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    The Swanson's were a small family who had lived 

in a home on the outskirts of Great Britain. They 

were one of the first English settlers who had come 

to this new land called America. 

    While in America the Swanson's and their fellow 

settlers faced many difficulties trying to adapt to 

the new land.

    While the Swanson's lived in New England, they 

faced many encounters with the natives whom had 

been living there during the time in which they 

arrived. 

    There was no trust between the Natives and 

families like the Swanson's. The Natives were 

treated poorly as the new settlers tried to change 

their customs.

    While living in America, another difficulty the 

Swanson's faced was starvation. This was due to the 

fact that the rich had been inexperienced in things 

like farming and were unable to grow crops. 

    Settlers, along with the Swanson's, didn't bring 

livestock to survive off of and in turn stole from the 

Natives which caused even more conflict between the 

two. 

    The Swanson's were not accustomed to a new land 

and its natural resources. One morning, Maryanne 

Swanson was sick with a high fever but the village was 

oblivious to the cause of her sickness. 

    Soon, many other settlers also became sick. Mr. 

Waldorf, the village doctor, concluded the sickness 

was caused from the unclean water. 

    Other sicknesses arose during the duration of the 

time the settlers traveled in effort to become more 

familiar with this "New World".    

    The Swanson's and their fellow settlers became 

angry with many of the British actions taken upon them 

like the Stamp Act, Townshend Act, and the Intolerable 

Act. 

    Settlers were most angry with the Stamp Act 

because it was a direct tax onto everyday goods the 

English settlers used. 

    However, the Townshend Act had an indirect tax on 

items such as tea, glass and lead. 

     Settlers were also angered because the King had 

sent out British Redcoats in effort to take control of 

the colonists by watching their every move.

    As time progressed the English settlers became 

adapted to their new lives in New England and imposed 

laws in order to structure their newly found freedom 

and way of life. 

    As Mrs. Swanson was out shopping for ripe tomatoes, 

she had noticed a poster describing, what was said to be 

called The Ten Amendments.     She read as follows: 

1- Freedom of religion, speech, freedom of the press, and the 

right to petition the government.

2- Right to bear arms 

3-Troops may not be quartered in homes during peaceful times. 

4- No unreasonable searches or seizures. 

5-No "double jeopardy" -- being tried twice for the same 

offense. Forcing a person to testify against himself or herself 

prohibited. No loss of life, liberty or property without due 

process. 

6-Right to a speedy, public, impartial trial with defense counsel, 

and right to cross-examine witnesses. 

7-Jury trials in civil suits where value exceeds 20 dollars. 

8-No excessive bail or fines, no cruel and unusual punishments. 

9-Unlisted rights are not necessarily denied 

10-Powers not delegated to the United States or denied to 

states are reserved to the states or to the people

   Mrs. Swanson quickly returned home to share the 

news of the new Ten Amendments, only to hear 

that there had been more conflict between the 

north and the south and their different economical 

systems that led to political differences...

   Watson, the Town Crier, explained that California had 

just yesterday declared herself a free state

   Taxes received financial compensation for relinquishing 

claim to lands west of the Rio Grande and that this was 

done by Taxes paying ten-million dollars to surrender its 

claim without any specifications over slavery

   The slave trade, but not slavery itself was ended in The 

District of Colombia; and the Fugitive Slave Law was passes 

requiring all U.S. citizens to assist in the return of the 

runaway slaves. regardless of the legalization of slavery in 

the specific state. 

   After the news of the many conflicts facing the new English 

Settlers, came news of the salvation of America. 

  The Compromise of 1850 

  Though, after Mr. Baker, the town Philosopher closely 

analyzed what he believed to be the effects of this so called 

"Salvation".

   He explained that the immediate peace between north and 

the south was inevitable; However, the long term effects of 

the compromise was of popular soverity and the fugitive slave 

laws that will stir up unprecedented controversy. 

    The Swanson family was very excited despite the 

controversy between the North and South, a new man 

named Abraham Lincoln had come to town and told the town 

that he was running for President of the United States.

