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Period: Sep 30, 1400 to
exploration to the turn of the century
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Oct 1, 1400
powerful kingdoms
songhai controlled trade across the sahara desert. songhai rulers became famous for their wealth, -
Oct 1, 1400
European society changes
refoem of the Roman Catholic church produced the Reformation, which resulted in the formation of Protestant churches. -
Oct 11, 1493
what purtians believed
believed English churches needed reforming -
Oct 1, 1500
slaves
African Americans were brought to the New wolrd to work as slaves from the 1500s to the 1800s. -
disease
disease spread quickly: smallpox
many native americans died. -
13 British colonies
these colonies prospered, and Britian gained wealth from trade with these colonies. -
King George
faced paying off the debt Britian had accumulated during the french Indian war. -
Boston Massacre
Some British soldiers fired on a mob and killed several colonists, prompting angry colonial leaders to call the event the Boston Massacre. -
Declaration of Independence
Congress adopted the Declaration on Independence, declaring the colonies independent. -
Second Great Awakening
religious revival movment during the early 1900's -
Second great Awakening
Americans experienced a rise in religious sentiment known as the Second Great Awakening. -
tariffs
Tariff on important goods helped American industries grow. Southern leaders opposed tariffs. taxes on important goods passed by congress in 1832 -
Slavery in territories
Senator Stephen Douglas proposed a bill that would allow the people in Nebraska and Kansas territories if they wanted slavery or not. Congress eventually approved the bill and the Kansas-Nebraska Act became a law. -
reconstruction
a period of rebuilding the nation and readmitting southern states to the nation -
freedmen's Bureau
helped former slaves. Passed the Civil Rights Act of 1866, which gauranteed the civil rights of African Americans. -
Ku Klux Klan
Secret group terrorized and killed blacks across the South. -
inventions
Thomas Alva Edison established a research laboratory in 1876 in order to develop new inventions. -
railroads
railroads made lives easier. porting goods was alot easier. -
Sherman Antitrust Act.
it outlawed trusts, but the law was difficult to enforce. -
Social Darwinism
studying the success of busniess leaders like Carnegie helped spur an intellectual movement called Social Darwinism
