The Fugitive Slave Act was one of the five acts contained in the Compromise of 1850. The highly controversial new law required the return of all runaway slaves to their masters. The recovery of runaway slaves was now under Federal Jurisdiction. Federal Marshalls were now bound by duty to return any runaway and also now had the authority to require assistance from any individual. If the assistance was not provided‚ the individual faced prosecution and fines. The law also stripped runaway slaves
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Waterways have dominated the Canadian economy since 1850. Several industries such as fur trading‚ fishing and lumbering are the dependent upon water transportation. Other industries such as wheat production‚ paper‚ and mining gained importance around the 1850’s. Around the first half of the 16th century these waters became of a greater importance as these coast were visited by the French and Portuguese. The second half of the century English fishermen established themselves through the development
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In 1606‚ hundreds of settlers embarked on a journey from England to the Virginia colony‚ in search of wealth and treasure. Although they experienced much destitution early on in their journey‚ they were able to transform their colony with the use of the indentured servants and slaves by basing their economy around tobacco. With tobacco‚ they were able to create an industry in which the colonists would depend on socially and economically. The journey for the new colonist was brutal. They were crammed
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The American Revolution fundamentally changed the American society by declaring independence from Britain‚ the new democracy set up‚ slavery‚ and in the rights of women. This period of time in America saw many changes socially‚ economically‚ and politically. The revolution brought about many changes in the American society. America made many changes in its government after the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation‚ which eventually led to a ratifying of the Constitution
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OVERVIEW OF THE TIME SPAN: This unit deals with the years immediately following the American Revolution. We will examine the early or “Critical Period” of the new nation as it moved from being a loosely bound group of states to a more solid union of states under the new Constitution. During this period problems in foreign and domestic affairs were dealt with by the fledgling government. YOUR OBJECTIVES: SOURCES: 1. As always‚ become familiar with the people‚ places‚ and events which helped shape
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Between the years of 1763 and 1776‚ the worsening relations between the colonies and Great Britain were illustrated by the views colonists had towards the British Parliament and King George III. The first in a series of direct and immediate events within these years‚ which eventually destroyed the relationship‚ was the Proclamation of 1763. By prohibiting settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains‚ England expected to save on administrative costs by controlling expansion. Even though most colonists
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Teresa Swinehart Mrs. Plimley AP US History 16 January 2015 DBQ The Civil War began in 1861 due to many political issues between the Northern states‚ the Union‚ and the Southern states‚ the Confederates. Although‚ mane people are taught the Civil War was entirely fought over slavery‚ this is untrue. The North sought to regain control of the South and to keep the Union together‚ while the South had no interest in the Union and wanted to keep their way of life the same as it had been for generations
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The American Revolution occurred when the American colonists wanted to be free from Britain. After the war‚ the colonies had won and became their own country‚ but was the American Revolution revolutionary? The Revolution was revolutionary because it was the beginning of ending slavery‚ made people think about women’s rights‚ and America was free from Britain. To start off‚ slavery had begun to die off after the American Revolution. According to Document 5‚ slavery got abolished almost immediately
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The American Revolution was one of the most important events in United States history. Britain just won the French and Indian war‚ everybody was celebrating and overjoyed. All was well until Britain started putting strict rules on the colonists. As time led on‚ colonists got angry and frustrated with Britain’s chaotic rules. They decided they wanted to break away from Britain. In the future‚ the Americans won‚ but a curious question popped into the midst of the country. Were the Americans justified
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The two-minority group that will be discuss is the African American and the Latino American. This two minority cultural groups have witness discrimination‚ stereotype‚ and bias. The diversity situation or cultural dilemma that I chose is discrimination. When dealing with discrimination it links to other things such as being stereotyped and biases. I feel these three topics have something in common which is someone or a cultural group is being judged. In the paragraph below would go into full detail
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