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First form of government.
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first colony, but it disappeared
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First successful and permanent english settlement.
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First representative assembly.
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Established self government and majority rule.
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Roger Williams founded Providence, RI for religous purposes.
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Series of laws that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England
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Nathaniel Bacon led planters in a rebellion.
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania.
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20 alleged witches were executed
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religous revival
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Gave us freedom of press!
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The French and Indian War began
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Benjamin Franklin published the first Poor Richard's Almanack
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There was a tax to repay debt.
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When they had payed the tax then they would have astamp to show it.
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Required colonists to house British soldiers
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British troops fired into a Boston mob and killed Crispus Attucks.
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There was a tax on glass. painter's lead, paper and tea.
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The cargo was thrown overboard to protest the tax on tea.
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Also known as the Coercive acts, it was the result of the Boston Massacre.
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A convention held in Philidelphia, it was called for civil disobedience.
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said Give me liberty or give me death.
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Went on the Midnight RIde to warn the colonists that the British are coming.
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The first battles of the American Revolution.
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Written by Thomas Paine.
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The colonis declared themselves free from Britain.
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The turning point of the revolution.
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The first constitution of the United States.
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He defeated the Serapis in the British North Sea Waters.
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The last major battle of the Revolution.
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Cornwallis surrendered.
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The treaty of paris 1783 ended the revolution.
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They talked about drafting and ratyfing the constitution.
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Set orderly pattern of growth.
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First President of the United States.
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The first 10 amendments to the constitution.
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Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin.
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George Washington warned people about political parties, but no one listened.
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From Napolean for 15 cents an acre it doubled the size of the United States.
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Ordered by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Northwest area of the US.
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Robert Fulton made the first steamboat.
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This war started becaus eof the trading and expansion issues.
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Francis Scott Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
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Slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not west of its border.
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Opposing European intervention in the Americas
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The Cherokees were forced off their land and onto Indian Territory.
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Made the first telegraph.
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Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton fought for womens rights.
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California admitted as a free state.
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She wrote Unle's Tom Cabin explaining the hardships of slaves.
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Ruled that slaves were not citizens and they could not sue.
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Elected 16th President during the CIvil War.
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The first battle of the civil war at Fort Sumter.
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The southern states secceded and Jefferson Davis was the President.
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The bloodiest battle in the civil war.
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Abolished slavery in the south.
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Speech by Abraham Licncoln
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He surrendered at Appomatox Courthouse.
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President Lincoln was shot.
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Abolished slavery
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Equal rights
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voting rights
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Founded the Red Cross.
