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Native American Tribes in America
Prior to British settlers coming to the New World, there were between 140-160 different American Indian Tribes already inhabiting there. Some of these tribes were named Anasazi, Algonkian and Iroquois.
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British Settlement of Jamestown
144 English men and boys established the Jamestown colony named after King James I. The men had one goal in mind which was to find gold.http://www.ushistory.org/us/2c.asp -
France in the New World
By 1700, France had already claimed several territories in the New World. This included the New Foundland territories in the northeast and the Great Lakes in the Ohio Valley. It also included land southward along the Mississippi and as far west as the Rocky Mountains.http://www.ushistory.org/us/8a.asp -
1700s - The Arrival of German and other Immigrants to the New World
During this time many Germans and other immigrants came to the New World in search of a better life. http://www.ushistory.org/us/7f.asp -
The French and Indian War
French and British soldiers went to war over control of the Ohio Valley. A young George Washington served the British during the war. After a failed attack on a French stronghold, he along with the soldiers under his command, were forced to surrender.http://www.ushistory.org/us/8b.asp -
First Continental Congress Meets
The First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774 that drew leaders from all 13 states except Georgia. It's purpose was to call for a boycott on Brisith goods. http://www.ushistory.org/us/14.asp -
The Declaration of Independance
The Declaration of Independance was a legal document that announced to the world the reasons why the 13 colonies wanted to separate from the British Empire. http://www.ushistory.org/us/13a.asp -
Signing of the Federal Constitution
The constitution was a framework of rules for organizing national government. It also indicates the changes made since 1776 when the Declaration of Independence was born. http://www.ushistory.org/us/15.asp -
The Cotton Gin is Created
Eli Whitney created the Cotton Gin that changed the world. This invention allowed farmer to produce a thousand pounds of cotton each day with relatively little expense.http://www.ushistory.org/us/27a.asp -
The Election of 1800
The election was between John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. It was highly controversial as each thought the others side would ruin the country. http://www.ushistory.org/us/20a.asphttp: -
Jeffersonian Ideology
Jefferson believed in the majority but also in the minority having a voice in decision making in the country. In his inaugural address in 1801 he states that, "though the will of the majorityis in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable, that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression." http://www.ushistory.org/us/20b.asp -
Republicanism
Republicanism is the belief in which the political authority comes from the people. http://www.ushistory.org/us/23.asp -
Abolition
During the 1820's there was growing sentiment in opposition of slavery. Some people believed that slaves should be brought back to their home countries as they were here not on their free will. http://www.ushistory.org/us/28.asp -
Transcendentalism
People have knowledge about themselves and the world around them that transcends or goes beyond what they can see, hear, taste, touch or feel.http://www.ushistory.org/us/26f.asp -
The Mexican American War
The Mexican American war was fought to acquire the coveted lands of California and Mexico. http://www.ushistory.org/us/29d.asp -
The Compromise of 1850
This compromise was a combination of many things. Some of which involved free and slave states and the acquirement of other territories. The North had California admitted as a free state, slave trade prohibited in Washington DC and Texas lost boundaries with New Mexico. The South got no slavery restrictions with Utah and New Mexico, slaves allowed in DC, Texas got 10 million dollars and the North also acquired a Fugitive Slave Law. http://www.ushistory.org/us/30d.asp -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
This was the most important event leading up to the Civil War. Relations between the North and South were already uneasy and the addition of Kansas as a slave state beyond the 36-30 line, outraged the North. It would violate the Missouri Compromise. http://www.ushistory.org/us/31a.asp -
The Emancipation Proclamation
This proclamation outlined that unless the Confederate forces were to surrender to the Union by the end of that day, then the south's slaves "shall be then, thenceforward and forever free."
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Presidential Reconstruction
Because of President Lincoln's assasination, his vice president, Andrew Johnson, took power in 1865 and acted as Lincoln's successor. When Johnson took power, he proposed a very lenient policy towards the South. http://www.ushistory.org/us/35a.asp -
Radical Republicanism
This was the precursor to the civil rights movement. These radicals believed that blacks were entitled to the same political rights and opportunities as whites.http://www.ushistory.org/us/35b.asp
