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Royal African Company
The Royal African Company was a company that brought slaves from Africa, Hadi, and Jamaica. This company would bring slaves from these countries to Virginia in horrible conditions and in massive loads. -
Great Awakening
George Whitefield was a very famous leader for this time. This was a time when Christian revivals were all over Britain and the American Colonies.
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Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act created in 1765 by Parlament. This act made it legal to tax all legal papers like; business license, newspapers, and marriage license. This act leads to the violent protests by the people. -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a battle between America and the British. America wanted to break away from the British Empire and become their own country. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence stated that the thirteen colonies would officially become independent from the British Empire. This document was the first step to becoming a new nation. It was written by Thomas Jefferson.
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Bill of Rights
James Madison oversaw the Bill of Rights and turned to the people for help on making them. After everyone had their vote, the Bill of Rights was created with the first 10 amendments to our Constitution. It guarantees greater constitutional protection for individual liberties and lists specific prohibitions on government power.
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Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the land purchased from Nepolian, by Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson really only wanted the city of New Orleans. He was able to double the land of America overnight because Nepolian was in debt and decided to sell all of his lands here. -
Missouri Compromise
This was the compromise that declares Missouri as a slave state. This left the slave states and non-slave states to be uneven. They decided to make the compromise of everything north of Missouri, that was bought in the Louisiana Purchase, be a non-slave state.
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