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1st Colony Established
Virginia was the first of the thirteen colonies to be created. It was founded at Jamestown by John Smith and other colonists with the support of the London Company. -
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Colonies and literature
Colonial American Literature emerged from the original U.S. colonies.
Colonial American literature is characterized by the narrative and religion -
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Slavery and Abolition
People were kidnapped from Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries, put into slavery in American colonies, and exploited to work as indentured servants and labor in the production of products like tobacco and cotton. -
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2nd Colony Established
Out of the thirteen colonies, Massachusetts was the second to be founded. It was founded in 1620 in Massachusetts Bay by John Winthrop and other Puritans. -
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Mayflower
English ship that transported a group of English families, known today as the Pilgrims, from England to the New World in 1620. After a grueling 10 weeks at sea, Mayflower, with 102 passengers and a crew of about 30, reached America, dropping anchor near the tip of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, on November 21 -
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3rd Colony Established
New York was the second to be founded. The Duke of York and other colonists founded it on Manhattan Island in 1626. -
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4th Colony Established
Maryland is the fourth of the thirteen colonies to be created. It was founded in Baltimore by George Calvert, Lord Baltimore, and other colonists. -
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5th Colony Established
Out of the thirteen colonies, Rhode Island was the fifth to be founded. Roger Williams and other colonists, such as Anne Hutchinson, founded it in Providence. -
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6th Colony Established
Connecticut was the sixth colony to be created, out of a total of thirteen. It was founded in 1636 at Hartford by Thomas Hooker and other colonists. -
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7th Colony Established
Out of the thirteen colonies, New Hampshire was the sixth to be founded. Captain John Mason and John Wheelwright founded it in 1638. -
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8th Colony Established
Delaware became the seventh colony to be formed in 1638. Peter Minuit and the New Sweden Company founded it. -
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9th Colony Established
North Carolina is the ninth of the thirteen colonies to be founded. It was founded in 1653 by colonists from Virginia. -
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10th Colony Established
South Carolina, the tenth of the thirteen colonies, was founded in 1663. It was founded by eight British nobility with the help of King Charles the ll's Royal Charter. -
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11th Colony Established
New Jersey was the eleventh of the thirteen colonies to be founded. It was founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret in 1664. -
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12th Colony Established
Pennsylvania was the twelfth colony to be founded, out of thirteen, in 1682. It was founded by William Penn, a Quaker, and other colonists. -
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13th Colony Established
Georgia is the thirteenth and last colony to be founded out of the thirteen. It was founded by James Oglethorpe and his colonists in 1732. -
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Boston Tea Party
The Townshend Acts had raised such a storm of colonial protest and noncompliance -
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African American Literature
The first African American writers attempted to show that the Declaration of Independence's assertion that "all men are created equal" demanded that black Americans be granted the same human rights as white Americans. -
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Boston Tea Party
342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company were thrown from ships into Boston Harbor by American patriots. -
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American Revolution
American Revolution in which 13 of Great Britain ’s North American colonies won political independence and went on to form the United States of America. -
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American Revolution
The conflict became an international war. France and Spain had joined against Britain. Moreover, Netherlands was engaged in its own war against Britain -
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Rational thought and science instead of God.
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The romantic period
It was a literary movement which was characterized by a celebration of nature and the common man, a focus on individual experience, an idealization of women, and an embrace of isolation and melancholy. -
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Civil war
Began after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states' rights and westward expansion. -
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Civil war
Slavery was abolished. -
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Reconstruction
Abraham Lincoln was killed.
Andrew became president.
The "black codes" in the confederate states. -
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Inventors and industries
Coal and iron production are growing in the United States (biggest industrial raw materials in the 19th century).
Henry ford railroads. -
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Years of growth
Six major lines crossed the continent to connect the Mississippi Valley with the Pacific Coast, connecting the Mississippi Valley with the Pacific Coast.
Difficulty living and accessing resources also overproduction. -
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The golden door
The importance of immigrants for America's tremendous expansion throughout the years
The French gift of the Statue of Liberty to the United States -
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The native american's land and their stand:
Native people's beliefs and white people's interests are at odds (land, gold was used)
Natives are forced to live in'reservations.' -
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The native american's land and their stand:
People had the opportunity to run their reservations