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What year do Spanish colonize St Augustine, FL
1565
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Jamestown
- First English settlement in new world
- Est. 1607
- Coast of Virginia
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What year do French establish Quebec?
1608
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First Blacks arrive in America
1619
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What was the last of the original colonies to be established?
Georgia
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What year did Georgia become a colony?
1733
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French & Indian War
- 1763
- British and Americans cooperate to defeat France/Indians
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Year of Declaration of Independence?
1776
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American Revolution
Lasted from 1775 to 1783
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Year in which Britain recognizes America's independence?
1783
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Articles of Confederation
- 1781 to 1789
- Lacked strength of Constitution
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U.S Constitution
Written in 1789
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George Washington
- President from 1789 to 1796
- From Virginia
- Independent
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Cotton Gin
- Made cotton an important crop
- Invented by Eli Whitney
- In the year 1800
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John Adams
- President from 1796 to 1800
- Second president
- Only Federalist President
- From Massachusetts
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Louisiana Purchase
- 1803
- Bought huge amount of land from France by Jefferson to:
- secure port of New Orleans
- Secure trade along Mississippi
- keep France from blocking U.S expansion
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Napoleon
French leader who signed the Louisiana Purchase to the U.S
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Lewis & Clark Expedition
- 1804 to 1806
- Traveled on the Missouri river from St. Louis, MO until it reached the rockies
- Spent winter in Oregon
- Reached Pacific Ocean in the spring
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Treaty to Buy Florida
- 1819
- Bought from Spain
- Photography is invented same year
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Oregon Country
- Purchased from Great Britain in 1846
- Included present day Idaho, Oregon, and Washington
- Northern boundary was the 49th parallel
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Gadsden Purchase
- Purchased from Mexico in 1853
- The land was needed for a Transcontinental railroad
- Purchased by Franklin Pierce
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Great Britain
- Contains:
- England
- Ireland
- Whales
- Scotland
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Only American president elected to more than 2 terms
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Thomas Jefferson
- President from 1800 to 1808
- Established the 2 term tradition
- First resident of White House
- Negotiated LA Purchase
- Sent Lewis & Clark Expedition
- Democratic-Republican
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Whig Party
- Opposed slavery
- Opposed tariffs from Britain
- Lasted 20 years from 1830s to 1850s
- Replaced by Republican party
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James Madison
- President from 1808 to 1816
- From Virginia
- Father of the Constitution
- Led nation into War of 1812
- Democratic- Republican
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James Monroe
- President from 1816 to 1824
- From Virginia
- Democratic-Republican
- First president after a depression
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John Quincey Adams
- President for 1 term from 1824 to 1828
- From Massachusetts
- Democratic-Republican
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Andrew Jackson
- President from 1828 to 1836
- From Tennessee
- Hero of War of 1812
- Defeated British at Battle of New Orleans
- Defeated Indians at Battle of Horseshoe Bend
- First Democrat and first uneducated
- Responsible for Indian Removal Act
- Known as "Old Hickory"
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Martin Van Buren
- President from 1836 to 1840
- Democrat
- Initiated War for Texas' Independence 1836
- First President from New York
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William Henry Harrison
- President for one year in 1840
- Died in office
- Whig
- From Virginia
- Known as "Tippecanoe"
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John Tyler
- President from 1840 to 1844
- Whig but was kicked out
- From Virginia
- Entire cabinet except for one person quit
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James Polk
- President from 1844 to 1848
- From North Carolina
- Democrat
- Admitted Texas 1845
- Obtained Oregon country in 1846
- President during Mexican War 1846 to 1848
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Mexican War
- Lasted from 1846 to 1848
- By winning, the U.S acquired a great deal of Land
- Training for Civil War soldiers
- Revived issue of slavery
- Famous Battle was:
- Battle of The Alamo
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Zachary Taylor
- President from 1848 to 1850
- Whig
- From Virginia
- Fought During Mexican War
- Won Battle of New Orleans
- Last president to hold slaves
- Died in office
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Henry Clay
- Member of Whig party
- Ran for president four times
- Never won
- Opponent of Zachary Taylor
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Millard Fillmore
- President from 1850 to 1852
- From New York
- Last member of Whig Party
- President after Taylor's death
- Opposed slavery not being allowed in the West
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Franklin Pierce
- President from 1852 to 1856
- Democrat
- Appointed Jefferson Davis and other southerners
- Responsible for Gadsden Purchase
- "doughface"
- From New Hampshire
- one of the worst presidents
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James Buchanan
- President from 1856 to 1860
- Only president from Pennsylvania
- Democrat
- "doughface"
- South seceded at the end of his term
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Abraham Lincoln
- President from 1860 to 1865
- From Illinois
- Republican
- Said he would not interfere with slavery where it now exists at 1st inauguration
- Issued Emancipation Proclamation
- Initiated Homestead Act of 1863
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Immigrant specialties
- Scots- Livestock
- Irish- Livestock
- Spanish- Horse and cattle
- German- Farmers
- Africans- Farmers
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Log Cabin
- Brought to America by Scandanavian Swedes who lived in Pennsylvania
- Single cabin called a single pin, double called double pin
- Area between dogtrot
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This man made rifles
Henry Hawkins
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Who did horses in America come from
The Spanish
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Gettysburg Address
By Lincoln follow victory at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
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CSA
- Met in Birmingham to form Const.
- Raised army and took over Federal Institutions
- President Jefferson Davis
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What state was the first to secede from the Union?
South Carolina
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What issue kept the first continental railroad from reaching completion until 1869?
slavery
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Steamboat
- 1810
- Helped in transferring goods on waterways
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State known as Indian Territory
Oklahoma
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1830
- Year of first railroad
- Abolition Crusade!
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1840
- Potato Famine
- Catholics migrate from Ireland
- Telegraph invented
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California
- Gold Rush in 1849
- Admitted in 1850
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Republican Party
- 1854
- Opposed Slavery
- Appealed to Immigrants
- Helped Big Business
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CIVIL WAR
- First battle is Fort Sumpter in Charleston
- Major Battles:
- Antietam- Bloodiest day in U.S history, Sharpsburg, Maryland, 23,000 casualties
- Gettysburg- most famous, north won, Pennsylvania
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Countries with settlements in the Americas
- Spain
- France
- England
- Holland
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4 railroads before civil war
- Northern Pacific
- Southern Pacific
- Union Pacific
- Canadian Pacific
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2 Trails out of St. Louis
- Sante Fe-packhorse
- Oregon-wagon
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Nobility in G.B
- King George
- Queen Victoria
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Battle Names
- South named them for towns
- North for landmarks
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1st bridge across Mississippi
EADS Bridge
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Cumberland Gap
Gap in Appalachian Mountains where the states of Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee meet
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Presidents' houses
- Mt. Vernon- George Washington in Virginia
- Monticello- Thomas Jefferson in Virginia
- Hermitage- Andrew Jackson in Tennessee
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Mohawk Gap
Located in Pennsylvania
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Population Statistics
- 30 million in 1860
- Afro-Americans currently 13% of tot. pop.
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U.S Represenatives
Determined by a State's Population
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Constitutional Convention
Took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Pennsylvania
- Home state of Martin Van Buren, Alexander Hamilton, and Millard Fillmore
- Location of Mohawk Gap
- Touches Great Lakes
- Location of Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia
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Niagara Falls
- Located in New York
- Connects Lake Ontario to Lake Erie
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