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Period: 1000 to
Beginning to exploration
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1096
The Crusades Trade
The crusades trade consisted of the trading of goods and ideas in the Middle east. Reasons towards the sudden impulse to trade began with the promise of repentance of sins and entrance to heaven causing the trade from Christian and Muslims to flourish. people also say the ability to make money by trading deciding in taking the opportunity. Trade consisted in the trade of goods such as iron, copper, and amber for gold along with the trade of ideas for learning architecture and Greek culture. -
1345
Human sacrifice
Although the Aztecs were not the first to practice human sacrifice, they had taken the concept of human sacrifice and used on a whole other level. Human sacrifice had been viewed as a repayment towards the sacrifices the gods had made. Gods Quetzalcoat and Tezcatlipoca's, as believed, ripped the creature apart to create the sky, earth, etc. ending in bringing the adaption of human sacrifice in The Aztecs mythology. -
1440
The Renaissance Printing Press
Invented by Johannes Gutenburg, the Printing Press, made for a movable type system, involved minimal human effort and produced manuscripts quicker. The printing press removed scribes mistakes and made books more uniform. Books began to be printed for more than church purposes and included grammar, romance, theology, and research. The bible began to be printed in many different languages due to high demand once the printing press was invented. -
1492
Colombian Exchange
The Colombian exchange was a period of culture and biological exchange between the old world and the new world. The trade consisted in exchanges of plants, animals , diseases, and technology which transformed the ways of living for European and Native Americans. The social aspect and cultural makeup of both sides of the Atlantic were greatly impacted by the Colombian exchange leading in different outcomes as one side had more beneficial leverage than the other. -
Jul 3, 1492
Exploration 4 Voyeges
Columbus set sail in 1492 in search of america. Columbus made 4 trips across the Atlantic between the years 1492 - 1502. Determined to find a rout between Europe and Asia, Columbus traveled far only to discover "the New Wold" although others had already been living there. The 1st voyege, Columbus sailed along the West African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope. The 2nd returned to Americas, 3rd voyege he sailed to Trinidad and South america, 4th time around Columbus made it to Panama. -
1500
New France Fur Trade
The importance of the fur trade in the historical development of New France is hard to overstate although being the key reason to a permanent stay in St. Lawrence River Valley. With the ambition for meeting with the high demand of fur, France created a complex economical, social, and political dimension in which shaped the french colonial experience. The fur trade was nether-less the economic engine of New France. The fur trade shaped patterned of mobility and settlement. -
Period: 1500 to
English Colonial Societies
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1530
New England Colonies
Puritanism developed in the 1530s after King Henry VIII transformed the Church of Rome into a state Church of England. Puritans sought religious freedom. Led by John Winthrop, they formed the Massachusetts Bay Colony. By 1630 they had already settled in New England. Wanting to practice religion freely, life would often be hard but many ways of adaptation was learned to survive at living hard days an awful nights. Part of the Democrat Government Winthrop was elected governor 12 times 1630-1649 -
English colonization Roanoke
Being the result of 3 failed attempts at colonization on the eastern coast, the Roanoke colonies arose. Many explorers such as, P. Amadas, A. Barlowe, and W. Raleigh, set sail along the Roanoke coast to establish a colony. Although colonies were established, problems such as poor relations with the natives of the land and food shortages constantly plagued the colony. Upon years that passed by Grenville sent ship after sip nly to find out the many different positive outcomes occurring at Roanoke. -
Anne Hutchinson
Seen as a spiritual leader in colonial Massachusetts, Anne Hutchinson preached to both men and women by questioning puritan teachings about salvation. Upon arriving at Boston 1634, Hutchinson began forming ties with other women due to birthing before and understanding the process. Having these strong ties allowed Anne to maintain meetings in which each time a meeting would be held the Puritan beliefs shifted from many minds. Hutchinson provided a voice for the allowance for gender norms to break -
Tobacco
Tobacco was introduced by John Rolfe, a colonist from Jamestown. Upon arriving in Virginia, 1612, with tobacco seeds, which were produced by an earlier voyage he made, soon to be harvested allowing to put the harvest crop for sale on the European market to entice a new set of people interested. Rolfe’s tobacco operation became big for American exports. Tobacco had been a huge importance since, the early colony grow allowing for grater income to be made from the mass production of tobacco. -
Headright System
The headright system is a grant of 50 acres given to settlers in the 13 colonies. The system ,mainly used in Virginia, was created in 1618 in Jamestown, Virginia. Used as a great way to attract new settlers to address the labor shortage due to the emergence of tobacco farming, a large number of workers were needed. This system led to the development of indentured servitude. Poor individuals would work for 5-7 years to repay those who sponsored their trip allowing for more manual workers. -
William Penn
Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania. When Penn's father died, the King had settled by granting Penn a large area of the West and the South of New Jersey. Penn called these areas Sylvania, which Charles changed to Pennsylvania in hopes of honoring the father of Penn. Penn ,being a Quaker, was guaranteed free fair trial by jury, freedom of religion and unjust imprisonment to other Quakers far away from England. -
Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, the daughter/niece of Reverend Samuel Parris of Salem Village became ill. Failure for signs of improvement enabled the village doctor William Griggs to be called in. His diagnosis of bewitchment put into motion a horrific even that will result in the death of many. The jury had different methods to expose the accused as they will torture the person until confession of being a witch, If none were to confess punishments grew worse to enforce a stronger leverage. -
Virginia slaves
Virginia colony lacked framework for slavery. The great increase in slavery did not start till 1700. The demand of field workers exceeded the supply of people in the colonies. The Virginia colony revised their laws establishing that blacks could be kept in slavery permanently generation after generation. Virginia bought out others plantations allowing a slave trade that lasted 2000 years to begin. Slaves flooded in from the Barbados and on rare occasions directly from Africa. -
Caribbean Sugar
Sugar was the main crop on plantations and major economic source throughout the Caribbean through the 18-20th centuries.. Sugar production required a greater labor. After 1700, Using sugar mills ,known as trapich, allowed for professional production to increase. Sugarcane was pressed with heavy rollers to squeeze out of all of the juice, then boiled and clarified to be placed into forms. While in these forms, the liquid crystallized into sugar. -
The Middle Passage
This passage began in Europe where slaves from west to West Indies would be traded. The trips took to 3 weeks or 3-4 months. Ships were loaded with goods and sent to Africa where they were traded for African slaves. Some Africans died before reaching the ports as a result of the conditions, torture, and illness. This made the trip much longer. Countries that took part in the Middle Passage included Portugal, England, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Brazil, the Caribbean, and America. -
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American Colonies
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin was one of the Founding Father and an inventor, a scientist, a printer, a politician, and a freemason. Franklin helped to draft the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence thus changing the way people had envision the world back then. He also negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War. Being a scientist his pursuit lead to investigate electricity. Mapmaking was also something he did during his life but it was his wit and wisdom that made him a writer. -
Sir Issac Newton
Issac Newton had a huge impact on the Enlightenment. Not only did he create calculus but he had also described universal gravitation and the 3 laws of motion. His theory on gravitation helped prove heliocentrism which begun the argument of many religious and traditional beliefs. The discovery of calculus attributed toward two men known as Issac newton and Gottfried Leibniz. -
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening set among people in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Jonathan Edwards didn't convert to the Church of England because they were concerned that the people of England were becoming concerned with the world instead of God. Edward even spoke out loud that people stopped to listen. This sparked The Great Awakening in the American. It's described as a spiritual renewal that went through American colonies. One big significance of this was it prepared America for its War of Independence. -
Triangular Trade
Triangular Trade was made by the establishment of the 13 Colonies in Colonial America and their supplies of raw materials for reasoning of wanting to move forward in living. The natural resources and raw materials, together with goods that were manufactured in the colonies, were used for trading purposes with England allowing in bonds to be made. These goods included: sugar, rice, guns, fur, cotton, flour, iron, tobacco, indigo-dye, fish and more were to come as Colonial Times passed on. -
French and Indian War
French and Indian War ,also known as the Seven-year war, was about France, England, and Spain fighting for territory. The expansion of France into the Ohio repeatedly brought conflict with British colonies even Virginia. The Indians fought side with France and later Spain joined France against England. Britain focus on seizing French and Spanish territories in other parts of the world causing British to win against French. British still faced problems that the Treaty of Paris only aggravated. -
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The Revolutionary war
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Treaty of Paris 1763
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War, also known as the Seven Years War, that was between Great Britain and France, as well as others.The treaty was signed on February 1763 by Great Britain, France, Spain with Portugal in agreement. After Britain's victory, the treaty was that France had to give up all its territories in mainland North America, effectively ending any foreign military threat to the British colonies there. -
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The Constitution
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No Taxation Without Representation
A phrase attributed to James Otis reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament. Many had elected no towards the representatives and became an anti-British slogan that happened to catch the light of day before the American Revolution. The Americans rightly should have actual legislators seated and voting in London. James Otis argued for his representation in the Stamp Act Congress having the support from other delegates. -
