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jamestown
first permanent english settlement -
mayflower compact
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Declaration of Independence
announced that the thirteen American colonies, then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
american revolution ended
lexington and concord -
treaty of paris
treaty between us and britian that ended the American Revolution -
constitution written
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bill of rights
first ten ammendements in the constitution -
Cotton Gin
cleaned cotton much faster and far more efficiently than human workers . -
marbury vs madison
judicial review -
louisanna purchase
bought land from napolean -
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War of 1812
war between the united states and britian , ended with treaty of ghent . -
Treaty of ghent
ended the war of 1812 , no territory exchanged hands and trade disputes were not resolved . -
MIssouri Compromise
a series of laws enacted to maintain the balance of power between slave states and free states . -
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Mexican War
war between united states and mexico , victory for the united states resulted in Mexican Cession . -
california gold rush
went to california to look for gold -
Compromise of 1850
a series of congressional laws inteded to settle the major disagreements between free states and slave states . -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
law that established the territories of Kansas and NEbraska and gave the residents the right to choose if they were gonna allow slavery or not . -
DRed Scott vs Sandford
A sumpreme court case in which the court ruled that no African American could be a citizen and that Dred Scott was still a slave . -
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civil war
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emancipation proclomation
speech given by president abraham lincoln , in which he freed all the slaves in states that were rebillion against the union . -
gettysburg address
speech given by abraham lincoln , to honor the men who died at gettysburg , which had been fought in july; begins , "four score years ago" . -
Appomatox Court house
the virginia town where lee surrended to Grant , ending the civil war .
