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Jamestown founded
Jamestown was founded in 1607. 104 men sailed into the Chesapeake bay. Also up the river they called James. When they stopped and clamed land they called it Jamestown.
The link is a video of someone on vacation in jamestown they talk about the pre-1607 and show you the river now. -
John Smith
John Smith was 27 years old, He was known as a famous world traveler. He also would steal food and kidnap natives. He also found Jamestown -
Pocahontas
Pocahontas was the daughter of Powhatan who was in a war with the Europeans. So to basically piss him off Dale kidnapped Pocahontas. She ended up marrying a english man and her name changed to Rachel. -
Bacons Rebellion
Berkeley refused to go against the Native Americans so the farmers gathered around at the report of a new raiding party. After getting the Occaneechi to attack the Susquehanock. Bacon and his men went through the villiage killing most women men and childern. -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem witch trials history backgroundMany women were being accused of being witches, Even if they were not. It all started when these girls were acting alittle werid and the doctor came and looked at them couldn't find anything wrong with them so everyone started to think that it was witchcraft. So they went with whoever the girls said was a witch -
Great Awaking
Where most women and younger boys who were not going to recive anything from their late hubsands or fathers when they passed away to go towards god and that god would help them. -
Stone Slave Rebellion
explaining the rebellion and why they think slaves did it.40-60 slaves went marching killing all whites they saw. They killed at least 20. When they were caughted they were killed any that tryed to get away were also killed and the ones the were forced to join were set free. -
Seven year war
Was a war between England and France. lasted seven years. -
Sugar Act
Funny little video singing a song bout the act.The sugar act raised the duty of sugar and lowered the duty on molasse. they stoped taxing sugar so people would stop stealing it. -
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Boston Massacre
Captain Thomas Preston lined up several of his soliders to protect a building. Then several soliders fired into the crowd killing five people. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea started to be taxed so the captain of a ship that was carring tea said to throw it all off board so everyone grabbed as much as they can started to pour it over board. -
American Revolution
13 colonies in North America joined together to break free from british empire. -
Declaration of independence
A statement that was adopted by the Congress. Which announced that the states were free. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay was a poor farmer who hated that fact that he couldn't pay for anything so he didnt want to pay for anything. -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights is the ten most important rights of a citizen, -
Whiskry Rebellion
This clip shows you who started it, info about him and where it was what it was like then and nowThere started to be a tax on Whiskey, This effected the farmers along with everyone that drank because they couldn't make as much as they use to make. -
Pinckney's Treaty
It was basically the united stats make a friendship with spain. -
slave revolts
over 9,000 slaves went around killing all whites -
"Pidgin"
Slaves started to make up their own kind of language so they could talk back and forth to each other. -
Day to day slave resistance
Slaves would do stuff to hurt themselves or to make there masters man so they didnt have to work -
slave marriage
If you were to be married or get married and had kids as a slave then depending on what your master wanted would depend on if you got to go see you loved one and your childern. -
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon could not afford Louisiana anymore so he sold it to Jefferson for 15 million dollars -
Marbury V. Madison
John Adams had a midnight apt with James Madision and he didn't want to go to it so he never gave Madison his documents. So he went to the court and never got them. -
Slave Codes
Slave codes where the laws for the owners of slaves to make their slaves follow -
Sexual Abuse
Many slaves would say that they have been abused -
Battle of New Orleans
Song that sings about it... Fun way to remember what it is about. park of the war in 1812 -
The Monster Destroyed
Jackson was called the monster when he was not present anymore people started saying the monster has been destroyed. -
Trail of Tears
Explains what happened and go back and forth to a man talking about it then going back to how it all happenedThis is a trail that Jackson made all the indians walk down and most cryed and died so it was called the trail of tears
