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1492
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Columbus arrives in America
1607
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first english settlement in America with leader John Smith
conflict w/ NA --> starving time 1609-1610
1620
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compact signed on Mayflower
established rules and legitimacy for settlement
1620
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Pilgrims arrive in Plymouth
first successful english setttlement after Jamestown
separatists
1636
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Roger Williams forms RI after being exiled from Plymouth for differing religious beliefs
enforced religious liberty
1650
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ideology that colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Nation
1660
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GB only allowed colonies to trade with them
colonies feel confined and restricted while Gb makes all the profit
1679
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allows those wrongfully accused and imprisoned to take court for justice
1692 - 1693
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fear in Puritan society/ need for place of blame for failure = women seen as witches
1754
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plan to keep colonies together while entering F+I war
join or die
unsuccessful
1754 - 1763
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French and Indians = main threat to the colonies
disputes over land and colony ownership
GB does majority of fighting and funding for war
French ceded land east of Mississippi to Great Britain and some to Spain to compensate for losses
1760 - 1780
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patriots: support colonists/ independent class
loyalists: support the crown
1/3, 1/3, 1/3
1763
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forbid settlers to move past Appalachian mountains
stop NA attacks on settlers
1765
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tax on colonies to pay back debt from war
end of salutary neglect
1770
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english bring in troops to supress colonists
conflict breaks out between 2 groups
1773
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Sons of Liberty (Adams) dump tea into sea as form of protest
no taxation without representation
1774
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closed Boston port
reduced self gov't abilities of colonies
royal officers can be tried in other colonies and in England instead of colonies: biased towards British
British troops must be quartered in colonists' barns or empty houses & colonists forced to support
1775
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first battle of American Revolution
minutemen are successful
1776
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led by Nathaniel Bacon
lower class workers and indentured servants angered by conditions
result = workers needed that wont rebel = increase in slavery
1776
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led to war
declared that colonies have ability to overthrow government if it does not benefit and protect
1777 - 1789
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-each state is sovereign
-"firm league of friendship"
-not capitalized
-each state has 1 vote & own army
-taxes issued by individual state legislatures
-all laws passed 9/13 states in congress
1780
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leader of Federalist party
radical federalist
1783
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end of the Revolutionary War
1786 - 1787
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farmers cant afford to pay for their homes due to taxes
homes taken = rebellion
1787 - 1788
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Hamilton, Madison and Jay
spread of Federalist ideas
1787
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two house compromise: upper house = equal representation, lower house = population
3/5 compromise = slaves count as 3/5 of person
1787
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supreme law of US
1787
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VA = big states: national legislature divided into 2 houses with lower house on population and upper house elected officials
NJ = small states: each state has equal representation
1789 - 1797
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sets precedents for rest of nation:
cabinet for advice
-chooses own cabinet
-only two terms in office
-appoints SC judges from outside court
-executive privilege & executive restraint
-federal law is supreme and will be enforced
-veto only for constitutional reasons & not opinion
-Vice President ceremonial
-tolerant of criticism and attacks
-dignity and prestige by & towards president
1791 - 1794
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tax on whiskey to pay off war debt
impacted poor whiskey producers = rebellion
1797 - 1798
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US sends reps to France to discuss embargo
France demands bribes with threats if not met
causes quasi war with France
1798 - 1799
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limit immigrant ability to become citizens
government ability to deport
1798
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states should be allowed to decide if law is constitutional and decide to nullify it
against elastic clause
1800
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Jefferson wins over Adams
democratic-republican rule
eventual demise of federalists
1801 - 1809
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anti-federalist
utilized elastic clause for Louisiana Purchase
abolished internal taxes and cut debt in half
1803
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set judicial review precedent
checks and balances
1809 - 1817
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federalist
era of good feelings
1812 - 1815
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tensions with GB over trade
short war, US "wins"
increases US nationalism
1829 - 1837
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inauguration mob
contrivercial actions
end of national bank and d-r party
1829
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Jackson eliminating 1/5 of cabinet
replaced with "common people" for better representation
action inspired continuous cycle & privilege of president to cycle members to fight corruption
1832
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SC threatens succession is nullification does not end
solved by Henry Clay
1832
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andrew jackson not following treaties
conflict with rights of cherokee
1838
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path NA are forced to take
2,000 die
Indian Removal Act of 1830
1793
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invented by Eli Whitney
faster cotton production
increase in slavery
1800
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religious movement
perfectionism - people can get religion and become perfect
horace mann, dorothea dix
1820
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"grand basis for attaining the civil, social, political, and religious rights of women"
1825
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increased commerce and trade
faster transportation
1831
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slave who led only successful slave revolt
killed 50 whites
supported by northerner abolitionists
1836 - 1844
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rule prohibits any discussion regarding or ascertaining to slavery and abolition in congress
1840
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bottom of social class = worst jobs
religious persecution, famine
new opportunities
1848
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first modern women's rights convention
1820
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slavery south of Louisiana territory and in MO
illegal north and in ME
balance
1840 - 1860
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ideal god and white supremacy mean america destined to spread across whole country: relocation & migration
