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Texas Revolution

The Texas Revolution (1835–1836) was an uprising in the Mexican state of Coahuila and Texas that led to the establishment of the Republic of Texas. The independent state played an important role in America’s Manifest Destiny when Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845.

John Winthrop, Massachusetts Bay Governor

Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629–1763)

Massachusetts Bay Colony was established in 1629 when King Charles I issued a charter that established the Massachusetts Bay Company and gave the company permission to establish a settlement in New England. It became the largest and most powerful British colony in New England.

The Oregon Trail

The Oregon Trail was a westward route that thousands of pioneers traveled as they emigrated western part of the United States. It was most popular from 1841 to 1869.

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Jim Bridger

Davy Crockett

Zebulon Pike

Battle of Golden Hill

Daniel Boone

Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion

United States in WW I

Battle of Kettle Creek

Battle of Waxhaws

Petticoat Affair

Franklin Pierce, 7th President, Portrait

Franklin Pierce, 14th President

Franklin Pierce (1804–1869) was the 14th President of the United States. He sympathized with Southern views on slavery based on the wording of the U.S. Constitution. As a result, he alienated anti-slavery groups by signing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and enforcing the Fugitive Slave Act.

Lewis and Clark Expedition

The Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–1806) explored the upper regions of the Louisiana Purchase from St. Louis westward to Oregon. The expedition was a major achievement that helped open the American West for the fulfillment of Manifest Destiny.

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Stephen A. Douglas

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Abigail Adams

Ben Franklin – Quotes

Ben Franklin

Battle of Gettysburg

John Adams

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 – Facts

Benedict Arnold

Short Hints and Stubborn Things

Who were the Buffalo Soldiers?

Prince Hall — Revolutionary Mason and Abolitionist in Boston, Massachusetts

Braxton Bragg Facts: Five Things to Know About the Worst Confederate General

Bacon, Berkeley, and the Burning of Jamestown, Virginia in 1676

Golden Hill — New York’s First Bloodshed of the American Revolution

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Pontiac Takes Up the War Hatchet, Illustration

Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)

After the French and Indian War, Native American Indian tribes launched attacks on British forts.

George Grenville, Prime Minister, Portrait

Sugar Act (1764)

George Grenville’s Sugar Act of 1764 set the stage for the American Revolution.

Stamp Act and Stamp Act Crisis (1765)

The Stamp Act of 1765 ignited a Crisis in America and the slogan “No Taxation Without Representation.”

Coervice Acts (1774)

Parliament responded to the Boston Tea Party with the Coercive Acts and put Thomas Gage in charge of enforcing them.

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Colonial America and the French and Indian War

Salem Witch Trials (1692–1693)

The famous Witchcraft Crisis took place in Salem Village in 1692–1693.

Separatists (Pilgrims)

Puritan Separatists — the Pilgrims — left Europe and sailed to America for Religious Freedom.

Battle of Lake George, Johnson Saving Dieskau

Battle of Lake George (1755)

Learn about the intense battle from the French and Indian war that included the Bloody Morning Scout, the Bloody Pond, and the death of King Hendrick.