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De Soto was mainly looking for gold during the exploration. Using advanced weapons, his army killed thousands of Native Indians. However, many more were killed due to the diseases brought with the Spanish
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Mainly to spread religion
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After gaining the contrl of the sea, England built permanent settle men ts in the new world.
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Founded by John Smith at Jamestown.
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Founded by John Winthrop
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-Colonel John asked for a fort built for defense from ASpanish and french
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King George 2 allowed the trustees to make the Georgia colony
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Brought 300 more settlers
Among those were John and Charles Wesley who later created a branch of Christiaity caled methodist -
Battle between Spanish and British over territory
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After this battle Spanish did not invade
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After trustees have failed to make the Utopian society in GA, due to people's dislike for the restrictions, GA became a Royal Colony like the rest of Britain's colonies in america
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Also known as 7years War
Between French and Britain
British wanting to move towards the Ohio Vally (VS.) French building forts along the Ohio Valley -
The first royal governor
Tried to run GA's governments on his own.
Replaced -
Second governor
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Third/last royal governor
Believed that colonists should expand on land to allow the economy to grow -
Moved GA's southern border to St. Mary's River.
Forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
To improve the relationships with the native Americans -
Tax on any legal document
To pay for war debts of French and Indian war
Colonists boycotted -
Tax on tea
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Closed Boston Harbour
canceled massachusetts charter
People accused of crimes were tried in England
Quartering act -
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Led by Elijah Clarke
Patriots won
Patriots took much needed supplies from British
Spirits lifted by victory -
French and Patriots allied against britain
800 died in 45 minutes
British won
until treaty of Paris, Savannah remained under British control -
Needed improvement:
too much power for the states
no common currency
no judician system
no executive
limited changes on the article and the law
no power to raise national army -
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Ended Revolutionary War
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the first land grant college in the nation
white males only
Benjamin Franklin
Abraham Baldwin -
1786-1787
a revolutionary veteran losing his morgaged land
spread across the states
federal had no power to stop them
proved that Articles of Confederation had to be rewritten -
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Eli wHITNEY in vented.
increased the falling slavery/cotton industry -
A company selling the lands that the federal gov't had set aside for new states
the company bribed the legislatures to pass the bill permitting this -
first written language of Cherokees
Seqouyah's real name is George Gist -
became slave state
created maine to be free state
the southern border of Missouri diciding slave or free -
became another reason for the whites to kick Cherokee out of their lands
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native americans were to leave their territory and live in oklahoma
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SC wanted to secede
federal taxes hurted economy
federal wanted taxes -
the removal of the native americans
many died -
wanted california to be free
mexico's territory to be divided into 2 territories: New Mexico and Arizona
popularity decides for slave or free in the 2 states
slave trade in Washngton DC ended
the strict fugitive law passed -
dividing territories into nebraska and Kansas.
illegal voting, harrassing between abolistionist and pro slavery caused 2 legislature to be elected -
a big issue over whether slaves should be of property when they've lived freeeily in North
Dred Scott lived with his master in IL as a free man for many years , yet when he goes down to south people want him to be a slave
supreme court takes the side of the plantation owners -
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immediatly secedded from the union as soon as Lincoln is elected
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Union ships tried to get supplies to the Union fort in Southern territory.
South fired cannons at ships
started Civil war -
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First battle fought for civil war
Stonewall Jackson -
Bloodiest single day war
for the control of the bridge in antietam creek
lee and McClellan -
Freed all slaves
issued by abraham Lincoln
more as a war tactic than out of altruism
did not free the slaves of the border states -
CSA overwhelms Union army
rosecrans and Braggs -
13th amenment was the abolishment of all slavery
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President Lincoln died the day after ajohn Wiks Booth Shot Him
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Major turning point of the war
union victory
the furthest up north the confederate troops had ever gone
bloodiest battle -
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to promote south's new industries.
To get northerners to invest in south's economy
Henry Grady promoted the event -
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Booker T washington made Atlanta Compromise speech
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a partialy white tried to sit in whites only train car
the Court stated: Segregation is legal -
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women has the right to vote
