ABCs Of
American History
By: Colin Jones 7-6 History
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One of the most famous abolitionists ever is Frederick Douglass
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The original English Bill Of Rights of 1689 was modeled after the Magna Carta.
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Spain ceded Florida because they could not protect Florida from Andrew Jackson’s attack
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The Sugar Act is when Britain placed a duty or import tax on many imports such as sugar and molasses which was bad for Colonial Merchants and smugglers who sold smuggled and sold imported goods.
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Ever since the Original 13 Colonies the Americans have been interested and wanting westward expansion across the what is now U.S.A.
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During the great potato famine of Ireland in 1845, more than one million people died of starvation.
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Francis Marion very effectively slowed the British advance in the Revolutionary War by using guerrilla warfare
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One of the English Bill Of Rights was Habeas Corpus which is the right to not be held in prison without being charged of a specific crime.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson the author of Moby Dick and one of the most famous transcendentalist of his time wrote a lot about individualism which is the unique importance of ones self.
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John Marshal is one of the first to use Judicial Review in the case of Marbury V. Madison. Judicial Review is one of the most important abilities that the Supreme Court has.
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The Kansas-Nebraska Act was supposed to create the Kansas territory and the Nebraska territory. The angered many people because the act would reopen slavery in these territories.
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When Thomas Jefferson was in office he enforced Laissez Faire reduced the amount of people in government.
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Mountain Men were some of the most brave men who would endure almost everything to get beaver pelts so that they could then trade for other goods. These Mountain Men were also very wealthy because fur was in great demand.
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After the war of 1812 Native Americans agreed with Americans to leave there land and move west of the Mississippi River.
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If travelers on the Oregon Trail did not reach Oregon by winter they would slowly die.
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Many southerns that were white thought that Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin was propaganda.
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The Quartering Act forced colonist to quarter British troops in there house and feed them.
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Rancheros are owners of ranches who got many land grants from Mexico.
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Dorothea Dix was a women who helped in social reform and also contributed by convincing state legislators to make jails more sanitary and more humane.
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The Temperance Movement was an widespread attempt to end alcohol consumption even though it was safer to drink than water. Some reformers wanted a total ban on alcohol.
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Urbanization happened in the early to mid 1800’s when larger cities were being built.
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One of the most important abilities our president has is to veto any law.
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