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Brought European culture and diseases. The beginning of the native american genocide. Native Americans were wiped out when Christopher Columbus arrived.
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The first successful English settlement on the mainland of North America
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It pitted the colonies of the British america against those of new France. This resulted in the treaty of Paris.
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A political protest by the sons of liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. Some Americans disguised themselves as Indians and threw 342 chests of Tea into the Boston harbor, Paving the way foe the American Revolution. Protested against British parliament's tax on tea.
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British troops were sent to confiscate colonial weapons. They ran into a untrained and angry military group. 700 British troops were defeated. This was the first military engagement of the American Revolution.
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On July 4, 1776 congress approved the final text of the declaration. But it wasn't signed until august. The main purpose of the declaration of independence was to the separation of the colonies from Britain. Also it stated some ideas that colonists believed were important. Such as liberty and equality. John Hancock was one of the people who had signed the declaration of independence.
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This was the last battle of the American Revolution. The Americans and French trapped the British, which led to the British surrendering.This ended the American revolution.
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The purpose of this convention was to decide how America was going to be governed. The convention resulted in the constitution being created. Since then the convention has become the most significant events in the history of the United States.
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Eli Whitney patented the cotton gin. The cotton gin helped speed up the process of removing seeds from cotton.
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Then president John adams signed four laws to prepare for te war with France.
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The United States acquitted Louisiana territory from France for over 15 million dollars.
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A conflict that led into a war between the United States, the United Kingdom and their allies.
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A effort to congress for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted.
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Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams were having a re match in which Andrew Jackson won the electoral vote.
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Native American Nations were forced to leave their homelands in the southeastern United States to an area west of the Mississippi River.
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Invented by Samuel Morse revolutionized communication. It worked by transmitting electric signals over a wire laid between stations
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The United States wanted California and other Mexican territories. But Mexico didn't want to give it up so they fought for it and the United States won because they were stronger then Mexico.
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Senator Henry Clay came up with some resolutions for the conflict between the North and the South. The fugitive Slave act was a part of this compromise .
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The Confederate state army and the United states army returned fire and this started the American Civil war
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A presidential and executive order that was issued by Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln declared free all slaves residing in territory in rebellion against the federal government. This Emancipation Proclamation actually freed few people.
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These amendments were designed to ensure equality for emancipated slaves.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. Grant . Brought the four year civil war to an end
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wickes Booth while attending a play at Ford's Theatre.
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Due to the violation of the Tenure of Office Act the house decided to impeach Andrew Johnson.
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The telephone was invented by Alexander Graham Bell. Which is today the most popular way to communicate. The light bulb was invented by Thomas Edison which was one of the most important inventions of all time. And the airplane was invented by the wright brothers.
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John D. Rockefeller created the Standard Oil Trust by trading stockholders' shares for trust certificates.
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Was an industrial lockout and strike between the Association of Iron and Steel Workers also known as the Homestead Massacre.
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Began with the conflict between Spain and the United States. It began with the aftermath of the explosion of the USS Maine in Havana harbor.
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Following McKinley's assassination in September of 1901, Roosevelt became president .
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A financial crisis in the United States that brought profits, prices and wages down and the unemployment rate went up.
