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Jamestown 1607
104 English men arrived and established the settlement of Jamestown in North America. -
Dutch ships
A Dutch ship sails 20 slaves to colonists in Jamestown. This introduces slavery to the south. -
House of Burgesses
The representative body (basically the government) made up of white, wealthy land owners. -
Plymouth
The Plymouth colony was established. -
The Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower compact was established in which it formed the colones way of government. -
Navigation Act
The Navigation Act of 1651 was aimed at the Dutch. Goods were only imported by the English and was intended to cripple Dutch freight trade. -
Virginia
In 1660, the Virginian population was at 60,000. There was a small elite and many poor workers. -
Navigation Act
The acts was designed to protect England's interests in the West Indies and North America -
King Philip's War
King Philip's war was a war between the English colonists and the indigenous people. They wanted to take over more land. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Basically Bacon did not like the fact that we had to share land with the natives because he wanted to make money, Berkeley was like "No!!! It's fair and okay. You're delusional." Bacon was pretty mad, organized a militia to fight them, was ultimately embarrassed and humiliated, and later died. It was a turning point for the history of slavery in Virginia. -
Bicameral Legislature
All colonies had a bicameral legislature, except Pennsylvania. -
Treaty of Paris
Money! Introduced between the American Colonies and Britain, ended the Revolution and recognized American as an independent nation. -
Imperial Reform (1763-1783)
Changed relationship between Britain and her American colonies. It delayed troops to America. -
Currency Act
Threatened to destabilize the colonial economy. -
Sugar Act
Replaced Molasses Act of 1733, The rights of the British were not recognized in the colonies, Vice Admiralty court introduced -
Stamp Act
It was the first direct taxes on American colonies -
Quartering Act
Each colonial assembly was directed to provide for the basic needs of soldiers stationed within borders -
Stamp Act Congress
Delegates from colonies, petition to king, Parliament alarmed at the violence of colonial protesters -
Boston Massacre
Cold winter day as British were patrolling the streets, shots were fired and 5 Bostonian's and 2 boys were killed. -
Tea Act
Was not enacted to generate money, proposed to give monopoly to East India Company on direct sales to colonies. It did not boycott instead it destroyed tea sent back to England. -
President
John Adams was the first president to live in the Whitehouse. -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was elected and inaugurated as third president. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a land deal between the US and France, massively increasing the size of the country, west of the Mississippi River. -
Native American War
Native American got into problems trying to get British help while having conflicts with the US. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Doctrine created by President Monroe declared to European nations that they will no longer tolerate colonization. -
American West (1840s)
Many American settled for the gold rush and mining opportunities. -
The Great Emigration
Group of about 1,000 people traveled among the Oregon Trail in the span of 5 months westward. -
Texas
Texas annexation into the Union. -
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Civil war between the United States and the Confederacy (states that had seceded) over slavery. -
Homestead Acts
Provided 100s of acres of lands to Americans willing to use it for farming.
