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Colonial america
13 colonies; Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia, Connecticut, Massachusetts Bay, Maryland, South Carolina, New Hampshire, Virginia, New York, North Carolina, and Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. dates of founding - independence: 1585 1607 -
French Indian war
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American revolution
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Declaration of independence
date:July 4, 1776
Author:Thomas Jefferson
3 rights listed: Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.
Purpose:To announce and explain separation from Great Britain. -
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Constitutional convention
what happened?:Annapolis Convention, delegates from five states called for a constitutional convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation. oldest member;BENJAMIN FRANKLIN -
Louisiana purchase
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Womens rights movement
leaders: Lucy Stone, Susan B. Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Abby Kelley Foster, and Sojourner.
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civil war
April 12, 1861 – May 9, 1865 The president was abraham lincoln. the reson behind civil war was common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the moral issue of slavery. -
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-\Emancipation Proclamation
what did it do?:nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free. -
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Emancipation Proclamation
What happened?:Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached its third year of bloody civil war. The proclamation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
Spanish american war
April 1898 – August 1898 -
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World War I
president:Woodrow Wilson -
great depression
president:Herbert Hoover -
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World war ii
Fought against:Germant, Italy and Japan.
President:Franklin D. Roosevelt
Generals: Adolf Hitler (Germany), Joseph Stalin (Soviet Union), Benito Mussolini (Italy), and Chiang Kai-shek (China). -
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Civil Rights Movement
civil rights date: 1954 – 1968 Key leaders: Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor, activist, humanitarian and leader of the civil rights movement. purpose: encompasses social movements in the United States whose goals were to end racial segregation, -
cold war
main concern?;was that the Soviet Union would obtain control of the Western European countries through either invasions or by communist takeovers of unstable governments. -
9/11/01
what happened?:Islamist extremist group, that occurred on the morning of September 11, 2001. hijacked plane, Flight 93, fought back, and the plane was crashed into an empty field in western Pennsylvania about 20 minutes by air from Washington, DC.