Apush Turning Points In History

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1763- Proclamation of 1763

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Significance: Forbid white settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains
Related Events:
a.) Revenue Act
b.) Currency Act
c.) Stamp Act

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1776- Declaration of Independence

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Significance: Formation of the United States of America
Related Events:
a.) French-American Alliance
b.) "Common Sense"
c.) Articles of Confederation

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1789- Judiciary Act

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Signifiance: Set up federal courts system
Related Events:
a.) Whiskey Rebellion
b.) Bill of Rights approved
c.) Cotton Gin

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1800- Election of 1800

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Significance: Jefferson defeats Adams by decision of the House of Representatives
Related Events:
a.) XYZ Affair
b.) Midnight Judges
c.) Marbury V. Madison

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1865- Ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment

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Significance: Abolishes Slavery
Related Events:
a.) Seward's Folly
b.) Lincoln's Assassination
c.) Civil War Ends

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1803- Louisiana Purchase

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Significance: More than doubled the size of the United States
Related Events:
a.) Marbury V. Madison
b.) Lewis & Clark Expedition
c.) Embargo Act

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1814- Treaty of Ghent

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Significance: Ends War of 1812
Related Events:
a.) Hartford Conventions
b.) Panic of 1819
c.) McCullen V. Maryland

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1848- Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo Signed

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Significance: Ends Mexican-American
Related Events:
a.) U.S receives territory of Texas for $15 million
b.) U.S. gained land area in areas of New Mexico, Arizona, and California.
c.) Found gold in California later on. Led to Gold Rush

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1861- Firing on Ft. Sumter

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Significance: Start of the Civil War
Related Events:
a.) Antietam
b.) Shiloh
c.) Gettysburg

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1941- U.S. Declares War on Japan

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Significance: U.S. is admitted into World War II
Related Events:
a.) Lend-Lease Act
b.) Nuetrality Act of 1939 overruled
c.) FDR wins election of 1936