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(the time before people were keeping written records)
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He sets off in 3 ships and a small crew of sailors given to him by the king and queen of Spain. -
He meets the Arawaks and he takes them as slaves and kills off a lot of them because they can't find gold for him. -
more than 500 witches were burned at the stake -
A year after the Pilgrims arrived, Massasoit signed a treaty of peace with them. For more than 50 years there was peace in Massachusetts.
But there was a problem, there were so many English men and women. At first it was only a few newcomers, but soon there were so many they started to put the natives off the land. -
it was a terrible voyage taking 66 days. It was a small ship, wet and foul. food runs out and there is only moldy and hard bread. Only one person dies. A baby was born, Oceanus Hopkins. -
Before they get off, there was trouble between Saints and Strangers. They create a governing body:
to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, offices... for the general good of the Colony; unto which, we promise all due submission and obedience.
The Mayflower Compact is one of the great documents of American history. -
the Pilgrims invite their Indian friends to a three-day feast of Thanksgiving. They have accomplished much in one year. -
a black indentured servant who will soon own land, vote, and be a respected member of the community in a few years. -
King James doesn't want the Puritans to purify the church. In 1625 King James dies. Charles I becomes king and things get even worse.
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When Massasoit died his son Wamsutta became ruler. The English men feared him and sent troops to drag him to Plymouth. They threatened him and acted higher and superior to him. Wamsutta got sick and died on his way home.
Metacom, his brother, was now leader of his people. He believed the English had killed his brother and he wanted revenge. -
Both sides were brutal. Six hundred colonists lost their lives and three thousand Indians lost theirs. Many innocent people were killed. Metacom was trapped in a swamp and killed.
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Parliament appointed Matthew Hopkins as a witch hunter. He found a lot of witches. more than 100 people were tried as witches. 20 people and 2 dogs were put to death. all the people killed were innocent. the witch trials is a shameful chapter in history.
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The English won. France was kicked off the North American continent. At the end of the war, England claimed all the land from the east coast to the Mississippi. -
he was 60 at this time and he had been a soldier since he was 15 (so for 45 years now.) But he didn't know how to fight indians in a wilderness.
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He was sold off as a slave and stayed a month here, a few weeks there, and so on with many other families.
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Toward the end of the French and Indian war. He was stubborn and not smart at all -
a group of men threw a shipful of tea into Boston harbor rather than pay tax on it. -
this war lasted about 9 years.
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was created on July 2nd but was adopted on the 4th -
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In 1789 protests erupted. there were 13,000 soldier led against the mob. That stopped it and made it clear that the new government would use their power to collect taxes. The whiskey tax was repealed in 1802 -
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he brought the key to industrial revolution with him. -
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The Americans had the right and duty to fill the land and spread democracy across the continent
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Jones and Allen got 2,500 black troops to help protect Philadelphia. -
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Mexico became rulers of California.
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- Free public schools
- Noah Webster invented 'American Dictionary of the English Language'
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a thousand men turned up. Their skins were white, black, and brown. They all got along.
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Sam Houston and his men captured Santa Anna and routed the Mexicans. They made Santa Anna sign a treaty making Texas an independent nation. -
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and in 1843 they sold what they had left and used the money to head west
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Mary Lyon founded one of the first colleges for women.
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he had the republic of Texas annexed to the Union as a slave state
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the pioneers traveled west on the Oregon and California trails.
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Americans in Sonoma were setting up their own independent California nation. they called it the Bear Flag Republic and its flag had a grizzly bear and a lone star. -
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they were persecuted because they practiced polygamy and tried to convert others to their religion
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people thought the US was using its power to take advantage of a weaker neighbor.
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storekeepers got rich, not the miners and prospectors. As a result of the Gold Rush, San Francisco grew up -
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1848- 400 settlers arrived in California looking for land
1849- when the news of gold came out, 80,000 people are said to have arrived -
late 1800s
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