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First permanent English Settlement in the New World
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Pilgrims settled in Plymouth. William Bradford and John Winthrop
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All goods have to be transported on English Ships
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French and Indian War
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Tax on paper goods like wills, dices, playing cards, newspapers
First direct on the colonists -
More about propaganda because only 5 Americans died. John Adams defended the British Soldiers.
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Tossed overboard chests of tea to protest the Tea Act
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Shot Heard Around the World beginning the American War of Independence
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Author: Thomas Paine
Calling for the colonists to use their common sense and declare independence -
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Turning point of the American Revolution Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne - surrendered at Saratoga
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George Washington and his troops camped here for the winter. Baron von Steuben trained the soldiers
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Cornwallis fought the Americans in cow fields and decided to give up and go back north
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The British surrendered to the colonists ending the war
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Ended the War of Independence
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People in Western Mass upset about taxes. This was under the Articles of Confederation
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Purpose: Fix the issues of the Articles of Confederation
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Delaware was the first state to ratify while Rhode Island was the last
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Americans supported the ideas of the French Revolution until the Reign of Terror
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Tax over grain. It was under the Constitution
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Inventor: Eli Whitney
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President and Vice-President: different parties
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Authors: Jefferson and Madison. If a state does not like a lay, then they can declare it unconstitutional and not enforce it.
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Aimed at Jefferson and his supporters. Punished those that talked bad against the President.
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the death of the first president
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Election of 1800: Decided what to do when there was a tie. First peaceful transfer of power between political parties
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established judicial review (Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional)
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Paid 15 million to France for 15 states
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Explored the Louisiana Purchase
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Ended the War of 1812
Began American nationalism -
Author : Francis Scott Key
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First Major Depression as a result of horrible banking practices.
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Missouri entered as a slave state, and Maine came in as free state.
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Did not allow Europeans to colonize in the Western Hemisphere.
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Took place during the Texas Revolution - thought that the Mexican forces were taking supplies to San Antonio but it was actually HAY
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Texas fought Mexico for their Independence
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Hundreds of Americans moved to Oregon
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the forced movement of the Cherokee from Georgia from to Oklahoma
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President only for a month before he died.
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The Accidental President