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It was the first firm of self government

- Mary

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a belief that the settlers were destined, by god, to expand north and west and gain more land
-hannah m.

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The Cotton Gin was a machine that separated the cotton fibres from the seeds. This made picking cotton faster and easier. This increased slavery because now people could make cotton faster so they got more slaves.

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Manifest Destiny is the belief that God told us that we had the right to conquer sea to shining sea. So we just kept moving westward and doing whatever it takes to do so. James Knox Polk used Manifest Destiny to get elected into office.
-Knox

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Andrew Jackson was an interesting president. He did some good stuff in his presidency, but he also did a lot of bad stuff too. The trial of tears was when he took the natives that were in Georgia and Mississippi and moved them to Oklahoma.
-Knox

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The steam locomotive was the early form of what is now know as the train. This would be the very thing which was put on the trans continental railroad for better faster transportation of goods and/or poeple.
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James k. Polk believed in and highly supported manifest destiny which was basically the belief in the inevitability of westward expansion which of course did happen in many cases.
logan pierce

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The judicial branch has the supreme court and has the power to judge if the law is constitutional or not.
-Eyobed

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America was colonized because for riches by the spanish  was home to the Aztecs and Incas and others.
-Eyobed

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The sewing maching was to help both North and South make clothes. It was faster than sewing clothes together by hand, which decreased the help of slavery on that hand.
-Emily Arriaga

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Political wise...Americans wanted to claim the land before other countries did. Economic wise...Most americans believed that they could become wealthy timber to be cut. Social wise...Most americans believed it was important to have their own land, which in their case would be a step up their socail ladder.
-Emily Arriaga

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Northern states were based on manufacturing. Southern States was a plantation economy. They did not rely on foreign (cheap!) manufactured goods. But in 1832 Congress passed another tariff law.
-Emily Arriaga

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the spinning jenny helped spin cotton into thread to make cloths.
-jenny

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we got our new land because people thought it was destiny to move westward.
-jenny

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The Leader for the Feds was Alexander Hamillion. He believed in a national Bank ( The Bank of U.S.) ( B.U.S) The leader for the Democratic was Thomas JeffersoN. He believed in a strong state government. And Opposed the B.U.S.
-Emily Arriaga

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We have the U.S. Constitution because it establishes America's National Government. Not only that but also the fundamental Laws.
-Emily Arriaga

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this was basically the point in time when americans realised they needed to stop treating each other like vermin
-Avery

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was when americans decided they needed their land to stretch from ocean to ocean
- Avery

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The 3 Branches were Executive, Legislative and Judicial. Executive is the president. They enforce laws, command the army and veto or accept laws. Legislative is the Congress. Which is the House Of Representatives and the Senate. They are the ones that make laws and declare war. Judicial is the Suprem Court. They are the ones that interprets the law and determines weather a law is constitutional or not.
-Emily Arriaga

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The Sons Of Liberty were a group of Colonists who secretly met up to discuss ways to take down Britian. People like Paul Revere, Samual Adams and John Hancock. They would protest against the British and their control. One of the Popular Protest was The Boston Tea Party. The Lasting Statement- On British and colonists towards gaining Independence.
-Emily Arriaga

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England, France and Spain were called the "Lost Colony" of Roanoke. England was led by John Smith in 1607. France was not welcome at the time It had started in 1541 by Jacques Cartier. Spain was led by Don Tristan de Luna y Arellano.
-Emily Arriaga

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people wanted to change things. Thats when lots of things were invented.
-ciarra sterling

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there were six main presidents
-ciarra sterling

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started when james k polk became 11th president.
-ciarra sterling

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7th US president
-ciarra sterling

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there are three branches of government
legislative
executive
judicial
-ciarra sterling

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agreement for the 13 states of the united states
-ciarra sterling

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first governing document of plymouth colony
-ciarra sterling

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this is the dates it took place between
-ciarra sterling

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Andrew Jackson forced many natives from their homelands to Oklahoma which was thousands of miles away
-Avery

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the supreme court implanted judicial review in the case of marbury vs madison.
- Avery

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Andrew Jackson forced many native american tribes like the chikcsaw, the cherokee, the comanchee, etc. to walk some ten thousand miles atleast to oklahoma and other reserves for them to live in. Many died or were brutaly injured on the trail and some say that they have heard stories of the escorters shedding tears to see all these natives being relentlessely sprung from their homes.
logan pierce

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The first presidents were George Washington, john Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison James Monroe and john Quincy Adams.
Logan Pierce

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we have the constitution because the articles of confederation didn't work as well as the government thought they would.
- Avery

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The articles of confederation didn't work so of course what better than to replace them with our current constitution and of course we needed rights for the people so the bill of rights was added.

