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Jun 19, 1215
Magna Carta
First document to limit power of ruler -
Jamestown
First permanent English settlement -
Virginia House of Burgesses
First representative assembly in the new world -
Mayflower Compact
Agreement signed by pilgrims -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
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Proclamation of 1763
Forbid settlers to settle west of the Appalachian mountains -
Committees of Correspondence
Created by the Sons of Liberty resisting the new British laws -
Lexington and Concord
First battle of the American revolution -
Declaration of independence
Document in order to get US freedom -
Battle of Saratoge
Turning point of the American Revolution -
Northwest Ordinance
Principles and Procedures of and orderly expansion of teh United States -
Constitution Convention
Constitution was written -
Bill of Rights
First ten amendments of the constitution -
Cotton gin
Invention by Eli Whitney that sped up the cleaning of cotton fibers and increased the need for slaves -
Alien and Sedition Act
4 bills that were passed by the Federalists -
Marbury v. Madison
Court decision that gave Supreme court the power to say if the law violates the constitution or not -
Interchangeable Parts
Process by Eli Whitney that called for making each impotant part of a part exactly the same. -
Louisiana Territory
Land was acquired from France for $15 million. -
Steam boat
Invention by Robert Fulton revolutionizing transportation and trade in the US -
War of 1812
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Florida purchase treaty
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Monroe Doctrine
Foreign policy statement -
Trail of Tears
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Texas Annexation
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Declaration of Sentiments
Complaints they had about the social injustice of women -
Fugitive Slave Act
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Gadsden Purchase
Last of the Westward expansion -
Dred Scott v. Sanford
Supreme Court decision that said that slaves were property and not citizens -
Battle of Antietem
Bloodiest single day during the Civil War -
Emanciption Proclamation
Sets all salves in the Confederate states free
