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    supported by Americans‚ alliance with French‚ however not the French Revolutionary Efforts‚ argued that because Britain was taking American ships bound for France‚ they should join war. Proclamation of Neutrality (1793) - issued by Washington that America too weak to join war‚ Jefferson disagreed and resigned from cabinet. Jay Treaty- John Jay tried to talk Britain out of searching American Merchant ships‚ agreed to leave U.S. Western frontier but not to stop taking ships‚ this angered Americans but kept

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    Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B‚ and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 3 assignment entitled. “Timeline Part II.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner

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    In 1782 Americans won their independence from Britain in the American Revolution. After the colonies won their independence‚ Americans created the Constitution. Its purpose was to replace the Articles of Confederation and solve its problems and more importantly to bring the states together under a single document creating a stronger union of all the states. There was one problem though: there were a few fundamental issues that the framers could not agree on. In the early nineteenth century the United

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    Slavery and Free Blacks in the 1800’s Jimmy Cooper Bethel College Feb 04‚ 2008 Slavery and Free Blacks in the 1800’s The word slavery‚ defined as a human being owned by another Individual and is subject to another human being as by capture‚ purchase‚ or birth; bondservant divested of all freedom and personal rights (Webster‚ 1959). Now there is an ideology developed that is really a great mystery because who actually wants to be a slave or who has the right to say I have to be your

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    issues that faced northern areas were different from those that faced the South. When new territories were added to the nation‚ it was politically relevant that they were added in such a way that the balance of power was maintained. The Compromise of 1850 addressed this balance. The Compromise was a group of five laws that addressed slavery and overturned the Missouri Compromise. The climate of the time quickly becomes one of the northern states against

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    History of the United States from 1800 to 1900 MW 1:30pm-3:20pm Instructor:Knittel YuChuan Zhou This this personal introduction. The most important thing in life is a course to know yourself. After entering university‚ entered into a new environment -- totally different from my hometown of an environment. Whenever I encounter problems in interpersonal‚ my mind emerge out of such a question: what the hell am I how? After repeatedly the feeling of frustration‚ I found that I own a lot of changes

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    “To retain such fugitive in his custody‚ and to remove him to the State whence he fled‚ and there to deliver him to said claimant.” Much of the slave population was feed up with being retained from the outside world. African Americans were discriminated because of the color of their skin‚ and then forced to do free labor under cruel conditions. So slave men then started to rebel against the laws of 1793‚ and started to make escape plans. They were running away from slavery‚ and running towards

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    was a historian who argued that the Frontier life promoted individualism‚ independence and social and political democracy. He said it made an important role in the creation of the American Society. 2. The population of buffalos started to decrease during the 19th century because of the Native American and American ways of living. They hunted buffalos for trade and other purposes instead of food. 3. Lakotas was a group of Indians who fought against US Soldiers and fought at Little Big Horn

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    The Compromise of 1850 was a series of measures proposed by Henry Clay. It was passed by Congress in an effort to settle outstanding issues with slavery and to avert the threat of dissolution of the Union. The crisis arose from the request of California admitted to the Union as a free state. The problem was complicated by the unresolved question of slavery’s extension into other areas ceded by Mexico the preceding year. Clay’s purpose was to maintain a balance between free and slave states and to

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    American Sign Language can be almost considered nonexistent before the 1800’s. Although there was no standard language for deaf communication at that time‚ there were various signing systems that were used‚ which are now know as the Old American Sign Language. The Old American Sign Language is a relative of the modern American Sign Language. The history of American Sign Language is considered to have started by Dr. Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet‚ a Minister from Hartford‚ Connecticut. Dr. Gallaudet’s neighbor

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