First Americans: Where did they come from? Siberia Indigenous: native “here originally” How did they get from Siberia to America? No really good evidence that they took a boat. Probably a land bridge Crossed just before the end of the last ice age There is evidence going back about 40‚000 years They were following the animals Follow the mammoth theory Another theory: They followed the fish No physical evidence for that How many came? Genetically‚ it appears that as few as four or five
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The War of 1812 was finally over‚ Britain and America had signed the treaty of Ghent to end this long and taxing war. Yet for many of the soldiers‚ far in the southwest‚ the war was about to take an astounding turn. The Treaty of Ghent was signed on December 24‚ 1814‚ but the news of it did not reach either the British or the American troops in the Louisiana southwest. General Major Andrew Jackson had the entire battle thought and planned out‚ it was all ready for action‚ and the soldiers all waited
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The American Revolution was the war that the colonists‚ people who had their government overseas‚ fought against the British to earn their rights and become Americans. This war happened between 1776 and 1781 because the colonists were being taxed against their will. After the war‚ Americans formed the first truly democratic government‚ setting an example for the rest of the world. Why did this war happen? The war started because of several unfair taxes and laws the British parliament had placed
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American Civil War The American Civil War started in April 12‚ 1861. During this time artillery pieces were rapidly developed from smooth bores to bores with rifling. Rifling was first invented in the late 1850s The United States Army had started experimenting and implementing bore rifling at the start of the American Civil War. It was believed that two-thirds of the confederate armies light howitzers where taken from the union forces. Artillery was rapidly shifting its capabilities of being able
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documents‚ newspapers‚ pamphlets‚ dice‚ and playing cards.("Annenberg Learner‚" 2013) With the push back against the taxes‚ two regiments of troops were sent in to protect the British royal officials. On March 5‚ 1770 British troops fired their muskets into a crowd of colonists protesting their presence and five people were killed in what became known as the Boston Massacre. ("Annenberg Learner‚" 2013) This also made the colonists distrust the government because they believed that free people were
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Second‚ and closely related‚ was the issue of whether the roughly four million freedmen should be allowed to vote. The issue was how to receive the four million former slaves as citizens. If they were to be fully counted as citizens‚ some sort of representation for apportionment of seats in Congress had to be determined. Before the war‚ the population of slaves had been counted as three-fifths of a corresponding number of free whites. By having four million freedmen counted as full citizens‚ the
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began throwing snowballs‚ oysters in their shells‚ stones and clubs at him. Captain Preston came with others from the British 29th Regiment and formed a ½ circle around White to protect him. Someone throws a stick or club at a soldier causing his musket to fire and other soldiers started firing. Sadly‚ five residents of Boston we killed. This became known as the Boston Massacre. British Troops were withdrawn from Boston as trouble was
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The Rebellion of 1837 was a battle between the habitants of Upper and Lower Canada and the Canadian government. More importantly it was a battle for righteousness between the French and the English. The habitants believed the problem with the government was the structure in Canada. All of Canada’s power was derived from the Governor‚ the Executive Council and Legislative Council. British government appointed the two councils. The other chamber of legislature was the Legislative Assembly. The
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Blood dripped from the ends of bayonets as black powder smoke darkened the air. Musket balls tore through flesh leaving soldiers to death or to cripple. Heaving masses of iron were shot from cannons to destroy forts‚ topple towns‚ and leave craters in enemy defenses. Father and son fought father and son‚ divided only by belief they
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