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    prices.  * Congress passed the Tariff of 1816 in order to protect the American manufacturers.  * 1798-Eli Whitney came up with the idea of machines making each part of the musket so that every part of the musket would be the same. * By 1850-the principle of interchangeable parts caught on and it became the basis for mass-production. * Elias Howe- invented the sewing machine in 1846. * The sewing machine gave a boost to northern industrialization. * Became the foundation of

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    Slavery was an important and crucial development to the United States and Texas. This allowed their economies to grow and fuel the development of these states. However‚ as states started to join the union‚ slavery started to decline in the northern United States and increase in the Lower United State including Texas. The United States was divided on slavery and the Norther States abolished slavery while the southern states embraced it. The northern states above the Missouri Compromise of 1820

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    18Between the years 1788-1850 Australia was re-discovered‚ colonized and faced many fights between the natives of Australia and the British. Disease‚ communication barriers‚ land rights‚ food supply‚ cultural clashes and wars between the British and the natives played a major role in the resistance between the naives and the British for the first 60 years of colonization(1). The English sent over 162‚000 convicts to Australia in 806 ships. The first eleven of these ships are today known as the First

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    Manifest Destiny (????- 1850) APUSH Final Exam Review Project By: Kailee Weiler and Alexa Vagnozzi Manifest Destiny In the 1840’s the people of America began to believe that they were chosen by God to control the North American continent. Thus it became a factor which drove them to look west and claim new territory. Not only was it a movement to spread political system‚ but it was also to spread a racially defined society due the “American race” as the superiority. Texas The Mexican government

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    1650 and earlier 1430 Portuguese start voyages down the west coast of Africa 1492 Columbus arrives in Western Hemisphere 1509-1547 Henry VII rules England Protestant reformation begins in England 1558-1603 Reign of Queen Elizabeth I. Ireland conquered by England. 1607 Jamestown founded 1612 Tobacco made a profitable crop by John Rolfe 1619 First group of blacks brought to Virginia First legislative assembly meets in Virginia 1620 First Pilgrims in Plymouth 1622 Indian attacks in Virginia

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    In “the lady and the mill girl’ they talk about the period 1800-1840 was decisive changes occurred in American women. They talk about economic‚ political‚ and social status of women. Vast majority of women worked within their homes‚ where their labor produced most articles needed for the family. Work for women‚ married or single‚ it was regarded as a civic duty. Under British common law‚ marriage destroyed a woman’s contractual capacity; she couldn’t sign a contract even under husband’s consent.

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    The Civil War was a major event that had happened‚ and was started by many different ways. This was taken place during 1840’s to the 1860’s. Controversy over the extension of slavery into western territories did contribute to the coming of the Civil War. Even though there were other contributions of the coming of the Civil War‚ the extension of slavery into western territories contributed to the Civil War were mainly politically‚ economically and socially. Extension of slavery into western territories

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    During the period between 1790 and 1850‚ the United States was rapidly changing. It was now a separate country with its own economy‚ laws‚ and government. The country was learning to live on its own‚ apart from England. There began to appear a rift between North and South. The North believing in the Puritan Merchant role model‚ and the South in the role model of the English Country Squire. The North traded with everyone‚ while the South traded primarily with England. The major crop in the South

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    congress passed the Alien and Sedation acts to suppress public criticism of the government and limit the freedom of foreigners in the US. Outcry against these acts helped the republican cause. then the rise of democratic politics – between 1820 and 1840‚ a revolution took place in American Politics. When property and taxpaying qualifications for voting were repealed‚ voter participation grew drastically. In turn‚ the expanded electorate made possible the creation of new national political parties

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    Even before the Louisiana Purchase‚ President Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the west‚ and to track water routes to help western expansion. The route that Lewis and Clark traveled west became an important route for pioneers‚ known as the Oregon Trail. Pioneers went west for many reasons‚ including economic opportunities and new ways of life. An abundance of land for farming and grazing‚ mining‚ forestry and for some‚ like the Mormons‚ an escape from religious persecution

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