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10 Cards in this Set
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1776
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On July 4th of this year, fifty representatives from the thirteen colonies met and unanimously approved the Declaration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson |
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Federalists
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For the Constitution and a STRONG central government
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Declaration of Independence
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This document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776. It established the 13 colonies as independent states, free from rule by Great Britain. It listed the grievances against King George III.
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Thomas Jefferson
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member of Virginia House of Burgesses.
primary writer of Declaration of Independece. delegate to France. Washington's Sec. of State. third President |
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1861-1865
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The American Civil War was fought during these years.
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Fort Sumter, South Carolina
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This U. S. fort located in the Charlestown was fired upon by the Confederacy beginning the Civil War in 1861.
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Appomattox Court House, Virginia
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This is the location where Robert E. Lee surrendered to U.S. Grant ending the Civil War in 1865.
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Northwest Ordinance
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A success of the Articles of Confederation. This law created a system for setting up governments in the western territories so that new states would join the U. S. as equals to the original 13 states.
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unalienable rights
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Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Taking effect in January of 1863, it declared that all slaves in rebellious Confederate states would be free
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