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Founding of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first successful permanent English settlement in what would become the United States. It sparked a lot of cultural encounters that helped shape the nation and the world. -
Great Awakening
Influenced the Revolutionary War by encouraging the ideas of nationalism and individual rights.Caused a decline of Quakers and Anglicans. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
It was Marked as the start of the American war of independence.It influenced many Americans to take up arms and support the cause of independence.It was the first military action in American revolution. -
Signing of the Declaration of Independence
It contains the ideas or goals of our nation. Also it has the complaints of the colonists against the British king.And the arguments that the colonists used to explain why they wanted to be free of British rule. -
Articles of Confederation
Created a loose confederation of sovereign states and a weak central government.Left most of the power with the state governments. -
Constitutional Convention
Addressed the problems of the weak central government that existed under the Articles of Confederation. It was the creation of the Constitution of the United States. -
Election of 1800
Marked the first peaceful transition in power from one political party to another.Jefferson won and stressed for the need of a limited government and the protection of civil liberties. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase eventually doubled the size of the United States.It greatly strengthened the country materially and strategically.Also confirmed the doctrine of implied powers of the federal Constitution. -
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Lewis and Clark
Opened up new territory for the fur and lumber trade.They brought back journals filled with details about Native American tribes and scientific notes about plants and animals they'd never seen before. -
Missouri Compromise
The U.S. Senate was equally divided.Also it maintained the balance of power in Congress, the Missouri Compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
Nullification Crisis
It was caused by the introduction of a series of protective tariffs.It also led to the formation of the Whig Party and the Second American Party System.And it set the stage for the battle between Unionism and state's rights -
Kansas Nebraska act
Repealed the Missouri Compromise, created two new territories, and allowed for popular sovereignty.It also produced a violent uprising known as “Bleeding Kansas". -
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Civil War
The United States defeated the Confederate States. In the end, the states that were in rebellion were readmitted to the United States.Also the institution of slavery was abolished nation-wide. -
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Battle of Fort Sumter
Marked the official beginning of the American Civil War. A war that lasted four years and cost the lives of over 600k Americans and freed over 3.9 million enslaved people from bondage. -
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Increased the north's hate toward the south. His death gave the Radical Republicans more freedom to punish the south. And it put Andrew Johnson in charge who also wanted to punish the south.