... raped and so on, so they decided to run away from their masters homes. And as they were running away into the woods heading for north for freedom, the slave owners made a warrant about them escaping, and rewarded anybody $4,000 or more for their capture. Apparently 300 or more ... leading her people to freedom, underground railroad conductor Harriet Tubman became a legend during her lifetime, leading approximately 300 slaves to freedom. As She headed for north and living in Pennsylvania, a year later, she returned to Baltimore to rescue her sister, then began guiding others to freedom. ...

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... a little bit in pre-19th century US history. Before achieving independence, there were no commercial banks. The first commercial bank, the Bank of North America, was established in 1781. "British merchant banking houses stood at one end of a long chain of credit that stretched to the American frontier. ... rural retailers - country stores and wandering peddlers" (Foner/Garraty, 1991: 191). After the Constitution was enacted in 1789, the Bank of North America was chartered along with two state banks in Massachusetts and New York. Not surprisingly, following in the merchant traditions of pr...

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... intense love of books, his extensive travels, his keen knowledge of bibliography, and his ample means had provided him unique opportunities as a collector to acquire a library that was unrivaled in America. At some point Jefferson decided that this splendid library should not remain private property, thinking at first that he might donate it to a univer- sity. But when the congressional library ... varies the chronological and analytical aspects of his arrangement in telling ways, to which no description can do justice. His chief coordinates are chrono- logical (early-to-late) and direc...

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... 1884-1886 Building Type: Monumental StatueObservational Tower Construction System: Iron Frame, Copper Cladding Climate: Temperate Island Urban-Waterfront Context: Neoclassical Realistic Sculpture Fact: An inspiring symbol of America, it was given as a gift from France in honor of the first centennial of the United States. Notes: "The Statue of Liberty National Monument officially celebrated ... Architect: Location: Arlington, Virginia Date: 1800's - present Building Type: Cemetery Construction System: Burial Ground with White Headstones Climate: Temperate Context: Military Burial Ground...

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... War (1801-05)- A conflict between the United States and Tripoli, incited by American refusal to continue payment of tribute to the piratical rulers of the North African Barbary States of Algiers, Tunis, Morocco, and Tripoli. Involved North Africa, was extension of fight about protection from pirates in Barbary States. B. Marbury v. Madison (1803)- Supreme Court of the United States established its authority to ... of the same problems that prompted it. The issuing of these acts was by far the president's greatest failure. Although it was a failure, some good did come out of it. America'...

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... following year - July 4 1777. By the early 1800s the traditions of parades, picnics, and fireworks were established as the way to celebrate America's birthday. And although fireworks have been banned in most places because of their danger, most towns and cities usually have big firework displays for ... as a prospective home for a European population. There were settlements of the British, the Dutch, the French and the Spanish in various parts of North America. But the British ones absorbed the others. By about 1600 England had a small settlement in Virginia and Holland had one around ...

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1) While the Federalist and Republican parties were feuding and struggling for control of the growing country of America in 1800, the balance of power was beginning to tip. The two leading candidates for control were Federalist John Adams, who was at the time of the election of 1800 ... had been born in a log cabin and could relate to the common citizens of the nation. The Whigs won the election and took control of the administration. 5) Before transportation in America had progressed beyond horse drawn carriages and floating barges, transportation was expensive, laborious, and took a long t...

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... taxpayers controlled 49% of the city's taxable assets. The obvious danger of such economic control initiated a full-blown assailment against wealth, peculiarly lead by some of the richest men in America such as Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Hancock, and George Washington. These rich, privileged men, and future authors of the Declaration of Independence, were confronted with an ... it was highly impractical to the time, this constitution stood for the rise of legitimacy. Also in the name of the Industrialization, Europe had recognized the commercial possibilitie...

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