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Jamestown Settlement
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King William's War
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Salem Witch Trials
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Queen Anne's War
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King George's War
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Seven Years' War
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Period 3
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American Revolution
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Washington becom President
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The Age of Jefferson
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Louisiana Purchase
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Embargo Act
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The election of 1808
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Nonintercourse Act of 1809
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Fletcher vs Peck
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War of 1812
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Tariff of 1816
Congress raised tarrifs for the express purpose of protecting U.S manufactoring -
The Panic of 1819
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Missouri Compromise
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Railroad expanison
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Mexico becomes independent
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Preemption Acts of 1830s and 1840s
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Territorial and Economic Expansion
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John Tyler
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The election of 1844
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The Mexican War
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Immediate cause for war
A mexican army crossed Rio Grande and caputured an American army partol, killing 11. Polk incident to justfy sending his already prepeared army war message to congress. Northern whigs opposed going to war over the incident and doubdet Polk's claim that American blood had been shed on American soil. Neverless, WHigs prostest were in vain: a large majority in both houses approved the war resolution -
Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo
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Formation of the Free soil party
Northeners who opposed allowing slavery in there territorieis organized the free soil party, which adopted the slogan "free soil, free labor, and free men" In additioin to its chief objective--preventing the extention of slavery-- the new party also advocated free homesteads (public land grants to small farmers) and intential improvements. -
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The Union in Peril
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Clayton- Bulwer Treaty
Neither great britain or the united states would attemot to take exclusive control of any future canal route in central America -
Gadsen Purchase
President Pierce succeeded in adding a strip of land to the American Southwest for a railroad ( New Mexico and Arizona) -
Panic of 1857
The midcentury boom ended in 1857 with a financial panic. Prices, especially for Midwestern farmers, dropped sharply, and unemployment in Northern cities increased. Since cotton prices remained high, the South was less affected. As a result, some Southerners believed that their plantation economy was superior and that continued union with the Northern economy was not needed. -
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The Civil War
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Reconstruction
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The Election of 1848