Stampt Act
The Stamp Act was imposed on all American colonists and required them to pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used. Things such as legal documents, licenses, and newspapers were taxed. The money collected by the act was used to help pay the costs of defending and protecting the American frontier near the Appalachian Mountains. However the cost of the act was small. What made the law so offensive to the colonists the standard it seemed to set on them. -
Townshed Act
The English Parliament imposed on taxing tea, glass, lead, paper, paint that were imported to their colonies. In hopes that these acts would defray imperial expenses in the colonies, many Americans agreed to come up with a limit on imports from Britain. after a few short years of sticking to the limit the act was soon repealed in 1770 leading to a temporary truce between the two sides. Although the truce lasted till 1772, the tea tax became the symbol for American Patriotism. -
Boston tea Party
British Parliament pass the Tea Act in 1773. While consignees in Charleston and other states rejected tea shipments, merchants in Boston refused to compromise to Patriot pressure. One night Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty meet up and discussed what would they do about the act. later they boarded three ships in the Boston harbor disguised as Mohawk indians and threw 342 chests of tea overboard over 500,000 pounds. Adams goal was to protest British parliaments tax on tea -
Thomas Jefferson
In 1775, Jefferson was selected as a delegate to the Second Continental Congress. Gifted as a writer Jefferson was asked to draft the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence explained why the 13 colonies wanted to be free of British and made clear the importance of individual rights and freedom the document was adopted on July 4, 1776. In the same year Jefferson resigned from the Continental Congress and was re-elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. -
Shot Heard Around The World
The British soldiers were the best trained military force, also having superior weapons. Colonists in Boston had formed a group of soldiers known as Minutemen made up of farmers, shop owners and peasants. Minutemen were mainly called to stand against the British. As both troops faced each other in Lexington and Concord in silence someone had fired a shot., Till this day nobody knows who fired it or which side they were on. This shot became known as the shot heard around the world. -
Founding Fathers
Those who made significant to the contributions of the Constitution are called the Founding Fathers. There are 7 Founding Fathers of The Declaration of Independence are: Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, Gorge Washington, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, John Adam, and James Madison. They all help draft the Declaration of Independence and The Constitution. -
Articles With Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was the first constitution of the United States written bu John Dickinson.The Articles were designed to create a weak federal government to help the people of the state. However this caused many problems such as financial problems. Because of the federal government not having the power to tax, they had trouble raising money. As a result, we had difficulty repaying our debts. When too much paper money was printed, inflation occurred. -
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New Republic
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Shays Rebelion
Shays’ Rebellion name for its leader Daniel Shays, is the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt. almost about 4,000 farmers stood up in states from New Hampshire to South Carolina the rebellion was most serious in Massachusetts where there was bad harvests, economic depression, and high taxes threatened farmers with the loss of their farms. They rebellion was to close up military and courts. -
U.S Constitution Model
The Constitution is an important document and it must be well written and have have everything that would make the people and the government approve it. The Constitution was modeled after several major documents for example: the English Bill of Rights, the Mayflower Compact, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. It came to show that the Constitution was one of the strongest document. -
Three Branches
The Constitutional Convention wanted to divide power within the federal government. They did not want these powers to be controlled by just one man/group. They were afraid that if a small group received too much power the United States would wind up under a dictator.To avoid that they divided the new government into three branches:The Legislative Branch that make the laws, The Executive Branch to enforce the laws, and lastly The Judicial Branch to interpret the laws. -
Anti-Federalist
Anti-Federalists are those who opposed the creation of a stronger U.S. federal government. The Anti-Federalists says that the Constitution gave too much power to the federal government allowing to have room for complications to sneak in, while taking too much power away from the local governments along with the people. Many felt that the federal government would be too far removed to represent the average citizen. -
Election of 1788
The winner of the election of from 1788-1789 was George Washington. He was the first president in America. George was the only president to been unanimously elected by the Electoral College. During his election he won 10 states out of 13 but, those 3 states were ineligible. George also won all 132 electoral votes. In George inauguration was so full he couldn't even go through because all the crowed. Everyone felt George Washington was the best choice to be president -
Bill Of Right
