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Granted rights to both Nobles and Freemen.
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is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth.
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first permanent English settlement.
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The House of Burgesses was the first assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America.
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first governing document of Plymouth Colony.
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Roger Williams, founder of the colony of Rhode Island in America and pioneer of religious liberty.
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Their goal was to force colonial development into lines favorable to England, and stop direct colonial trade with the Netherlands.
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Bacon and his followers rebellled against the Massachussett government when a war against the Native Americans was declined.
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William Penn founded Pennsylvania for religious tolerance.
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People were accused of being witches and put on trial them ultimately to their death.
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It was a religious renewal movement through the colonies.
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Benjamin Franklin published it.
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Is the reason we now have the 1st amendment to our constitution.
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Benjamin Franklin wrote it in order to organize the colonies.
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The French and Indian war began.
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Forbade colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Britain passed the Sugar Act in the colonies in order to pay debts from the french and indian war.
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It was passed by Britain in the colonies that taxed certain goods.
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They passed in the colonies in order to raise revelues for England.
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British soldiers fired into a group of colonists, killing four and Crispus Attucks.
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Colonists dressed like Native Americans threw 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor.
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Britain passed it to punish the colonies for the Boston Tea Party.
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12 of the 13 colonies met to discuss civil disobedience against Britain.
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This is said by Patrick Henry at the Virginia Convention.
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Paul Revere, William Dawes, and William Prescott ride to warn the colonists that the British are coming.
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Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense to promote independece as the right path to take.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson, was approved on July 4, 1776.
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Was the turning point of the Revolution.
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Were adopted by the Continental Congress as the first government.
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"I have no yet began to fight!"
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Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown.
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This treaty ended the Revolution.
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This Ordinance set the oderely pattern of growth.
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George Washington elected 1st president of the U.S.
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It was the reason all the states ratified the Constitution.
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This was a rebellion by farmers over the tax on Whiskey.
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Eli Whitney invented the Cotton Gin.
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Washington gave a farewell adress after deciding not to run for a 3rd term.
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Established Judicial Review.
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Doubled the size of the U.S. bought by Thomas Jefferson from France for $15 million.
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Lewis and Clark, along with Sacagewea, explored the LA Territory for Jefferson.
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Robert Fulton invented the Steamboat.
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A main cause was British interference with American shipping.
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Francis Soctt Key wrote the Star Spangled Banner.
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Said there was to be no more European colonization of the Americas and the U.S. was a protector of Latin America.
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Jacksons Indian Removal Act forced the Cherokees on to the Trail of Tears.
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Samuel F.B. Morse invented the Telegraph.
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Women's Rights Convention led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote this book.
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Decided that slaves did not become free in a free state because they were not citizens.
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Abraham Lincoln elected president.
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Jefferson Davis was the president of Confederate States of America.
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Battle tha signified the beginning of the Civil War.
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This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
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Lincoln issues this speech freeing all slaves in areas still in rebellion.
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Lincolns famous speech freeing all slaves in areas still in rebellion.
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Robert E. Lee surendered at Apomattox Courthouse.
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The 13th Amendment oficially abolished slavery.
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Provided citizenshipfor all person born or naturalized in the U.S.
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Making race no far for voting rights.
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Clara Barton founded the Red Cross.