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Slave Trade
The slave trade took place across the atlantic ocean.They first brought slaves over to help with the settlement of Jamestown. After that they just kept bringing slaves over from Africa to help on the farms and plantations. Abolitionists were against slavery.This seperated the country into Union and Confederate.Abolitionists and Non-Abolitionists.The Emancipation Proclamation was Lincolns speech saying he was freeing the slaves.General Grant and Robert E. Lee were major generals in the civil war. -
French and Indian War
The French wanted to take control of the colonies but the British didn't want that. There were roughly 60,000 European settlers compared to the 2 million British settlers. -
Stamp Act
King George put taxes on certian goods in the colonies. The people in the colonies were not happy with this because they were being taxed without having representation in parliament. This is where the saying "no taxation without representation" comes from. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists decided to dump the tea into the Boston Harbor to rebel against the tax King George put on tea and other items in the colonies. -
Shot Heard Around The World
The "shot heard around the world" was the first shot that started the revolutionary war. -
Decleration Of Independence
The Decleration Of Independence was a letter written to King George declaring independence from England. After they wrote this they went on to create a new government. There were federalists and anit-federalists. The constitution uses the checks and balances system and it can be amended. -
Betsy Ross Sews The First Flag
Betsy Ross was the woman who sewed the first flag for the colonies. -
industrialization
The Industrial Revolution, which took place from the 18th to 19th centuries, was a period during which predominantly agrarian, rural societies in Europe and America became industrial and urban. -
Star Spangled Banner
Francis Scot Key wrote a poem at Fort McHenry that later became the Star Spangled Banner. -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is a term for the attitude prevalent during the 19th century period of American expansion that the United States not only could, but was destined to, stretch from coast to coast.
