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He was trying to find Asia, and landed on America by accident.
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104 Englishmen sailed to North America to start a settlement. May 13th, they choose Jamestown, Virginia; named after their king James I. this was the first permanent settlement in North America.
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The French were expanding into the Ohio River valley and that created conflict with the British's claims on colonies.This led to a series of battles until the British officially declared war in 1756. This was lasted 7 years and and is a great example of imperial struggle.
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The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty. Sons of Liberty, a group of Massachusetts colonists, were protesting again the Tea act; generally known as "taxation without representation".
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These wars were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
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The Declaration of Independence is the statement saying that the 13 colonies were no longer under British control.
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Taking place at Yorktown, Virginia, was the most important battle in the Revolutionary War; where General George Washington commanded a siege against British General Lord Charles Cornwell.
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The Constitutional Convection was a series of meetings to address the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation.
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Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin, a machine that sped up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber. His machine was not validated until 1807.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts consisted of 4 laws:
1. Increased the residency requirement for citizenship from 5 to 14 years.
2. Made it legal for the president to imprison or deport aliens if they were considered dangerous.
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The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the US and France, in which the US got 827K square miles of land west of the Mississippi River.
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The War of 1812 was a military conflict between the US and the UK with it's North American Colonies and North American Indian allies.
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The Missouri Compromise was an act of Congress by which Missouri was admitted a slave state.
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1828, the 11th presidential election, Andrew Jackson was elected for president.
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The Panic of 1937 was a financial crisis in the US.
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The Cherokee nation was forced to move and give up their lands east of the Mississippi River.
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Telegraph revolutionized long distance communication.
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A war between the US and Mexico.
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The Compromise of 1850 was a package of 5 bills passed by the US Congress which defused a 4 year political conformation between slave states and free states, regarding the territories acquired during the Mexican-American war.
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When the Confederate forces opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter.
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The Emancipation Proclamation basically said "anyone who is a slave, shall be free".
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The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were passed to ensure equality for the emancipated slaves.
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The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.
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The 16th president was assassinated at the Peterson House, Washington DC.
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The US House of Representatives vote 11 articles against the president.
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The Standard Oil company was the largest oil refiner in the world of it's time.
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The Homestead Strike was a labor lockout and strike which began a battle between the strikers and private security agents.
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The Spanish-American war was a war fought between Spain and the US.
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Theodore Roosevelt was elected the 26th president of the US.
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The electric light was invented in 1879 by Thomas Edison.
The telephone invented in 1876 by Alexander Bell.
The airplane invented in 1903 by the Wright brothers.