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9000 BCE
People first entered North America
It was the first natives to inhabit North America. -
1492
Columbus lands in America
It was the discovery of the Americas to European countries. -
1492
Christopher Columbus
First person to discover the Americas from another country (Date is when he discovered America) -
Jamestown colonization
The first American settlement or colony. -
Navigation acts of 1651
Was the English trying to take control of all trade with the Americas. -
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mercantilism
When Europe was trading a lot of things with America. -
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The Enlightenment
When science and knowledge really revolutionized -
Benjamin Franklin
United state founding father (Date is His birthday) -
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French and Indian War
Native and the colonists fighting against the French for land. -
Proclamation of 1763
Made the French have control over all the trade with the Americas -
Stamp act
The British taxing the American Colonists. -
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American Revolution
When America gained it's independence from the British. -
Boston Massacre
When British soldiers shot into a mob and killed a lot of people. -
Boston tea Party
Protest of the tea tax that helped start the revolution -
Declaration of independance
When America declared that it's it's own country -
United States Constitution Signed
When the US constitution was signed and made official -
George Washington
The first president of the United States and one of the founding fathers (Date is when elected President) -
Thomas Jefferson
One of the founding fathers and USA's 3rd president. (Date is when he was elected president) -
Louisiana Purchase
When America purchased a very big amount of land from the French -
Westward Expansion
When Colonists moved into the western frontier after the Louisiana purchase. -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
When Lewis and Clark explored western frontier for the first time. -
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Lewis and Clark
When 2 explorers met natives and explored the frontier that had never been discovered. -
Abraham Lincoln
16th President of the USA and he abolished slavery and was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. (date is birthday) -
Jacksonian Democracy
When Andrew Jackson gave the power more to the people. -
Election of 1828
When Andrew Jackson was elected president -
Andrew Jackson
7th president of the USA (Date is when he was elected) -
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Abolitionist Movement
When people wanted to get rid of/ban/abolish slavery -
Indian Removal Act
It was when Andrew Jackson decided that the Native had to be moved away from the colonies and into the frontier. -
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Mexican American War
When America went into Mexican territory and tried to claim it as theirs a war started. Mexico fired first shot. -
Compromise of 1850
As part of the Compromise of 1850, the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished. Furthermore, California entered the Union as a free state and a territorial government was created in Utah. -
Dred Scott
When a slave was moved to a free state and was free then moved back to a slave state and wasn't allowed to be free despite other times when slaves have. No trial because his evidence technically wasn't a law. (date is when it was decided -
Dred Scott Decision
When Dred Scott was forced to be a slave again without a trial that probably would have set him free. -
Election of 1860
When Abraham Lincoln was elected president -
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Civil War
When the Union fought the Confederacy because of slavery and the Union ended up when -
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Era of Reform
A period of social activists and political reform -
Fredrick Douglass
He was a black social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman (Date is when he died) -
Manifest Destiny
Thinking it was good and allowed for American Colonists to expand where they live.