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Oct 11, 1492
Christopher Columbus: The Spainsh explortaion
The impact of the spainsh explortation of the new world. Christopher columbus amied to reach Asia funded by spain. . Christopher Cloumbous traveled south-west to seek gold, sliver, and other precious stones. During his travels he helped spread Christainty. -
Boston Tea Party
The british granted a British company the sole right to handle the tea trade. American merchants resent the lose of bussiness. A group of colonist dumped tea into Bostion harbor in protest. -
The Declaration of Independence
The continential Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence, declaring the colonies independent. -
Treaty of Paris
The Britsh recongized the United States as a nation with borderes from the Altanic Ocean to the Mississipi River -
America New governement
After america was able to expand and be cut loose from british negativety America needed a new government. The issue that came along with the new government involved Hamalition vs. Jefferson. Hamalition wanted a strong central government with power and authority, while Jefferson feared it would be to srtong and felt the deserved rights. This led to checks and balances and the Bill of rights -
Bill Of Rights
First 10 Admendments guaranteed peoples rights -
Marbury vs Madison
This established the principle of judicial review, which granted the Supreme court authority to decide whether a law was allowed by the constitution. -
Advancement in Transportation
Advancemnet in transportation led to the develpment of canals. Canals made transporting good fast, easy, and cheap. More americans began buying and selling goods. The new market economy in the u.s affected not only the economy, but the ways americans worked. -
Missouri compromise of 1820
Allowed Slavery in the Louisiana Territory south of the 36' and 30' north Latitude line. -
Lowell Textile Mills
A group of entrepreneurs built several large textile mills in Lowell, Massachutts, it became a booming enterpirse. Mill oweners sought females workers because women provided an adundant source of labor and owners could pay lower wages to the women -
Social Reform: Women rights
In the early 1800s women rights were very limited. Womens were treated alot like slaves. Women had no voice, and were deprived of an education.Women soon demanded equal rights with lead to the women right convention in 1848 -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Senator Stephen Douglas proposed a bill that would allow the people and Nebraska and Kansas territories to decide whether they wanted slavery. As a result, proslavery, and antislavery began fighting for possession of Kansas -
Dred Scott Case
The court defined slaves as property protected by the Consitiution southerns celebrated this decision -
The Civil War
The civil war changed the federal gorvnermnt making it larger, stronger, and expanding the economic gap. The civil war lead to the13th amendment abolishing slavery. The new nation is now bulit off the fact that all men are created equal. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation, which freed slaves in confederate states and gave the war a high moral purpose, large numberes of African Americans joined the union after this -
Civil Rights Act 1866
Guaranteed the civil rights of African Americans -
Debt Peonage ended
Forced laborers into slaveryin order to work off debt to an epmloyer, Supreme court eventually declared involuntary peonage a violation of the 13th amendent in 1867 -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned entires to all Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourist, and government officals -
Dawes Act
Forced the assimilation of Native Americans into white Culture. Reservations were broken up and some of the land were given to each adult family head for farming. The policy failed becuase native americans were cheated of the best land -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed trusts, but the law was difficult to enfore, and the Supreme Court did not support it
