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The Middle Passage, a heavy slave trade route, allowed for the massive forced migration of slaves from Africa to the US.
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Joint stock company to establish settlement along the atlantic coast further down than the Plymouth Company did. London Company was granted North Carolina to New York.
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Joint stock company with purpose to establish settlements along the Atlantic coast. They tried to send 100 men to Maine to establish a colony, but failed as weather conditions got the best of them.
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3 ships land in Jamestown with 103 settlers
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This is what led to the Puritan Revolution and threatened to drive out the Puritans.
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The Dutch brought 20 Womean and African slaves as indenture servants in exchange for supplies. Servants worked 7 years.
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The Dutch brought slavery to the new world.
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They followed Deism which is a natural philosophy of religion that believe in supreme being creating the world and allowed to operate through laws of nature, and did not intervene directly in history or peoples lives
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The settlers arrived in 1634 and bought land from the natives. After that there was rapid growth and prosperity in Maryland.
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Was the only planned colony.
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Witchcraft is made a capital crime in English Law. Massachusetts colony is first to legalize slavery.
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The Puritans got their name because they wanted to purify the church of England. Puritans gained influence in politics, religion, and the culture of New England in order to build a Godly model for England and the world.
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The laws and liberties was the basis of civil and criminal law until the 18th center and reflect Puritan concerns
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King Charles 1 Made two resolutions against the Puritans in 1629. One dealt with introducing new changes to religion and the other dealt with customs duties.
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Aimed at the Dutch to hinder freight trade
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Navigation act is passed by british Parliament
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All European traded goods must be passed through England
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This group is also known as the Quakers
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This constitution was first rejected by most people
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Colonial Merchants must pay a duty on goods shipped between colonies
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Started with an argument over a pig.
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The political motives for England were through several events. An attempt to overthrow James II
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Bloodless Coup to overthrow King James the II. Goal of the revolution was to abolish absolutism and establish a constitutional monarchy. It ended up increasing the power of Parliment and William and Mary became King and Queen of England.
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Dozens of women accused of witchcraft and accusations spread to other cities leading to over 20 people executed
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First established admiralty courts
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To create their own assembly
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Regulating value of foreign coins according to silver content.
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This colony was poor and a refuge for criminals and debtors.
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Largest slave rebellion in British North America. 2o Africans raided a store and marched South to promised freedom in Florida.
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Parliament passed an act forbidding the usage of paper money issued by New England colonies.
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Also known as the French and Indian War. The british won and it was a main factor leading to the American Revolution
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Ships of neutral countries were not allowed to trade imports where they had been excluded before the war
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Replace Mollasses act of 1733
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Had the potential to destabilize the entire New England colonies economy
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Congress formed from the colonies petitioned to the King about violence
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Gave power to make laws to control the people of the colonies
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Taxed paper, lead, glass, paint, and tea
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Seven Bostonians killed by British soldiers
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George Washington formed the continental army. King George refuses a petition to avoid war.
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Gave monopoly to East India company on sales to the colonies. Colonies react by destroying tea from England
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Bostonians prevented tea from being unlocked. Dozens of men dressed in mohawk costumes. Open act of rebellion against englend
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Formed from 56 delegates. Emphasized equality of each participant and free speech. England considered this congee illegal
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Document signed to officially separate from England.
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In Yorktown the british were forced to surrender as they were surrounded by American and French armies. British made unique treaties with each nation
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Battle of Saratoga proved that the rebellion was real
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British surrender at Saratoga
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GW's army pursues the British. The british ended up capturing Savannah
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It threatened to harm the young nation due to tax laws that hurt agriculture. Shay demanded property taxes be reduced.
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Established a federal judiciary system
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Proposed a charter with the purpose of centralizing money, providing ones from federal government and to manage money supply.
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Whiskey tax burdened grained farmers leading to a rebellion against the government.
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Treaty opened trade in India and provided compensation for ships seized by Britain.
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John Adams won president and Thomas Jefferson won Vice president. The two came from different parties.
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Jefferson and Burr ran for president. Jefferson won
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In this period the number of slave states increased by 7. There were 15 slave states by 1850
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James Madison won against Charles Pickney
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Forced creeks to move out of many acres of land.
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Needed to make another bank because of the war of 1812. In 1816 the second bank was established in Philadelphia
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Guaranteed Spainsh sovereignty over region
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Andrew Jackson won presidency. Shared a message of equal rights and popular rule.
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This granted land for the Native Americans in present day Oklahoma and Kansas
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Turner and 70 armed slaves went around slaughtering the white neighbors who enslaved them. They killed 60 whites. They ended up being found, and were hung days later.
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America claimed independence of Texas and they adopted constitution legalizing slavery
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The battle was between Mexico and Texans because Mexico did't accept their independence
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Travelled 2,170 miles from independence, MO to Oregon City, OR. They then had 2 migrations one from 1842 and another from 1843
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Helped the US gain territories such as California, Oregon, and Texas. James Polk was named president
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There was immediate annexation over Texas, Where Texas became the 28th state of the US
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Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with the US after Texas became a state
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The Donner brothers took a poor decision at Fort Bridge where it snowed over 5 feet. There were 81 members but only 45 survived.
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US pays mexico 15 Million dollars for territories that contain parts of California, Nevada, Arizona and some of Colorado.
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At first, the union was spinning toward disaster. Stephen Douglas then introduced a bill that extinguished Native American rights.
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The party platform won control of Massachusetts legislature. Two years later, they nominated Millard Fillmore as their presidential candidate, but he refused to take a stand on slavery
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Northerners and the south went to kansas to sway votes to either make Kansas a free state or a slave state. There ended up being scuffles on whether or not wither or was right
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Election that Abraham Lincoln won. The south wanted to keep slavery in which commotion begins to happen
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This was a war over slavery and the issues revolving around it
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Abraham Lincoln was working to reunify the US after the war. After the war there was a mass democratic participation for African Americans.
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Spread among former confederacy states. Where they would go and kill local blacks in the area