Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America, found in East Virginia by a joint stock company
Roger Williams
Spanish colonization
Colo
Congress wanted king George to intervene on their behalf and end the violence. He didn’t read it.
Jackson Vetos Second Bank of the U.S.
Supported by Henry Clay and created under the American system
Ideas about expansion and manifest destiny were engrained into the American identity. America purchased Alaska in 1867.
Upton Sinclair
Wrote the book 'The Jungle' to expose the dangerous conditions of factory workers and the unsanitary meat packers
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger
Self-determination Act of 1975
Gave Native Americans much greater control over their lands, education, and law enforcement
Pushed hard for civil rights, wanted to punish the south. Shifted the process of reconstruction from president to congress
King Philip's war
King Metacomet (King Philip), forges a massive military alliance with other native tribes and attacked Massachusetts in retaliation for the praying towns
virginia and kentucky resolutions
Mass culture
The growing popularity of technologies like movies and the radio meant that everyone was listening to the same things, which helped create a more unified culture and distinct identity
Whiskey rebellion
violent tax protest from 1791-1794.
the whiskey was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by president Washington to pay for the war. It unfairly burdened poor farmers west of the Appalachian mountains because they couldn't do business anymore
Changes in farming
Battle of Vicksburg
Granted the Union control of the entire Mississippi River. Cut the confederacy in half
The divisions within the Democratic-Republican party led them to choose 4 candidates, while Jackson's populist campaign won the popular vote, no candidate won enough electoral votes. Adams and Clay made a deal and the house voted for Adams.
Knights of labor
End of the federalists
The war had revived the struggling party thanks to the anti-war movement. Now that the war was over, federalist support collapsed for good.
Common sense
Attacked the obstacles to independence. It was the best selling work in American history because it presented his ideas in a vernacular way.
Rush-Bagot pact
Agreement with Britain that removed military ships from the great lakes.
Panic of 1893
Jacob Riis
Advocated violence when necessary in defense of black rights
Watts Riots of 1965
Railroads
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Cesar Chavez
Led the protests for fair labor for agricultural workers
French revolution
Southern baptists
Split from the rest of the baptist church because the northern baptists were abolitionists
