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Jamestown was formed by the Virginia Company Of London.
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It was held in Jamestown, the first assembly in the Americas. Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco.
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A Dutch ship carrying African slaves docked at Point Comfort. It which served as Jamestown's checkpoint for ships wanting to trade with the colonists.
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The Mayflower compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was to ensure that the settlers who came off the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock would establish a fair government ruled by majority.
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It was the North American conflict that was part of a larger imperial conflict between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War. Resulted from ongoing frontier tensions in North America as both French and British imperial officials and colonists sought to extend each country's sphere of influence in frontier regions.
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It declared peace between Great Britain and the new country of the United States. Great Britain recognized the independence of the American colonies.
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Acknowledged that Indians owned the lands on which they were then residing and white settlers in the area were to be removed. Any settlers currently west of the mountains had to move back east
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The new tax was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Ship's papers, legal documents, licenses, newspapers, other publications, and even playing cards were taxed.
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between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. Several colonists were killed.
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A group of Massachusetts Patriots, protesting the monopoly on American tea importation recently granted by Parliament to the East India Company. Seized 342 chests of tea in a midnight raid on three tea ships and threw them into the harbor.
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Met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates.
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He would send out regiments of British soldiers quartered in Boston. Their destinations were Lexington where they would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then Concord, where they would seize gunpowder.
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The battles of Lexington and Concord had already been fought, and an informally organised American army was besieging General Gage's troops in Boston. It now became imperative either to plan and justify further operations or to give in.
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In mid-June 1776, a five-man committee including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and Benjamin Franklin was tasked with drafting a formal statement of the colonies' intentions. The Congress formally adopted the Declaration of Independence--written largely by Jefferson--in Philadelphia on July 4, a date now celebrated as the birth of American independence.
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The first constitution in our nation's history was the U.S. Articles of Confederation. A plan of government based upon the principles fought for in the American Revolutionary War, it contained crucial flaws.
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A time when the national government of the fledgling republic operated under the authority of the Articles of Confederation constitution. As evident in the Articles, fear of tyranny and strong central authority motivated Americans to establish a national government so weak and ineffective that it lacked even the ability to tax.
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General Washington commanded the Americans, Lieutenant General de Rochambeau commanded the French and Major General Lord Cornwallis commanded the British. Cornwallis surrendered to Washington in the field at Yorktown on October 17, 1781, effectively ending the War for Independence.
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negotiated between the United States and Great Britain. Ended the revolutionary war and recognized American independence.
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Set forth how the government of the United States would measure, divide and distribute the land it had acquired from Great Britain north and west of the Ohio River at the end of the American Revolution.
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Daniel Shays, outraged by the denial of paper money to prevent foreclosure on the lands of hardworking farmers, led a rebellion against the government to prove how serious the farmers of the time were.
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It was an important rallying point in the movement toward a federal convention to revise the inadequate Articles of Confederation.
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the Constitutional Convention formally convenes on this day in 1787. The convention faced a daunting task: the peaceful overthrow of the new American government as it had been defined by the Article of Confederation.
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Was a resolution for clashing views regarding the representation of states in parliament, based on their population. There were two plans brought forward, one which seemed to support the more populated states in the US while another wanted the representation of less populated states as well.
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Delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia that year accepted a plan offered by James Madison determining a state’s representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Established a government for the Northwest Territory, outlined the process for admitting a new state to the Union, and guaranteed that newly created states would be equal to the original thirteen states.
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Was signed into law by President George Washington. Established the entire federal judiciary, which initially consisted of a Supreme Court of six judges, 3 circuit courts, and 13 district courts.
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George Washington was the first President of the United States, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
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The Bill of Rights are the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution. They were introduced as a series of amendments,in the first Congress, by James Madison.
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The cotton gin is a machine that is used to pull cotton fibers from the cotton seed. The invention of the cotton gin caused a revolution in the production of cotton in the southern United States.
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John Adams was the second president of the United States, having earlier served as the first vice president of the United States.
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Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father, the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and the third President of the United States. He was a spokesman for democracy and the rights of man with worldwide influence.
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The most important case in Supreme Court history, was the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply the principle of judicial review.
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The Louisiana Purchase refers to the 530,000,000 acres of territory in North America that the United States purchased from France in 1803 for US $15 million. As the United States spread across the Appalachians, the Mississippi River became increasingly important as a conduit for the produce of America's West.
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The United States took on the greatest naval power in the world, Great Britain, in a conflict that would have an immense impact on the young country's future. Causes of the war included British attempts to restrict U.S. trade, the Royal Navy's impressment of American seamen and America's desire to expand its territory.
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The Supreme Court ruled that Congress had implied powers under the Necessary and Proper Clause of Article I. At issue in the case was the constitutionality of the act of Congress chartering the Second Bank of the United States in 1816.
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A strong leader in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States.
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A time when democracy in the US expanded and more people got involved in the electoral process. Americans no longer let aristocrats make all the decisions.
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This legislation admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a non-slave state at the same time, so as not to upset the balance between slave and free states in the nation. It also outlawed slavery above the 36º 30´ latitude line in the remainder of the Louisiana Territory.
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President Monroe was concerned about Spain reclaiming sovereignty in the Western Hemisphere. He asked former presidents Jefferson and Madison for advice.