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The first five presidents were what got out nation started and made sure that everything was going as planned. Each president had their ups and downs while they were elected. They made sure that nobody was being too bad and everything got done.

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the articles of confederation was the predecessor of the constitution. the main difference between the two is that the articles gave the state government more more power than the federal government.
- Avery

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After the revolutionary war the colonies decided we needed a constitution to follow thus creating the articles of confederation. Taxes weren't allowed and the government had basically no power and we were in a gigantic debt.
Logan Pierce

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The Constitution was our second form of government as a nation apart from Britain. The articles of confederation was a complete fail we we had the constitutional convention to try and revise it. We ended up just getting rid of it entirely, and then we ended up with the constitution.
-Knox

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After seven full years of war america finally won in 1783 in the battle of Yorktown.
- Avery

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The american revolution was when the British won the french and Indian war and now ruled over the thirteen colonies. First off all the westward land people had been promised in the colonies was outlawed A.K.A you weren't allowed to move westward, then they put a tax on all paper products which was boycotted by the colonists and a whole bunch of other taxes and punishments were placed leading to the american revolution.
Logan Pierce

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When europians sought out new land across the ocean and not only found what they were looking for but a whole community of natives living there that were enslaved.

Logan Pierce

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The Mayflower Compact was the first form of government in the colonies/US. The Mayflower compact was made by all the white men that were in the mayflower. It was a list of laws and regulations that would keep everyone in check.
-Knox

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that was when a whole bunch of countries in Europe like Britain and France decided to invade this new plot of land.
- Avery

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People wanted to be more efficient in producing things, and they wanted a change in society. That's when people began to invent things, like the cotton gin, for example, as a faster and better way for making products.
-Emma Lowther

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Colonists in America believed that it was God's plan or destiny to move westward and create new lives.
-Emma Lowter

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The Trail of Tears was enforced by Andrew Jackson, which was where he made the Native Americans sign a treaty to walk on foot about 800 miles. A lot of them died.
-Emma Lowther

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The Industrial Revolution was when people people started making factories around the U.S. to start producing goods. People started inventing different tools to sell. For example the cotton gin, it was used to separate cotton so it would be easier. Another was The telegraph, people could send messages easier to others.

-Naomi Omiya

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The manifest Destiny was when people moved west for three reasons, political, social, and economic. If people were moving for political reasons, they were most likely not wanting anyone else to claim land before they did. If it was economic they were looking for gold. If they were going for social reasons it was because they wanted to Christianize the U.S.

-Naomi Omiya

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The Indian Removal Act was when the Federal Government gave people funds to arrange treaties. Those treaties would force the Native Americans to move west. There were 90 treaties signed.

-Naomi Omiya

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The intolerable acts were the laws and taxes to punish the colonists for the Boston Tea Party .
-Eyobed

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When the constitution first got put in place, the anti-federalists were un-happy about it. They wanted the Articles of Confederation. In the new nation we started tradingwith Britain, France , Spain, and China.

-Naomi Omiya

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The constitution was created because the Articles of Confederation failed and the Bill of rights was added because the Democratic Republicans wanted rights for the people.
-Eyobed

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There are three branches of the government. Once branch is called the Judicial branch, they interpret laws and determine if the law is constitutional. Then there is the Legislative branch, they make laws and can declare war. The executive branch is the president, they enforce laws.

-Naomi Omiya

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Was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United states from 1829 to 1837.
-Eyobed

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The anti-federalists wanted the Articles of Confederation to be fixed and they didn't want the constitution. There were many weaknesses to the articles, like a weak central government.

-Naomi Omiya

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Was the belief that it was destined by god to move west to the pacific ocean.
-Eyobed

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the sugar act was taxes on sugar to for great britain to pay off the cost of the french and indian war
-Jenny

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Andrew Jackson was a "war hero" in the american revolution and to the war of 1812.
-Jenny

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Americans established 2 parties federalist and republicans . they had lots of things they had to go through they went through paying more taxes, french revolution, etc.
-Jenny

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the us constitution gave citizens rights and states fundimental laws
-Jenny

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The Mayflower compact was the first form of self government of the plymouth colony.
-Jenny

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there was lots of different territories when it came to colonization. there were different trades going on in each one.
-Jenniy

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In the industrial Revolution, many new inventions came out that made life in America easier. Some of those inventions include Transcontinental Railroad, National Road, Cotton Gin, Mechanical Reaper, Telegraph, and the Erie Canal.
-Michael

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Manifest destiny started when James K Polk was elected as the 11th president. It was basically when people that someone above them was telling them that they should move west.
-Michael

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The Indian removal act was when congress forced Native Americans to move west. They were forced to go in the winter, and 1/3 of them died along the trail, which became known as The Trail of Tears.
-Michael

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In the new nation, there were two main political parties, the federalists and the Democratic republicans. The main difference between the two is that the Feds believed in a strong central government and the DR believed in strong state governments.

