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inolerable acts
-tea acts & etc. British used to call them the corresive acts
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Christopher Columbus
-1492 he sailed the ocean blue, Sailed from Spain. Queen-spread christianity, king-land&money&gold
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Amerigo Vespucci
-named America after him, impressed with his accounts of land, mapmaker
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Proclamation of 1763
-Applachian Mts. was the western border, for the natives to be able to settle to the west, away from the colonists
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Albany Plan
-Ben Franklin proposed-its one general government for the colonies
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Great Awakening
-a movement of religion
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Jamestown
first permament & successful colony in America
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Middle Passage
-middle leg of the triangular trade route, carrying slaves
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Roanoke
-lost colony of Roanoke, John White leads Roanoke to the island, comes back years later and everyone is vanished--side note: croatan in the tree.
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Seven Years War/French&Indian War
French&Indians vs Americans&British
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Treaty of Paris
-ended the revolutionary war
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July 4, 1776
-Declaration of Independence was signed!
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Oregon Trail
-trail to Oregon, it was to Expand America, known as the Oregon Trail-because we bought the Lousiana Purchase
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Indian Removal Act
relocated Indians west of the Mississippi River--Trail of Tears
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Delaware River
-the Icey Delaware River! George Washington & troops surprised attached the Hessians on x-mas day
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Spoils System
President gives out government jobs to political leaders--his choosing
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Marquis de Lafayette
-french volunteer, came over to help with the Revolutionary War, &friend of George Washington
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Battle of Yorktown
-last major battle of the Civil War
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Monroe Doctrine
-Pres. James Monroe made this so we wouldn't get involved with European warfare or help them
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Missouri Compromise
-Maine admitted as a free state & Missouri as a slave state, to keep the Union&Confederacy equally balanced
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Articles of Confederation
-form of government that they wrote up BEFORE THE CONSTITUTION, it was too weak so then they wrote the Constitution.
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Bill of Rights
-first 10 amendements of the Constitution
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Federalism
sharing government between central & state governments
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Era of Good Feelings
after 1812, everyone stopped arguing about political parties or their views
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Francis Scott Key
british detainee, wrote THE poem that later became our National Anthem
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Sacagawea
-Native American, Shoshonee women that helped Lewis&Clark on their expedition to the Pacific Ocean
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Manifest Destiny
-we were "destined" to expand westward. John O' Sullivan[:
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Lousiana Purchase
-Thomas Jefferson bought this & doubled the size of the U.S
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Irish
-came to the U.S cause of the potato famine
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Gadson Purchase
-Arizona, New Mexico, + Parts of California. Last major purchase of the U.S
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Elizabeth Cady Stanton
-SENECA FALLS CONVENTION
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Reconstruction
period after the Civil War
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German
largest immigrant group because there government was having a revolution
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Ten Cent Plan
10% of a state swears to the Union then that state can apply to re-enter into the Union
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Freedman Bureau
GROUP helped African Americans adjust to freedom; big living difference
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Amnesty
to be pardoned;from a crime, or anything.
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Civil Rights Act
full citizenship to Blacks
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Stamp Act
tax on all imprinted goods
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Sugar Act
tax placed on sugar,molasses,etc.
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Boston Tea Party
342 boxes of tea were dumped into the Boston Harbor, a revolt against Britain
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Loyalist
LOYAL to the King of England--Britain
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Patriots
supported the American cause
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Benedict Arnold
-patriot--->loyalist, TRAITOR for passing of American plans in battle to Britain
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Legislative Branch
makes laws
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Executive Branch
carries out laws..i.e..executive carries a brief case
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Thomas Jefferson
belonged to the Democratic-Republican Party
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Nationalism
strong feelings towards your nation
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Sectionalism
Strong feelings towards your region or section
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Industrial Revolution
began in England, used machines to replace hands
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Eli Whitney
-cotton gin&interchangeable parts*
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National Road
in the U.S...road going EAST to WEST, easy transportation
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Trail of Tears
- a lot of cherokee died, had to move along the Trail of Tears because of the Indian Removal Act
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Battle of the Alamo
small battle in Texas, fighting for their Independence
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54th Massachutes
most famous African American regiment in the Civil War
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Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln passed to free slaves in the South
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Virginia Plan
for larger states they wanted more reprensatives in congress
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New Jersey Plan
they wanted equal amount of people in Congress no matter what the size of the state, everyone's equal
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Frederich von Stueben
trained us how to use baenets--spear rifles
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Thomas Paine
wrote Common Sense, to tell people what rights of life they're missing out on
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Crispus Attucks
during the boston massacre, he was an innocent black bistandard who got killed
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William Dawes
-he rode with Paul Revere!
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Jay's Treaty
John Jay...treaty between U.S & Great Britain...it got us 10 years of peaceful trade & of navigation and etc.
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Pinckney's Treaty
U.S's Thomas Pinckney...between Spain&U.S defined the boundaries of the U.S w/ spanish colonies & guarenteed the U.S full rights of navigation on the Mississippi River
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XYZ Affair
three french agents x,y,&z DEMANDED $100 million
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Alien & Sedition Acts
John Adams passed them, 4 acts, summary: they stated the President could take out alien immigrants, and you can't say anything bad about the governemnt in writing, false, or scandalous
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Battle of Gettysburg
pretty much determined the fate of the Civil War
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Battle of Antietam
23,000 casualties bloodiest single-battle in American History,first major battle in the civil war to take place on northern soil, in Maryland
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Appomattox Courthouse
place where something happened during the civil war
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