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Jamestown
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1.7"Work or Starve" this was John Smith's motto which was his strict discipline for the colonists in order for them to eat. -
Tobacco Trade
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1.7Introduced by Europeans who learned it from Natives , soon became very popular and by 1630 millions of Tobacco was exported to Virginia -
Most Famous Loyalists
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10.4 The famous Loyalist is Thomas H, a leading Boston merchant from an old American family, who served as governor of Massachusetts -
British Solider
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Loyalists
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10.4 For instance, you probably don't like paying taxes on such goods as tea that wind up going to support the royal coffers in London -
Independece
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2.5Declaration of Independence expresses the basics on which the United States was founded and the reasons for separation from Great Britain. -
Massachusetts
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Massachusetts
Mod3 The creation of the Massachusetts state constitution, because the role of "the people" in creating a republican government was undecided. When the state legislature presented the voters with a proposed constitution it was rejected because the people thought that this was too important an issue for the government to present to the people. -
Daniel Shay
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Rebel
Mod3 Daniel Shay was behind the rebellion of the people in Massachusetts because of the high taxes. Because of this Governor Baldwin had voters turned against him -
Washington Re-election
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Western War
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Western War
Mod4 Outright military conflict with native groups in the northwest preceded the formal declaration of war. Was soon called the "western war" in many ways represented a continuation of the American Revolution -
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Mod7 Independence had been won in the Revolution and reaffirmed in the War of 1812. The spirit of nationalism that swept the nation in the next two decades demanded more territory. -
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Mod7 John O'Sullivan coined the term "Manifest Destiny" in 1845 to describe the essence of this mindset. The religious fervor spawned by the Second Great Awakening created another incentive for the drive west. -
Dred Scott
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8.3 Around 1846, Scott sued for his freedom on the grounds that he had lived in a free state and a free territory for a prolonged period of time. -
Kansas and Nebraska
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Freedom
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5,4 The railroad activists helped individual fugitive slaves find the light of freedom. The underground railroad was not content to wait for laws to change or for slavery to implode itself. -
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8.3 By the early 1850's settlers and entrepreneurs wanted to move into the area now known as Nebraska. -
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Mod6 The land obtained from Mexico quickly became the subject of a bitter feud between the Northern Whigs and the Southern Democrats. -
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Mod6 The country's founders left no clear solution to the issue of slavery in the Constitution. Popular sovereignty, amendment, nullification, and secession were all discussed as possible remedies. Conflict was avoided with the passing of the Compromise of 1850. -
Codes for slaves
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Codes for slaves
5.4 due to distinctive establishments that spread across the South, many states passed "Slave Codes," which outlined the rights of slaves and the acceptable treatment and rules regarding slaves -
Slave Rights
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Amendments
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Slave Rights
9.1 Slavery, in practical terms, died with the end of the Civil War. Three Constitutional amendments altered the nature of African-American rights which had to do with the amendments as well -
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Amendments
9.1 The 13th: formally abolished slavery in all states and territories.
The 14th: prohibited states from depriving any male citizen of equal protection under the law, regardless of race.
The 15th: granted the right to vote to African-American males. Ratification of these amendments became a requirement for Southern states to be readmitted into the Union
