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Expansion Period (1801 – 1861), Walter Raleigh, Revolutionary Period (1776…

- - - - 1804
        
        1807
        
        Apparition of the steamboat which provided faster river transportation that connected Southern plantations and farms to Northern industries and Western territories.
        
        1818
        
        Spain gave Florida to the United States through a treaty.
        
        1826
        
        Jo Anderson (a slave) and Cyrus McCormick worked to invent the harvester. The harvester increased the productivity of the American farmer.
        
        1836
        
        Texas declares itself an independent republic.
        
        1845
        
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        In the Lewis and Clark expedition, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
      - Jefferson bought land from France (the Louisiana Purchase), which doubled the size of the United States.
        
        The addition of Lousiana to the territory.
- - - - This Treaty recognized the United States as a free country. The colonies can be governed by themselves.
    - - The first constitution was singned,
        
        It was influenced by economic problems, and the need of a good central government
      - 1789
        
        George Washington is selected as the first president of the US
        
        He won by unanimity of the 10 electoral states
        
        1791
        
        The first amendments to the constitucion were created
        
        Called "The bill of Rights", the main objective of these amendments was to support the basic rights of the US people
- - - - 1620
        
        1624
        
        James I revoked the company agreement and made Virginia a royal colony.
        
        1630
        
        “Great Migration”
        
        First Constitution (Fundamental
        Orders of Connecticut)
        
        Puritans (religious reasons)
        
        1681
        
        King Charles II gave William Penn a charter for Pennsylvania.
        
        He planned to run his colony on the Quaker principles of equality, cooperation, and religious tolerance.
        
        1688
        
        England, France, and Spain fought four world wars that involved their colonies in North America.
        
        1730
        
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        Puritans emigrated to New England in the 1620’s for political, economic, and religious reasons.
        
        Mayflower Compact . It was the first framework of government written and enacted in the territory that is now the United States of America.
      - the Virginia Company offered free land to settlers. Most of the settlers to arrive were indentured servants—individuals who were required to labor for another for a period of time, typically 5-7 years, in order to repay a debt.
    - - The Virginia Company introduced the headright system to attract settlers to come to work.
  - - - A representative assembly was formed called the House of Burgesses