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Labor
Many African Americans that were brought in and died while working. Died from diseases and harsh living conditions and small pox. -
The House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly in America, meets for the first time in Virginia. The first African slaves are brought to Jamestown. -
African American Slaves
The first enslaved Africans arrived in the Dutch Colony of New Amsterdam.They quickly became the city's first municipal labor force, clearing land of timber, cutting lumber, cultivating crops, and constructing roads and fortifications. -
The French and Indian War
Was the final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the British and French for control of eastern North America. The British won a decisive victory over the French on the Plains of Abrahamoutside Quebec. -
The Boston Tea Party
A group of colonial patriots disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and dumped more than 300 crates of tea overboard as a protest against the British tea tax. -
Boston Massacre
British soilders fired a mob and killed several colonists making angry colonial leaders starting the massacre. -
Declaration of Independence
The Contenintal Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence declaring the colonies independent. -
French Revolution Begins
“Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” bringing absolute
monarchy, feudalism, and the power of the aristocracy to an end in France. Ruling monarchs and many aristocrats were guillotined. -
Launching of a New Nation
Alexander Hamiltion prefered a strong centeral government that supported trade and industry. Thomas Jefferson favored a strong state government and wanted an economy based on farming. Between these two secretary's, a national bank was wanted to be created.Because the trades were different between the North and the South, the North was manufacturing the trade while the South was farming. -
Emancipation Act
New York passed the Emancipation Act -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson asked Congress for funds for an expedition to explore the Mississippi River and further in search of a route to the Pacific. Meriwether Lewis, his private secretary, began planning the expedition, which was formed in late 1803. -
Treaty of Paris
Robert Livingston, a french ambassador , and James Monroe, concluded a treaty of cession in Paris where the United States purchased from France all of the Louisiana territory for fifteen million dollars. -
Market Revolution
The human-made waterway ushered in the new era. The market revolution was created an people increasingly bought and sold goods rather than making them for themselves. When the market expanded, the economic growth coincided to the growth of free enterprise, which was the freedom of private business to operate competitively. -
Monroe Doctrine
Stated that further efforts by European nations to colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression, which would require U.S. intervention. -
Prohibiting the Education of Slaves
When slaves achieved there rights, many were denied education. The only education slaves and African Americans had was to the children who were still able to attend school -
Waterway Transportation
The first steam Railway was made in England used to transport goods down the Erie Canal and through North and South of Mississippi. -
Civil War
The war began when Confederate warships bombarded Union soldiers at Fort Sumter, South Carolina.t the beginning of the war the Northern states had a combined population of 22 million people. The Southern states had a combined population of about 9 million. This disparity was reflected in the size of the armies in the field. The Union forces outnumbered the Confederates roughly two to one. -
Homestead Act
Offered cheap land to farmers. -
Abolishment of slavery
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime where of the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.' -
The Typewriter
Created by Thomas Edison and helped in communication. -
Dawes Act
Tried forcing the assimilation of Native Americans into the white culture. Reservations were broken up and some of the land was given to adult families head for farming. The policy failed because the Native Americans were cheated the best of land. -
The Gentlemens Agreement
The Gentelmens Agreement was an informal agreement between the governments of Japan and the United States that limited Japanese immigration to the United States. From nonlaborers, laborers already settled in the United States, and members of their families.Theodore Roosevelt’s federal government negotiated the Gentlemen’s Agreement with Japan that defused threats of war, ended the segregation order, and limited Japanese immigration. This agreement was signed on March 14, 1907.
