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History of the Americas
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- Set up missions along the coast of California before the area fell into American hands
- When Americans moved into this state under Mexican control, they kept their American identity and expected to be granted American rights
- A place where weapons are stored outside Massachusetts
- Won the election of 1844 by promising "All of Oregon, All of Texas"
- What dramatic act of defiance by the Sons of Liberty that the colonists celebrated?
- Because of their controversial religious beliefs, this group had difficulty finding an area to settle
- What philosopher's ideas did Thomas Jefferson use when writing the Declaration of Independence?
- This man helped to gain the passage of the Compromise of 1850
- In what location was the "shot heard 'round world"?
- Opponents of slavery protested the admittance of this state into the union because they feared it would be divided into several slave states
- Group of missionaries that were the first Americans to see permanent homes in Oregon
- This would have banned slavery in any territory taken from Mexico
- In a sense, this war served as a training ground for the Civil War that was to come
- Colonial name for the act that banned town meetings?
- what was Americas new status according to the declaration of Independence?
- What political body represented Americans and challenged British control?
- Colonies were on the brink of rebellion in 1768... how did the parliament respond
- Act that taxed colonists without their consent
- What battle showed the British that defeating the Americans would not be easy?
- Political body that voted to boycott britsh trade