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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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A passage to force Africans to carry goods like weapons and cloth and dishes -
The very first settlement in north america in 1607 -
People set so; on the mayflower and in 2 months they beached at present days Massachusetts. Then they stopped at Plymouth rock where they started their settlement. -
first english emigrants here were pilgrims. Then came the puritans after a Massachusetts bay company sent them -
A original settlement by puritan refugees in Massachusetts who obtained a charter for colonizing and trading -
king charles gave the land between virginia and new england to his brother james. english soon got that -
A religious revival in the new colonies -
France moving into Ohio river valley made British mad and they fought in a war -
they were trying to tax people to raise revenue -
British soldiers killed 5 american men -
342 chests of British tea was thrown out of the ship into the harbor by Americans due to protesting taxes. -
13 of north americas colonies became independant and british didnt like it. It started off as a civil war but then became a international war. -
The beginning of the american revolution. Americans followed them and shot behind as they marched back and used guerrilla warfare as a defense against the British. -
The colonies that came together to form the united states before the Louisiana purchase. streched from virginia to florida. -
July 2nd they were declared free and on the 4th of July the declaration of Independence was adopted. 12 colonies voted and declared that the united states colonies were free. -
Americans spent the very very harsh winter in this fort because they were low on a lot of things. This fort basically held them together -
British surrendered to american forces, This was the last major battle of the american revolution. -
The articles were written in 1776. The articles had gotten adopted in 1777. But it wasnt ratified until 1781. Congress were able to regulate forign afffairs, and postal service and also war. -
This produced a big political movements like shays rebellion and demanded a stronger government. 39 of the 55 signed including George Washington. The large state plan became a thing basically saying its based on the states wealth or size. -
The bill of rights is the very first 10 amendments of the constitution. It is basically the rights of the people. There was origionally 19 but only 10 were ratified -
The Louisiana purchase was when we purchased the largest piece of land that doubled the size of america. All the way from the western half of the Mississippi river. This is known as the greatest land bargain in us. history. -
Jefferson sent them on a exploration to explore the land they had just bought. The Louisiana purchase. then they tried to find a water route from Atlantic to pacific but they couldn't because of the Rockies. -
Basically this as a fight between the united states and great Britain. They were fighting over some rights and eventually it all ended up coming to the treaty of Ghent -
Something passed by U.S. making Missouri a state without slavery restrictions. -
in order to become president you have to win 50% of the states and no presidents did so congress got to choose. Adams ended up becoming president -
The tribes had to move to OK. A lot died during the migration. It is called the trail of tears because it was really big and they were forced to move. -
In 1836 Mexican forces in the thousands outnumbered the Alamo. February 23 in 1836 they started taking over the fort and finally after 13 days they were overpowered. -
Trails to help slaves escape slavery. Harriet Tubman was one of the main leaders. Once the slaves got into the north they pretty much had freedom for their lives as long as they didn't get caught be the slave owners coming into the north trying to reclaim their slaves. -
gold was discovered in sutters milll then from there people just came piling and piling and piling in. eventually more that 300,000 people came in during the gold rush -
The mexican American war was a war between mexico and The United States. This fight grew all from a border argument when they wer claiming the river and the U.S. was too. eventually they made a declaration of war and invaded mexico.
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The industiral revolution was a big huge part of history. It was when peoples small home buisnesses had a very big transition and moved into factories and mass production. -
a compromise to abolish the slavery issues. California wanted to be an antislave state. Same with the district of comumbia. The slavery disagreement was left to be decided by the people who lived there. Basically is waws dealing with slavery spreading to new and different territories. -
Harriet Beecher stowe writes this book. It says everything about slavery. It helps to get people to join the abolition. One of the most read book. -
Bleeding kansas was a iddy biddy civil war that was basically anti slave v.s. slave people. -
supreme court decided to make slavery legal in the U.S. Basically gaining your freedom by moving to a free state did not make you automatically gain citizenship just because you were free. -
Seven debates between Lincoln and Douglas. focusing on slaves extension into new territories and Douglas called out Lincoln for "disrupting the union" and basically speaking up for racial equality. -
The North and South were fighting over the fort and after 4 months the first engagement took place as a civil war. -
The movement of trying to get rid of slave. Abolitionists are the people who are trying to abolish slaves. -
U.S. territory expansion to the pacific. They believed the U.S. was dentin to expand their country and spread democracy