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Columbus was determined to find a water route west from Europe to Asia, but then came across the Americans
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First permanent English settlement in North america
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Long term Result: Treaty of Paris
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To protest British parliaments tax on tea. Long Term result: Intolerable Acts
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First battles of revolutionary war
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The people involved in the declaration of independence were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Livingston, and Roger Sherman. This was made for the Ideals for when U.S was founded and reasons for separation from Great Britain. The long term effect was for all U.S to have freedom and this was the document that states that.
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Address the problems of the weak government that existed under the articles of confederation
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End of land territory between Americans and french. Beginning of peace negotiations
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a machine that revolutionized the production of cotton by greatly speeding up the process of removing seeds from cotton fiber
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These laws included new powers to deport foreigners and also making it harder for new immigrants to vote
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The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France
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conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights. It ended with the exchange of ratifications of the Treaty of Ghent.
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defuse for admission which slavery would be permitted. U.S was separated at the time between slave and free.
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11th quadrennial presidential election
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revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid
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Profits, prices, and wages went down while unemployment went up.
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The forced relocation of most of the Five Civilized Tribes of the Southeastern United States to Indian Territory under the Indian Removal Act of 1830
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Texas gained independence and the U.S wanted to have Mexico in its nation because the issue of slavery in states was raised
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the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C. was abolished
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Result: Confederate victory and Beginning of the American Civil War
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The civil war was fought after Lincoln was elected for president and was caused by slavery the long term outcome was racial equality and not separating blacks and whites and everyone have equal rights
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issued by President Lincoln freeing slaves in all portions of the United States
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It was the final engagement of Confederate States Army general Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Ulysses S. Grant
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American Civil War was coming to a close and Abraham Lincoln 16th president was assassinated at ford theatre
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House of Representatives voted 126 to 47 in favor of a resolution to impeach the President for high crimes and misdemeanors
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Known as the Civil War amendments. 13th amendment abolished slavery except in cases of crime.
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These inventions changed how we live our lives and we use them all the time
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The trust was designed to allow Rockefeller and other Standard Oil stockholders to get around state laws prohibiting one company from owning stock in another
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industrial lockout and strike between strikers and private security agents
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Long Term Result: Signing of the Treaty of Paris
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he became the 26th President of the United States upon the assassination and death of President William McKinley