The first 10 Amendments of the Constitution written by James Madison are what make up the Bill Of Right. The Bill Of Rights limit the power of the government on the citizens but either way some people argued about this topic. This were the Federalist and Anti-Federalist. Federalists argued that they didn't need a bill of rights, because the people is the state. While the Anti-Federalists argued that a bill of rights was necessary to safeguard individual liberty. -
Whiskey Rebellion
In Pennsylvania people drank a lot of whiskey. So the federal government passed a tax on whiskey in 1791. Farmers in western Pennsylvania refused to pay the tax by saying it was like the Stamp Act again. The new tax brought trouble until 1794, when farmers assaulted federal tax collectors. President Washington called out the national militia to put down what we know as the Whiskey Rebellion. The Rebellion tested the new U.S Government authority to enforce federal laws. -
George Washington's Farewell Address
In September 19, 1796, President George Washington after being elected president for the 2nd time he decided not to be reelection for a third term and began drafting this farewell address to the American citizens. The address went through drafts in large part due to suggestions made by Alexander Hamilton. Washington urged Americans to avoid excessive political party spirit and geographical distinctions. He also warned against long-term alliances with other nations. -
Republicanism
The word Republicanism is not the same as Republican as the political party. Republicanism, meaning the right to vote for representatives, in other words is that believes in representative government in which citizens can vote for people to represent their opinions and views. Republicanism therefore supports the principles of a government in which the supreme power rests with citizens who are willing to vote and exercised by representatives they have elected. -
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Lewis And Clark Expedition
M. Lewis was a great explorer and W. Clark a great mapmaker. Led the Lewis and Clark Expedition through the unknown American to the Pacific Northwest. The Expedition lasted 3-4 years taking paths down the Ohio River, the Missouri River, and across the Continental Divide, and the Pacific Ocean. Lewis and Clark faced obstacle/hardship on their trip. Lewis kept a detailed journal from his encountered. They received assistance from native peoples. There meeting Sacagawea that help them in many ways. -
Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana territory was located in the Mississippi River in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west and from the Gulf of Mexico in the south to the Canadian border in the north. purchased from France by the United States.Napoleon sold the territory to Jefferson at 3 cents per acre for 828,000 square miles it was the greatest land bargain in U.S. history. The purchase doubled the size of the United States greatly strengthened the country materially and provided a powerful. -
12th Amendment
An amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1804, providing for election of the president and vice president by the electoral college; should there be no majority vote for one person, the House of Representatives, one vote per state, chooses the president and the Senate the vice president. -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson a politician by 1812, when war broke out between the United States and Britain he served as a major general in the War of 1812, commanded U.S. forces in a 5 month campaign against the Creek Indians, allies of the British. After that campaign ended in a decisive American victory in the Battle of Tohopeka. Jackson also led American forces to victory over the British in the Battle of New Orleans in 1815. Andrew Jackson was a strong man that no one dare to cross or challenge. -
War Of 1812
The conflict fought between the United States and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. marine rights ended with the exchange of ratification of the Treaty of Ghent. Great Britain would have an immense impact on the young country's future. The United States suffered many Costly defeats at the hands of British, Canadian, and Native Americans troops over the course of the War of 1812. Nonetheless, American troops were able to repulse British invasions. -
Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scott Key a great poet wrote a poem The Star-Spangled Banner. Originally titled The Defence of Fort McHenry, was written after Key witnessed the Maryland fort being bombarded by the British during the War of 1812 when he was taken as a prisoner. Key became inspired by the sight of a lone U.S. flag still flying over Fort McHenry at daybreak while silence had filled the air being able to hear a pin drop but the sight was so beautiful that the song was created. -
Panic of 1819
In 1819 because of the War of 1812 economic expansion ended. people were taking their money out the bank making the banks throughout the country failed, mortgages were foreclosed, forcing people out of their homes or off their farms. Price for agriculture and manufacturing were big but there were unemployment. All regions of the country were impacted. the reaction of people was a big panic getting the name the Panic Of 1819. -
Textiles
The textile industry is the design and production of yarn, cloth, clothing, and distribution. In 1800's Francis C. Lowell set up the first American textile factory allowing the combining of tasks that were needed to transform raw cotton to finished cotton. The textile industry grew during the Industrial Revolution. with demands growing, merchants had to compete with others for the supplies to make it. The solution was to use cheap machinery allowing the cloth to be cheaper to the consumer. -
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The American Industrial Revolution
