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First Americas Enter North America
Traditionally, Native Americans are believed to have descended from northeast Asia, arriving over a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska some 12,000 years ago and then migrating across North and South America. -
Period: 1436 to May 20, 1506
Christopher Columbus
Was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. He served the Catholic Monarchs in which he completed 4 voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. -
1492
Christopher Columbus lands
He never set foot in North America. During four separate trips that started with the one in 1492, Columbus landed on various Caribbean islands that are now the Bahamas as well as the island later called Hispaniola. He also explored the Central and South American coasts. -
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Mercantilism
This economic theory and practice common in Europe which promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power. -
Jamestown
In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement. On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. -
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Navigation Acts
The Navigation Act of 1651, aimed primarily at the Dutch, required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch War in 1652. -
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Benjamin Franklin
Was an part of the Founding Fathers, and also an American polymath. -
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George Washington
He served as the first President of the United States and was an American statesman and soldier, and was also one of the founding fathers. -
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Thomas Jefferson
Was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and became the third president of the United States. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. -
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American Revolution
The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. -
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Stamp Act
an act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents this led to many revolts. -
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Andrew Jackson
He served to be the 17th president of our country, he was also an American soldier and statesman. -
Boston Massacre
The incident on King Street was when British soldiers shot and killed several people while they were under attack my by an angry mob. -
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William Clark
William Clark was half of the exploration team Lewis and Clark, who in the early 1800s explored and mapped the lands west of the Mississippi River. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty. this was caused because of the tea act which had raised the price taxes for tea. -
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Meriwether Lewis
Was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, and is best known for the role as leader of the Lewis and Clark expedition. -
Declaration of Independence
A declaration of independence which is an assertion by a defined territory that is independent state and separation from Great Britain. -
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United States Constitution Signed
The constitution was written during the Philadelphia Convention. This was were the Constitution was signed. -
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Dred Scott
Was an enslaved African American man in the United States who was not able to become a free man after the court decided that he was not able to be a free man. -
The Enlightenment
This was an intellectual and philosophical movement in which dominated the world with ideas in Europe in the 18th century. -
Louisiana Purchase
Was the purchase of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803. -
Westward Expansion
In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase took place, doubling the size of the country, and by 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hope of a better future. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Was the first expedition of Americans to cross what is now the western portion of United States. -
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Abraham Lincoln
He served to be the 16th president of our country, who was also a statesman, and a lawyer. -
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Frederick Douglass
Was an African American, social reformer abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman. He was also competing against Abraham Lincoln for a seat in the senate. -
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Election of 1828
The people who were competing was the democratic Andrew Jackson and the republican John Quincy Adams running for president. -
Abolitionist Movement
Because of the process of removing slavery slowly people got frustrated and the American Anti- Slavery Society which called for immediate and universal emancipation. -
Indian Removal Act
This was signed by president Andrew Jackson which made Southern Indian tribes for their removal to federal territory west of Mississippi river for their land. -
Manifest Destiny
This was the belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents. -
Jacksonian Democracy
This was founded in 1845 this was what espoused greater democracy for the common man as the term was then defined. -
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Mexican American War
This was caused for the land in which was of Mexican land and the United States was expanding west and they had a war to claim land such as Texas and other states -
Compromise of 1850
As part to this law the fugitive slave act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C was abolished. This defused a four year political confrontation between slave and free states on the status of territories acquired during the Mexican- American War. -
Dred Scott Decision
This legal case was for Dred Scott to become a free man in which he was not permitted and titled to his freedom. -
Election of 1860
This was the 19 election of the United States to select a president and vice president. In which people who held contestant was the republican Abraham Lincoln, the democratic John C. Breckinridge, the constitutional John Bell, and the democratic Stephen A. Douglass. -
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Civil War
This civil war was caused through the controversy of slavery which broke out in April 4, 1861. This was an American war which was fought for the liberty of slaves. -
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Era of Reform
This progressive era was a period in which a widespread social activism and political reform across the United States.
