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Founding of Jamestown
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Toleration Act
- A Maryland Act, a law mandating religious toerence for Triniatarian Christians.
- This act did not bring compltete religous freedam, it only served as a temporary solution to a huge problem with religoin.
- It helped to protect Catholics and set a sence of direction for everyone else.
- the act allowed freedom to whorship but sentenced death to anyone who denied the divinity of Jesus.
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Salem Witch Trials
- A group of young girls claimed to be possed by the devil, than went along to accuse several women of witchcraft.
- A special court came to Salem to hear the cases.
- Most of them were found guilty and before a year was even over they were dead. -Sometimes public hangings would occur, and people would gather all around. -The withc trials started a wave of hysteria that spread all throughout Massachusetts, bitterness still lingers in the community betwen familys.
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Industrial Revolution
-Took place from 18th to 9th centuries, rual societies in Europe and America becme industrial and urban.
- Began with the use of more machines and factories.
- Things got easier like the steam engine helped people in tremendus ways.
- Peoples lives got easier
-Increased volume and variety of manufactured goods and improved peoples standard of living. -
Stamp Act
- Was passed by British Parliemt.
- The Act was imposed on Americans and made them pay tax dollars on every printed piece of paper they used.
- Ship papers, legal documents, licences, newspapers, and even playing cards were texed.
- The money colleced was used tpo help protect the American frontier.
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BostonTea Party
- The Sons of Liberty when dumping the tea disguised themsleves as Indians so they wouldnt be reconized.
- One factor that caused this rebellion was " Taxation without Representation".
- 3 ships were involved.
- Hundreds of people participated in the Boston Tea Party
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Singing of Declaration of Independence
- Announced that the 13 American Colonies were newly independent soveriegn states.
- John Adams was the one pushing for independece.
- The term " DEclaration of Independence" is not actually used in the document.
- States the forming of their new nation The United States of America.
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California Gold Rush
- The discovery of gold nuggets in Sacromento Valley led to the gold rush. -One of the most signifigant events to shape the us in the 19th century.
- When news spread of the discovery miners from all over traveled by land and sea to California.
- A total of $2 billion worth of precious metal was extracted from the area during the Gold Rush.
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Lincoln's Assination
- Was 2 days after Lee's surrender at the Appomatix.
- John Wilkes Booth, who was in the audience was the man who shot him.
- Booth had already failed at his two earlier attempts to kidnap the president, which is how he decided he should be killed.
- Lincoln was shoot in the head, te bullet intered behind his ear went through his brain and lodged in his eye.
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Shermans March
- Union General William T. Sherman led 60,000 soldiers on a 285 mile march from Atlanta to Savannah, Georiga.
- Its purpose was to frighten Georigas civilian population into abandoning Confederate cause.
- They didnt destroy eveything in their path only things that stood in their way or tried to fight back.
- Was a Total War
