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Written by a group of people trying to protect thier rights from a horrible king. It inspired Americans to have liberty rights.
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Roanoke Island was founded by off the North Carolina coast. Settlers dissapeared and no one knows where to. It gained the name "Lost Colony".
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The first English settlement was founded on the Virginia coast by Captain John Smith along with many other settlers.
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The House of Burgesses was the first representative colony in the New World. It was located in Jamestown, Virginia.
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Puritans left England to escape religious persectution from thier king. They sailed on the Mayflower and reached Cape Cod in November. The Mayflower compact was later signed with ideas of self government and majority rule.
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Providence, RI was a democratically ruled colony with seperation on church and state was founded by Roger Williams.
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The first Navigation Act was passed by British Parliament regulating colonial commerce for English needs.
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Nathaniel Bacon and others burned Jamestown, VA becuse they were against British Gov.Sir William Berkeley. In New Enland there was a Bloody Indian war where King Phillip, Wampanoag chief, and Narragansett Indians killed.
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William Penn made peace with the Delaware Indians by signing a treaty and made payment for Pennsylvannia Lands.
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A special court executed 20 alleged witches in Salem, MA.
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The first Poor Richard's Almanack was published by Benjamin Franklin and was published untill 1757.
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After criticizing the British governers conduct in ofice, editor John Peter Zenger was released of libel.
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Jonathan Edwards delivered " Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" in Enfield, MA. He was a major figure in the Great Awakening.
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When the French occupied Ft. Duquesne the war began. There were many battles and the death of a French General, Joseph de Montcalm and British General James Wolfe occured. It ended in 1763 with a Peace-pact.
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The Sugar Act placed taxes on sugar, lumber, molasses and other foods to pay off the French and Indian War debt.
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The Stamp Act required stamps on all documents to help fund troops, The Quartering Act required colonists to house British troops. Both of these acts were from Parliament.
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The Townshend Acts placed a tax on glass, paniter's lead, paper, and tea.
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British troops fired into a Boston mob killing 5 people.
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Tea ships were boarded by protesters who did not want the tea act.They threw all of the cargo overboard.
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As a result of the Boston Tea Party, the Intolerable Acts were made from Parliament, In Philadelphia the First Continental Congress was held and called fopr civil disobedience against the Birtish.
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Patrick Henry made the statement "Give me liberty or give me death!" at the Virginia Convention. When the British were on the way to Concord, Paul Revere was the one to alert Patriots. The battles of Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the Revolutionary War on April 19.
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The Declaration of Independence was approved and written by Thomas Jefferson. Common Sense was witten by Thomas Paine which was a pamphlet about Americas independence.
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Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation which defined the federal governments powers from those of the states.
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John Paul Jones defeated Serapis while on board the Bonhomme Richard.
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After Cornwallis retired, there was a siege, then he surrendered on October 19.
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The Paris Peace Treaty was signed by Britain recognizing American Independence, also Slavery was declared illegal in Massachusetts by the Supreme Court.
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Farmers in Massachusetts rebelled, also known as Shay's Rebellion. The Northwest Ordinance was odopted by the Continental Congress which set the orderly pattern of growth for the U.S. In Philadelphia there was a Constitutional c onvention with Washington.
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George Washington was chosen as president by all electoral votes. John adams was the vice president. The Supreme Court was created by Federal Judiciary Act.
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The Bill of Rights was submitted to the states but went into effect Decem ber 15.
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On March 4, 1793, George Washington was inaugurated for a second term. John Adams was vice-president again. Eli Whitney inveted the cotton gin, making cotton production faster.
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Farmers in Western Pennsylvania protested the Whiskey tax of 1791.
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Geoerge Washington delived his farewell address as president> He told the country not to form alliances with foreign countries.
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Intending to silence political opposition, the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed by federalists.
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Thomas Jefferson became President of the U.S. and Burr was vice-president. John Marshall was name chief justice for the Supreme Court.
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THe Supreme Court overturned a U.S. law for the first time in the Marbury v. Madison case. Napoleon of France sold all of Louisiana to the U. S. for 15 million dollars. It doubled the size of the U.S.
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President Thomas Jefferson ordered Lewis and Clark to explore what is now northwest U.S starting from St. Louis. They finished September 23, 1806.
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Robert Fulton made the first steamboat trip. Ships were forbidden to sail to foreign parts because of the Embargo Act on December 22, 1807.
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Britain seized U.S. ships trading with France, Britain sezied U.S. sailors, Britain armed Indians, these were the causes of the War of 1812.
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Oliver H. Perry defeated British fleet and U.S. won Battle of Thames on October 5.
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Francis Scott Key wrote the words to "The Star-Spangled Banner that was a poem but then a tune was added to it.
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Spain gave Florida to the U.S.
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James Monroe made the Monroe Doctrine opposing European intervention.
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Famous debate on state right to nullify federal law. President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act on May 28 which made Native Americans relocate west.
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A black slave in Virginia named Nat Turner led a rebellion killing 57 whites. he was tried and hanged November 11.
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Cherokee Indians were forced to walk the "Trail ofTears" From Georgia to Oklahoma.
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Inventor Samuel F.B. Morse sent the first message through a telegraph from Washington to Baltimore.
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U.S. declared war on Mexico on May 13. There was a dispute over Texas land. It Ended Febtuary 2, 1848 and Mexico ceded
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After gold was discovered in California, 80,000 people emigrated in search of gold and wealth. Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led a Women's Right's Convention in New York.
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The Compromise of 1850 admitted California as a free state and the 31st state. It made the Fugitive Slave Law more harsh.
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Uncle Tom's Cabin, written by Harriet Becher Stowe was published,
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The Republican Party was formed in Ripon,WI. Most members were against slavery.
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A former slave, Dred Scott tired to sue for his freedom but the Supreme Court decided that slaves could not become free in a free state.
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An abolitionist named John Brown, along with 21 other men seized U.S. Armory, Brown was soon hung.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected as president, he was a Republican.
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The Confederate States of America were made up of seven southern states with Jefferson Davis as president. The Civil War began at Fort Sumter on April 12.
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The bloodiest battle of the Civil War was in western Maryland. Over 2,000 men were lost on each side.
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The Emancipation Proclamtion was issued by President Lincoln freeing all slaves in areas of rebellion. He also gave his Gettysburg Address Nov. 19 after Union forces won a major victory.
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General Robert E.Lee Surrendered at Appomattox Court House. President Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth while at Ford's Theater. The 13th amendment was ratified, abolishing slavery.
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The 14th Amedment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the U.S.
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Voting is a right to all, not just certain races.
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The Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton, a nurse.
