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Granted rights to both nobles and Freemen.
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The Lost Colony was sponsered by Sir Walter Raleigh. The location was at Roanoke Island. This colony vanished in 1590 with no trace of how or where.
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Catain John Smith took 105 sailors and 3 ships to the First Permanent English Settlement. They named it Jamestown.
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The House of Burgesses was the First representative assembly in The New World. It was on July 30 in Jamestown.
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The first black laborers were indentured servants. They were broought to America in 1619 by the Dutch.
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The Mayflower Compact was signed on November 11 to form a government. That winter half the colony died.
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Pilgrims, or puritan separatists, went to America on September 16 on the Mayflower. The 103 Pilgrims reached America on December 26.
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Province was founded in 1636 by Roger Williams as a democratically ruled colony.
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Harvard Founded
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Parliment passed Navigation Acts regulating colonil commerce.
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Nathanial Bacon led planters against autoctratic British Governor. They burned Jamestown on September 19. 23 of his buddies were executed.
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In 1683 William Penn signed a treaty with the Indians that payed for Pennsylvania.
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20 "witches" executed
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Ben Franklin Publishes first Poor Richards Almanac.
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Zenger accused of libel in New York after criticizing British Governor.
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"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" , a famous sermon, is said. This is a major figure in the Great Awwakening.
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French and Indian War begins in 1754. ;
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7 delegates meet to approve a plan of union by Ben Franklin. Rejected by colonies.
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Sugar Act passed on April 5. Placed taxes on lumber, food, lmolasses and rum to pay for French and Indian war.
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Stamp Act passed forcing a tax on stamps. Repealed March 17, 1766
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Quartering act passed requiring all people to house troops if need be.
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Townshend Acts passed to take away all taxes except tea.
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British troops shoot and kill 5 innocent people. Called the Boston Massacre.
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Tons of Tea thown overboard by colonists dressed as indians to protestthe tea tax.
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Intolerable Acts closed Baoston port until tea was payed for.
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The first constitutional congress on September 5, 1774. Called for civil disobedience against Britain.
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Paul Revere and William Dawes ride their horses through colonies to warn that the british are coming.
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Common Sense sells 100,000 copies first year.
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France and Spain agree to provide arms.
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Articles of Confederation adopted by US on November 15.
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John Paul Jones defeats British warship
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Bank of North America founded.
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Britain and Paris sign treaty.
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A rebellion of farmers. They failed!
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The constitutional Convention was held on May 25. They talked approved the constitution here, thus Constitutional Convention.
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Made rules for statehood. it also guaranteed freedom of religion.
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Washington elected on April 30, 1789. He chose John Adams as his vice president.
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Supreme Court is founded.
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The Bill of Rights was the first 10 ammendments to the US Constitution............................................................................ It was put into effect on December 15, 1791.
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Washington is elected for his second term as president on March 4, 1793.
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Farmers protested the whiskey tax.The government said it was ok because they passed it.
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Washington decided not to run for a third term. By doing this he set a precedent to all following presidents that you could only run for 2 terms.
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Alien and Sedition Acts were adopted in 1798. They tried to silence the political opposition.
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THomas Jefferson elected president in 1801.
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For the first time in history the Supreme Court overturns a US law. This established Judicial review.
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Napolean purchases huge area of land. This purchase was known as the Louisianna Purchase which costed $15 million.
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Lewis and Clark explored the newly purchased Louisianna Purchase. They were gone for 2 years and collected some very valuble information.
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The Embargo Act banned all trade with foreign countries.
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The War of 1812 was very gruesome.
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British defeat US forces in Maryland and burn White House and Capitol. Star Spangled Banner made during this.
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Spain seceedes florida to US.
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The Monroe Doctrine opposed European intervention in Americas.
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Provided land and money to Indians who agreed to move west.
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Nat Turner led a slave rebellion that lasted for 2 months. 57 whites killed. 100 slaves killed.
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Cherokees forced to move to Oklahoma in October.
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First telegraph message sent in 1844 from Washington to Baltimore. Samuel F.B. Morse invented the telegraph.
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The Mexican War was mostly caused when James Polk ordered Gen. Zach Taylor to seize Texas.
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Gold discovered in 1848 in California. 80,000 prospectors imigrate to California to get rich!
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The Comprimise of 1850 admitted California as a state and made Utah and New Mexico territories. This also made the Fugutive Slave Law more harsh.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Toms Cabin.
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A treaty ritifies war with Mexico. Gadsden Purchase was made possible.
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Slaves did noy become free when entering a free state, Congress could not bar slavery from a territory, Blacks could not be citizens.
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Abraham Lincoln elected president in a 4-way race.
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The Homestead Act granted free farms to settlers.
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Emancipation Proclimation freed all slaves in areas still in rebellion.
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13th ammendment abolished slavery in all of US.
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All people born in US are natural citizens.
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The 15th ammendment let blacks vote.
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Clara Barton Founded American Red Cross.