1845
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Mexicans want Americans settle TX and attract citizens: tension up btwn Mexico and usa b/c not agree about immigration
Mexican dictator: people revolt 1836 and usa fled but Sam Houston stay and got independence for TX
1845 - 1849
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"american blood shed on american soil" quote: call to action for usa b/c protect, also because want annexation TX & grow power slavery
1846 - 1848
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cause: mexico claim Nueces river border of Texas but usa claim Rio Grand river is border: size discrepancy of land
course: mexico refuse to fight initially, attack usa troops b/c "looming" threat and after fighting mexico propose peace treaty that usa accepts
consequence: usa gain territory, causes civil war, reopen slavery issue in territories b/c new territory, spark north and south disagreement
1846
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attempted to end slavery but was not realistic for the time
1848
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mexico agrees to give US California and New Mexico if they pay $15 million
re-increase and spike slavery discussion because new land w/o established slavery laws
1849
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men migrate west after discovery of gold in california
labor shortage in east, gold now difficult to find
1850
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-California a free state
-NM and UT popular sovereignty
-DC not allow slave trade
-Fugitive Slave Act
-victory for south NOT north
1850
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required escaped slaves to be returned to masters
free slaves had to cooperate
1854 - 1861
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-John Brown & radical abolitionists go to Kansas
-violent political confrontations btwn anti-slavery "Free-Staters" and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" or "southern yankees"
-Pottawatomie Massacre
1854
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popular sovereignty
pro-slavery supporters sway decisions in Kansas to make it slave state
1857
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-slave in free state: sued for freedom in federal court but denied right to sue
-court justice Roger Taney rule slavery legal everywhere
-black no rights anywhere & slavery legal all b/c of constitution: nullifies north laws against slavery
1859
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-want invade fed aresnal w/ armed slaves & abolitionists to lead rebellion: caught by proslavery & John Brown killed
-violence not successful method to end slavery
1860
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-Abraham Lincoln: free soil republican & WON, oppose slavery in territories but leave in south, won all north, not on south ballot & south use as reason to secede b/c no voice in president or gov't
-John Breckenridge: democratic south: preserve slavery into territories
-John Bell: constitutional union, preserve union at all costs, not care slavery or blacks
-Stephen A Douglass: democratic north, tolerate slavery, support popular sovereignty for territories
1860
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angered over seeming end of slavery
inspire chain of secession before Lincoln: MO, FL, AL, GA, LA, & TX
formed confederates
1861 - 1865
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anti-slavery but not abolitionist
wanted union back together plus black emancipation, rights and sufferage
1861 - 1865
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southern states and government separate from Union
pro-slavery and democratic
aggressor of civil war
1861
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Lincoln willing to peacefully support and not attack
Confederates attack fort and war begins
1862
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bloodiest battle in history with 22,000 dead
enough of victory to make the emancipation proclamation
1863
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Lincoln proclamation of war that all slaves under ownership of confederate peoples or those supporting the confederacy would be confiscated and freed
1863
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Lincoln's speech about unifying union to win
civil war is fought for equality and liberty
1863
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democrats and poor fear freed blacks after war will take their jobs while they are fighting
think blacks should fight for themselves
1863 - 1864
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march w/ troops from savannah deep into confederacy destroying everything in path to instill fear & destroy morale: destruction leads to victory
1862
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allowed 160 acres for $10
ownership of land after 5 years of cultivation on the land
increased industries, lowered agricultural prices
cowboys!!
1865
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abolishment of all slavery
1865 - 1877
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restrict black freedoms to equivalent of slavery
preventing jobs, firearms, congregation, etc.
1865 - 1872
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enacted by congress to help freedmen
distributed food, built schools
1866 - 1872
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prevent suffrage and voting of blacks
white supremacy with violence and terror
ends when redeemer governments come into power
1868
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defined citizenship as all born or naturalized in usa & must be guaranteed all rights of the constitution
1870
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cannot be denied suffrage based on race
1870
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combat attacks on suffrage rights of blacks from officials in south or violent groups like KKK
1870
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reestablishment of white rule in southern black states
north no longer has desire or funds to regulate South
1873
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cycle of debt for Black farmers
1876
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make segregation legal
1877
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republican president Hayes wins, agrees to pull troops from North
1877 - 1945
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blacks rent land from whites to work on
contracts keep working conditions poor
1863 - 1869
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connected east and west = increased migration to west
increase in agricultural, mining and cattle industries
internet of it's time
1864
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Black Kettle (Cheyenne Chief) resisted moving to reservation but decided to turn himself and tribe in. Stopped to sleep (group of 800) attacked by John Chivington's group (700) Colorado militia. 105 women and children, and 28 men killed. Their scalps were taken as trophies. Chivington's actions outraged many citizens and increased tensions with N.A.
1865 - 1900
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uprising of under-payed and poorly treated workers against corporations and bosses
1876
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General Custer and his men wiped out by Sioux Indians such as Sitting Bull due to his attempt to take land for gold mining
1880
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gospel of wealth = wealthy have the right to contribute to society as benefactors
schools, charities, libraries, etc
1887 - 1891
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160 acres to 1 head of family
after 15 years they are granted citizenship and right to vote
1888 - 1890
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spiritual movement intended to predict future of world restarting to grant NA a world without whites and complete restoration
whites are threatened by movement
1890
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result of Ghost Dance
1892
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strike of workers at Homestead Steel Works against working conditions
1896 - 1900
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national federation of labor unions