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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
A charter that King John signed in 1215 that recognized a persons basic freedoms and liberties -
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Protestant Reformation
The Protestant Reformation was the 16th-century religious, political, intellectual and cultural uprising that critisized Catholic Europe, setting structures and beliefs that would define the continent in the modern era.1517 – 1648 -
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Salutary Neglect
The purpose of salutary neglect was to ensure the loyalty of the colonists of the French threat in North America. -
Headright System
The headright system was originally created in Jamestown, Virginia. It was used as a way to attract new settlers to the region and address labor shortage. With the abundance of tobacco farming, a large supply of workers were needed. Settlers who paid their way to Virginia received 50 acres of land. -
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English Civil War
The English Civil War was a series of armed conflicts and between Parliamentarians and Royalists in the Kingdom of England. -
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Republican Motherhood(1654-1920)
The title for womens roles during a time period, or the idea of an educated women. -
Navgation Acts
Navigation Acts were a set of laws that restricted the use of foriegn ship for trade between Britain and its colonies. -
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Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of King James II of England by a union of English Parliamentarians. -
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Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution was the last revolution in Britain,because there was little armed resistance in England to, the revolution is also called the Bloodless Revolution. -
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George Washington
George Washington was a Revolutionary War leader and the first President of the United States. George Washington served two terms as President. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was a founder of the US, the author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third President of the United States of America (serving from 1801 to 1809). -
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Marshall Court
Marshall Court established the legal authority of the Supreme Court over states and other branches government. -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was a political uprising that took place between 1765 and 1783 during which colonists in the Thirteen American Colonies rejected the British monarchy -
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Plantation System
The division of the land into smaller units under private ownership became known as the plantation system. Starting in Virginia it spread to the New England colonies. -
Commities of Correspondence
The Commities of Correspondence were governments organized by Patriot leaders of the Colonies of the American Revolution. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was America's frist attempt to a constitution. States were aloweed the most power, and congress did not have the power over taxes. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
The Land Ordinance of 1785, a five-person committee led by Thomas Jefferson. The ordinance established a systematic process for surveying, planning and selling townships in the western frontier. -
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Constitutional Convention
Drafting of the Constituion of the United States, dedsigning the separate branches of government. Addressed the problems of a weak central government with the Articles of Confederation. -
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John Adams
John Adams was the second President of the USA. His Vice-President was Thomas Jefferson. Adams graduated from Harvard University, and went on to become a lawyer in Boston.
Adams was a delegate to both the First and Second Continental Congresses, and helped draft the Declaration of Independence. After the Revolution, in 1783, Adams went to France to sign the Treaty of Paris, and be -
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
The Alien and Sedtition Acts were a set of laws passed by Federalists, and singed by president John Adams. These laws included issues with opposing government, immigrants, and American citizenship. -
Second Great Awakening
(1800's) The Second Great Awakening didn't only affect religion but other things such as prison reform, the women's rights, abolishment of slavery, advancements in literature, and reform in education. -
Lousiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. got approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million -
Marbury vs. Madison
U.S. Supreme Court case to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution, which determined the Court's power of judicial power. -
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James Madison
James Madison was the fourth President of the United States of America. He was President from 1809 until 1817. Madison belonged to the Democratic-Republican Party. -
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War of 1812
A war between Great Britain and the US, fought along the Canadian border. A fight between America and the British because of British's strict violations. -
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James Monroe
James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States, Madison fought in the Continental Army and practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. James Monroe was an anti-Federalist and participated in the Virginia Convention -
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John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767-February 23, 1848) was the sixth President of the USA. His Vice-President was John Calhoun. Adam's political party was "National Republican." -
Tariff of 1828
The Tariff of 1828 was intened to protect the American System from European goods being made, so European goods were raised to higher prices with higher taxes. -
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Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) was the seventh president of the United States. After law school, Jackson worked in Congress and was a judge. He founded today's Democratic Party, campaigning under the slogan "Let the people rule". -
Nullification
The U.S.'s failure to enforce federal laws within the limits, mainly on constitutional ground. -
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Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Buren was the eighth president of the United States. He studied law in New York City, he became a lawyer and then became senator from New York. He served during a great depression. -
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William Henry Harrison
William H. Harrison was the ninth president of the United States. He was president for only 30 days in 1841. He caught a cold which turned into pneumonia and killed him in a month. -
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John Tyler
John Tyler was the tenth president of the United States. He was the first vice president to become the president after the current president died in office. -
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James K. Polk
James K. Polk was the eleventh president of the United States. Polk was the first president who decided not to continue a second term in office. -
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Mexican War
War between the United States and Mexico resulting in secession of Mexico. -
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Seneca Falls Convention
Seneca Falls Convention took place in Seneca Falls, New York, women and men went to discuss the rights of women, and initially got women the right to vote. -
Seneca Falls Convention
Women and very little men went to discuss the rights of women. -
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Free Soil Party
A political party that opposed slavery in the territories not yet made a state, and was in many elections through the years -
Know-nothings
The Know-Nothing Party, was a prominent United States political party.The American Party originated in 1849. Its members strongly opposed immigrants and followers of the Catholic Church. -
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Zachory Taylor
Zachary Taylor was the 12th president of the United States. Taylor was a military hero in the War of 1812, the Indian War, and the Mexican War. He only served 16b months. -
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Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States. Fillmore was Vice President under Taylor, but became president after Taylor died in office. Fillmore was against slavery, but he approved ot the Compromise of 1850. -
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Franklin Pierce
Franklin Pierce was the 14th president of the United States. During his term, his greatest accomplishment was the Gadsden Purchase. -
The Gadsden Purchase
The Gadsden Purchase, was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile part Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was created by Stephen Douglas, the Nebraska teritory was divided into Kansas and Nebraska, and the settlers were given the right of popular soverinty to vote on wheter or not to free slaves. -
Dred Scott vs Sandford(1857)
A court case with a slave who was owned in a free state, but before his owner died he was not declared freedom. Some said he was free because he lived in a free state others say since he moved back down south he was still considered a slave. -
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James Buchanan
James Buchanan was the 15th President of the United States,and was a member of the Democratic party. -
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Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States of America. He was President in most of ther Civil War, and helped abolish slavery in the Untied States -
Homestead Act
The Homestead Act encouraged Western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of land. In exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete five years of residence before receiving ownership of the land. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was created by Abraham Lincoln, and it stated that all enslaved were to be free and they were to be treated as free. -
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Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States. He was Abraham Lincoln's vice-president, and became president after Lincoln was assassinated. Johnson was the only US president who never went to school. -
KKK
A secret society organized in the South after the Civil War to white supremacy by means of terrorism. Many acts were against the colored citizens -
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Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States. He was a commander of the Union Army in the Civil War. -
Compromise of 1877
The Compormise of 1877 settled the election of 1876, troops were removed from Louisiana and South Carolina. The Concessions for building a southern railroad were made.
