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Christopher columbus find the new world,
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The Columbian Exchange was when America , west Africa, and the " New World" began exchanging products, and good, althought they benifited a lot from it, diseases were exhanged and it killed many Native Ameicans.
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When Christopher Columbus found the new world, they traded items but the Native American were greatly impacted when Small Pox began. They had no medicine and stuff like that so many Native American died
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JamesTown, Virginia was the first successful English Colony in America that was establised in 1607
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When Tobacco was introduced to the virginia, they depended on it because they had warm climate and rich soil, which was great to grow tobacco in. They thought of tobacco as a cash crop
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When The first African Ameican Ariived at Jamestown Virginia, it began the Continous need for slaves to do labor
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The Virginia House Of Burgesses was the first elected general assemble im
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When Plymouth Massachussets was founded, they thought of this place as a safe haven, It was known as P.P.P Puritans, Prayer, Plymouth
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The Mayflower Compact was the 1st type of self-Government, it was angreement with the settlers of Plymouth
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The Great Migration to Massachussetts Bay Colony was, they left England tp pursuit religous freedom and also looking for a new source of money
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The fundemental Orders of Conneticut was the 1st written constitution,
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Navigation Acts, and Mercatilism both hold the idea that they should only get their goods from England and no other country., They also couldnt export good to any other place , rather than england
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King Phillips War also Known as the Bloodies war, left hundreds of colonist dead, and thousand of indians were killed or captured to become slaves
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The Pueblo revolt was the most succesful uprising for Native Americans
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Quaker William Penn founded Pennnsylvania in order to have and give religious freedom to other
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The English Bill of Rights stated that the parliment had power over the monarchy and they had specific constitutional and civil rights,
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The Salem witch Trials was when people were being accused of doing witch craft and they were denied right, even thought they were innocent
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The Great Awakening was known as religious Revival for christians,
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The Stono Slave Rebellion was when slaves weredoing a rebellion againt white people and during that rebellion they killed at least 20 of them and spared others
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The proclamation line of 1763 was basically forbiding colonist to settle west of the appalachian mountains
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women should receive education in order to be able to teach the next generation.
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Great Britian was in debt and because of this they were taxing dumb things to pay off the debt , so they taxed sugar.
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The quartering act forced colonist to house soldiers, feed them,and maintain them for as long as they need
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The stamp was a tax on any official document document, this happened because of the major debt that Britian needed to pay off, Because of this many colonist were furious.
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The Townshend Acts was a tax on all imported goods. Many colonist thought these absurd taxes were unfair and came up with "No Taxation Without Representation"
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The Boston Massacre was when British Soldiers killed 5 colonist, and everyone thought the colonist did nothing to them but since they killed 5 colonist it made a big impact
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The tea Act was an effort to get Great Britian out of debt so they began taxing unecessary thing like tea
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The Boston Tea Party was when American Colonist disuised as indians so they would blame them of then, and they threw a lot of crates of tea in the water
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The Intolerabele acts was a response to the Boston Tea Party event, it was created to punish the colonist
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Thomas Paines Common Sense pamphlet as basically letting everyone know that it was time for them to become wiser and gain independence from Great Britian
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The battle of Lexington was the shot heard around the world, it signaled the beginning of the Revolutionary War
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The Decleration Of independence stated that they are born with certain unalienable right, and then they declared independence from Britian
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Defended the idea of Free market / economy, and believed the government should not interfere
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Winyer at Valley Forge was the so cold many soldiers died because they got sick but it also showed them that their leader General George Washington did not abandon them
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The battle od Saratoga was a major turning point in the war, and during this the french deceided to become our ally.
