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- - - - First successful British colony in the New World
  - - - Salutary neglect
        
        Britain didn't enforce Navigation Acts, so colonists got used to not being disciplined.
  - - - Pilgrims
        
        Mayflower Compact
        
        First step towards a Constitution
- - - - Thomas Jefferson
        
        Wrote the draft for the constitution, also considered author, and responsible for the Louisiana Purchase
      - Abigail Adams
        
        Wrote letters to her husband which are a source of information about the revolution for historians, also was a advocate for equal rights
      - Samuel Adams
        
        One of the suns of liberty and a very big advocate of liberty
      - Benjamin Franklin
        
        Served in Continental Congress, wrote Poor RIchard's Almanac, and helped write Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
      - Crispus Attucks
        
        First person to die in Boston Massacre
      - James Armistead
        
        Patriot spy, and a double agent for the Union, one of Washington's valuable assets
      - Haym Salomon
        
        Spy for USA , one of the sons of liberty, convinced Hessions to join US forces, and financed patriots
      - Marquis de Layfayette
        
        A French Military Officer who had his men help America and fight along with them in the American Revolution.
      - John Paul Jones
        
        Considered the father of the Navy, defeated British naval ships, and raised patriot spirits
    - - Delegate to First and Second Continental Congresses
    - - A founding father, leader, judge, historian, solider, all in all a very big local impact
    - - Wrote books supporting Revolution
    - - Sided with patriots, supplied the patriots, and governed Louisiana territory
    - - Main leader of the Revolutionary War
    - - Was the leader of Great Britain at the time of the revolution
    - - Member of the house of Burgesses, made the phrase "Give me liberty or give me death"
    - - Patriot soldier ,motivated soldiers, and aided in other revolutions
  - - - 1776
- - - - 1803
  - - - George Washington
        
        First president of the US and set many precedents for other president
      - Thomas Jefferson
        
        3rd President of the United States, Purchased the Louisiana Purchase, and had Lewis and Clark explore it
      - James Madison
        
        4th President of the United States, Had the War of 1812 occur in his presidential period, and a founding father
      - James Monroe
        
        Wrote Monroe Doctrine
      - John Marshall
        
        Supreme Court justice who helped establish judicial review and give more power to the Judicial Branch
      - Alexander Hamilton
        
        Part of Washington's cabinet and his views were very influential
      - John Adams
        
        First vice president and second president
      - George Washington's cabinet
    - - Was when whisky makers were not paying the taxes and rebelling. Stopped when Washington had the army go there.
    - - Ended the War of 1812
    - - Second war with Britain that proved America's strength and established a strong sense of patriotism
  - - - Believed in a strong central government and influenced passing the Alien and Sedition Acts
    - - Oppressed by Alien and Sedition Acts
- - - - Opposed ratification of the Constitution
    - - Father of the Constitution
    - - Idea of unalienable rights (Constitution)
    - - Proposed the First Bank of the United States
  - - - First ten Amendments
    - - Guarantees rights
    - - First form of government over 13 colonies
  - - - Supported Constitution
    - - Supported Articles of Confederation
  - - - Prevents government from restricting the people's voice which
    - - States that any other powers not listed in the Constitution belongs to the states
- - - - 7th President of the United States, caused the Trail of Tears, created the spoils system and kitchen cabinet, known as and hero of New Orleans
    - - Bought Florida from Spain with Adams-Onis treaty
    - - Had to move to reservations during the Trail of tears from command of Andrew Jackson
    - - Against Abolitionist movement
    - - The "Great Compromiser", made Missouri Compromise
    - - Best known for creating the cotton gin, and had the idea for interchangeable parts.
    - - Women's rights advocate
    - - Wrote the Declaration of Rights for Women, fought for equal rights for women, organized first women's rights convention with Lucretia Mott
  - - - Invented by Eli Whitney
    - - revolutionized communication, let you send a message in and instant
    - - Rail road that spanned across the nation
    - - Lets businesses compete with out interference from states and goverment
    - - Brought to America by Eli Whitney
  - - - Corrupt bargain
    - - Caused by Andrew Jackson
    - - Essentially questioned whether the states should be able to nullify a federal bill or law
    - - People's religious beliefs starting to reawaken, made people have a more peaceful national identity
  - - - Moved Indians off of the land and onto reservations by Andrew Jackson
    - - Made people aware of the effects of alcohol and tried to get people to rally against it
    - - Advocated suffrage rights for women
    - - Made life in prison more tolerable and treated them like humans
    - - People against slavery
    - - Disabled people were starting to be integrated into society and not shunned and put into asylums
    - - Made people aware of the horrors of slavery in the way of a fictional book about a slave, led to more abolitionists
    - - Gave advancements to schooling and promoted the education system
  - - - Texas was first owned by Mexico but wanted to get annexed by America, so they revolted against Mexico and became annexed by the U.S
    - - Thomas Jefferson was President at the time, bought from the French, Explored by Lewis and Clark, and started the spark of Manifest Destiny