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Christopher Columbus
Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. Completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean. -
Sep 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus Lands
"Discovered" New World. Had People from Old World trade with people from New World. -
1558
Mercantilism
promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. -
Jamestown
A group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Navigation Act of 1651
A series of English laws that restricted colonial trade to England. They prohibited the colonies from trading directly with the Netherlands, Spain, France, and their colonies. -
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The Enlightenment
An intellectual and philosophical movement that dominated the world of ideas in Europe. The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. -
Benjamin Franklin
One of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. -
George Washington
First President of the United States. One of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Was an American Soldier before he was President. -
Thomas Jefferson
Third President of the United States. An American Founding Father. The principal author of the Declaration of Independence. -
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French and Indian War
Resulted from ongoing frontier tensions in North America between British and French colonies. France lost control of Canada after war -
Proclamation of 1763
Forbade British settlement to expand west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains in North America. Land to the west of the mountains was for Native Americans. -
Stamp Act
Imposed a tax on all paper documents in the colonies because the British were in debt. The colonists insisted that the act was unconstitutional, and they resorted to mob violence to intimidate stamp collectors into resigning. -
Andrew Jackson
7th U.S. President. Made the Indian Removal Act that made Native Americans move West. Made Jacksonian Democracy. -
Boston Massacre
Caused by colonist and British soldiers having an argument. British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under attack by a mob. -
Boston Tea Party
Political protest by the Sons of Liberty. It was a protest of the Tea Act of 1773. -
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American Revolution
America gained independence from England. France helped America win the war against England. -
Declaration of Independence
Helped America gain independence from England. One of the three essential founding documents of the United States government. -
United States Constitution Signed
Nine out of the 13 states wanted the constitution. -
Westward Expansion
By 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous. Doubled size of the United States -
Louisiana Purchase
America purchased land in North America from the French that expanded the U.S.'s territory. Allowed the U.S. to use New Orleans for trade routes. -
Lewis and Clark
The first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. Tried to find trade routes for the United States. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
It was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. Explored west for westward expansion. -
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the United States. Assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in 1865. Made slavery illegal. -
Jacksonian Democracy
Originating with President Andrew Jackson and his supporters, it became the nation's dominant political worldview for a generation. This movement championed greater rights for the common man and was opposed to any signs of aristocracy in the nation. -
Election of 1828
Andrew Jackson was the winner of the election. -
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Abolitionist Movement
A social and political push for the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation. Attempted to achieve immediate emancipation of all slaves and the ending of racial segregation and discrimination. -
Indian Removal Act
Moved Native Americans more westward of U.S. territory. It was signed by Andrew Jackson. -
Manifest Destiny
The belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable. People of the United States thought that they were destined to expand Westward. -
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Mexican American War
Mexico and America fought for the land that Mexico had owned in the U.S. American soldiers went all the way to Mexico's capitol and won the war. -
Compromise of 1850
Fugitive Slave law was strengthened. Made sure that slave states and free states had equal power. -
Dred Scott
Tried to gain his freedom, his wife's freedom, and his children's freedom in court but was not successful.One of the events preceding into the Civil War. -
Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court decided that Dred Scott was not free in free states. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln won the election. Abraham Lincoln was in the Republican Party, whose platform stated that slavery would not spread any farther than it already had. -
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Civil War
War between the Northern states and Southern states of the United States. Slave states and free states disagreed about slavery and then went to war. War caused slavery to end, -
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Era of Reform
period of widespread social activism and political reform across the United States. The main objectives of the Progressive movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government. -
Frederick Douglas
Became a national leader of the abolitionist movement in Massachusetts and New York. An anti-slavery activist.