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Christopher Columbus
When Christopher Columbus came to the Americas, he was believed to be the first person to get on that land, but they were wrong. Before Christopher Columbus, there was the Haiti's. He killed thousands of innocent people, including children and women, and made the population of the Haiti decrease significantly. -
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Christopher Columbus Lands
Christopher Columbus first sets foot in official American land, which is today known as Venezuela. He claim this land to be Spain's, and many people think so, Columbus never actually set foot on North American land, but did in South American lands. -
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First Americans Enter North
The earliest date for the first Americans to be in North America is 1492, the first Americans that have set foot on North America has influenced the way that things have been done and how we see the world today -
Mercantilism
Mercantilism was the act and the belief of commercialism, trading, and economics to increase nationwide trading that to increase the amount of silver and gold that one had. -
Jamestown
On this date, a group of people had found the first English settlement in America near the James River. And today there is a museum near it with fascinating recreations of 1610's forts and a Powhatan Indian village. -
Navigation Act of 1651
The Navigation act was so that the English would stop trade to England. With this, they thought that they would decrease the losing of silver and gold. -
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The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a movement that eventually created the American Revolution as well as the American Republic. And also caused a change in the thirteen colonies. -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was originally an author and spokesman for London and several other places. Franklin was the start of the founding of the American ethos -
George Washington
Today, George Washington is remembered as the first president of the United States, a military hero, a great Parlor. But in 1754, he had no land or money, so he believed that to get back up again he would join the British Army, and even though they though that colonists made awful soldiers, Washington surprisingly won many fight, and proved the British wrong. He had also started the French and Indian War. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American who took the main part in writing the Deceleration of Independence and was the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. -
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French and Indian War
The French and Indian War was basically about how the French and the Britain had colonies in North America, but while the British wanted to settle more land,the French built forts to protect themselves from the Indians, and in 1754, George Washington took an army against the French. -
Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1783 was when the French and Indian we at ended, King George lll issued the Proclamation of 1783. This Proclamation was for the American to not have access to western land, which indeed angered them because they wanted the rich and fertile land -
Stamp Act
The stamp act was set by the British so that the American would be demanded to pay higher taxes that most people wouldn’t be able to or didn’t want to. the British did this because they had held on to a debt from the Seven Years’ War. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States from 1829 to 1837, was a soldier, and is the face of the 20 dollar bill. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was from a group of British men that caused 3 people to be killed and 2 dying from their wounds and injuries. The captain of that group was charged for manslaughter as well as for 8 of his followers -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea party was a protest in Massachusetts by the Sons of Liberty. In response to the Tea Act people destroyed an entire ship full of tea that had been sent to America from an Eastern Indian company. the British quickly responded and caught back and against the people who were destroying their ship -
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American Revolution
The American Revolution was an 18 year colonial revolt where the Thirteen colonies and the American Patriots had won against the British and got their independence -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence declared that the thirteen colonies will no longer be under British rule and would be considered as thirteen individual states. -
United States Constitution Signed
When the Constitution of the United States was signed it gave America's laws, citizen's rights, it's government, and today used in many cases to determine what type of punished are to be given to the criminal. -
Louisiana purchase
The purchase of a huge amount of land from France which doubled the size of the United States. -
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Westward Expnasion
By 1840, millions of Americans had hope that by migrating Westward, they would they would have secured land and become prosperous. So in 1803, the country had doubled it's size with the Louisiana Purchase -
Lewis and Clark
Lewis and Clark were the first Americans to discover western America and have the first American expedition, they were able to expand the amount of land and impact the way America is today. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark were sent on an expedition to Louisiana to explore the water and any kind of communication across the waters; and encourage the Native Americans to stop hunting and to increase trading between each other. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln is known as the 16th president of the United States, murdered by John Wilkes Booth, won in the election of 1860, and switched from side to side, whether to keep or end slavery -
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglas was a very well known Abolitionist that did many things. He was an author, orator, a reformer, and a statesman. In one of his autobiographies, he wrote about his experiences about being a slave and came out being his bestseller -
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Jacksonian Democracy
The time period where the president was truly of the people and represented the people. However, many believed that Jackson abused his powers as president. -
Election of 1828
In the election of 1828, two of the candidates were Andrew Jackson and John Quincy Adams. The winner of this election was Andrew Jackson. This election was able to expand democracy for specific American groups. -
Abolitionist Movement
The movement with many abolitionist to fight for the the end slavery across the country -
Indian Removal Act
An order by Andrew Jackson which required Native Americans of the American Southeast to move from their homes to Oklahoma and across the Mississippi River -
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Mexican American War
This war was a conflict based on who was on who's land. Mexico was attacked by the United States first, in what people say was the U.S.'s land, when it really was Mexico's territory. -
Compromise of 1850
The compromise of 1850 were laws that were to deal with the problem of slavery,When California wanted to join the Union as a free state, it unbalanced the number of free and slaves states. And the Fugitive slave act was gone and slave trades in Washington D.C. was abolished. -
Dred Scott Decision
This case was about Dred Scott, a slave that fought for his, his wife's, and two daughters's freedom. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was a slaves African-American that was unfortunately and unsuccessfully sued for his, his wife, and his two daughters's freedom in his case, which became so big that it became a huge moment in American history. -
Election of 1860
This election was the election to select the 16th president of the United States, which included Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglass. In this election, Douglass talked about Lincoln cares about slaves, which would make Lincoln look bad because if her wanted votes from both the North and the South, he would have to talk about both taking away and keeping slavery. -
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Civil War
The civil war was a time period where slavery was a major issue in the North and in the South, shortly after Abraham Lincoln's inauguration. -
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Era Reform
The Era of Reform was the Era that eliminated problems caused by immigration, slavery, and corruption in government. -
Manifest Destiny
The Manifest Destiny was the belief that it was a "God given right" for the Americans to expand west and keep that land.