-
Period: Sep 24, 1492 to
us hist
-
Oct 4, 1499
Ponce de León of Spain lands in Florida.
-
jamestown
jamestown was founded with many sailors killed by disease and sickness -
mayflower lands
the mayflower lands in cape cod massachsetts with 100 colonist -
Mayflower compact
establishes a local from of government for the colonist -
rodger williams
founds providence and rhode island -
Anne hutchenson
is banished from Mass. for "questioning authority" -
printing press
the frist colonial prining press is made -
Slavery
slavery is now legal in new england -
Trade and navigation act
Required the use of only english ships for trade -
slavery abolished
Rhode Island enacts the first law in the colonies declaring slavery illegal -
English bill of right
-
benjamin franklin was born
-
GEorge washington
george washiongton was born -
Quartering acts
when british soldiers were quatering in rsidents homes -
Stamp act
-
Declaritory act
Part of eliminateing the stamp act -
Townsend acts
to raise money for governors and royal officers -
Boston massacre
a group of agitated british soldiers opened fire into a group of colonist killing 5 colonist -
Gaspee afair
burned down a huge ship -
Tea act
passed by the parliment designed to prop up the east india company -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonist threw tea off a ship into the harbor -
contenental congress
first contenental congress was formed -
olie branch petition
to avoid full blown war will Britain -
Thomase payne
thomas payne wrote and published common sense -
British leave boston
they leave boston for good -
declaration of independance
The first official and legal independance from Britain -
Article of confederation ratified
acted as the first true universal form of government for the colonies -
Peace of paris
the peace that officily ends the revolutuionary war -
Shay's Rebellion
A rebellion of farmers in debt against the government -
XYZ affair
streigned relations with france -
capital
the capital moved from philidelphia to washington -
thomas jefferson
thomas jefferson the 3rd us president -
marbary v. madison
a court case that created the ability to accuse congress as unconstitutional -
lousiana purchase
-
lewis and clark
lewis and clark set out -
james madison
becomes 4th president -
war of 1812
a war with britain over marritime ships that really had nothing come out of it -
james madison
serves his 2nd term -
star spangled banner
becomes natonal anthem -
treaty of ghent
ends the war of 1812 -
new orleans
win battle over new orleans -
missour compromise
an attempt to balnce slave and non slave states -
monroe doctrine
said basicly no more colonization -
gibbons vs. odgen
allowed congress to regulate interstate trade