Blog discussion day.1. Exploration and Colonization2. Revolutionary War3. Westward Expansion4, Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's5. Civil War and ReconstructionNotes:Causes of the Revolutionary War - The Boston Tea Party, the British taxed the colonists on the tea, and the colonists boycotted it. The Proclomation of 1763 set a line in the appalachians that made everyone living in the area move out, because the land was reserved for Native Americans. Stamp Act of 1765 taxed colonists for stamps. The colonists opposed it. Boston Massacre - Colonists were shot at by British Soldiers in the streets of Boston. Crispus Attucks was an African-American who was the first person to be shot and killed in the Boston Massacre. Western Expansion - People went westward for many different reasons. Religion, new jobs, cheap land, and the gold rush. Mormans made their way to Utah. The trek to the west was long and hard. There was one death for every 10 miles. Beavers were very important because of their fur. The Alamo, the president of Mexico sent an assault to San Antanio. Feb 23, 1500 Mexicans went to San Antanio to get Texas back for Mexico. They failed. Industrial Revolution of the early 1800's - Agricultural Revolution, technology was getting more advanced. The plow was getting better developed, so farmers were growing more crops. They grew more crops than was demanded so the prices went down and the farmers couldn't make money.
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