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An Italian explorer sailing for Spain who believed that Asia (India) could be reached by sailing west from Europe. His first voyage was in 1492, wherein he discovered North America (Caribbean islands) and named it the West Indies. He will make four voyages to the new world without fully realizing what he had discovered. -
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the shouthern colonies focused on agriculture like tabacoo, cotton, corn grain, and livestock. they also had the highest slave population that would work in the slave plantations. -
the English first settlement in northern america. it gave England the first step in the European competition in the New World -
one of the colonies that the English were beginning to make along the present day north east, that was were called the New England colonies -
one of the original settlements in present Massachusetts. settled by puritan refugees from England ran by gov. john Winthrop and deputy gov. Thomas Dudley. -
king Charles the 2 gave the land to his bother James the was the duke of york. this land already had dutch traders and landowners -
the great awakening was a rival in the British american colonies due to religion. -
was a war between Britain and France that last 7 years. it was just a chapter in the imperial struggle called the Second hundred year war. -
the stamp act was a law the the British government passes required people to pay taxes on different papers and documents, like newspapers. -
the Boston massacre was a small fight that ended up starting the beginning of the american revolution. -
a bunch of american patriots that disguised themselves as Mohawk Indians destroyed tea because they were protesting against takes on tea -
the British went to Lexington and concord to get rid of rebellion acts and ended up starting the first battle of the revolutionary war -
this was a document that got approved
by the continental congress the separated the 13 american British colonies from great Britain -
valley forge is an historical area were the continental army that was under George Washington stayed at. -
the battle of Yorktown is when British general lord Charles Cornwallis surrendered him and his army to George Washington and his french allies. -
the articles of confederation was a written document that established functions of government for the united states -
the american revolutionary war happened when 13 great Britain north american colonies won independence to start making the united states of america -
this is also known as the abolition movement. this is responsible for making the right emotional climate to end slavery. -
this a convention that brought up the constitution of the united states due to severe economic. -
the Industrial Revolution is a time were manufacturing of goods moved from shops to big factories. this made people move from small towns to big city's. -
the bill of rights is the first 10 amendment on the Constitution. this a collection of guarantees for individual rights. -
the Louisiana purchase was a purchase to the west half of the Mississippi river from France. -
this was a U.S military expedition that was lead by Lewis and Clark. they explored the Louisiana purchase. -
the war of 1812 was a war that was between united states and great Britain due to British violating u.s marine rights. -
the Missouri compromise is what admitted Missouri as slave state and Maine as a non slave state -
tis was an american presidential election were john Adams got elected by the house of representatives. then Andrew Jackson won the most popular and electoral votes but didn't receive a majority. -
this was the first major legislative from the U.S policy that respected the legal and political rights of the american Indians. -
this was a Texan war for independence from mexico. -
this was a war between the U.S and mexico. this war war was over the dispute whether Texas ended at the Rio grande or the Nueces river. -
about 300,000 fortune seekers rushed in California due to gold finding at Sutter's mill. -
this was the debate over if California should be a free state or a slave state. -
this is a bool that was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. it was made to show how slavery really was like. -
this was a small civil war fought between pro slavery and anti slavery over the territory of Kansas -
this is when a slave named Dred Scott lived in a free state and then was denied his freedom. -
this was a series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas during for Illinois senatorial campaign. -
this was a government from the 11 southern states the left the union. -
this is were south Carolina went to after they seceded from the union. this island was in the Charleston harbor. -
this was a civil war that was fought between the U.S and the 11 confederate states of america over slavery. -
this is a document written by Abraham Lincoln that freed slaves from the confederate states. -
this is a world famous speech that was given by Abraham Lincoln in Gettysburg, pen. -
this was a major turning point in civil war for the north. -
this is one of the final battles in the civil war. this is were Robert E. lee surrendered to the union. -
this is a idea to expand the U.S borders to the pacific ocean and beyond -
this was a system made to help slaves escape to freedom