    Timothy who was now the oldest Swanson had heard a lot 

about Lincoln. Word had traveled very fast from the South 

and if he was elected would cause even more tension 

between the North and South. This was because the South 

had misinterpreted Lincoln and thought he would abolish 

slavery.

    Though the South had been confused of what Lincoln said. 

Timothy's friend Oliver had said that Lincoln had only 

wanted to stop slavery from spreading farther into America, 

he did not want to completely get rid of slavery. 

    Abraham was very popular amongst the North and since 

the North was very industrial based it had a higher 

population and Lincoln was elected as President for the 

United States of America. The South was in mass outrage 

and created their own Confederate States of America. 

    Not even elected into office yet President Lincoln had to 

control his states even more now that the South had 

declared war.

    The North and South had begun a Civil War by electing 

Abraham Lincoln into presidency. The Civil War started 

under many circumstances and the big one was that the 

South needed slavery to sustain off of. 

    Though the North did not understand why slavery was 

needed so much, and was against it. Before President Lincoln 

was elected in, the battle was mainly metaphysical and not 

fought out. 

    Since the declaration of war the battle had become 

physical between the North and South and started at Fort 

Sumter. Lincoln used the strategy of not evacuating the fort 

which was on Confederate Soil.

    The South then took this opportunity to fire upon the 

Union soldiers and fort. In turn Lincoln used this to blame 

the start of the Civil War on the Confederate States.

    Fighting between the North and South continued on for 

about five years and many people lost their loves fighting in 

what they believed in.

    After the Civil War the North and South were united 

once again, realizing that they needed together to survive. 

The South creating the produce for the North to 

industrialize.

   Now that the South and the North had become united, 

the united states began to enrich in accommodations that 

soon separated the citizens into classes. life moved fast as 

a new sense of prosperity and freedom emerged at the end 

of World War I. 

   Lots products were manufactured in mass-production 

packaging. Billboards popped up all over the cities. New 

technology became available for ordinary citizens and 

because of this, the 1920's became known as the "Machine 

Age".

    Mrs. Swanson read in the news paper that President 

Franklyn D. Roosevelt had came up with something called 

The New Deal Program. 

   She explained to her family that FDR hoped to do 

something called the FDIC which was the federal deposit 

insurance. 

    Corporations and many banks were failing after the 1929 

stock market crash which happened because of the 20s 

lifestyle of "make it new". The crash continued into 1933. 

FDR first instituted a "Bank Holiday" closing all banks until 

they were in good condition to reopen. FDR hoped this would 

achieve revenue which it did and sparked america back into a 

working nation.

   Another one of FDR's New Deal programs was the 

FERA - Federal Emergency Relief Program. This gave 

millions to states for work relief programs. 

    It was one of the first programs to provide state 

assistance for the unemployed and their families. This 

depressed relief funds to states so that jobs could be 

created for those out of work. 

    Though it wasn't an absolute solution to the 

unemployed, it helped people stay stable until the 

economy improved. 

   Another was the WPA   - Works Progress 

Administration. Which was created as the largest New 

Deal program. the WPA impacted millions of Americans.

    This program lead to numerous roads, buildings, and 

other projects were completed. this gave the nation public 

works projects that would last a long time and it gave 

people a sense of hope, progress and support. 

   Lastly, the AAA - The Agricultural Adjustment 

Administrations. A New Deal program that restored 

agricultural prosperity by reducing farm productions, 

reducing export surpluses, and raising prices. 

The AAA established the plan that would support 

producers of basic accommodations for cutting their 

exports of goods.

    Its goal was to restore prices paid to farmers for their 

goods to become equal in their pricing of purchasing. This 

let on a period of stability for most americans. 

Shortly after the United States had gotten itself out of a 

national debt World War Two struck and started a whole 

new cause of problems.

    Timothy's sons, son; Oliver had gone out to war to fight 

alongside the Allies: France, America and Great Britain. 

    There was many causes to the start of World War Two, 

many of these were both long term and short term causes 

which lead to the war. 

    Germany and the USSR were expanding greatly in Europe 

and the allies had turned a blind eye towards Hitler and 

Germany hoping that he'd be eventually pleased.

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