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Period: Dec 24, 1492 to
exploration & colonial era
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jamestown
founded: 1st permanent english settlement. -
virginia house of burgesses
1st representative assembly in north america. -
slavery established
first african slaves were brought to anorth americn colony of jamestown, virginia, to aid the production such as tobacco. -
mayflower compact
signed by pilgrim men, who agreed to self-government through a social contract. -
plymouth
founded: pilgrims traveled to plymouth and signed the mayflower compact to establish self-government. -
first great awakening
was an evangelical and revitalization movement that swept protestant europe and british america, and especially the american colonies in the 1730s, leaving a permanent impact on american protestantism. -
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french and indian war
by the mid-18th century, noth the british and french both wanted to extend their north american colonies into the land west of the applician mountains. -
treaty of paris 1763 french & indian war
in the terms of the treaty, france gave up all its territories in mainland north america, effectively ending any foreign miltiary threat to the british colonies there. -
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revolutionary war
because of their red coats, and minutemen, the colonists' miltia exchanged gunfire at lexington and concord in massachuetts. -
lexington & concord
british planned to arrest colonial leaders and seize weapons. paul revere made famous midnight ride to warn the miltia. known as the "shot heard around the world." -
declaration of independence
written primarily by thomas jefferson. listed grievances against george 3rd and claimed independence from britain based on the philoosophies. -
treaty of paris, 1783
ended the revolutionary war and recognized american independence. the contiental congress named a five-member comission to neogitate a treaty- john adams, benjamin franklin, john jay, thomas jefferson and henry laurens. -
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forming a new nation
the orginal 13 colonies made up the first 13 states of the united states. eventtually, the american land west of the applician mountains was divided into territories. -
the great compromise
the 3/5ths compromise - slaves were counted as 3/5ths (60%) of a white cittizen for purposes of representation and taxation. -
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early repbulic
george washington began the trek from his mount vernon plantation to the new capital of new york. -
bill of rights adopted
collective name for the first ten amendments on the united states constitution. -
marbury v. madison
said that the supreme court had the right to review all laws that made by congress; established the principle of judicial review. -
causes of the war of 1812
causes - england prevented trade with other countries.
- impressment of the u.s. (forced to work on british ships)
-england encouraged native americans to attack settlers. -
effects of the war of 1812
- foreign affairs - america proved it could protect itself.
- economy - u.s became more independent of foreign trade; created their own goods, sparked the industrial revolution.
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missouri compromise
- admitted missouri as a slave state, and maine as a free state.
- kept balance between free and slave states in congress.
- prohibited slavery north of missouri.
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age of jackson & antebellum era
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westward expansion
by 1840 almost 7 million americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. -
manifest destiny
the idea that america destined to expand from "sea to shining sea" or the atlantic to the pacfic. -
Sectionalism
Tension betwen the North and the South as each "Section" of the country placed ts own interests above the nation as a whole. -
Kansas-Nebraka Act
- replaced the missouri compromise
- Slavery in each territory to be decided by popular soverignty -"Bleeding Kansas" -- conflict between pro-slavery and anti-slavery supporters in Kansas from 1854-1859.
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election of 1860
Served as the immediate impetus for the outbreak of the American Civil War. -
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Civil War & Reconstruction
Started when the southern states seceded from the Union after the election of Abraham LIncoln. -
abolition
the movement to end slavery. -
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Reconstruction
The Union victory in the Civil War in 1865 may have given some 4 million slaves their freedom, but the process of rebuilding the South during the Reconstruction period (1865-1877) introduced a new set of significant challenges. -
compromise of 1850
- california becomes a a free state
- no slave trade in d.c.
- popular soverignty to determine slavery in mexican cession
- fugitive slave law helped slave owners recover their runaway slaves from the north.
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Civil War 1861 - 1865
At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. The Civil War begins.