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Declaration of Independence
The Thirteen Colonies of America signed the Declaration of Independenced to declare the establishment of the new country and to declare independence from British rule.
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Constitutional Convention
Representatvies from each state had debates of slavery and population
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Election of George Washington
George Washington took office as the first president of the United States. He was unanimously elected by the people. (Political). -
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The Second Great Awakening
Ralph Waldo Emerson was a major player in the second Great Awakening, a religious revival movement that took place from the late 1700s to the mid 1830s.
He established the idea of trancendentalism and preached that truth could be disvocverd by obersving nature and live accroding to one's one emtion. He encouraged people to rebel against government rules.
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Invention of the Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin, which made cotton production and harvesting more efficient and profitable. However, it made slavery even more prominent?
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Lousianna Purchase
President Jefferson purchased the Luisiannna Territoy from France for $15 million. This doubled the size of US and increased the growth of cities and farms. (Expansion, Political) -
Steamboats and Canals
Robert Fulton created the steam boat, Clermont in 1807.
Steamboats and water canals were important transportantion devices in moving raw materials such as lead, copper, and heavy machinery.
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William Lyoyd Garrison
Hw was a whlte ablitionist and the editor of an antislavery paper, the Liberator. He wanted immediate emancipation and support African Americans
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Invention of Morse Code
Smuel Mose invented the telegraph, which sent messges in code through a wire. The invention greatly revolutionized transportation and communication in the U.S. and played a role in migration to the west.
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The Trail of Tears
1838-1839
President Andrew Jackson wanted to expand white settlement. He ordered the Cherokees were forcely relocated from their homeland in Georigia to reservation camps.
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California Gold Rush
James Marhall discovered a few flakes of gold near John Sutter's sawmill. Millions through the U.S. and around the world migrated to California in search of gold and job oppurtunities. Many who came did not find gold. However, the imigration resulted from the gold rush contributed the growth of cities and industries, as well as the establishment of a diverse culture of California.
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Women's Rights Convention
Women's rights activists, including Elizabeth C. Stanton and Lucretia Mott held the first Women's Rights Convention in Seneca falls, New York. in 1848. They avocated for women's voting rights and better pay for jobs, as well as the emancipation of slaves.
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The Missouri Compromise
Maine was amitted as a free state and Missoui as a slave state. The rest of the Lousianna Territory was divided at 36, 30. Slavery was legal south of the line and slavery was banned north of the line. (Slavery, Political)
