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Jamestown
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The House of Burgesses
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The Start of Slavery
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Mayflower Compact
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French and Indian War
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Treaty of Paris
England acknowledged American Independence -
Proclamation of 1763
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Stamp Act
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Cotton Gin
It was invented by Eli Whitley. It made cotton-growing very profitable. -
Boston Massacre
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Boston Tea Party
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1st Continental Congress
It was a meeting of reprensentation from all 13 colonies except Georgia. It was the first time almost all 13 colonies acted together. -
Lexington and Concord
The British troops attacked a colonial weapons stockpile. It was the first skirmish of the war. -
2nd Continental Congress
It created the cositutional army. It ssued the "Olive Branch Petition" -
Declaration of Independence
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Articles of Confederation
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Criticsl Period
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Battle at Yorktown
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Treaty of Paris
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Land Ordinance of 1785
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Annapolis Convention
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Shay's Rebellion
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Northwest Ordinance 1787
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The Great Compromise
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Constitutional Convention
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Judiciary Act of 1787
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3/5ths COmpromise
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Washingtons Presidency
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Bill of Rights
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Adam's Presidency
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Gabe Prosser Revolt
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Jefferson's Presidency
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Marbury v Madison
Marshall declared a law uncostitutional. The case established the power of judicial review. -
Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson brought this land from France. It doubled the size of the US. -
Old Immigransts
Northern and Eastern Europe. The old immigrants consisted of people from Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Norway, and Sweden. -
War of 1812
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McCulloh v. Maryland
Marshall upheld the federal government's right to establish a bank. The case said a state couldn't tax the bank due to supremacy. It establish the doctrine of implied powers. -
Missouri Compromise
It divided the LA Purchase at 36,30. It maintained the balance of slave and free states. -
Monroe Doctrine
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Gibbons v. Ogden
The Court overturned a steamboat monopoly. The case confirmed the federal government's power over commerce. -
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Age of the Common Man
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Indian Removal Act of 1830
forced all Indians east of the Mississipi River to move to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma) -
Nat Turner Revolt
He led a band of 80 slaves against four plantations. -
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Battle of Alamo
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Battle of San Jacinto
The texans won independence. It established the Republic of Texas. -
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US Annexes Texas
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Mexican War
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CA Gold Rush
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Seneca Falls Convention
First women's right convention and issued the Seneca Falls Declaration -
Reservation System
The Indians were firced off their lands onto smaller and smaller reservations. -
Fugitive Slave Law
made it easier to catch runaway slaves -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. It portrayed the evils of slavery. It also increased support in the North for abolition. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Repealed the Missouri Compromise by giving KN and NB popular sovereignty -
Dred Scot case
A slave named Dred Scot sued for freedom after being taken into free territory by his owner. -
Election of 1860
The main issue of the election was slavery. Abraham Lincoln won. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
This was the first battle of the Civil War. -
Battle of Antietam
Lee went North and lost. The effect of this war was Abraham Lincol issued the Emancipation Proclamation. -
Homestead Act
The definition of the act is a law that gave free public land in the West in 160 acre plots. The only condition would be they would have to live on the plot for 5 years. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The proclamation freed all slaves in the "rebelling" states. -
Battle of Vicksburg
This battle cut the confederacy in half. -
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Battle of Gettysbug
