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Born 1436, Died 1506
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Columbus led his three ships - the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria - out of the Spanish port of Palos on August 3, 1492.
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economic theory and practice common in Europe from the 16th to the 18th century that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy
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The Enlightenment was an intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe during the 18th century, "The Century of Philosophy"
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Born: January 17, 1706, Milk Street, Boston, MA
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Born: April 13, 1743, Shadwell, VA
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The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63
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Born: March 15, 1767, Waxhaws
Died: June 8, 1845, The Hermitage, Nashville, TN -
Born: August 1, 1770, Ladysmith, Virginia, VA
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Born: August 18, 1774, Ivy, Virginia, VA
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The Constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention—now known as the Constitutional Convention
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Date of death: September 17, 1858
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The Louisiana Purchase (1803) was a land deal between the United States and France
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1803 the Louisiana Purchase took place, doubling the size of the country. By 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. The belief that settlers were destined to expand to the west is often referred to as Manifest Destiny.
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Born: February 12, 1809, Hodgenville, KY
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the 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable.
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Jacksonian democracy was a 18th-century political philosophy in the United States that espoused greater democracy for the common man as that term was then defined.
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the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished.
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who had resided in a free state and territory (where slavery was prohibited) was not thereby entitled to his freedom;
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The American Civil War was a civil war that was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865. As a result of the long-standing controversy over slavery, war broke out in April 1861.