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Christopher Columbus
Born in Genoa, Italy, he made four voyages trying to accomplish finding a direct water route to west from Europe to Asia. He married Filipa Moniz Perestrelo and had Diego and Ferdinand Columbus. He died on May 20, 1506 in Valladolid, Spain. -
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First Americans Enter North America
Christopher Columbus discovers America -
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Mercantilism
It promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. -
Navigation Act of 1651
Required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels. -
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The Enlightenment
Enlightenment followers valued reason, science, religious tolerance, and what they called “natural rights”—life, liberty, and property. Enlightenment philosophers John Locke, Charles Montesquieu, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau all developed theories of government in which some or even all the people would govern. -
Benjamin Franklin
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was a scientist who had amazing theories about electricity. -
Benjamin Franklin
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Franklin was a scientist who was very important in the Enlightenment era and a Founding Father of America. He also had many theories about electricity. Franklin married Deborah Read and had Sarah Franklin Bache, Francis Folger Franklin, and William Franklin. He died on April 17, 1790. -
George Washington
Born in Virginia, Washington was the very 1st president of the United States of America. He was president from April 30, 1789 to March 4, 1797. He married Martha and didn't have any children. George Washington died on December 14, 1799. -
Thomas Jefferson
Born in Shadwell, Virginia, he was the main author of the Declaration of Independence and was the 3rd President of the US from March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809. He married Martha and had Martha Jefferson Randolph, Madison Hemings, Eston Hemings, Mary Jefferson Eppes, Lucy Elizabeth Jefferson, Peter Jefferson, and Jane Jefferson. He died on July 4, 1826 in Monticello, Virginia. -
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French and Indian War
The North American conflict in a war between Great Britain and France. They both wanted to extend their North American land further west. -
Proclamation of 1763
After the end of the French and Indian War, a law was created in which settlement west of a line on the Appalachian Mountains was forbidden. -
Stamp Act
The British Parliament stamped newspapers and documents to exact the income taxes from the American colonies. -
Andrew Jackson
He was a president of the United States of America who forced Native Americans to migrate to the western land which lead to the Trail of Tears. He died on June 8, 1845. -
Boston Massacre
A small argument between a British Private and a few colonists escalated to more colonists joining and harassing the man. British soldiers began shooting at the colonists leading to their being 5 men dead. -
Boston Tea Party
To protest the British Parliament's Stamp Act, colonists dumped barrels of tea into the Boston Harbor. Their message was "No taxation without representation". -
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Lewis and Clark
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were both passionate explorers hoping to find a waterway from America to the Pacific Ocean and trade with Native Americans. Lewis died on October 11, 1809. Clark died on September 1, 1838. -
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American Revolution
It was a colonial revolt between the colonists and British soldiers. It took place in Lexington and Concord. The gun fires signaled the beginning of war. The colonists won the war gaining their independence from Britain and formed the United States of America. -
Declaration of Independence
This document was written for the colonists to gain their independence from Britain. -
United States Constitution Signed
This was the day the Constitution was signed. -
Dred Scott
He is known for his trial in attempting to free himself from his slave owner. He didn't win the case, but still won his freedom from his owner. He died on September 17, 1858. -
Revenue
It is a noun with the definition of income, especially when of a company or organization and of a substantial nature. -
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Westward Expansion
After the Louisiana Purchase, over seven million Americans migrated to it within 40 years. -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States bought the North American western land from France. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark explored the newly purchased land. -
Abraham Lincoln
He was a president who came up with the Emancipation of Proclamation which set all slaves free. He was shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. He died on April 15, 1865. -
Frederick Douglass
Born into slavery, Douglass was an abolitionist. He taught himself how to read and became very intellectual. He gave many speeches about slavery and women's rights as well as lecturing presidents. Douglass died on February 20, 1895. -
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Jacksonian Democracy
It was a movement for more democracy in American government in the 1830s. Led by President Andrew Jackson, this movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation. -
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Election of 1828
The United States presidential election of 1828 featured a rematch between John Quincy Adams, now incumbent President, and Andrew Jackson. As incumbent Vice President John C. Calhoun had sided with the Jacksonians, the National Republicans led by Adams, chose Richard Rush as Adams' running mate. -
Abolitionist Movement
A historical movement in hopes of ending slavery. -
Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson created a law that forced Native American tribes onto the land west of the Mississippi River. -
Manifest Destiny
The 19th-century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. -
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Mexican American War
The main causes for this war was manifest destiny, westward expansion, economics, and slavery. -
Compromise of 1850
Senator Henry Clay introduced a series of resolutions on January 29, 1850, in an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North and South. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave who went to court to hopefully free himself from his owner, however he didn't win. -
Election of 1860
The Republican Party, which fielded its first candidate in 1856, was opposed to the expansion of slavery. Abraham Lincoln, the party's nominee in 1860, was seen as a moderate on slavery, but Southerners feared that his election would lead to its demise, and vowed to leave the Union if he was elected. -
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Civil War
It started from the overall conflict of deciding if new territory should become slave or free states. -
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Era of Reform
It is a period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States that spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government.
