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Period: 1492 to
US History: VHS Summer: Joshua Blige
The Mayflower was the beginning for the Europeans in America. The Europeans wanted to find a better place that's basically the beginning -
Slavery
Slavery actually began when the 1st batch of african slaves were taken and brought to Virginia -
Commander
George Washington became commander of the Virginia Militia with no military background -
Jeffersonian
Thomas was the 1st president to have an inauguration in Washington D.C. He was the third president of America after his 1st term he ran again for presidency and won against Charles Pinckney. On his 3rd term he decided not to run and let James Madison win. -
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson did most of the writing of the Declaration of Independence -
Peace Treaty
After the Revolutionary war George Washington SIgned a peace treaty between United States and Great Britain. -
Secretary Of State
Thomas Jefferson was the first Secretary Of State for George Washington -
Mrs. Nathaniel Green
Mrs. Green created a device to help farming way easier and quicker then regular picking cotton -
The Revolution of 1800
The Revolution of 1800 was the revolution for the democratic party. John Adams and Thomas Jefferson went for president and Thomas Jefferson won against John Adams. Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson called it the Revolution of 1800 because it was the first time that power in America passed from one party to another. -
Westward Expansion
Thomas Jefferson purchased the territory of Louisiana from Great Britain. The amount of land that Jefferson bought was from the Mississippi River to to the Rocky Mountains and from Canada to the New Orleans. Jefferson thought that expanding America could make it better it was "The Key to the Nation's Health". -
Andrew Johnson
After Abraham Lincoln surprise assassination they had to have a new president and Andrew Johnson came in to take his place. He was originally vice president that why he took abraham's place. ( http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/andrew-johnson) -
Virgina Laws
Free'd black men didn't have the same rights as white even though they are free. Like no black man get carry guns -
Mexican War
The cause of the Mexican and American War was Texas gaining it independence from Mexico in 1836 and America declined to incorporate it into a union, because the northern political states were against the addition of another slave state. ( http://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war) -
Robert Smalls
Robert took over a confederate ship and delivered it to the union and became a congressman . -
Civil War
The Civil war was a war between the north end and the south end of america. They fight was for slaves rights, and their freedom. Abraham Lincoln passed the Emancipation proclamation which was a document saying slaves will be free after the civil war.( http://www.ushistory.org/us/34a.asp ) -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a document that was passed by the 16th president Abraham Lincoln. The Emancipation Proclamation was a bill that free'd slaves and the south did'nt like that , this was another major thing that caused the Civil War(http://www.ushistory.org/us/34a.asp) -
The Election of 1864
Abraham Lincoln almost lost on his 2nd run for president. The people were skeptical about re electing President Lincoln because of him passing the emancipation proclamation. He almost lost to George B McCellan, he wanted to bring the civil war to a " speedy " end. ( http://www.ushistory.org/us/34e.asp) -
Asassination of Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was watching a play at the theater with his beloved wife, and was shot from behind by the killer John Wilkes Booth. ( History.net) -
Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist group. The founders are Richard. R Reed , J. Calvin Jones, James R. Crowe , John B. Kennedy , John, C Lester. These men were all part of the confederates in the Civil War. ( http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/kkk-founded) -
Rutherford Hayes
Democrat Samuel J. Tilden wins the popular vote over Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. But during the 1876 presidential election, Hayes wins the electoral vote by promising to loosen Reconstruction's restrictions on the southern states. So he barely won and got lucky still a great president. -
Death of the 1st Utah Governor
Brigham Young, leader of the Mormon Church, founder of Salt Lake City, UT, and first governor of the Utah Territory, dies. He died from peritonitis ( https://www.census.gov/history/www/through_the_decades/fast_facts/1870_fast_facts.html)
