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Colonial America
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonial_history_of_the_United_States
The colonial history of the United States covers the history of European settlements from the start of colonization of America until their incorporation into the United States, 1492-1763. In the late 16th century, England, France, Spain, and the Netherlands launched major colonization programs in eastern North America -
The 'Lost Colony'
European families settled on Roanoke Island in August 1590. Governor White had to return to Europe for 3 years to help with the Spanish war. White returned to Roanoke Island in August 1590 to the mysterious disappearance of the settlers which included his daughter and granddaughter. The only clue was the word "CROATOAN" engraved on a tree.
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Jamestown Settlement
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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. John Smith was the leader. His motto was "work or starve". Each colonist was required to spend 4 hours a day farming. Disease and hunger ravaged Jamestown after Smith retuned to England in 1609 because of an accidential gunpowder burn to his face. -
Declaration of Independence
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The 13 colonies joined together to declare their independence. They became the United States and separated themselves from Great Britian. -
Melting Pot
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot
The melting pot is a metaphor for a heterogeneous society becoming more homogeneous, the different elements "melting together" into a harmonious whole with a common culture. It is particularly used to describe the assimilation of immigrants to the United States.[1] The melting-together metaphor was in use by the 1780s -
Treaty of Paris
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Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War that lasted from 1775-1783. The war was between the Kingdom of Great Britain and the 13 British colonies on the North American continent. The Americans gained independence from Britain. The Americans were now free to establish its own government. -
US Constitution
http://www.history.com/topics/constitution
Signing of the U.S. Constitution established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787, by delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, presided over by George Washington. -
George Washington - 1st President of United States
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington
George Washington became the 1st president of the United States. the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and during his lifetime was called the "father of his country" -
The Cotton Gin
https://www.eliwhitney.org/7/museum/eli-whitney/cotton-gin
Eli Whitney patent the cotton gin. This machine separated seeds from shot-staple cotton which increased production. The cotton gin was a significant contribution to the Industrial Revolution. -
Treaty of Ghent
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Signing of the Treaty of Ghent ended the War of 1812 between the British and American delegates. -
Nat Turner
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Nat Turner was an enslaved African American who led a rebellion of slaves and free blacks in Southampton County, Virginia on August 21, 1831, that resulted in the deaths of 55 to 65 white people. -
Treaty of New Echota 1835
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_New_Echota
The treaty established terms under which the entire Cherokee Nation ceded its territory in the southeast and agreed to move west to the Indian Territory. Although the treaty was not approved by the Cherokee National Council nor signed by Principal Chief John Ross, it was amended and ratified by the U.S. Senate in March 1836, and became the legal basis for the forcible removal known as the Trail of Tears. -
Texas Independence 1836
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_Declaration_of_Independence
Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and formally signed the following day after mistakes were noted in the text. -
Compromise of 1850
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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 (1846–48). -
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
www.historyplace.com/lincoln/kansas.htm
The Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 allowed people in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether or not to allow slavery within their borders. The Act served to repeal the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which prohibited slavery north of latitude 36°30´. -
Abraham Lincoln
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln
16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis.In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy. -
American Civil War 1861
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought from 1861 to 1865. The Union faced secessionists in eleven Southern states known as the Confederate States of America. The Union won the war, which remains the bloodiest in U.S. history. -
Reconstruction Era
https://www.britannica.com/event/Reconstruction-United-States-history
Period (1865–77) that followed the American Civil War and during which attempts were made to redress the inequities of slavery and its political, social, and economic legacy and to solve the problems arising from the readmission to the Union of the 11 states that had seceded at or before the outbreak of war. -
Black Codes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Codes_(United_States)
In the United States, the Black Codes were laws passed by Southern states in 1865 and 1866, after the Civil War. These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. -
Idea of Equality
http://constitutioncenter.org/timeline/html/cw06_12097.html
The idea of equality enters the Constitution, "Equality under the law.” It wasn’t part of our Constitution until the last two states ratified the 14th Amendment. The 14th makes everyone born in the United States a citizen, entitled to equal protection in every state.
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