1. Jamestown‚ 1607 2. First Africans brought to Virginia‚ 1619 3. Mayflower Compact‚ 1620 4. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts‚ 1630s and 1640s 5. Roger Williams established Rhode Island‚ 1636 6. William Penn established Pennsylvania‚ 1681 7. Salem witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66
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Jackson b. Mild-mannered Martin Van Buren seemed to rattle in the military boots of his testy predecessor; the people felt let down and Van Buren inherited the Jackson’s enemies c. Van Buren’s four years overflowed with toil and trouble; a rebellion in Canada in 1837 stirred up ugly incidents along the northern frontier and threatened to trigger war with Britain; the president attempted to play a neutral game d. The antislavery agitators in the North were in full cry; among other grievances‚ they were
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Lyon’s Mount Holyoke Female Seminary(1837); * Transportation Revolution- period of rapid growth in the speed and convenience of travel because
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Reasons why confederation was established‚ the leaders believed that it was the best solution which it was. Let’s look at the political causes in the country at that time‚ provinces did not run smoothly. There was rebellion happening in Lower Canada and Upper Canada. In Lower Canada which was led by Louis Joseph Papineau and his Patriots ‚ they wanted a responsible government. They challenged the people in power because of how the revenues were raised in the colony
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The ^American Spirit United States History as Seen by Contemporaries Ninth Edition Volume I: To 1877 Houghton Mifflin Company Boston New YorkContents 1 2 Preface xxi New World Beginnings‚ 33‚000 B.C.-A.D.1769 1 A. The Native Americans 1 1. Visualizing the New World (1505‚ 1509) 1 2. Juan Gines de Sepulveda Belittles the Indians (1547) 3 3. Bartoleme de Las Casas Defends the Indians (1552) 4 B. The Spanish in America 6 1. Hernan Cortes Conquers Mexico (1519-1526) 6 2. Aztec Chroniclers Describe the
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The Age of Jackson‚ from the 1820’s to the 1830’s‚ was a period of American history full of contradictions‚ especially in regard to democracy. The period saw an increase in voter participation‚ nominating committees replaced caucuses‚ and electors began to be popularly elected. Yet‚ all of these voting changes affected only a minority of the American people: White‚ Anglo-Saxon males. So‚ though one can easily tell that White‚ Anglo-Saxon males were gaining true liberty and equality‚ the millions
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Tropinin | |Born |June 6‚ 1799(1799-06-06) | | |Moscow‚ Russian Empire | |Died |February 10‚ 1837 (aged 37) | | |Saint Petersburg‚ Russian Empire | |Occupation
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‘Judas Maccabaeus’ is an oratorio composed by George Friderick Handel and was written to be first performed in 1747. The piece was written in honor of the duke of Cumberland to acknowledge his success in the battle of Culloden during the Jacobite rebellion. The political links with the work had a clear influence on the final outcome of the piece‚ and this is shown through its story and the audiences responses after the release. Perhaps less obviously‚ there were also economic factors that played their
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Whig Party; Henry Clay: Whig Party V. The main campaign issue was the Bank of the United States‚ Jackson’s use of the spoils system and his use of the veto. Jackson opposed the idea of the Bank of the U.S. VI. Two terms; 1829 – 1833 and 1833 – 1837 VII. First Term: John Calhoun; Second Term: Martin Van Buren VIII. 1829: Andrew Jackson becomes president- Was the seventh president of the U.S. Some of his greatest accomplishments include reducing federal debt to only $33‚733.05‚ the lowest
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when the Missouri Compromise was set into place. Any states above the 36° 30’ latitude line are free states excluding Missouri. Any states below the 36° 30’ latitude line are slave states. The next trigger event of the Civil War is Nat Turner’s Rebellion. Turner was born into slavery in 1800 in Virginia. Turner worked long hard hours with
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