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Jamestown
It was the first permanent english settlement. -
Mayflower
It is the Mayflower compact, signed by the colonists. It also esablished the United States government. -
Decleration of Independance
This decleration gave us our independance from King George 3rd. This document was adopted July 4th, 1776. We were no longer apart of the British Empire. -
The Revolutionary War ended
The 13 colonies fought for their freedom from the British. The colonies were forced to pay taxes to the British, and we did not get representation in the British Parliament -
Constitution was made
The Costitution is the supreme law of the United States. It frames our government. -
3/5 Compromise
Delagates of the Constitutional Convention approved it. It was about determaning states representation and the issue on how to count slaves. -
Bill of Rights was added
The Bill of Rights is our first 10 admendments, They were put in the Constitution, because it did not declare human rights. -
Marbury v.s Madison
This was a Supreme Court case they established the Judical review. -
Louisiana Purchase
A purchase by Thomas Jefferson from France that expanded the United States westward. It included 15 of the states. -
Missouri Compromise
This compromise was about the free and slave states, it declared Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. -
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Trail of Tears
The Trail of Tears was a part of Andrew Jacksons Indian removal policy, the would go from the Mississippi river to the present-day Oklahoma. -
California Gold Rush
The California Gold Rush was people going to California to look in the rivers and mines to find important gold. -
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Civil War
The war started when the Southern states suceded from the Union, and Abraham Lincoln was elected.The southern states did not like Lincoln because he wanted to abolish slavery.