This was was considered the turning point of the war. Lee pushed North into Pennsylvania and had to retreat in result. -
Gettysburg Address
A short speech by Abraham Lincoln dedicating the cemetery. The U.S. was one nation, not separate states. -
13th Amendment
This admendment abolished slavery. -
Appomattox Court House
Lee surrendered. He then urgered Southerners to accept surrender and unite as Americans. -
Lincoln's assassination
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated shortly after the war by John Wilkes Booth. -
Reconstrustion Act of 1867
The South was put under military occupation. -
15th Amendment
This amendment gave voting rights to African Americans. -
Knights of Labor
A union group founded by Uriah Stevens. -
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Jim Crow Laws
These laws established separate facilitles for blacks and whites. -
New Immigrants
Southern and Eastern Europe. The immigrants included people from Italy, Greece, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, China, and Japan. -
Assimilation Policy
The definition of this policy is a plan under which Indians would be forced to adopt the American culture -
Chinese Eclusion Act 1882
This banned the entry of almost all asians. -
American Federation of Labor
It was founded by Samuel Gompers. It consisted of The Craft Union. The Craft union was made up of skilled workers from many industries. They used collective bargaining. -
Haymarket Square
This was a union action. The Knights of Labor protested in Chicago. A bomb went off near the police. Eight strikers were convicted. -
Dawes Act
The goal of this act was to americanize Indians. It broke up reservations and divided them into individual plots. It also legally abolished tribes. -
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Progressive Movement
It was an early 20th century reform movement. it used the goverment to institute reforms to fix problems caused by industrialization. -
Homestead Strike
It was held at the Carnegie Steel Plant. The plant manager Henry Frick called the Pinkerton Detective Agency. It was a major gun battle. -
American Railway Union
Eugene V. Debs was the founder. It was made up of railroad workers. It was form of union called Industrial Union which is made up of skilled and unskilled workers. -
Pullman Strike
This was a strike by the Pullman railroad workers. It started a nationwide railroad boycott. The federal government ended it. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
S.C said "separate but equal" did not violate the 14 amendment. The case upheld Jim Crow laws of segregation. -
Spanish-American War
The Cubans rebelled against the Spanish rule. The US went to war with Spain because the US had business interest in Cuba, yellow journalists, the de Lome Letter, and the American ship USS Maine exploded outside of Cuba. -
Treaty of Paris
US annexed Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines. Cuba became free. -
Boxer Rebellion
It was created by the Chinese "Boxers". The goal was ro remove foreign influence. However, it failed. -
Platt Amendment
The US asserted the right to intervene in Cuban Affairs. -
Roosevelt's Corollary
Theodore Roosevelt added this to the Monroe Doctrine. It reminded Europe not to interfere and said the US would use force to protect its interst in Latin America. -
16th Amendment
This allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census -
17th Amendment
Voters elect Senators now, not state legislatures. -
Panama Canal
Theodore Roosevelt encouraged Panama to break from Colombia. Panama suceeded and gave the US rights to build a canal. -
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Federal Trade Commission Act
It creates FTC and investigates business practices. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
This expands the Sherman Antitrust Act. It outlaws price-fixing. Also, it exempts unions from the Sherman Act. -
US enters WWI
The US enters the war for three reasons. The three reasons were German submarine warfare, the Zimmerman Telegram, and the US had close ties to Great Britain. -
Wilson's Fourteen Points
Woodrow Wilson created this peace plan with a goal of ending the causes of war. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty consists of the punishment of Germany, Mandates, national boundaries being redrawn, and League of Nations. -
18th Amendment
This amendment abolishes the use of alcohol. -
Susan B Anthony
She was a strong leader in the Women's Suffrage Movement. -
Immigration Restriction Act
It put a quota on how many immigrants could come from each country. It allowed more from "old immigrants" and less of the "new immigrants". The effect of this act was it basically ended immigration for several decades. -
Scopes Trial
A teacher was being tried for teaching evoluntion. The trial sparked a nationall debate over evolution. -
14th Amendment
This amendment prohibited states from denying equal rights to any American. It gave citizenship to blacks. -
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election of 1876
This election was between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden. Hayes was a republican and Tilden was a democratic. -
Sherman Antittust Act
This act prevented "any business structure that restrained trade. The goal was to outlaw trusts or monopolies. -
19th Amendment
This prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. Women gain the right to vote. -
Open Door Policy
It was created by the Seceretary of State John Hay. It gave all nations equal trading rights in China. The goal was to end the US/European competition
