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James town was America's first permanent English settlement.
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This year marked the first legislative assembly, the arrival of the first enslaved Africans, and the arrival of the first families in Jamestown.
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The Pilgrims settled at Plymouth, creating a colony based on religious beliefs.
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Puritans came to Massachusetts in the first large wave of immigrants, bringing strong religious values and new ideas about community.
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Anne Hutchinson was banished for her religious beliefs and later helped found Rhode Island, which supported religious freedom.
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This war began long-lasting conflicts between Native Americans, colonists, the British, and the French.
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The trials show how fear and mass hysteria can cause people to make dangerous and unfair decisions.
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The war between Britain and France left Britain in serious debt which led to new taxes on the American colonies.
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Colonists were taxed without having any power in the government which increased anger toward British rule.
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Violence between British soldiers and colonists showed how unsettled and dangerous the problem had become.
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Colonists objected to unfair taxes by destroying British tea which openly challenged British authority.
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Known as “the shot heard round 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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A new system of government was created based on laws and shared power in the United States.
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President Thomas Jefferson authorized the purchase of the Louisiana territory from France and almost doubled the size of the United States.
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The war between Britain and America lasted for two and half years.
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A network of secret routes help slaves escape for freedom in the North.
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This changes the face of communication and allows information to spread more quickly than ever before.
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Not long after his election the Confederate States secede from the Union which started the Civil War.
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The first state to secede or leave the United States. Instead of being a part of the USA they decided to have their own country. Several other states left the Union within a few months after South Carolina.
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The states formed a country called the Confederate States of America and their president was Jefferson Davis.
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When the Confederate forces fired upon Fort Sumter, conflict began.
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On January 1st, 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued an executive order which set the slaves free.
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The largest Civil War Battles and turning point of the war led to a Union victory.
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At The Appomattox Court House in Virginia, Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered to Gen.Ulysses S. Grant.
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5 days after Robert E. Lee surrendered from the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
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