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Agreement between the 13 colonies and is considered the first constitution
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The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle and victory for america,British General Cornalls surrendered To washington
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The Treaty of Paris ended the Revolutionary War, it Causses America to finaly become an independent Country
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A rebellion about the uneeded posing of taxes, and the huge debt they had
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AKA the Conneticut Compromise, Established to state the structure and reprentation for small and large states
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The 3/5th compromise was a population compromise, only letting them count 3 out of 5 slaves as actual people
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He Created an Electoral College, People believed he was a War Hero, had strong Charecter, honesty, and Patriotism
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The Whiskey rebellion happened because they added tax on things like whiskey knowing the farmers were poor
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The cotton Gin and the interchangable parts increased the efficiency of production methods, increased the desire for goods
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3 Rules they needed to follow, Do not borrow money, Stay Neutral(Dont choose a side), and No political Parties
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2nd president, created two parties, and he was a founding father of the Us constitution
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It restricted the power of foreign residents in the country and limited freedom of speech
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The Cult of Domesticity affected the married women labor market, consequently in 1890 4.5% of all married women were"Gainfully Employes"
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The Steam Locomotive increased the efficieny of production methods
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The Louisiana purchase was the purchase of a territory that made the U.S doubled in size overnight
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The british Capturing US sailors was a cause of teh War of 1812
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The treaty of Ghent ended The War of 1812
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AKA the Dallas Tariff, notable first tariff passed by congress to protect manufacturing goods from oversea competition
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AKA The mIssouri Compromise was a line that divided slave states and free states
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Western States newly admitted to the union adopted state constitutions that allowed all white males to vote and hold office, all white males could vote regardless of scocial class or religion
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any intervention by outside politics to US is a potentile hostile act
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The Erie Canal gave the western states direct access to the Atlantic Ocean,
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Asked congress for money, aid to manufacturing, a national university, and an astronomical observatory. Jacksonianas viewed this as a waste of money and a violation of the Constitution
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Lowell Mill girls employed young women to work in factories, offered jobs to women
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A democrat and he ran twice for president, Seen as a "Common Man", also on the $20 bill
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Jacksons concept of democracy did not extend to the American indians, Rorced resettlement of thousands of American Indians west of the misssisipi River
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Most Cherokees repudiated the settlememnt of 1835, it provided land in the indian territory, caused the death of 4,000 Cherokees
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In 1829 Mexico outlawed slavery, it created conflict with American Settlers and many refused to obey, when the leader of mexico attempted to enforce the laws in texas, a group of American Settles led by Sam Houston revolted and declared Texas to be an independent republic
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believed that educatio should be free and universal
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She wanted better treatement for the mentally ill and she spoke out about how they were being treated
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he was a Democrat, and was the 11th president He hugely supported the idea of Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion
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Unsuccessful proprosal to ban slavery in territory acquired from The Mexican American War Northerners supported, but south did not
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First womens Rights Convention held in the united states
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Mexico Recognized the Rio Grande as the Southern Border of Texas, The united states took possession of the former Mexican provinces of California and New Mexico- The Mexican Cession
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Network of secret routes established during the mid 19th century used by slaves to escape to free states, estimated 100,000 enslaved people had escaped using this method
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The Mexican Cession Led to heated controversies over wheter to allow slavery in the newly acquired Territories, this helped solve it
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Anti-Slavery novel that depicted the reality of Slavery which helped fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s
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U.S. President Pierce succeeded in adding a strip of land to the American Southwest.Mexico agreed to sell thousands of acres for 10 million- was known as the Gadsen Purchase
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Repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to vote on slavery on the basis pf " popular Sovereignty"
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Abraham Lincoln won the election of 1860, South Secessionists warned that if Lincoln won, their states would leave the union.