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Missouri Compromise
To preserve the balance of power in Congress between slave/free states, a compromise was made and passed ,known as Missouri Compromise, in 1820 admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. The law prohibited slavery in the Louisiana Territory north of the 36' 30' latitude line. Three years later the Missouri Compromise was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, which ruled that Congress did not have the authority to prohibit slavery in the territories. -
The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was really important as it led to the establishment of the reform movements that are injustices such as the Temperance, the Women's suffrage, and the Abolitionist Movements in which people went to get support on religious grounds. The Awakening enrolled millions of new members to various religious denominations. Also the Second Awakening supported different religious like Baptism. -
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Greek Revival
The style was inspired by a new way of living the hero's from Greece the lessons they had and even more. America was completely entranced with the Greek style that they even wanted to learn to speak the Greece language. The style consisted of low pinched roofs, porches or porticos, rounded columns, temple-front entryways, anything and everything that managed to capture the eyes of many Americans wanting to enroll in the Greek life style -
Temperance Movement
The Temperance movement is a movement against the consumption of alcoholic beverages.The country's first serious anti-alcohol movement. the goal is to stop manufacture and sale alcohol. Women supported this movement. (there was a tissue box in you class that had a woman on one side, beer on the other then a woman hitting someone with the bottle....very weird) the movement consisted of women who became infurious with those who drank liquor -
Growing Cities
Most growing cities were settled up in the North. The North had a lot of industrial advancements thus allowing for greater opportunities. One of the advancements were manufacturing factories making more employment in the north. The North also had railroads to transport weapons which eventually became the key to success. With these advantages, mostly everyone wanted to go to the north creating city after city and having a big population. -
Telegraph
Developed in the 1830 by Samuel Morse the telegraph revolutionized long-distance communication. The Telegraph would transmit electrical signals over a wire laid between stations. To helping understand the telegraph, Samuel Morse developed a code which it's known as "Morse Code" it assigned a set of dots and dashes to each letter of the alphabet and allowed for the translate complex messages across telegraph lines -
Mormons
Joseph Smith established the Church of Christ soon to be known today by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The church expanded quickly, and by the first year boasted to about 1,000 adherents. Smith claimed to have been visited by a christian angel, the year 1823, named Moroni who spoke to him of an ancient Hebrew text. smith dedicated himself to an English translation of text his wife and other scribes. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat Turner, born into slavery on October 2, 1800 on a Southampton County plantation in Virginia. Nat believed God told him to revolt with signs. Nat led the bloodiest slave revolts in America history. Turner and his followers began their revolt against slave owners. Nat kept gathered more man up to 30-50 slaves. Their violence spree through the county. Estimated that 60 white men, women and children died during Nat Turner's rebellion. Later Nat Turner was caught and killed. -
Railroads
1827 Baltimore being the third largest city in the nation it was 200 miles to the frontier than New York. They later recognized that the development of a railway could make the city more competitive with New York and the Erie Canal in transporting people and goods to the West. The result was the Baltimore and Ohio railroad the 1st railroad chartered in the United States. After this new and improve Railroad began in 1830 and 1833 -
American Anti-Slavery Society (AASS)
This organization was founded and led by William Lloyd Garrison. The American Anti-Slavery Society hoped to convince both Southerners and Northerners of slavery's inhumanity. The promoters sent lecturers across the North to convince people that slavery was immoral and ungodly and thus should be outlawed. The American Anti-Slavery Society also bombarded the United States Congress with petitions calling for the end of slavery in both south and north. -
New York Female Reform Society
The New York Female Reform Society was established in 1834 by Lydia A. Finney, wife of revivalist Charles Grandison Finney. Lydia was also the leader of this group. This society was created for the
purpose of preventing prostitution and women abuse by anyone allowing women to have a voice when theirs have been taken and shut down for what has happened to them. It was one of major up-rise women did to help one other, for them to have a voice. -
Battle Of Gonzales
The Battle of Gonzales was the first military conflict in the Texas Revolution. A cannon sparked the problem. The Mexican authorities had given the American settlers of the town of Gonzales a small cannon to help protect them from Indians. An increased with rebellions in different states the Mexicans demanded the return of the small cannon. The Texan colonists refused and the Battle of Gonzales began in result of the death of Mexican soldier and the start of the Texas Revolution. -
Sam Houston
Sam Houston was born on March 2, 1793. He became a congressman and senator in Tennessee then moved to Texas in 1832 getting involved in the conflict between U.S. settlers and Mexico and became commander of the local army. On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Santa Anna at San Jacinto to secure Texan independence. Voted president then served as a senator after Texas became a state in 1845. -
