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Description: Italian Christopher Columbus sailed to the Americas with the help of Spain's monarchs in 1492

Historical Significance: Initiated lasting contact between people on opposite sides of the Atlantic Ocean

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Description: King James chartered the Virginia company which founded the first permanent English colony in America

HS: first English colony in the Americas that led to the many other colonies of Britain in America

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Description: War between France and Britain over North American land claims. American colonists helped the British. The Natives helped the French.

HS: Led to American Colonists wanted to be trusted to fight. Led to a lot of taxes for Americans, which eventually led to wanting independence.

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Description: British government said colonists cannot settle west of the Appalachian Mountains to prevent future conflict.

HS: made colonists angry with British government because they thought winning the war would allow them to settle more west. They ignored the proclamation.

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Description: The British government issued the Stamp Act after the French and Indian War to help with war costs

HS: First direct tax. Made colonists angry

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Description: Gun fight between colonists and British troop

HS: Multiple colonists died and sparked desire for Independence

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Description: When a shipment of British tea came to a Boston harbor, American colonists dumped chests of tea into the water

HS: Reaction to Townshed Acts. Lead to Intolerable Act

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Description: Port Act, reducing Massachusetts legislature power, Administration of Justice Act, Expansion of Quartering Act

HS: reaction to Boston Tea party. Brining colonists under their control

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Description: written by Thomas Jeffersoon, American colonists stating their independence from Brtiain

HS: right after beginning of war

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Description: Last major battle of the American Revolution

HS: Americans won with the support of the French. Led to Treaty of Paris

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Description: Produced with convention in Philadelphia. Established strong central government. Supported with the Federalists Papers

HS: Written after Articles of Confederation were weak and did not work well

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Description: George Washington's last speech as president and warning against establishing parties

HS: led to tradition of two-term presidency

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Description: created by John Adam's federalist viewpoint

HS: shows Federalist power at this time

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Description: Alexander Hamilton helped Jefferson win election. Known as Revolution of 1800

HS: Federalist to Democratic-Republican power

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Description: Jefferson bought Louisiana territory from France who wanted to get rid of it. Wanted just New Orleans area at first.

HS: challenged Jefferson's strict interperatlism

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Description: Britain vs America over British impressment of American citizens

HS: US gained respect and Federalists lost power

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Description: (1) admit Missouri as a slave-holding state (2) admit Maine as a free state (3) prohibits slavery in the rest of the Louisiana Territory north of the latitude 36, 30'

HS: Made by Henry Clay. Ended sectionalism for that time period

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Description: President Monroe stated no one can interfere with the Western Hemisphere because it is Americas

HS: would be more significant later. British were mad about it

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Description: He won by a lot because of support from Jacksonians

HS: He said he was the president of the common man but was very corrupt.

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Description: Jackson forced Indians to relocate. A lot of Cherokees

HS: Led to Trail of Tears

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Description: Nat Turner led rebellion against White slaveowners and killed 55 people

HS: some slaves rebelled against slavery, but most were not successful

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Description: Santa Anna and his Mexican Army attacked the Alamo, and killed a lot of Americans

HS: Led to battle of the San Jacinto River where Americans captured Santa Anna

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Description: John Tyler annexed it. Polk was left to deal with it's affects.

HS: Led to Mexican War where they fought over it's border

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Description: Over territories America took and wanted to take from Mexico. Also over border dispute

HS: Lead to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Description: Compromise of free/slave states and slave laws

HS: Led to really strict slave laws and Underground Railroad to escape