would help different segments of the economy recover by specific needs and their weaknesses.
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Months before Pearl Harbor, Congress passed this act and amended the Neutrality Act. So that the United States could lend military equipment and supplies any nation in defense.
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Was a foreign policy that United States had. It was to prevent communism to spread into anymore countries. It was created by George F. Kennan.
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This act was passed under President Truman. This act created the Department of Defense, the CIA, and State Departments.
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Was an American foreign policy that stated its purpose to encounter Soviet geopolitical expansion during the Cold War. Was announced to Congress by President Harry S. Truman on March 12, 1947.
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This was a conflict between North and South Korea. This happen when North Korea invaded South Korea.At this time North Korea was controlled by the Soviet Union, while the South was controlled by the United States. In response to the attack, President Truman sent troops to push North Korea back.
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Was Top-Secret report completed by the US Department of State's Policy. Was a kind overview to President Truman to suggest a policy towards the Soviet Union and the communist world.
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This was created to help the United States in case it got attack.This also help the cities get connected to the suburbs.This also allowed the Levittowns to grow more.
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This doctrine is like the Truman Doctrine. But instead President Eisenhower was helping the Middle East by giving them financial aid.
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This law was passed by Congress to simplify the income tax code.This lowered the top tax rate to 50% to 28% and raised the bottom tax to 11% to 15%.
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NAFTA also known as The North American Free Trade Agreement that was signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Its purpose was too remove barriers of exchange of goods and services among the countries.
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In 1995, the Murrah Federal Building located in Oklahoma City was destroyed by a bomb. At least killing 168 people. Timothy McVeigh and two other accomplices were convicted.
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This election was between Democratic candidate Al Gore and Republican George W. Bush. The winner of this Presidency was George W. Bush. He won narrowly by having 271 electoral votes.
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9/11 was an unexpected day for the United States. After this everything changed a lot of people had died that day. These attacks were a series of suicide attacks arranged by Al-Qaeda. They had hit the Twin Towers in New York City, the Pentagon, and the fourth plane crashed landed in Pennsylvania.
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This is a historic election because Barack Obama was the first person of color to be president. He was best remembered for his health car reform
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This act is also known as Obamacare. It supported innovative medical care delivery methods designed to lower the costs of health care in general.
