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Christopher Columbus |
Made 4 voyages and discovered the Bahamas, Hispaniola, Cuba, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Central America and South America. |
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French and Indian War |
An extension of the European Seven Years War. A battle over colonial territory and wealth by the French and the English. England gained massive amounts of land but weakened it's relationship with the Native Americans. This lead to the Revolutionary War. (1754-1763) |
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The American Revolutionary War |
The 13 original colonies wanted to form self-governing independent states. These states fought the British. The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Paris, which recognized the sovereignty of the United States. 1775 - 1783. |
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Declaration of Independence |
1776. Written by Thomas Jefferson and adopted by the second continental congress. Begins with the preamble or reason for the document and then establishes the reasons why the original colonies sought freedom from British rule. New nation would be called USA. |
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The Industrial Revolution |
1830's. Transition of manual labor to the use of machines. Machines for textiles, iron and steam. |
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The Civil War |
1861 - 1865. Conflict between the North (the union) and the south (the confederacy). 11 southern slave states wanted to secede from the union. This war ended slavery (1862 Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation) restored the union and strengthened the role of the federal government. |
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Westward Expansion |
1807 - 1912. After the War of 1812 Americans wanted to explore the West. Territory had be expanded by the Louisiana Purchase. Famous explorers like Louis and Clark moved westward and drove native americans from their homes and forced them to concentrated areas called reservations. (Under President Andrew Jackson). USA was now 48 states. |
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World War 1. |
1914 - 1918. Initiated by a conflict between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. It became a global conflict between the Entente (Allied) Powers (Russian Empire, UK, France, Canada, Australia, Italy, Empire of Japan, Portugal, & USA) and the Central Powers (German Empire, the Austrian Hungarian Empire, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) and Bulgaria. Allied Powers were victorious but led to WW2. |
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World War 2. |
1939 - 1945. Global Military conflict between 2 opposing forces. The Allies - Great Britain (Churchill), United States (Roosevelt/Truman), Russia (Stalin), Free France (De Gaulle), and China (Chiang Kai-shek) & the Axis Powers - Germany (Hitler), Italy (Mussolini), and Japan (Hirohito). Attack on Pearl Harbor led to US involvement. In 1945 Allies defeated the Axis. This led to the Cold War lasting for 45 years. |
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Korean War |
1950 - 1953. War began due to a division in Korea between the communist north and american occupied south caused by WW2. US came to south korea aid. In 1953 the war ended with the signing of a peace treaty and with Korea remaining divided. |
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 |
Law that prevented racial segregation in the USA. |
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Vietnam War |
U.S. involved 1959 - 1975. Fought between communist North Vietnam and the government of South Vietnam. The USA supported South Vietnamese forces until 1973 after congress passed the Case-Church Amendment in response to the anti-war movement. North Vietnam captured the capital of South Vietnam, Saigon (fall of saigon) which marked the end of the war. Vietnam under communist rule. |
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Persian Gulf War |
August 1990 - February 1991. Purpose was to liberate Kuwait and expel Iraqi forces. War between Iraq and 34 nations. Operation Desert Storm was name of US land and air operations. |
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Alexander the Great |
King of Macedonia in 336 B.C. Conquered the Persian Empire. Founded the city of Alexandria in Egypt. Created a massive empire and restored order in Ancient Greece. |
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Nicolaus Copernicus |
1473 - 1543. First astronomer to place the sun at the center of the universe. |
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Galileo Galilei |
Italian physicist, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher responsible for the birth of modern science |
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Isaac Newton |
English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher, alchemist, and theologian known for defining gravity and the laws of motion. |
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John Locke |
British enlightenment writer whose ideas influenced the Declaration of Independence, state constitutions, and the US constitution, believed that people are born free with certain natural rights including the right to life, liberty and property. |
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Thomas Jefferson |
Third President of the USA. COnsidered one of the founding fathers of the US. Principal author of the Declaration of Independence. Played a role in the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition. |
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1492 - 1504, Italian, made 4 voyages to West Indies and the Caribbean Islands. |
Christopher Columbus |
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1497 - 1503, Italian, sailed to west indies and south america |
Amerigo Vespucci |
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1497 - 1498, Italian, explored the shores of Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Labrador |
John Cabot |
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1498, Portuguese, first to travel to the West Indies around Africa's Cape of Good Hope |
Vasco da Gama |
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1513, Spanish, led expedition across Panama and found the Pacific Ocean |
Vasco de Balboa |
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1513, Spanish, explored Florida looking for the fountain of youth |
Juan Ponce de Leon |
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1520 - 1521, Portuguese, circumnavigated the glode with 5 ships and 270 men. |
Ferdinand Magellan |
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1519 - 1521, Spanish, conquered Aztecs in Mexico |
Hernando Cortez |
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1523 - 1535, Spanish, Conquered Peru |
Francisco Pizarro |
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1534 - 1542, French, traveled St. Lawrence River |
Jacques Cartier |
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1539 - 1541, Spanish, Explored American Southeast, Discovered the Mississippi River |
Hernando De Soto |
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1540 - 1542, Spanish, Explored America Southwest |
Francisco Vazquez de Coronado |
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1577 - 1580, English, first englishman to sail around the world, defeated the Spanish Armada, claimed California for England |
Sir France Drake |
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1603 - 1616, French, explored Eastern coast of North America and the coast of the St. Lawrence River to Lake Huron, reached Lake Champlain |
Samuel de Champlain |
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1609 - 1611, English, explored the Hudson Bay, Hudson River, and the Hudson Straight |
Henry Hudson |
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Florida was named by who? And when? |
Juan Ponce de Leon in 1513 |
