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Christopher Columbus
he sailed from Europe to America. He and his sailors crossed the Atlantic Ocean, not knowing where they would land. It was a voyage into the unknown. After Columbus, other Europeans began to explore and settle in America. -
Navigation Act of 1651
Navigation Acts were a series of laws that restricted the use of no foreign ships for trade between Britain and its colonies. They began in 1651 and ended 200 years later. They reflected the policy of mercantilism, which sought to keep all the benefits of trade inside the Empire, and minimize the loss of gold and silver to foreigners. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Franklin was famous for his investigations into electricity and for writing -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was the North American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years’ War. The French and Indian War began in 1754 and ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was an act of the Parliament of Great Britain that imposed a direct tax on the colonies of British America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
boston massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. It resulted in 5 dead patriots, and 6 injuries. Reactions were swift an angry, so it became one of the greatest contributing factors to the War for American Independence. -
Proclamation of 1763
was a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. It resulted in 5 dead patriots, and 6 injuries. Reactions were swift an angry, -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party. In 1771, a group of colonists protest thirteen years of increasing British oppression, by attacking merchant ships in Boston Harbor. In retaliation, the British close the port, and inflict even harsher penalties. -
Declaration of Independence
a document declaring the US to be independent of the British Crown, signed by the congressional representatives of the Thirteen Colonies, including Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams, and ratified on July 4, 1776. -
American Revolution
.The American Revolution was a colonial revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence from Great Britain, becoming the United States of America. They defeated the British in the American Revolutionary War in alliance with France and others. -
United States Constitution Signed
The Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters of the document waged a hard-won battle to win ratification by the necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states. -
George Washington
Washington served as a general and commander-in-chief of the colonial armies during the American Revolution, and later became the first president of the United States -
merchantinilism
The theory of mercantilism states that there is a certain amount of wealth and riches in the world and that it is in a nation’s best interest to accumulate it. Through wealth, a nation can achieve power. the idea that states could switch goods with each other -
The enlightment
The Enlightenment has been defined in many different ways, but at its broadest was a philosophical, intellectual and cultural movement of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. It stressed reason, logic, criticism and freedom of thought over dogma, blind faith and superstition. -
Louisan purchase
With the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, the United States purchased approximately 828,000,000 square miles of territory from France, thereby doubling the size of the young republic. -
Thomas Jefferson
He was a draftsman of the U.S. Declaration of Independence; the nation's first secretary of state second vice president and, as the third president -
Lewis and Clark
. the group of explorers, supported by Sacagawea and other Native Americas, who mapped large portions of the American west -
Election of 1828
United States presidential election of 1828, American presidential election held in 1828, in which Democrat Andrew Jackson defeated National Republican John Quincy Adams. -
Indian Removal Act
The big idea that they had to remove Indians and move them to the west due to the fact the they wanted to expand they told Indian that they would live a better life and have no worries they would have a stable home and a good job -
Abolitionist Movement
The abolitionist movement was a social and political push for the immediate emancipation of all slaves and the end of racial discrimination and segregation. -
Frederick Douglass
he was a slave went on to become a world-renowned anti-slavery activist.at age 20 when he escaped from his master he fought for 19 years to make slaves free and equal till he died . -
Mexican American War
The war between the U.S. and Mexico over land which was discussed to be own by Mexico but us wanted I=to expand and fought against Mexico for them to give them the land -
jacksonia democracy
Jacksonian Democracy refers to the political philosophy of United States President Andrew Jackson and his supporters. Jackson's policies followed in the footsteps of Thomas Jefferson. Jackson's Democratic Party was resisted by the rival Whig Party. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). -
Manifest Destiny
In the 19th century, Manifest Destiny was a widely held belief in the United States that its settlers were destined to expand across North America. Historian Frederick Merk says this concept was born out of -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott decision definition. A controversial ruling made by the Supreme Court in 1857, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Dred Scott, a slave, sought to be declared a free man on the basis that he had lived for a time in a “free” territory with his master. -
Dred scott
Dred Scott was a slave and social activist who served several masters before suing for his freedom. His case made it to the Supreme Court prior to the American Civil War. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He preserved the Union during the U.S. Civil War and brought about the emancipation of slaves. -
Election of 1860
American presidential election held on Nov. 6, 1860, in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Southern Democrat John C. Breckinridge, Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, and Constitutional Union candidate John Bell. -
Civil War
a war between the union and opposite groups a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country -
westward expansion
Former U.S. president Thomas Jefferson believed that the nation's future depended on its westward expansion. In 1803 the Louisiana Purchase took place, doubling the size of the country. By 1840 almost 7 million Americans had migrated westward in hopes of securing land and being prosperous -
Andrew Jackson
A lawyer and a landowner, he became a national war hero after defeating the British in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. Jackson was elected the seventh president of the United States -
First Americans Enter North America
Recent studies demonstrate that Beringia and the unglaciated areas of North America remained separated by the continental glacier until about 11,000 BP when the glaciers had melted enough to enable people to move from eastern Beringia southward into the lower latitudes of North America