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Jul 21, 1492
Peculiar Institution
(Not sure what the date or year was) "Was a euphemism for slavery and the economic ramifications of it in the American South." Peculiar Institution was also a book that had been published in 1956 by Kenneth M. Stampp. "The Peculiar Institution refused to die. Great Britain had outlawed the slave trade long before its former American colonies." Nations located in the Western Hemisphere had had banned slavery in their states because they wanted to gain independence. -
Tribes
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(I wasn't exactly sure the exact date of when tribes began, but I put the year.) There were around 140 to 160 different tribes. "When the British set foot on the North American continent at Jamestown, they encountered the Powhatan Indians." Tribes lived all over, in many different places, protecting their territory. All tribes are different, but most of them spoke the same language. There was this one tribe called the "Iroquois Tribe," they owned a part of New York for over 4,000 years. -
Starving Time
Many were so concentrated on looking for gold that they didn't pay much attention to farming. “Malaria and the harsh winter besieged the colonists, as well. After the first year, only 38 of the original 144 had survived.” If John Smith wasn’t there to help it could have gotten worse, he would say “work or starve,” everyone had to at least spend 4 hours everyday farming. 1609-1610, “ may have been the worst of all.” John went back to England and things got worse again.One person ate his own wife. -
The Treaty of Paris
Google Image Result for http://images.wikia.com/althistory/images/7/77/PreliminaryTreatyOfParisPainting.jpg The signing of this treaty had stopped the the French and Indian War which had been going on for 7 years. "The experience of the French and Indian War did not in many ways bring the British and the Americans closer together." -
The Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre [ushistory.org] "A mob of about 60 angry townspeople descended upon the guard at the Customs House. When reinforcements were called, the crowd became more unruly, hurling rocks and snowballs at the guard and reinforcements." The Boston Massacre had led to the Revolutionary War. -
Bunker Hill
American troops had picks, shovels and gun with them they were moving towards Bunker Hill. "From this hill, the rebels could bombard the town and British ships in Botson Harbor." The men had misunderstood their leader and went to Breed's Hill instead, which made them even closer to the British than what they were supposed to be. "Scores of British troops were killed or wounded; the rest retreated down the hill." But then the British had attacked again. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence and Its Legacy [ushistory.org]
Declaration of Independence - Page 2
The Declaration of Independence was a legal document, which had caused the 13 colonies to depart from the British Empire. "Much of the Declaration sets forth a list of abuses that were blamed on King George III." -
The Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga It was the British and Germans against the Americans. The Britains/Germans had at least 5,000 troops while American had between 12,000-14,000 troops. At the end of the war the Americans had won the battle. "The Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of the Revolutionary War." -
Economic Crisis of the 1780's
War had ended in 1781. British couldn't recieve exports and the British law had stopped trading with Britains. "Finally, the high level of debt taken on by the states to fund the war effort added to the economic crisis by helping to fuel rapid inflation." This crisis was very unhealthy for people and for the futures of others. "However, the range of favorable debtor laws passed by the state legislatures in the 1780s outraged those who expected to be paid by debtors." -
Slavery/Slave Trade
This ship was built for the Europeans and some African Americans to transport millions of African Americans. The Slaves were made to start the making of the new world. The slaves were trated like crap and all lived harsh lifes the young and the old. The Africans were immigrants to the Europeans. Virginia was the first place to legalize the slavery. Slaves were there to do pretty much everything for their owners. They worked outside building things, planting crops, clearing land, etc. -
The Election of 1800
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Thomas Jefferson: 73 votes
John Adams: 65 votes
Aaron Burr: 73 votes
Charles Pinckeny: 64 votes
John Jay: 1 votes
"Each side believed that victory by the other would ruin the nation." Since there were two people with the same amount of votes the House of Represenatives decided who they wanted to be President and who should be Vice President. Thomas Jefferson was President and Aaron Burr was Vise President. -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri had wanted to become a slave state and Maine wanted to become a free state. There was an invisible line that had been drawn (36 degrees 30 minutes north latitude,) which meant that, the Northern part of the Louisiana territory was all free states. "The Compromise also encouraged people in the north to return runaway slaves to their homes and did not prohibit slavery, even in the free territories." -
The Underground Railroad
Google Image Result for http://starrcenter.washcoll.edu/images/large/underground%20rr.jpg It only occurred at night. Slaves had been moved from one place to another, just so they could get to freedom. There had been at least 3,200 that helped out. Harriet Tubman had freed around 300 slaves, while trying to bring her own family to freedom. -
Women's Rights/The Roles of Women
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(Not sure the exact date, but I put the year) Women weren't really able to do anything that had to do with voting, owning propert, pretty much anything that the men did. They mostly worked at home, church things, and did things with the community. Women had no say it what the men could and couldn't do. -
Mexican-American War
The war had all started because America was expanding. When the U.S. first entered war with Mexico they had 8,000 men but later on into the war they had 60,000. In the end the U.S. had recieved Texan territory, New Mexico territory and California. The government in Mexico was paid $15 million. 13,000 were killed. -
Compromise of 1850
California was the 16th free state, Texas was paid $10 million, trading slaves was illegal and there had been another law that was passed called the "Fugitive Slave Law." Which meant that slaves in the North that had ran away from their owners had to return to them. Both North and South got things in return of this Compromise. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act allowed bot Kansas and Nebraska to have the decision on whether or not they want slavery. It had gotten rid of the Missouri Compormise of 1820 which had stopped slavery in the North. "Violence soon erupted, with the anti-slavery forces led by John Brown. The territory earned the nickname "bleeding Kansas" as the death toll rose." -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction wasn't an easy thing to do for America, everyone had their own ideas/own ways of how reconstruction should happen. "In the spring of 1867, almost two years after Lee's surrender, Congress won the battle to control Reconstruction." Later on during reconstruction, the nation was also starting to focus on other issues that were occurring. -
The Assassination of President Lincoln
April 11, 1865 Lincoln made a speech about his plans for peace and reconstruction. John Wilkes Booth, "Upon hearing Lincoln's words, he said to a companion, "Now, by God, I'll put him through. That is the last speech he will ever make." The night of his death Lincoln was at Ford's Theatre, Booth came into the Presidents box, shot Lincoln with his pistol and cut Rathbone's arm with his dagger. April 26th, Booth was finally caught! -
Federalism
(Not sure the exact date or year, don't really think there's one.) "Federalism is a political concept in which a group of members are bound together by covenant with a governing representative head."
