California residents adopted a state constitution prohibiting slavery and President Taylor called on Congress to admit California and New Mexico as free states
I did not know this
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slave trade (which was illegal in the US).
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The admission of new states increased focus on the balance between supporters and opponents of slavery in government
I never knew this and it very cool to find out
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California was flush with thousands of immigrants. Most expected it would become a free state, since the Mexican ban on slavery remained in force.
I knew that California was flushed with immigrants but I did not know that it was the most expected too become a free state and that Mexicans ban slavery.
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The war, which lasted only about seven weeks,
its crazy to think that a war can only last seven weeks
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Jackson’s defeat of the Second Bank of the United States demonstrates
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In 1833 he was elected 8th president of Mexico.
wow so cool
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Some factories did not allow employees to sit down.
I would actually die from standing up for so long
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They argued for universal manhood suffrage, or voting rights for all white male adults
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When the war ended, the bank continued to issue only paper banknotes and to redeem notes issued by state banks with paper only.
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who knew war would disrupt the fishing and maritime trade
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the Charles River Bridge Company, to build the first bridge across the river in 1785,
I did not know that the first bridge that was build across the river was in 1785.
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he promoted agriculture through the sale of western public lands in small, affordable lots in a Northwest Territory where slavery was not allowed
That cool
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Once built, the bridge collected $824,798 in tolls between 1786 and 1827.
I had no clue that tolls have been around for that long
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But most people ignored the inconsistencies and contradictions
I would of ignored the inconsistencies and contradictions also
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Congress also placed a fifty-cent-per-ton duty on materials transported by foreign ships coming into American ports
Only fifty cents per ton?!
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which the French had occupied since the end of the seventeenth century.
I didn’t know that the French had occupied the western portion of the island till the end of the seventeenth century
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whole British army left the city,
Wow that’s crazy how to whole British army left the city
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hallooing
I’ve never seen this word before
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The death toll was shocking, with ten thousand revolutionaries dying in the holds of ships: a larger number than died in every battle of the war combined
That’s a lot of deaths combined.
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The tradition of fighting only in the summer months changed in late 1776 and early 1777
I did not know that fighting was a tradition and only fighting in the summer months was a thing that was set.
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British forces in Boston remained isolated in the city and with no control over the countryside.
How strict could was the isolation
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The tradition of fighting only in the summer months changed in late 1776 and early 1777
This was a tradition to only fight in the summer that’s very interesting to me
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The Declaration understood equality as existing only among white men
I did not know that the Declaration only understood that the equality only existed among the white men
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