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New York
Summary:On September 13,1609 vessel called the cresent came to anchor within sandy took (New York) about seventeen miles from the present city of NewYork. importance:In 1664, The British seized new Amsterdam from the duych and gave it a new name NewYork City. For the century, the population of new york city grew larger and more diverse it include immigrants from the Nether Lands England,France,and Germany indentured servants African slaves. -
Rhode Island
Summary: Roger Williams 1636 who had been banished from the massachustts colony for hisadrocacy ofreligious to lerance and the separation of chruch and state. importance: -
Olive Branch Petition
summary:John Dickinson drafted the Olive Branch Petition , which was adopted by the second continental congress on July 5 and submitted to key George on July 8 1775. It way an attempt to assert the rights of the British crown. importance:The Olive branch peition was adopted by the second continental congress on July 5 1775 in a final attempt to avoid a full- on war, between the thirteen colonies, that the congress reprenuented. -
Battle of Saratoga
summary:On September19th ,British General John Burgoyne achieved a small, but costly victory over American forces led by Horatio Gates and benedict hrnold. Though his troops strength had been weaked,Burgoyne again attacked the americans at bemis heights on October 7th but this time was defeated and forced to repeat. importance: The Battle of saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary war, The scoopof the vicotry is made clear by a few key facts. -
Battle of Yorktown
summary:Battle of Yorktown began in 1781 . On this day in 1781 General George Washington, commanding a force of 17,000 French and continental troops the siege known as the Battle of Yorktown against British General Lord Charles Cornwaills and a contingent of 9,000 British troops at Yorktown,Virgina. imporatnce:Yorktown is a Virgina but the battle essentially ened the Revelutionary war. With the help of the french ,the colonists surrender the british at yorktown on land, water an forced the brit -
Fugitive Slave Act
summary:As Northen states abolished slavery most relaxed enfocement of the 1793 law and many passed laws enduring fugitive slaves a jury trail.Several northen states even enactey measure prohibiting state officials from aiding in the capture of runways slaves from jailing and fugitives. importance:The law was part of a compromise between free and slave states that prevented the secession of state where slavery was legal.The compromise ultimutely failed when the civil war broke out10 years later -
Underground Railroad
summary: The underground railroad was a network of secret routes and safe house by 19th century enslaved people of Afrcain desdent in the Undited States in efforts to escape to free states and Canada with the aid of abolitionists and allies who were symathetic to thier cause. importance:The primary importance of the underground railroad was that it gave ample evidence of African American capabilites and gave expression to African American philosophy. -
Assassination of Lincoln
summury:Abraham Lincoln was the 16th persident of the United States still his assassination. On April 14 ,1865 John Wilkes booth shot Abraham Lincoln at ford theature in Washington D.C. importance:Lincoln wa valuable to the union as the confederacy in rebellion.Lincoln's assassination was his reward for successfully concludiny the war between the states. -
Compromise of 1850
summary: On Janury 29,1850 , In an attempt to seek a compromise and avert a crisis between North nad South . As part of the compromise of 1850,the fugitive slave act was amened and the slave trade in Washinton D.C. was abolished . importance: The compromise of 1850 was a series of bills aimed at resolving the territorial and slavery controvereries arising from Mexcian-American war (1846-1848).There were five laws which balanced in interests of the slave states of the South n free state to the -
Emanciption Prodamation
summary: President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863 as the nation approhed it's third year of bloody civil war . the proclamed declared that all person held as slaves within the rebillious states are and hencefrwwad shall be free. importance: The only purpose it sereved was for abraham lincoln to prove he is still power and will not recongnize the confederate states of america as it"s own country.
