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1642-1646: this sent many in search of the "New World"
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The English Civil War
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1664: England defeats the Dutch and takes over which "state"
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New Netherlands now New York
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1675: Chief Metacomet ("King Philip") of Pokanet tribe rises against Pilgrim encroachment of tribal lands
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Kings Philip's War
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1676: Farmers fight against government corruption and march to Jamestown and burns the capitol build to the ground.
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Bacon's Rebellion (in Virginia)
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1686: Charters of all individual states revoked due to "Non-English practices and this is formed
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Dominion of New England
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1692: Started as a prank by a ground of teenage girls, 20 people executed hundreds imprisoned
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Salem Witch Trials
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1690: John Locke writes Essay Concerning Human Understanding this contributes most to which era?
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Enlightenment
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1738: George Whitefield spreads teachings of what?
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The Great Awakening
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1754: This war begins (not officially declared though)
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French and Indian War
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1763: This treaty is signed and France cedes all major North American holdings to England but Spain cedes Florida
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Treaty of Paris 1763
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1763: Royal decree was issued that prohibited the North American colonists from establishing or maintaining settlements west of an imaginary line running down the crest of the Appalachian Mountains
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Proclamation of 1763
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1764: Sugar Act
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designed to enrich England, raises new duties on imports to the New World.
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1765: Imposes heavy tax on Colonies.
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Stamp Act
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1766: Repeals the Stamp Act
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Declaratory Act
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1767: Purpose of the Townshend Acts?
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raise revenue
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1770: Townshend Acts repealed except tax on
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tea
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1770: This event lights the fuse on American resentment at its highest
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Boston Massacre
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1772: This committee is formed and urges an immediate boycott of all British goods
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Boston Committee of Correspondence
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1773: Colonial reaction to the tea act (that eliminates colonial middlemen and profits to them, from tea trade).
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Boston Tea Party
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1774: The _______ was the name given to five laws that were designed as punishment of the American colonies by King George III and Parliament.
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The Intolerable Acts aka Coercive Acts
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1774: a convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies in response to the passage of the Coercive Acts The Congress met briefly to consider options, including an economic boycott of British trade; publishing a list of rights and grievances; and petitioning King George for redress of those grievances.Had little effect
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First Continental Congress
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1775: These battles officially being the Revolutionary War
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Battles of Lexington and Concord
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1775: What becomes in essence the colonial seat of government at this time?
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the Second Continental Congress
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1776: Thomas Paine writes this which rallies colonists
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Common Sense
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1776: Jefferson drafts this
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The Declaration of Independence
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1778: France joins the battle on which side?
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The colonists' side
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1781: General Charles Cornwallis surrenders here
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Yorktown
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1783: This treaty gives the Colonies unconditional independence and establishes boundaries of the new country while ignoring Territory's claims of native tribes. Ending the American Revolution
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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1776: second Continental Congress directs each state to draft what
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an individual constitution
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1777: This document forming the "united" states are sent to the states for ratification
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Articles of Confederation
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1780: This act states that continental paper money will be redeemed at one-fortieth of its face value.
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40 to 1 act
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1786: This rebellion against high taxes and ow money supply in western MA.
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Shay's rebellion
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1787: This guarantees settlers in the Northwest Territory many of the freedoms later incorporated into Bill of Rights.
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North West Ordinance
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1787: This is signed on September 17 and was ratified in 1788
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Constitution of the United States
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1794: HE invents the cotton gin
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Eli Whitney
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1794: This battle led by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne defeats native tribes demanding territorial rights and open way for negotiation on settlements of the area
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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1795: Treat singed by Wayne and delegates from various native tribes give U.S right to settle in Ohio Territory
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Treaty of Greenville
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1789: The goal of this act was to protect manufacturing interests by imposing a tariff on imported manufactured goods
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Tariff Act
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1790: Who issues the first Report on Public Credit aiming to expand financial reach of federal government and reduce power of the states?
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Alexander Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury
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1791: Aka as the first 10 amendments was ratified at this time
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Bill of Rights
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1780: This act states that continental paper money will be redeemed at one-fortieth of its face value.
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40 to 1 act
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1786: This rebellion against high taxes and on money supply in western MA.
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Shay's rebellion
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1787: This guarantees settlers in the Northwest Territory many of the freedoms later incorporated into Bill of Rights.
