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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4/12/2013 Professor G Written Assignment George Washington In my opinion I believe that Washington handled Americas domestic and foreign problems very well during the time of his presidency. Whenever there was a problem Washington had a good way of finding solution for whatever problem was presented to him. The neutrality proclamation was a very big one‚ as was the
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1607 Jamestown Va founded Virginia company founded by Captain John Smith. 1620 Mayflower Compact Plymouth founded 1619 House of Burgesses founded 1628 John Winthrop 1622 John Rolfe 1630 MA Bay Colony founded by John Winthrop 1632 Pequot war starts 1634 Maryland Colony founded 1636 Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams expelled 1637 Anne Hutchinson expelled 1638 Pequot war ended 1651 Navigation Act 1649 Maryland Toleraction Act 1639 Fundamental Orders of CT 1675 King Philips War
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DIDO ELIZABETH BELLE A BLACK GIRL AT KENWOOD An account of a protegée of the 1st Lord Mansfield by Gene Adams It is fascinating but little known that during the later eighteenth century Kenwood was the home‚ for perhaps the first 30 years of her life‚ of a young black girl called Dido Elizabeth Belle (or Lindsay)‚ born c 1763. She was a member of the family and household of William Murray‚ 1st Earl of Mansfield (1705—93) and Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench. According to family
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French Revolution Table of Contents Unit one: Enlightenment (page 1) Enlightened Despots France Henri IV Louis XIII Louis XIV Cardinal Richelieu Louis XV Louis XVI Holy Roman Empire Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm Friedrich Wilhelm I Friedrich II Austria Charles VI Pragmatic Sanction Maria Theresa War of the Austrian Succession Seven Years’ War Extra Information Les Philosophes Voltaire - Candide Diderot - Encyclopedie Rousseau - The Social Contract
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had become a staple in the United States soon after the American Revolution‚ even though they had fought against that very idea of a group or race not having freedom since the birth of the country. One of the main jobs for slaves was agriculture. In 1793‚ Eli Whitney was credited with the invention of the cotton gin which increased the demand and need for slave labor and revolutionized how fast cotton was gathered and made it a cash crop in the South (Carnes and Garraty 234-235). From the start of
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confederation era: * Each state functioned as its own little country * No national currency‚ many state currencies * Paper money issued as a promise for hard specie such as gold and silver * High inflation * Newburgh conspiracy 1783: plan by unpaid continental army officers to force congress to assume powers of taxation over states * Northwest territory: * Ohio‚ Indiana‚ Illinois‚ Wisconsin‚ and Michigan area given to congress * Was the national governments only
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Professor Nicole Johnston TAM 3510 April 16‚ 14 Marie Antoinette: The Gall of Gaulle Marie Antoinette went from an innocent young archduchess of Austria to an international pop culture icon once becoming the Queen of France. The portrait of Antoinette by Vigee-Lebrun was suppose to be another ordinary portrait of Marie that Vigee-Lebrun had done many times before in the past‚ but quickly turned into a national phenomenon in France. The common folk were not used to seeing a Queen‚ especially
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39. Importance of Journals and newspapers- 40. Pontiacs Rebellion- After the French and Indian War‚ colonists began moving westward and settling on Indian land. This migration led to Pontiac’s Rebellion in 1763‚ when a large number of Indian tribes banded together under the Ottawa chief Pontiac to keep the colonists from taking over their land. Pontiac’s Rebellion led to Britain’s Proclamation of 1763‚ which stated that colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. added by
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Revolution The American Revolution was a political battle where the thirteen colonies grew tired of Great Britain rule which led to the overthrow of British control and the founding of the United States of America. This battle took place during 1765 to 1783. The first major cause of the American Revolution would be the French and Indian War that took place in 1754. This war was considered the seven years war that took place between the French‚ British and North Americans. As the French controlled the
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