Southern Society
The Southern Society and their economy mostly depended on manual slave labor. The South was filled with plantations on a scale from crops to cotton, making cotton one of the major crop to get due to its high demand since cotton made valuable items may desired. They also focused little on inventions like the cotton gin, iron plow, and more. Mostly anything that helped their plantation. The South didn't had a lot of industrial advancements as the North. -
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Election of 1844
The election was Whigs and Democrats. Clay a Whig and James K. Polk a Democrat.One issue of the campaign was that Americans settling in western part of the country increasingly struggled for influence with people from Mexico who lived on land that used to be Spanish territory. The idea of "Manifest Destiny" was on hold as well. Polk's support for the annexation of Texas gave him an advantage for him in having majority of the states and 170 electoral votes while Clay had 105 electoral votes. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion , stretch from coast to coast. This determination helped rise western settlement. The phrase was first employed by John L. O’Sullivan in an article on the annexation of Texas published in August 1845. It expressed the belief that it was Anglo-Saxon Americans’ providential mission to expand their civilization and institutions across the breadth of North America. -
Frederick Douglas
Frederick Douglass was an abolitionist leader born into slavery in 1818. He became one of the most famous intellectuals of his time. Douglass wrote and published his first autobiography "The Life of Frederick Douglass an American Slave" in 1845. The book was a best-seller in the United States and was translated into several European languages. The book showed they way slaves lived and open people eyes -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln served as the 16th presidents of the United States although he has had other accomplishments in life. As much as people liked him the same amount of people disliked him, mostly in the south, they didn't like him for his abolishment of slaves in the north and south. During his president days, he was a great president. Later Abraham got a shot in the head when he was watching a play. The next day Lincoln was sadly declared dead. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
This Act allowed citizens in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska to decide if they allow slavery or not within their borders letting them follow their own voice. The Act served to repeal and abolish the Missouri Compromise of 1820 which has the slavery north of latitude 36' 30´. -
Annexation Of Texas
The Texas Annexation President John Tyler prevented James Polk ,on the Texas Annexation, by making a proposal on February 1844 and showing the bill to annex Texas on March. James Polk continued to support the policy. Texans approved of the popular bill which was signed by President James Polk on December 29, 1845, admitting Texas as the 28th state of the Union by joint resolution. -
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Sectionalism
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Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidaglo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on February 2, 1848 and ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. The treaty also added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including Arizona New mexico..etc. Mexico also gave up all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as America’s southern boundary. -
Election of 1848
The election of 1848 was a difficult election with both parties hoping to avoid the slavery issue's divisiveness in 1848. The election was between Zachary Taylor a Whigs and Lewis Cass
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California Gold Rush
The discovery of gold nuggets in the Sacramento Valley in 1848 sparked the gold rush one of the most significant events to shape America. As news spread of the discovery thousands of gold miners traveled by sea or over land to San Francisco and the surrounding area of California by the end of 1849 in hopes of being able to collect jewels of their own. Many from around came to take a gander at the many opportunities hoping to find gold in sandy waters. -
Seventh Of March Address
"The Seventh of March Address" written and shared by Senator Daniel Webster, was meant to unite moderates of all sections in support of Kentucky Senator Henry Clay's proposed Compromise of 1850. The speech lasting as much as five hours. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of 5 laws passed in1850 that dealt with slavery and keep the North and South balance. these laws were Fugitive Slave Act was improved, slave trade in Washington, D.C was abolished, California entered the Union as a free state, a boundary between Texas and New Mexico, and a territorial government was created in Utah. Additionally an act was passed that also established a territorial government in New Mexico as well. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Uncle Tom's Cabin also known as The Life Among The Lowly is a novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The book describe the life of Uncle tom a slave and how he lives his days as a slave. This book really shows the way slaves are treated in there "homes" as slaves. The novel open up the eyes of whites that read the book and showed then the life of slaves from day to night. -
The North
The North had a lot of advancements over the years like railroads, factories, weapons, and communication. This made a lot of people want to move to the North. This made the North have a lot of cities to the point of having an over populated state. The over population even led to have low food supplies. -