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North West Ordinance
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1787: This is signed on September 17 and was ratified in 1788
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Constitution of the United States
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1794: HE invents the cotton gin
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Eli Whitney
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1794: This battle led by General "Mad" Anthony Wayne defeats native tribes demanding territorial rights and open way for negotiation on settlements of the area
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Battle of Fallen Timbers
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1795: Treat singed by Wayne and delegates from various native tribes give U.S right to settle in Ohio Territory
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Treaty of Greenville
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1789: The goal of this act was to protect manufacturing interests by imposing a tariff on imported manufactured goods
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Tariff Act
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1790: Who issues the first Report on Public Credit aiming to expand financial reach of federal government and reduce power of the states?
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Alexander Hamilton Secretary of the Treasury
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1791: Aka as the first 10 amendments was ratified at this time
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Bill of Rights
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1791: Thomas Paine publishes this arguing that the power should rest with the democratic majority.
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The Rights of Man
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1793: Jefferson becomes the head of this anti-federalist party
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Democratic-Republican Party
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1794: a protest caused by tax on liquor; it tested the will of the government, Washington's quick response showed the government's strength and mercy
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Whiskey Rebellion
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* 1795: A treaty between the United States and Great Britain to regulate commerce and navigation. It corrected problems arising from violations of the Treaty of Paris of 1793.
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Jay's Treaty
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1795: First railroad is built where?
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Boston
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1796: Congress passes this act that provided liberal credit terms for land purchase and encouraged speculation in real estate and expansion.
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Public Land Act
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1789: France and England start to seize American ships; starts an "unofficial war" between America and France; Causes the creation of 33 ships for a navy and ends long treaty with France
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XYZ Affair
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1789: made it a crime to write, print, utter, or publish criticism of the president of government
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Alien and Sedition Acts
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1789: Act that increased the time to become a US citizen from 5 to 14 years
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Naturalization Act
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1789: Measures passed by the legislatures of Virginia and Kentucky as a protest against the Alien and Sedition Acts. Drafted by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson (though their role went unknown for 25 years), the resolutions protested limitations on civil liberties and declared the right of states to decide on the constitutionality of federal legislation.
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Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
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program proposed by Henry Clay and others to foster national economic growth and interdependence among the geographical sections. It included a protective tariff, a national bank, and internal improvements.
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"American System"
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1789: Eli Whitney pioneers the American system of mass production to build
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firearms
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1799: Convention that ends the Quasi-Way and frees US from obligations to France from the Treaty of 1778
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Franco-American Convention
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1800: A wave of revive provides religious fervor and revolutionary zeal to many women
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The Second Great Awakening
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1803: Court case that establishes the Supreme Court's power to judge constitutionality of issues.
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Marbury v. Madison
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1804: Their expedition began at this time
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Lewis and Clark
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1807: the British attacks US ship Chesapeake within US territorial waters, seizing sailors and cargo; exposes US military weakness
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Chesapeake Affair
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1807: Act that forbids all US exports and virtually eliminates imports. Law passed by Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807. This law stopped all trade between America and any other country. The goal was to get Britain and France, who were fighting each other at the time, to stop restricting American trade.
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Embargo Act
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1814: An agreement negotiated in _____, Belgium, and signed on December 24, 1814, by Great Britain and the United States to end the War of 1812. Peace was established on the status quo ante bellum. It included the concession to the United States of all British territory in the American Northwest, which enabled American expansion.
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Treaty of Ghent
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1814: in the United States during the War of 1812 in which New England's opposition to the war reached the point where secession from the United States was discussed.
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Hartford Convention
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1815: Battle that made Andrew Jackson a hero
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Battle of New Orleans
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1819: In this court case Chief Justice John Marshall establishes that the Supreme Court supersedes state courts in matters of federal rights.
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McCulloch v. Maryland
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1819: Treaty cedes FL to the US ans sets up southern border
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Adams-Onis Treaty
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1820: Prohibits slavery in Louisiana Territory states north of the 36 30
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Missouri Compromise
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1823: Document that declares "most of the Western Hemisphere" off-limits to foreign (European) intervention
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Monroe Doctrine
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1813: Company founded and uses the first American power loom which radically changes textile manufacturing.
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Boston Manufacturing Company
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1819: Court case establishing noninterference by states in commerce and business where a "contract" exists
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Dartmouth College v. Woodward
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1819: Act passed aimed at assimilating tribes into the white mainstream through government financial aid and boarding schools
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Indian Civilization Act
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1831: Court case attempting to fight Monroe's removal policy through legal means John Marshall rules that Indians are neither a foreign nation or a sate and so have no standing in a federal court.
