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America was not livable because of the cold after the ice age ,people started to come to the Americas.
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Christopher Columbus founded the Americas, and was born in 1436 he died May 20, 1506
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Christopher Columbus lands in the Americas and starts his journey from there .He did horrible things to the natives and made them get him gold/work.Many controversy was if Christopher was guilty.
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Mercantilism was a national economic policy to get more gold and silver used.
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English man picked Jamestown as their settlement .This was named after king James 1.
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Navigation acts were laws set by the English. The one of 1651 was to put taxes on things to get money .
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The Enlightenment was a period of when there were many philosophers including ,Montesquieu ,and John Locke.Who had there own philosophies that they thought should be used on the use of power and legislation.
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Benjamin Franklin was Born in January 17, 1706, on Milk Street, in Boston, MA ,he Died in April 17, 1790, Philadelphia, PA ,his Spouse was Deborah Read (m. 1730–1774).
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George Washington was born February 22, 1732,and died December 14, 1799, he was the first president.
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Thomas was the third president ,his presidential term was March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 and he died July 4, 1826
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British America vs New France, the lasted 7 years.
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The natives asked for some land that would not be bothered then they made a line across states named the proclamation of 1763
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An act by the British Parliament in 1765 ,basically the people had to buy stamps for paper items .
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17th president of the united states,he came from a common mans back round ,He died June 8, 1845.
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Boston Massacre was an incident with citizens and British army when revolt hit the ending was the killing of some citizens.
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Boston Tea Party was when the citizens have dumped tea on to the sea in 1770.
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American Revolution was a revolt to get independence for america it lasted 1775 to 1783.
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It contained the goals for america ,It shows why people wanted to be freed from the British .
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The united states constitution consisted of rules for the new nation was written by James Madison.
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The Louisiana purchase makes up about 1/3 of america and the president Thomas Jefferson was the one who purchased it.
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Westward Expansion was when north america spread out through the west , it consisted of many wars and fights.
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Lewis and Clark expedition was from May 14, 1804 to Sep 23, 1806.They were significant because they journeyed through the North America.
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He fought in the civil war for the union,he was the 16th presidents,he was assassinated April 15th by Johns Wilkes Booth a confederate.
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Manifest Destiny was the belief that america could expand west as much as they wanted.with this came the Louisiana purchase .
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Frederick Douglass a former slave ,an abolitionist.
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The leaders for this event were Andrew Jackson; Martin Van Buren; James K. Polk; Thomas Hart Benton; Stephen A.
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The Election of 1828 was Andrew Jackson vs John Adams for president, Jackson won with 178 votes when Adams only had 73.
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This was a movement to abolish slaver racial discrimination.The movement had many leaders , William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman and William Lloyd Still. Garrison .
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The Indian removal act was signed by president Jackson it told the Indians to either live like the Americans or go somewhere else (West).
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The war started because of territorial problems and the united states ended up winning and signing a treaty.
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The Compromise of 1850 was to make slaves and free people happy.It was an agreement for and helped territorial problems.
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Dred Scott was a former slave,his debate went up to the supreme court he ended up losing the case but was freed after a fund bought his whole family .
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Dred Scott was a slave fighting for freedom ,he was able to take his enlargement to supreme court but the decision was that he lost the case.
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The Election of 1860 was when Abraham Lincoln won,against Douglas,Bell,and Breckenridge.
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The civil war started because of slave rights and territorial problems.
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Era of Reform was to fix the society, social activism, stop corruption in the government .
