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American Renaissance in Literature

TRANSCENDENTALISM etc, Emerson's "Self Reliance", Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience" - influenced Ghandi, was inspired by disgust at the Mexican-American War

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Know that Elizabeth Cady Stanton was involved in what could be called the first push towards woman's rights in Ameruka

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Garrison's Liberator was CAPS LOCK RAEG at slavery, denounced it as a moral evil, called for a total wipe out of the entire institution

A Boston mob ended kicking his ass

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Frederick Douglas - taught himsel to read and right, etc
Nat Turner - the smart as hell but crazy one, led the only actual slave revolt, killed 57 white people, mostly women and chillunz

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American Colonization Society - how Liberia was born

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slavery was messed the fuck up, know a lot about it, shouldn't have trouble with remembering stats about it

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TEJAS

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Adams-Onis Treaty - established Red River as border

- US immigration to Texas begins. Mexico had 3 conditions, which were
1) learn Spanish
2) be Catholic
3) no slaves gtfo

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Of course Americans being Americans did not listen.

Mexico was like uhh ok no more Americans, aite.

But Americans kept flooding in.

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Americans didn't even pay taxes l m a o

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Pres Polk, like Jackson's protege or sth
pious expansionist lmao oxymoron

rolled in the real estate

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1. Oregon "54'40 fight" - America was like HEY OLD MAN I'MMA TAKE THAT LAND UP THERE KAY, CANADA DOESN'T EVEN USE IT. HEY STOP DISAGREEING WITH ME, I HAVE THIS MONROE DOCTRINE YOU DON't GIVE A SHIT ABOUT.

And England was like sigh ok, let's half it, and there you go.

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2. Cali - Polk sent Slidell to Mexico for want to buy Cali

and Mexico was like :| hello do you not remember how I blocked you, America, GTFO MANG

and Polk flipped a fucking shit

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Polk wants his real estate SO BAD B'AWWW MUST CAUSE SHITSTORM B'AWW MANIFEST DESTINY