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Exploration to the turn of the century
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Boston Tea Party
This was a political protest by The Sons of Liberty in Boston. Some of them disguised themselves as American Indians, and destroyed on entire shipment of tea by dumping it into the Pearl Harbor. -
The Decleration of Independence
The Decleration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting. This announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as 13 newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. They then formed a new nation- the United States of America. -
The Constitution
The Constitution of the United States of America is the supreme law of the U.S. Empowered with the sovereign authority of the people by the farmers and the consent of the legislatures of the states, it is the source of all government powers. It also provides important limitations of the government that protect the fundamental rights of the Unites States citizens. -
The French Revolution
Was an influential period of social and political frenzy in France that lasted from 1789 until 1799. The Revolution overthrew the monarchy, established a republic, experienced violent periods of political turmoil, and resulted in a dictatorship by Nepoleon that rapidly brought many of its principles to Western Europe and beyond. -
Jefferson elected president
Thomas Jefferson was elected the third president of the United States. This election was the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another in the United States -
Steam boat was evented
This was the first successful steam boat built by Robert Fulton. It helped make transporting good and materials more efficiant. -
The Trail of Tears
In 1838 and 1839 the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its land east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears", because of all the devistating effects. -
The Great Potato Famine
In Ireland the Great Famine was a period of mass starvation, disease and emigration between 1845-1852. -
The Mexican War
The Mexican-American War, also known as the Mexican War, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico from 1846-1848. Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers in the disputed zone, killing about a dozen Americans. -
Woman's Rights Convention
The Seneca Falls Convention was the first woman's rights convention. This was held to express the social, civil, and religious conditions and rights of women. -
lincoln elected president
Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United States. He was also the first president from the Republican party, so he had to face Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats, and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Part. -
The Civil War
The Civil War of 1861-1865 determined what kind of nation the United States would be.The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. -
The Homestand Act
any adult citizen,or intended citizen, who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acers of suveyed government land. -
Slavery Abolished
With the adoption of the 13th amendment, the United States found a final constitutional solution to the issue of slavery. It formally abolished slavery in the United States, passed the Senate on April 8, 1864, and the House on January 31, 1865. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves in Confederate states and gave war a high moral purpose. -
The Long Walk
The 1864 deportation of the Navajo people by the government of the United States was known as The Long Walk of the Navajo, or the Long Walk to Bosque Redondo. Navajos were forced to walk up to 13 miles a day at gunpoint from their reservations. -
reconstruction on immigration
southern state legislaters passed restrictive "black codes" -
Civil Rights Act
Congress created the Freedmen's Bureau to help former slaves. This passed the Civil Rights Act, which guarnteed the civil rights of African Americans. Congress also passed the 14th Amendment, which made African Americans citizens. -
The Dawes Act of 1887
This tried to force the assinilation of Native Americans into white culture. Reservations were broken up and some of the land was given to each adult family head for farming. The policy failed because the Native Americans were cheated of the best land. -
The Massacare of The Wounded Knee
On Wounded Knee Creek in southwestern South Dakota, a tragedy of events resulted in the deaths of more than 250, and possibly around 300 were Native Americans. These people were guilty of no crime and were not engaged in combat. A widespread number were women and children. Most of the victims were members of the Miniconjou band of the Lakota Sioux.
