Manifest Destiny Imagine picking up and moving to a new place. What would it be like? What would your hopes be for this new land? View Video Only Save Timeline Video Quiz Course 34K views Louisiana Purchase As the original 13 Colonies began to grow, the United States acquired new ...
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Quiz Course 371Kviews The Thirteenth Amendment: The First of the Reconstruction Amendments The13th Amendmentwas ratified in 1865, the same year that the Civil War ended. Even though Lincoln had freed slaves in Union territories with theEmancipation Proclamation, the institution of slavery...
Quiz Course 367Kviews Middle Colonies Government Royal Colonieswere directly owned by the King of England. The King appointed a royal governor and council to rule the colonies directly in his name. Royal colonies held local elections to select a representative assembly. New York was a royal...
Quiz Course 24K views John Gast Paintings and Artwork: Context and Background In 1872, when Gast painted "American Progress" many Americans were still heading. To motivate and help more and more people to head west, George Crofutt made travel guidebooks. With Gast's painting in one of ...
Quiz Course 206Kviews History of the Sons of Liberty Upon completion of the French and Indian War in 1763, Britain had incurred severe war debt. The war which had taken place in both Europe and North America had been quite costly for the British. As a result, the British government p...
Quiz Course 25K views The Whig Party The years leading up to the election of 1844 saw the growth of a new political party. During the Andrew Jackson presidency, those who disagreed with the president's usage of executive power and authority banded together and formed the Whig Party....
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Quiz Course 201Kviews The Boston Massacre Summary A Boston Massacre summary would be the following: In 1770, Bostonians were upset with the British government who had placed taxes on colonies. What caused the Boston Massacre? The cause of the Boston Massacre had to do with taxation without repr...
Quiz Course 57K views Tyler Becomes a Whig He had returned to state politics after voting against the Missouri Compromise, becoming a popular governor of Virginia. But his state legislature sent him back to Washington in 1827 as a senator. By this time, the Democratic-Republican Party had ...