1600-1877 timeline

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown was the permanently the first english settlement in North America,
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    Agreement Between The Settlers Plytmouth.
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
    The reason for the Sugar Act to pay England national debt. It is frequently compared to the unenforced Molasses Act of 1733,
  • The Stamp Act

     The Stamp Act
    The Stamp Act was passed by the British Parliament on March 22, 1765. The new tax was American colonists and had them pay a tax on every piece of printed paper they used.
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre
    The Boston Massacre was a street fight.The Boston Massacre leaded to the Revolutionary War,
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
    Boston didn't want to return three shiploads of taxed tea to Britain, a grpup of the colonist decided to dump the tea in the Boston Harbor.
  • American Revolutionary War

    American Revolutionary War
    The American Revolutionary War had begun as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and 13 united British colonies under the North American continent.
  • The Declaration Idependence

    The Declaration Idependence
    declaring independence from Great Britain.
  • The Battle of Saratoga

    The Battle of Saratoga
    was a battle between British and Indian Forces, and the American troops on the Hudson River in the State of New York.
  • The Articles of Confederation

     The Articles of Confederation
    Was the first written Constitution by the Government of The United States.
  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown
    The Battle of Yorktown, Virginia, was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War.
  • The Treaty of Paris

    The Treaty of Paris
    was signed and ended the Revolutionary war, The treaty recognized the colonies as the United States of America
  • Constitution Ratified

    Constitution Ratified
    Are the supreme laws of The United States of America. The laws and principles that establish the function, nature, offices, powers, and limits of a government.
  • George Washington President

    George Washington President
    George Washington was the first President of The United States of America, he died on December 14, 1799
  • The Bill of Rights

    The Bill of Rights
    The first ten amendments of the Constitution
  • The Lousiana Purchase

     The Lousiana Purchase
    the United States purchased from France the Louisiana Territory,
  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis
    President Andrew Jackson was prepared to use troops to enforce federal laws, because South Carolina was making a threat that they would secede from the United States.
  • The Trail of Tears

    The Trail of Tears
    The force movement of Cherokees to land west of the Mississippi River.
  • Civil War

    Civil War
    War between the Union states of the North and the confederate states of the south, fought from 1861 through 1865
  • The Emancipation Proclamation

     The Emancipation Proclamation
    A President decree by President Lincoln, effective January 1, 1863 that freed slaves in Confederate held territory.