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North Carolina In the Early 1800s

I N D I F F E R E N C E. North Carolina In the Early 1800s. The Sleep of. Early United States History. Louisiana Purchase (1803) Lewis & Clark War of 1812 Dolly Madison Treaty of Ghent Battle of New Orleans. Rip Van Winkle State. Isolation Large plantations Transportation

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North Carolina In the Early 1800s

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  1. I N D I F F E R E N C E North Carolina In the Early 1800s The Sleep of

  2. Early United States History • Louisiana Purchase (1803) • Lewis & Clark • War of 1812 • Dolly Madison • Treaty of Ghent • Battle of New Orleans

  3. Rip Van Winkle State • Isolation • Large plantations • Transportation • Individualism • Lack of Education • Private academies • Economic conditions • Slavery • Cotton gin • Poor farming conditions • Undemocratic government • Eastern dominance

  4. Archibald D. Murphey • Literary Fund • Internal improvements • Improve harbors • Build canals and roads to improve transportation • Drain swamps and reclaim lands • Constitutional reform

  5. Reform of North Carolina’s Constitution in 1835 • Development of the Whig Party • David L. Swain elected governor • Constitutional reform • Nathaniel Macon • William Gaston

  6. The Trail of Tears • 1830, President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act • This law allowed the federal government to “relocate” Native Americans who lived in prime agricultural regions of the southeastern U.S. to lands west of the Mississippi River obtained in the Louisiana Purchase • In 1838, thousands of Cherokee forced to leave their homelands in Georgia, Alabama, North & South Carolina and Tennessee and march west to reservations in present day Oklahoma. More than 5,000 died along the way

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