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Birth of a New Nation
After proggressivley getting more and more angry, the colonists rose up agains a series of unfair taxes, laws, and volleys of infrigments on personal rights in a war against Great Britian and the King. On this day, the colonists officially declared their independance with the delaration of Independance, wich contained the greiviences, and the declaration -
Constitutional convention
Articles of Confederation were not working becase they gave the majority of the power to the states, there was no ability by the federal government to enfore laws, and there were no courts. For these reasons and many more, the decision was made to revise. However, a radical decision was also made later during the convention that it was not possible to make a perfectly functioning society with these articles, so they decided to seceretly re-write the law into what we know now as the Constitution. -
Alien and Sedition Act
An unconstitutional act made my President Jackson that said that one must be a citizen of the united states fro 14 years in order to vote, also he said that anyone 'undermyning' the government or saying anything unfavorable to the image of Jackson was unconstitutional, denying freedom of speech. -
Lewis and Clarke Expedition
After Jefferson bought the Louisianna Purchase from the Fench, he had no idea what that land was like. He sent Lewis and his parnter Clark to go explore and map out the wild west. They explored the Rockies, the Plains, and made it to the Pacific Ocean with the help of Sacagewea, a shoshone Native. One of thier main purposes to go to explore this new land was to find if there was a river that stretched across the enitre continent, if there was Jefferson wanted to be the one to control it. -
First steamboat to sail down Mississippi reaches New Orleans
Becasue of the Industrial revolution, industry and Inventions begins to rapidly expand. Inventions, such as the mentioned steamboat, quickley bacame a effortless transport for many goods at once. This also led to a huge economic boom. The first steam boat was made by..... -
Missouri Compromise
New Stte named missouri wanted to enter the union. However, that would throw off the balance between slave and free state representation. Therefore, the decision was made that missouri could enter the union if maine became a free state, which it did, and also a compromise was made at the 36*30 line. Any state above would be a free state, and state below would be a slave state. -
Cherokee "Trail of Tears"
Jackson wanted to expand American further westward and further south. Hoever, there were indian tribes residing there, who didnt want ot live thier homes andlives behined. After a supremem court trial, in which the indians were succesfull in winning thier rights to stay, Jackson forced them on a 1000 mile walk westward. Over a quarter of the native population died, therefore the trail of tears -
10-hour day for children under 12 in Massachusetts
The industrial revoltion lead to a HUGE demand in textile and other goods, so manual labor was very important, and an easy way for both struggling families and lavish companies to have pofit. Childeren worked under harsh conditions, being woken up very early and not allowed to sleep at all, with 20 min lunch breaks at the most and they worked around dangerous machines that could easily cause them to loose a limb or a few fingers. -
Gold discovered in California
When gold was discovered in california, a hug movvement otherwise known as the Gold Rush began. In this movement, thousands of Americans rushed westward to find gold and 'strike it rich', however not very many did. It was started when a mill worker found gold, and very quickley word spread to the north and east. The people involved were called the 49ers, and they unknowingly etablished the base of California as we know it today -
Republican Party formed
At the beginning of the conflict that would soon lead to the civil war, the republican party formed for abolition of slavery. Otherwise known as the abolitionists, they thought that slavery was unconsitutional, and also went agianst religion and the morality of mankind. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott decision was a court trail that was mainly focused on the fact that a slave was living on free land for several years, and considered himself to be free, however his master took him back to the slave states where he was automattically a slave again. He tried his master, saying that becuase he had lived on free land, he was now a free man, but the court ruled against him, -
Civil War
The civil was a war between the northern and southern states of the united states, over economic, political and social probelms. Slaver was also a cuase of this revolution, becuase the Northern states wanted to abolish slavery, and the southern states who depended on agriculture and those slaves, refused to do so, even thought they were not treated then well at all. Aberham Loncoln, the president during this war, issued the emancipation proclamation which allowed all slaves to be free.