Bleeding Kansas
Bleeding Kansas is a bloody time were a small war in the United States fought between pro-slavery and anti-slavery citizens to control the new territory of Kansas under the doctrine of popular sovereignty up held by the Kansas–Nebraska Act. -
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Civil war
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1st Bull Run [1st Manassas]
1st Bull Run is a battle between Union and Confederate armies that clashed near Manassas Junction, Virginia, in the first major land battle of the American Civil War. It began when 35,000 Union troops marched from the federal capital of Washington, D.C. to strike a Confederate troop of 20,000 along a small river called Bull Run. -
Twenty Negro Law
The Twenty Negro Law is to exempts the draft of 1 white man for every 20 slaves held on a plantation allowing the chance of blacks overpowering whites. The goal of this law is to ensure that enough white man remain behind to prevent violent slave revolts, particularly after President Lincoln announces his Emancipation Proclamation. -
Carpetbaggers
Carpetbaggers are people who are from the northern states and move to the South after the Civil War to profit from the Reconstruction. In search of ways to obtain more income they tent to move place after place once tragedy has struck in hopes of finding opportunities to profit of people or things. -
Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is one of the most important battles of the Civil War. After the Unions great victory at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his Army of Northern Virginia into Pennsylvania. On July 1 the Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George G. Meade at the town of Gettysburg. -
Lincolns 10% Plan
The 10% plan offered an answer to what should be done with the Southern states people and the freemen. Opinions were greatly divided on these. Lincoln believed the solution was to restore and reconstruct as quickly and as quietly as possible to the seceded states and this was the 10% plan. -
Election Of 1864
American presidential election of 1864 is in which Republican Abraham Lincoln defeated Democrat George B. McClellan. As the election occurred during the American Civil War, it was contested only by the states that had not seceded from the Union. -
Black Codes
The Black Codes was a set of laws that were passed for black people, it was known as slaves without chains, in which African Americans will be minor and go work in plantation with little payment. Some laws actually granted freed people the right to marry or testify in court. The laws codified white supremacy by restricting the civic participation of freed people. -
Women At Work
The evolution of American women in the workforce is often overlooked when studying the progression of American society. During the Civil War women did a lot of work for example: they started taking care of the work their husband's left behind, women volunteer to nurse the wounded soldiers, they even disguise themselves as man to go fight in the civil war. This started the working of women. -
Union Blockade
The Union Blockade is a navy/marine strategy in which the Union ships block the confederacy shipments in the Civil War. At the time, the Union blockade of the South was the largest ever attempted in world history. James Russell Soley, former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, argues that it was a signal success. -
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The KKK
Founded in 1866, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) extended into almost every southern state by 1870 and became a vehicle for white southern resistance to the Republican Party’s Reconstruction-era policies aimed at establishing political and economic equality for blacks. KKK also known as the Kult Kux Klan is an organization of white men only in which they express their racist thought and will punish black and even whites that help the African Americans. -
Freedom Amedments
The 3 Freedom Amendments are the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments. These amendments help slaves/African Americans in many ways. The 13th amendment helped abolished slavery which was the biggest issue out there. The 14th amendments says any men born in the U.S is a citizen allowing many of different ethnicitys' to become a citizen. Last is the 15th amendment in which their will be no discrimination in peoples race and will get equal rights as others. -
Black Friday Scandal
The Black Friday Scandal ( not what most american experience today after thanksgiving), also known as the Gold Panic was an attempt by 2 aggressive Wall Street speculators, Jay Gould and his partner James Fisk, to corner the gold market. Due to the manipulations of Fisk and Gould price of gold plummeted on the Gold Exchange on September 24, 1869. Many people were financially ruined and the infamous day was referred to as Black Friday. -
Reconstruction
The reconstruction happened when the Civil War ended in 1865. The reconstruction happened in the south with a start of rebuilding homes, factories, and even plantations, but they seem to have been faced with many different challenges from economic and laws all the way to the other side of the spectrum which contained Politics. -
Invention of the steel plow
John Deere was your average man back in the 1800's who invented the steel plow which ended up playing a big role in American history. At the time, 1873, John Deere didn't think much of what was to come from his invention. The Steel Plow was invented for the purpose of farming to be able to break through hard soil without the getting stuck in the soil. His invention soon became a well used item when it came to allowing of cropping and food production to progress in a more professionalized path.
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