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1st battle of the Civil War, No deaths on either side, South Carolina militia attacked and seized a U.S. Federal Fort in Charlestown
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1862 law that stated any U.S. citizen could occupy 160 acres of government land in the great plains and if the settler improved the land after 5 years, they could keep the property
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Lincoln issued a presidental order that declared all persons held as slaves within the rebellious states are and henceforward shall be free, only applied to the rebellious states, not the border states
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Union Victory in the Mississippi River Valley that split the Confederacy from east to west
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Brutal Union Victory which halted General Robert E. Lee's invasion of the North,and the Southern's Confidence was shaken
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Lincoln's Gettysburg Address showed America's dedication to nationalism, Republicanism, equal rights, liberty, and democracy
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Surrender at Appomattox, a battle in which Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant
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President Abraham Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theater at D.C
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Lincoln pushed Conress to pass this amendment which would completely Abolish Slavery
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Congress created this as an early welfare agency, providing food, shelter, and medical aid for those made destitute by the war-both blacks and homeless whites
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when (mostly) former slaves worked for land, and the owner provided the equipment and also received a share of the profits, but many sharecroppers fell into debt
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Southern State Legislatures Adopted Black Codes that restricted The right and movements of the former Slaves
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Groups of Southern Whites organized secret societies to intimidate blacks and white reformers
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Democratic opponets gave nicknamesto their hated Republicans Rivals. They Called Southern Republicans "Scalawags" and Northerner newcomers "Carpetbaggers"
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Congress passed the 14th amendment which declared all persons born or naturalized in the United States were Citizens=Rights
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The 15th Amendment gave African American men the right to vote
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The belief that Bioligist Charles Darwins ideas of natural selection and survival of the fittest should be applied to the marketplace and society= intolerance
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John D. Rockefeller controled over 90% of U.S. oil refining, one of the richest white males
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Soem southerners promoted new vision self- sufficient southern economy built on modern capilatalist values, industrial growth, and improved agriculture based on sharecropping
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Industrialization was the process by which economy is transformed from primarly agricultural to one based on manufacturing and factories
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Democratic Party Political Machine, Helped Irish immigrants into cities but then on election day they were forced to vote, Boss Tweed was the leader
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Reconstruction entered its third and final round. With Radical republicanism on the wane by the late 1870s, Southern conservaties took control of one state after another
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The light Buld that was invented by Thomas Edison allowed For factories to open longer after dark
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The U.S. federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese Laborers for 10 years
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The U.S. federal law requiring federal jobs to be awarded on the basis of merit rather than the spoils system, competitive examps for government jobs rather than ties to politicinans or political affiliation, illegal to fire or demote gov. official for political reasons
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The. U.S. federal legislation that aimed to assimilate American indians into U.S. society by granting them an allotment of reservation land to farm on
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The U.S. federal law that was designed to reulate the railroad industry which required railroad rates to be "reasonable and just"
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Andrew Carnegie, also founded the Carnegie Steel Corporation,he wrote the Gospel Of Wealth ( Philanthropy), some business leaders argued that the wealthy had a moral obligation to help the less fortunate
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The U.S. federal law that forbade any organizations that interfered with free trade by prohibiting monopolies or any activity that hindered business competition
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Violent Anti-Foreign and Anti-Christian uprising in China which was motiated by Chinese opposition to Western Imperial Powers and Christian Missionary Activity -
History of Naval Warfare book published in 1890 by Alfred Thayer Mahan which argued that control of the sea was the Key To World Dominance -
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The supreme court ruled segregatio was legal, seperate but not equal, they faced increased violence, and discrimination
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A group of American Sugar planters under Sanford Ballard Dole. overthrew Queen Liluokalani, the Hawaiian with Dale as president in 1894 -
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Foreign Policy Proposed by the U.S in 1899, under which All Nation would have equal opportunities to trade in china -
President Theodore Roosevelt's imperialistic foreign policy of intimidating other countries by showing U.S. power and readiness to use military force when necessary. -
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The Jungle- Federal consumer protection laws -
Using Assemble line, Henry Ford mass-produce affordable automobiles -
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The congress can now collect a federal income tax from the people -
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Trench Warfare was fighting where two sides fight each other from opposing Trenches, Poison Gas was toxic disforming people -
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Serbian Nationalist shot heir Presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian Throne in 1914, It triggered actions that would later lead to the WW1 -
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Uprising By the Bolsheviks that destroyed the Tsarist (Czar)autocracy and led to the rise of Communism and the Soviet Union in Russia -
Last Major battle of WW1, Lasted 47 days, 2nd deadliest battle in American History -
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A peace Plan, Went easy on Germany, Freedom of the Seas, Adjustment of Colonial Claims, Open Diplomacy ( No secrets), Arms Reduction, Created League of Nations -
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African American Achievements in art and music and literature Flourished, Jazz Age, Poetry produced by Langston Hughes -
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President Harding Cabinet member accepted bribes from private oil companies to lease federal land/petroleum reserves = Damaged reputation of Harding Administration -
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The trial pittied the teaching of Darwin's theory of evolution against Bible creationism in Schools -
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