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The Court ruled that under that clause Congress had powers to regulate any aspect of commerce that crossed state lines, including modes of transportation, and that such regulation preempted conflicting regulation by the states.
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Indians were forced off their lands onto smaller and smaller reservations
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A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It was potrayed the evils of slavery.
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A slave named Dred Scott sued for freedom after being taken into free territory by his owner. The case overturned efforts to limit the spread of slavery.
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The main issue was slavery. Abraham Lincoln won the electon.
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Was in South Carolina but it remained under northern control. This was the first battle of the Civil War
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Law that gave free public land in the west in 160 acre plots. The purpose was to encourage Americans to settle the west.
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Lee went North. The main effect was Lincoln issued Emancipation Proclamation.
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It freed the slaves in "rebelling" states. Lincoln started using black troops.
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Grant wins this battle. This cut the Confederacy in half.
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Lee pushed North into Pennsylvania. It was a 3 day battle
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Short speech by Lincoln. He said the U.S was one nation, not separate states.
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Restoring southern states to the union. Determining the position of African American.
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Lee surrendered. Lee urged Southerners to accept surrender and unite as americans.
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by John Wilkes Booth. shortly after the war.
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Abolished slavery
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Put south under military occupation.
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Prohibited states from denying equal rights to any american. Gave citizenship to blacks.
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Founder Uriah Stevens
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voting rights for african americans
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Come from Northern and Western Europe. Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden.
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Southern and Eastern Europe. Also Asia, China, Japan
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republican Rutherford B. Hayes and democrat Samuel S. Tilden. Disputed election results.
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Established seperate facilities for whites and blacks. Black facilities were inferior.
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Passed by congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. Was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
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Passed by congress and signed by President Chester A. Arthur. Was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
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A bomb is thrown at a squad of policemen attempting to break up a labor rally. The police responded with wild gunfire.
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The first federation of labor unions in the United States.
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Plan under which Indians would be forced to adopt American culture.
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Americanize the Indians. Legally abolished tribes.
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Prevented "any business structure that restrained trade." Was not successful.
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Plant manager Henry Frick called the pickerton detective agency. Major gun battle.
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Eugene V. Debs founder. unskilled and skilled workers
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A nationwide railroad strike in the United States.
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Supreme Court said "separate but equal" did not violate the 14th amendment. Upheld Jim Crow laws of segregation.
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It used the government to institute reforms to fix problems caused by industrialization. Lavish lifestyle of the rich caused the progressive movement.
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The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes.
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Voters elect senators. Not state legislatures.
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Creates FTC. Investigates business practices.
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Expand Sherman anti-trust act. Outlaws price-fixing.
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An act to regulate the immigration of aliens to, and the residence of aliens in, the United States.
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Women gain the right to vote.
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A pact between the soviet union and germany. Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack eachother.
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Germany invaded poland from the west. France and Britain finally declared war on Germany to stop more german expansion.
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Soviet Union invaded Poland from the east and th Baltic countries.
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U.S drafted 10 million men into the military.
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Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Crushed U.S's Pacific fleet, thousands died.
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FDR requested war. Germany joins Japan against the US
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The U.S navy beat a larger japanese force. Ended the threat to hawaii
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The allies landed in German-occupied France. Led by Eisenhower.
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Supreme court allowed internment camps.
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German counteroffensive. The allies soon recovered.
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Post war trials of Nazis for war crimes in the holocaust. There were many convictions.
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Germany was split into four American, French, British, and Soviet.
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Allies from west and soviet union from east overran germany. Victory in Europe day
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The uneasy peace after WWII, marked by a rivalry between the US and the soviet union. Foreign policy was a major issue in every president election.
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The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. From the United States during the final stages of World War II.
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Japanese city. Truman used atomic bombs against.
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Massive US financial and package to rebuild. The marshall plan prevents the spread of communism.
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The Soviets blockaded west berlin. The US flew in supplies.
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defensive allance among the US and the western european countries. Prevents a soviet invasion of western europe
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Diveded Korea. North was communist, South was Democratic.
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Election 1952 and 1956. Eisenhower's Nuclear Policy.
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gave atomic secrets to the soviets. they were found guilty and electrocuted
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Alliance among Soviet Union and East European countries.
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The first aircraft into space. Soviets aircraft.
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North Vietnam had a communist government. South vietnam had an anti-communist nationalist government.
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Francis Gary powers was shot down while spying over the soviet union. They captured him
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The 35th president. assassinated in November 1963
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between East and West Berlin
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The soviets stationed nuclear missiles in cuba. JFK demanded their removal and blockaded cuba
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In Dallas Texas. Shook Americans confidence
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Was exploting the rift between china and the soviets. Hoped to get china on the US's side.
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fi8ve men from Nixon's reelection committee got caught breaking into the democratic campaign headquarters. The white house tried to cover it up.
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The organization of petroleum exporting countries. Raised oil prices
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South Vietnam couldnt resist invasion by soviet-supplied North Vietnam. North and South Vietnam merged under communist control.
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SALT II was signed but was not ratified. The soviets invaded Afghanistan.
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Carter gave control to panama.
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He said "Mr.Gorbachev, tear down this wall'
