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Jamestown founded
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Important Firsts.
This year marked the legislative assembly, the arrival of the first families in Jamestown. -
Plymouth Colony.
The Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, creating a colony based on religious beliefs. -
Puritan Migration
Puritans came to Massachusetts in the first large wave of immigrants, bringing strong religious values and new ideas about community. -
Anne Hutchison Banished
Anne Hutchison was banished for her religious beliefs and later helped found Rode Island, which supported religious freedom. -
King Williams War
This war began long-lasting conflicts between Native Americans, the British, and the French. -
Salem Witch Trials
The trials show how fear and mass hysteria can cause people to make dangerous and unfair decisions. -
This war was between Britain and France over and that had left Britain in serious debt, leading to new taxes on the American colonies.
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Colonists were taxed without having a say in government, increasing anger toward the British rule.
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Violence between British soldiers and colonists showed how tense and dangerous the conflict had become.
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Colonists protested unfair taxes by destroying British tea, openly challenging British authority.
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Known as "the shot heard around the world," These battles marked the start of the revolutionary war.
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The 13 colonies officially declared independence from Great Britain.
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The United States created a new system of government based on laws and shared power.
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President Thomas Jefferson authorizes purchase of the Louisiana territory from France and almost doubles the size of the Unites States.
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War between Britain and America lasted for two and a half years of trade and naval restrictions.
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A network of secret routes and safe houses to help slaves escape.
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This changes the face of communication for the entire world and allows an information to spread quicker and easily than ever before.
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Abraham Lincoln was from the northern part of the country and wanted to put an end to slavery. The southern states didn't want him president or making laws that would affect them.
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Shortly after his election, the confederate states secede from the union, starting the civil war.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede, or leave, the United States. They decided to make their own country rather than be part of the USA. Within a few months several other states including Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Florida, Alabama, and Louisiana would also leave the Union.
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hostilities began when Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, a key fort held by Union troops in South Carolina.
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The southern states form their own country called the Confederate States of America. Jefferson Davis is their president.
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Largest Civil War Battles and turning point of the war, leading to Union Recovery.
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President Lincoln issues an executive order freeing slaves.
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A major battle where the North not only wins the battle but starts to win the Civil War.
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Lincon was assassinated 5 days after the surrender of Robert E. Lee (after the civil war ended).
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General Robert E. Lee, the leader of the Confederate Army, surrenders to General Ulysses S. Grant at The Appomattox Court House in Virginia.