1. Jamestown‚ 1607 2. First Africans brought to Virginia‚ 1619 3. Mayflower Compact‚ 1620 4. Great Migration of Puritans to Massachusetts‚ 1630s and 1640s 5. Roger Williams established Rhode Island‚ 1636 6. William Penn established Pennsylvania‚ 1681 7. Salem witch trials‚ 1692 8. James Oglethorpe established Georgia‚ 1732 9. Jonathan Edwards sparked the Great Awakening‚ 17349 10. The French and Indian War‚ 1754-63 11. Proclamation of 1763 12. Stamp Act‚ 1765-66
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1. Name one of the nationally recognized authors in the 1820’s. One of the nationally recognized authors in the 1820s is Washington Irving. He and his colleague James Fenimore Cooper attained international recognition as the nation’s first writers of importance to use American scenes and themes. 2. Describe three ways post-war nationalism manifested itself. Post-war nationalism manifested itself in the creation of national literature‚ finance‚ and manufacturing. Washington Irving and James Fenimore
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South saw slavery’s expansion as crucial while the North became more convinced of the need to curtail it. Slavery is linked to the outbreak of war in the following ways: a) Southern support for slavery versus Northern opposition to slavery By 1820 both Britain and the U.S. had declared the slave trade illegal and slavery was ended in virtually all the Northern U.S. states. As the North’s industrial development outstripped that of the South‚ the differences between Southern and Northern society
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American Political Parties There have been many different political parties since the beginning of the American political system. A political party is made up of a group of people that share common goals and ideals‚ and these people work together to help elect people to offices that share these goals to represent them. Political parties work to try to control the government and their ultimate goal is to win as many elections and to gain as many offices as possible. During the time when the
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Essay Prompts and Info. 1. Assess the validity: “Jacksonian Democracy was a myth”- Thesis: Some argue that Jacksonian Democracy was a myth but examples such as the spoils system‚ the universal white male suffrage‚ and increase in voter turnout prove that it was in fact Democratic. Paragraph 1: Spoils system- rewarded political supporters with public office‚ gave more “common” people a chance to be a part of the public office and lessened the amount of “literate” men. Paragraph 2: Universal
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1. The Know Nothing Party fought for? According to the text‚ “The Know Nothings Party” was a reactionary group that formed in 19th century America due to their intergroup conflicts with Catholics. During this time period‚ there was a “large influx of Chinese‚ Irish‚ and German Catholics and other foreigners” in the U.S.‚ and this often stirred hate campaigns from their non-supporters‚ such as the Protestant citizens in their communities and the “Know Nothings” (Parrillo‚ 2016‚ p. 99). Therefore
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expanded between the years 1820-1880 to include previously disenfranchised groups in the United States? Evaluate the impact of voting rights for each group selected. B. In what ways did Americans try to improve society? Be sure to examine a variety of reform movements from the 1830s to the early 20th century. To what extent were these reforms successful? C. Determine which of the following factors was most responsible for the increase in sectional tensions between 1820-1850: Manifest Destiny‚
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long term and short term events that caused the Civil War to occur. From the long term impacts of slavery and the Missouri Compromise to the short term effects of Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Bleeding Kansas‚ the Civil War was caused mainly by one significant step. Although Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Dred Scott had an impact on the civil war‚ it was not as significant as the election of 1860. The election was the most important event because it lead to the secession of South Carolina and also because of the drastic
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The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1820 according to U.S. government records. 325 men are known to have arrived before the 1849 California Gold Rush[12] which drew the first significant number of laborers from China who mined for gold and performed menial labor.[13][14][15] There were 25‚000 immigrants by 1852‚ and 105‚465 by 1880‚ most of whom lived on the West Coast. They formed over a tenth of California’s population. Nearly all the early immigrants were young males with low educational levels
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The reasons for the War of 1812 were twofold. First‚ the impressment of American sailors challenged American neutrality and national pride. Second‚ War Hawks‚ such as Henry Clay and John C. Calhoun‚ wanted to use the war as a means for expansion into British Canada and for the removal of the prevailing Indian threat. Even though the war resulted in an indecisive victory‚ Americans celebrated because they survived their second war with the British and even defeated them at naval duels and at the Battle
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