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  1. Judith Sargent Murray
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an early American advocate for women’s rights,

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  1. University of Virginia
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started by Thomas jefferson in 1819

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  1. Benjamin Rush
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a Founding Father of the United States. Rush was a civic leader in Philadelphia, as well as the treasurer of the US Mint

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  1. Noah Webster
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the creator of the first dictionary of the American English Language

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  1. Washington Irving
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an author famous for his book “The Legend of SLeepy Hollow”

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  1. Mason Weems
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author of a story about George Washington’s Life

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  1. Deism
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belief in the existence of a superior being, who will not interfere in the Universe

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  1. Thomas Paine
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a propagandist who was the creator of “Common Sense” as well as “The Age of Reason”

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  1. Unitarian Church
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God as one person, and Jesus Christ is his son, but is not a god

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10.Second Great Awakening

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a time where there was great desire to join a church, of any faith.

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  1. Evangelicanism
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a wide-reaching “canopy” that covers a diverse number of Protestant traditions, denominations, organizations

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  1. Freethinkers
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a person who rejects accepted opinions, especially those concerning religious beliefs

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  1. Samuel Slater
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known as the father of the Industrial Revolution in the United States

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  1. Eli Whitney
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creator of the Cotton Gin, as well as interchangeable parts by creating his gun company

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  1. Robert Fulton
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an inventor who is credited with creating the Steamboat

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  1. turnpike
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a type of an expressway that requires a fee in order for a person to pass through

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  1. Thomas Jefferson
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bought the Louisiana Territory from Napoleon Bonaparte for 15 million

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  1. Barbary War
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wars fought between the United States and the Barbary States

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  1. Marbury v. Madison
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Supreme Court case in which the basis for the exercise of judicial review in the United States

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  1. Judicial Review
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the Supreme court has the right to scrutinize the decisions made by the Legislative branches

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  1. John Marshall
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a supreme court justice who dramatically changed the position the supreme court had in the government

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  1. Impeachment of Samuel Chase
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an attempt by Jefferson to remove Samuel Chase as a court Justice

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  1. Napoleon Bonaparte
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sold the Louisiana purchase to the United States after his dreams of having a North American Empire were crushed

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  1. Louisiana Purchase
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sold to the US from France and went from the Western Mississippi to Montana

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25. Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were sent by Jefferson to explore the land of the Louisiana purchase
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26. Zebulon Pike Expedition
searched the land around the rivers of the Louisiana Purchase
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27. Essex Junto
New England Federalist Party from Essex county, Massachusettes
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28. Aaron Burr
the vice president of Thomas Jefferson. Got into a duel with Hamilton
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29. Hamilton-Burr Duel
Hamilton made fun of Burr in a Newspaper and they dueled it out and Hamilton ended up dying
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30. impressment
the British Navy would take American soldiers into their ranks to fight.
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31. Chesapeake-Leopard Incident
crew of the Leopard pursued, attacked and boarded the American ship looking for deserters from the Royal Navy
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32. The Embargo of 1807
enacted by Congress in 1807 because of President Thomas Jefferson that banned trade between U.S. ports and foreign nations.
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33. Non-Intercourse Act
replaced the Embargo Act and made it so there was no trade with British and France ports
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34. William Henry Harrison
The ninth president of the United States who served for only one month
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35. Tenskwatawa
Tenskwatawa, was a Native American religious and political leader of the Shawnee tribe He was the brother of Tecumseh
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36. Tecumseh
leader of confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War
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37. Battle of Tippecanoe
was a conflict between the Confederacy of Native Indian warriors led by Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison.
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38. War Hawks
congress members who urged for the War of 1812 to happen
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39. War of 1812
A war between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815
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40. Oliver Hazard Perry
an American naval commander.
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42. Andrew Jackson
the seventh US President who was known for fighting duels and was extremely popular
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43. Burning of Washington D.C.
The Capital of the United States was burned by the British in the War of 1812
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44. Bombardment of Ft. McHenry
bombardment by the British in 1814, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner while watching it
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45. The Star-Spangled Banner
written by Francis Scott Key during the bombing of Fort McHenry
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46. Battle of New Orleans
Andrew Jackson's rise to fame as general where he restrained british forces
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47. Hartford Convention
New England Federalists met to discuss their grievances concerning the ongoing War of 1812
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48. Treaty of Ghent
the treaty that ended the war of 1812 between the Americans and the British
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49. Rush-Bagot Agreement
treaty between the United States and Britain limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain

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