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French and Indian War
Wikipedia: French and Indian War Desc: The British and the French were fighting for control of the entire North Amercan Continent, specifically the Ohio River Valley, and this Resulted in a Seven years war that fought for the control of the Ohio River Valley. Result: British Victory -
Stamp Act
Tax on paper, and stamps -
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American Revolution
A lot of revolution in America -
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American Revolution
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Articles of Confederation
The Really really bad form of a document that came before the Constitution -
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Articles of Confederation
I dont even want to talk about it -
Treaty of Paris
A treaty that was in Paris -
Raticication of the Constitution
Seems legit -
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FIrst 6 presidents
George Washington(9/30/1789-3/4/1797), John Adams(3/4/1797-3/4/1801), Thomas Jefferson(3/4/1801-3/4/1809), James Madison James Monroe John Quincy Adams. -
Alien and Sedacion Acts
E.T. wouldn't like this -
First Ever Bank
It ended in 1800. -
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Whiskey Revolution
I didn't know the exact dates -
Rafication of the Bill of Rights
Thank's James Madison -
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XYZ Affair
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Louisiana Purchase
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Adam-Onis Treaty
The Florida Purchase treaty. Aloowed the U.S. to have Florida -
Missouri Comprimise
It first established Missouri into the Union as a slave state and Maine as a free state. It also outlawed slvery North of 36" 30', with the exception of Missouri. -
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Andrew Jacson Predisency
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Indian Removal Act
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American Anti Slavery Society
Two abolitionists created this society in order to spread the message of slavery to the public. They gave speeches, held prive meetings, and mailed their pamplets to other slavery supporters.They did this by using the method of trying to examples of how inhumane slavery was. -
Burning abolistionist literature in Charleston, South Carolina
People who supported slavery had reacted very poorly to the distribution of pamphlets by the founderss of the American Anti Salvery Society. They had held mobs in Charleston in order to burn the writing of the two founders. -
Gag Rule
The rule was that when abolistionists sent petitons to the US Governemnt, the House of Representatives simply refused to read or sign the petitions. This rule made it so that it silenced any opinion that abolitionists had on slavery. -
Pennsylvania Hall Burns
A smob that supported slavery had burned the Hall down when many abolitionist meeting were held there. -
Texas Annexation
The Annexation from a treaty from the Mexicans -
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James Polk's Precisdency
Only 4 years... Got beat to a second term. -
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Mexican-American War
The Mexicans wanted Texas and other parts of the U.S. -
Oregon Treaty
They got Oregon from this Treaty. -
Mexican Cession
They got more land from Mexico, that they wanted back in the Mexican War -
Comprimise of 1850
Since the US annexed more land from Mexico, they disagreed on what to do with the land. So they came up with the following comprimises:they declared California was a free state, they declared they allowed Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada to take a stae vote on whether to allow slavery or not, and they ended sslave trade and auctions in Washington D.C. -
Fugitive Slave Act
It required US marshals and deputies recapture escaped slaves from the North because the North was helping those slaves escape. It aslo made it harder for slaves to prove their freedom. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This is a book that was published in response to the Fugitive Slave Act. The book talked about how dehumanizing slavery for slaves. This book caused other people to become abolitionists and support Anti Slavery. -
Gadsen Purchase
We are getting more land than frosting on a cake. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act got rid of the Missouri Comprimise and allowed Kanas and Nebraska to vote on whether to vote on slavery or not, This caused quite a stir among abolitionists. -
Bleeding Kansas
Because of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, people were moving into Kansas to try and influence the vote on whether to allow or abolish slavery. Because of this, there was disagreement among settlers about what action to take, and this led to violence. This resulted in 200 casualties. -
Dred Scott Decision
A slave named Dred Scott had sued for his own freedom that he was free but the Supreme Court rued agaisnt him and decideed that no slave could be a US Citizen, so it meant he wasn't free, and he wasn't allowed to sue. It also ruled that Congress had no power to outlaw slavery. -
John Brown' s Raid
John Brown and 22 others raided a town in Virginia, to try and free slaves. In this, they captured the most important citizens and held them hostage. He was eventually captrued and hanged. -
Election of Abe Lincoln
The South thought that Abe might try and end slavery. They also opposed him so much he wasn't on the ballot in most Southern States. -
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Secession
Because of fears that Lincoln will end slavery, much of the South seceded from the North. -
Fort Sumter
The South was beggining to take control of federal buildings. One such building was Fort Sumter. When the South attacked Fort Sumter, that event started the Civil War.