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Cherokee Nation v. Georgia
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1828: Document that give states the right to overrule federal legislation in conflict with their own
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Doctrine of Nullification
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1831: An anti-slavery journal begins publication
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Liberator
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1832: Andrew Jackson vetoes rechartering this
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the Second Bank of the United States
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1833: Americans in this area vote to separate from Mexico
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Texas
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1848: Women's rights Convention held here
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Seneca Falls, NY
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1790: First group of people to petition calling for abolition of slavery to Congress
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Quakers
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1793:Act where Slave hunters were allowed to capture an escapee in any territory or state and were required only to confirm orally before a state or federal judge that the person was a runaway. The captive was not entitled to a trial by jury and the judge's decision was terminal.
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Fugitive Slave Act
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1816: He founded the American Colonization Society to resettle freed slaves in Africa and establishes the republic of Liberia
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Robert Finley
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1820: Congress makes trade in foreign slaves an "Act of___"
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Piracy
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1838: Escapes to freedom and becomes first "fugitive slave" lecturer speaking in American and abroad and leading equal rights demonstration.
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Frederick Douglass
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1859: This state passes a law banning wills or deed granting freedom to slaves and enacts legislation allowing any black indicted for vagrancy to be sold.
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Georgia
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1862: Congress abolishes slavery in
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District of Columbia and U.S territories
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1863: This document frees slaves only in those states at war against the Union
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Emancipation Proclamation
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1865: officially abolished slavery, prohibits involuntary servitude
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13th Amendment
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1846: This war begins over TX borders and lands west that Polk wants for the U.S
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Mexican-American War
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Political party that argued that slavery impeded whites’ progress and for this reason slavery should be banned in new territories out west.
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Free Soilers
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1847: This presidential candidate proposed popular sovereignty (each territory to decide whether to be slave or free).
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General Lewis Cass
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1850: Compromise that admits CA as a free state, gives NM and UT territories power to legislate "all rightful subjects... consistent with the Constitution" and promises stronger fugitive slave laws and suppression of slave trade in the District of Columbia.
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Compromise of 1850
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1852: She wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin which influences anti-slavery feelings. "the little lady who started the war."
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Harriet Beecher Stowe
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1854: Act that repeals slavery limitations set by the Missouri Compromise allowing KS and NE territories to be slave-owning if they so choose.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
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1857: Court case that effectively voids Missouri Compromise
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Dred Scott v. Sanford
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1858: (KS) permits slavery. It is defeated in the 1858 after anti-slavery forces are elected to the majority.
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Lecompton Constitution
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1858: Douglas' document that states that territorial legislatures can bar slavery either by passing such a law or not enforcing slavery laws.
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Freeport Doctrine
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1860: This political party splits, Southern members walk out of the nominating convention to protest Douglas' mollifying "free" states.
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Democratic
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1860: Lincoln's election leads to this state seceding
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South Carolina
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1861: This war starts when Carolinians attack Fort Sumter.
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Civil War
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1861: This battle showed that the war was not going to be as easy and quick as the north had thought
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Battle of Bull Run
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a Union (North) general in the American Civil War
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Head of the Confederate (South) Army
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Robert E. Lee
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battleships covered with thick iron plates
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Iron Clads
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1862: Bloodiest battle of the was thus far, Union victory
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Battle of Shiloh
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1862: This battle leads Lincoln to announce emancipation proclamation
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Battle of Antietam
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1863: This Act was passed to raise money for Union
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National Banking Act
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1863: This battle is the turning point of the war, Union "victory"
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Battle of Gettysburg
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the Union (Northern) plan devised by General Winfield Scott to blockade the south and restrict its trade to win the war.
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Anaconda Plan
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1864: This is where Lee surrenders to Grant
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Appomattox Courthouse (VA)
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1866: Rights of CItizens- granted citizenship to all people born in the US.
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14th Amendment
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1870: Guarantee voting rights
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15th Amendment
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1873: The Panic of 1873 leads to congress making this the sole monetary standard
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gold
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1874: This political party becomes the house majority
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Democrats
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1875: this act provided that all persons, regardless of race, were entitled to "the full and equal enjoyment" of accommodations of inns, public transportation, theaters, and other amusement places. It provided for either criminal or civil enforcement.
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Civil Rights Act
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1862: Congress abolishes slavery in
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The District of Columbia and U.S territories
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