The fifty years period between the war of 1812 and the Civil War is called the Jacksonian Age. ... He led troops against them in both the Creek War and the First Seminole War and during his first administration the Indian Removal Act was passed in 1830. ... American settlers were also moving into Texas, but they were refusing to pay the Mexican taxes, converting to Catholicism, and speaking Spanish. After Santa Anna declared himself dictator of Mexico, he said that the Americans had to abide by the laws put forth by the Mexican government. ... This gave Texas its independence from Mexico. ...

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It was the site of several decisive battles during the American Revolutionary War. ... South Carolina seceded from North Carolina in 1729, before the War of Independence. ... The Southwest region consist of eight states: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada and California. ... Texas, also knows as the "Lone Star" State, used to be a province of Mexico, but after war in 1848 it was assigned to U.S. ... New Mexico is a historical place where the whites defeated the Indians. ...

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Jackson's mother would frequently tell her boys stories about war and their grandfather and how he fought in wars. This made Jackson want to be part of a war. ... In 1814 Jackson was a Major General in the Tennessee Militia, here he was ordered to march against the Creek Indians (who were pro-British in the war of 1812). ... This show of American strength made Americans feel proud after a war filled with military defeats. ...

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In Africa, early slavery resulted from warring groups taking captives. ... Some were later got their freedom while some escaped and migrated to Canada, Mexico and some other places in the United States to live a free life....

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