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1600-1700
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Jamestown
Colonists moved into a peninsula, but could not sustain living. -
Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in North America. -
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei sees the moons of Jupiter through his telescope. Galileo also showed the Copernican system in which the planets circle the sun was correct. -
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare died due to syphilis, and was even rumored to have been murdered. -
House of Burgesses
House of Burgesses is established in Virginia. -
Slaves in North America
First Slaves in North America brought from Dutch Shipping Companies -
Harvard College was Founded
Harvard was the first college to be founded in the American Colonies. -
King Philip's War
An armed conflict between indigenous inhabitants of New England and New England colonists and their indigenous allies. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon and his militia burned Jamestown to the ground because the governor told them they could not take over the Native American land. -
Salem Witch Trials
The start of the trials was due to Betty Parris and Abigail Williams named Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba as witches. -
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1700-1800
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French and Indian War
This was a conflict primarily fought between Britain and France over a New World territory, ending with a British victory. -
British Industrial Revolution
A time of growth in technologies and inventions, transformed rural societies into industrialized, urban ones. -
Treaty of Paris
Ended the French and Indian War between Britain and France, and their respective allies. -
Boston Massacre
A confrontation on March 5, 1770, in which a group of nine British soldiers shot five people out of a crowd of three or four hundred who were abusing them verbally and throwing various missiles. -
American Revolutionary War
This war secured American Independence from Great Britain. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The famous "shot heard around the world", marked the start of the American War of Independence. -
Declaration of Independence
Document signed on July 4th securing our independence from Great Britain. -
Battle of Long Island
An action of the American Revolutionary War fought at the edge of Long Island the present-day Brooklyn, New York. -
The Battles of Saratoga
Marked the climax of the Saratoga campaign, giving a decisive victory to the Americans over the British in the American Revolutionary War. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion threatened to collapse the young nation, tax laws favored trade at expense of agriculture, and showed the need for a stronger central government. -
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1800-1876
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Louisiana Purchase
The acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic. -
War of 1812
A war fought between America and its indigenous allies against the United Kingdom and their allies in British North America, with limited participation by Spain in France. -
The Monroe Doctrine
The doctrine warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs. -
Texas Gains Independence from Mexico
The refusal of many Texans, both Anglo and Mexican, to accept the governmental changes mandated by "Siete Leyes". -
The Battle of the Alamo
Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar, killing most of the Texians and Tejanos inside. -
Trail of Tears
A series of forced displacements of roughly 60,000 American Indians of the "Five Civilized Tribes" between 1830 and 1850 by the United States government. -
The Oregon Trail
A roughly 2,000-mile route from Independence, Missouri, to Oregon City, Oregon, that was used by hundreds of thousands of American pioneers in the mid-1800s to emigrate west. -
Start of the Civil War
The Civil War started because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. -
Abraham Lincoln Assassination
Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, while at Ford's Theatre watching Our American Cousin. -
Great Chicago Fire
This fire killed approximately 300 people, destroyed roughly 3.3 square miles of the city including 17,000 structures, and left more than 100,000 residents homeless.