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"Lost Colony" was founded on Roanoke Island by Walter Raleigh.
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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Capt. John Smith and 105 cavaliers were the first to land there.
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House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in New World. Elected in Jamestown, VA.
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It was an agreement to form a self-government.
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He founded Province, RI as a democratically ruled colony.
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It regulated colonial commerce to suit English needs.
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led planters against British Government.
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signed the peace treaty with Delaware and made payment for PA lands.
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20 alleged witches were executed by special court
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religious rival began
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Benjamin Franklin published this book
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aquitted of libel in NY after criticizing the British governor
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Began when the French occupied Pittsburgh
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placed duties on lumber, foodstuffs, molasses, and rum in colonies. used to pay French and Indian War debts.
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required revenue stamps to help fund royal troops
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required colonists to house British troops
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levied taxes on glass, painter's lead, paper, and tea
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British troops fired into Boston mob
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to protest the tea tax
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barred use of Bpston Harbor till tea was paif for.
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Held in Philadelphia. called for civil disobedience against the British.
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he addressed the Virginia Convention. he said, "Give me lliberty or give me death!"
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rode to alert the Patriots that the /british were on their way.
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minutemen lost 8 and the British took 273 casualties.
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Thomas Paine published Common Sense.
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the Dec. of Independence was approved on July 4th, 1776.
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Burgoyne surrender 5000 men.
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It was adopted by Continental Congress and took effect on March 1, 1781
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defeated Serapis in British North Sea waters.
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Cornwallis retired to Yorktown
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recognized American independence. Congress ratified it Jan. 14, 1784.
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opened in Philadelphia with Washington presiding over it
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adoptd by Continental Congress for Northwest Territory
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choosen predient by all the electors voting.
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bill passed by Congress. Slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not west of the Mississippi River
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opposing Eurpean intervention in the Americas
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Cherokee Indians forced to walk from GA to OK.
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invented by Samuel F.B. Morse. the first one was from Washington to Baltimore
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Seneca Falls, NY was led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
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It admitted CA as the 31st state and it didnt allow slavery. It also made Utah and New Mexico territories, and it made the Fugitive Slave Law mor harsh. It also ended District of Columbia slave trade.
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Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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The decision made by the Supreme Court was that slaves didn't become free in a free state, Congres couldn't bar slavery from a territory, and blacks couldn't be citizens.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected president in a 4-way race.
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The Civil War began when the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter. Jefferson Davis was president.
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It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. It took place in Maryland.
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it freed all slaves in areas still in rebellion. Pres. Lincoln gave issued it.
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turning point of Civil War.
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Linoln was shott by John Wilkes Booth.
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he surrendered at Appomattox Cort House, VA. end of Civil War.
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abolished slavery
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providing for citizenship of all people born or naturalized in the U.S.
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made race no bar to voting rights
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She founded the American Red Cross