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The three branches of government are the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. The executive is the president, the judicial is the supreme court, and legislative is congress.
-Michael

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defeated the British in the battle of new Orleans during the war 1812

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The Townshend Act was when Britain taxed imported goods. People couldn't afford many things since the taxation. It was one reason that led up to the American Revolution.

-Naomi Omiya

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The first five presidents of the US were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Quincy Adams.
-Emma Lowther

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The Boston Tea Party was when the Tea act became a little too much for the colonists to handle. A group of people decided to rebel against the Tea Act. The group was named the Sons of Liberty, and what they did is dump a whole shipment of tea into Boston Harbor which closed Boston Harbor for a while.
-Knox

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Back in 7th grade we took a week long class trip to Boston. In preparation, I brought a little teabag of English tea, to drop into the Harbor. I waited 7 damn days.

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The Articles of Confederation was the first draft of a written constitution in the colonies. It was later revised because it didn't grant enough power to congress.
-Michael

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we won the Mex american war and then bought a bunch of land.

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When Europeans first started exploring america, Spain, France and England were first to do it. Spain didn't do very well because they were not prepared for weather events. France and England did well because they were prepared for most events that happened.

-Naomi Omiya

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The three branches of government are legislative, executive and judicial. Legislative government was Congress, which made the laws. Executive government was the presidental branch, which enforced the laws, and Judicial government was the Supreme Court which interpreted the law.
-Emma Lowther

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This revolutionized how cotton was made.

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The steel plow was an important invention because  it helped farmers dig in the ground because the soil was different than the Norths soil. It mostly helped the South invented by John Deere
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he was a bad man

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The Constitutional Convention was a result of the Articles of Confederation being written. The Articles had a lot of things that needed to be revised. For example, the Articles had a weak central government, no money, and the states would not get along with it in place. Because of all this, people realized the Articles needed a lot of work.
-Emma Lowther

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they pretty much stared our nation and made sure everything was working well

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The Tea Act was when Britain put a tax on tea that they were buying. The colonist were angry which resulted in the Boston Tea Party. There was a total of 92,000 pounds dumped into the Boston Harbor.
-Michael

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The branches of government are executive judicial and legislative.

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The articles of confederation was our first constitution

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The Stamp Act was a large component of the American Revolution because it was one of the reasons the colonists became fed up with the British. They no longer wanted to be controlled by the British, but they continued to get taxed and fined for things they thought were unreasonable.
-Emma Lowther

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George Washington was the first president of the USA and the general of the army.

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The Mayflower Compact was the first form of self government in the colonies. It was made on the Mayflower ship (hence the name of the compact) because colonists heading to America realized they needed some type of order when they reached their destination.
-Emma Lowther

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The first things that were here when we arrived were Natives, Horses, and Buffalo. When we arrived, we  decided to colonize and use what the land had given us. The natives had learned to farm and decided to teach us and ally with us
-Knox

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This was the first representative government thing in the colonies.

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The Colonization of America was between three countries in Europe.
Spain took over Mexico up to Oregon, Britain took over the colonies, and France had all of the land in between. There was also some land that Britain and France in Canada, but it wasn't part of america.
-Michael

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Remember, this is when Britain colonized the thirteen colonies (First tab in your journal)

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Let's start filling in the causes of the American Revolution and the key battles/people of the revolution! 

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Let's start filling in the causes of the American Revolution and the key battles/people of the revolution! 

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What do we know about the Articles of Confederation?

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What do we know about the Articles of Confederation?

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First part of the third section in your journal

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Why do we have the U.S. Constitution? What are the branches, etc? 

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Why do we have the U.S. Constitution? What are the branches, etc? 

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What did they do? Foreign and Domestic issues please!! What about the Supreme Court? What did they do during this time?

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What kind of a president was Jackson? What were his accomplishments and failures?

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What kind of a president was Jackson? What were his accomplishments and failures?

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Expansion of the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean

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Expansion of the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean

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How'd we get all of that land? What happened in the Mexican American War? ... etc.

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Key inventions, how they effected society, reform movements, what were they fighting for?? 

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Key inventions, how they effected society, reform movements, what were they fighting for?? 