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Oct 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Discovered America on accident while trying to find a new route to India -
Mar 5, 1496
Cabot
Discoverd and claimed Newfoundland -
Jamestown
The first colonasation attempt in the new world -
Virginia House of Burgesses
extended the rights of englishmen -
The Mayflower
The Mayflower compact was the first pan for government in the new world -
Ma. Colony
The ma. bay colony was the first colony started in the new world -
The Pequot Wars
A powerful tribe of indians were wiped out by the colonists -
New England Confederation
Was the first step towards colonial unity -
Trade and Navgation Acts
Forced the colonies to use mercantilism and trade with only england, led to smuggling -
Carolinas
First settlers from west indies, brought slaves -
King Phillips War
The native americans uninted to rebel against the colonists but were defeated -
William Penn
Given land by king to settle debt with his father. set up colony of pennsylvania -
Dominion of new England
shortlived union of new england area colonies -
King Williams War
the first of the french and indian wars -
Queen Annes War
French and Britain Fighting over land -
Paxtonboys
massacered conastoge village -
Revenue Act of 1764
taxed sugar to pay off debt -
Quatering Act
british soldiers must be given full quarter in america -
Boston Massacre
a group of brittish troops fired on a group of protestors -
Gaspee affair
patriots captured and burned a british ship -
tea act
tax put on tea to get british east india company out of debt -
Boston tea party
protestors of the tea act dumped tea into the boston harbor -
Boston Port Act
the boston harbor was closed because of the boston tea party -
Mass. Gov Act
set up an appoined assymbly -
Lord Dunmores War
Virginia aristocrats fought the shawnee indians -
Lexington and Concord
first fighting in the revolutionarl war -
2nd Continetal Congress
ordered attack on canada and gave command of continental troops to washington -
Declaration of Independence
america declared independance from england -
Articles of Confederation
the first constitution of the us -
Land Ordinace of 1785
old northwest divided into 3-5 states -
National Bank
used to store money from an excise tax to get america out of debt -
Excise taxes
used to get america out of debt -
Proclimation Of Neutrality
said that america would remain neutral -
Genet affair
gnet tied to recuit americans for the french army -
French Revolution
france declared war on england -
Jay's Treaty
british to leave old northwest forts -
Pinckney's Treaty
gave us right of deposit at new orleans -
Barbary Pirates
pirates of the coast of africa seized american ships -
indian affairs
mad anthony defeated to conf. of miami -
treaty of greenvile
peace between america and native tribes -
right of deposit
gave the us right of deposit at the port of new orleans -
Hamilton's Economic Plan
Alexander Hamiltons plan to fix the american economy -
XYZ affair
conflict of french seizing american ships