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1451
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator who discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a route to China -
The Lost Colony
English disappeared leaving a great mystery. -
Roanoke
The First English attempt to settle in the New World known as "The Lost Colony" -
Triangular Trade
sent slaves to America, America sent Raw Materials to Europe, and Europe sent Guns and Rum to Africa. -
Jamestown
1st permanent English settlement in North America -
House of Burgesses
first legislative body in colonial America -
Plymouth
Colony settled by the Pilgrims which eventually merged with the Massachusetts Bay colony. -
Mayflower Compact
he first agreement for self-government in America -
Salem Witch Trials
outbreak of witchcraft accusations in Puritan Massachusetts marked by an atmosphere of fear, hysteria, stress, trials and executions. -
Puritans
A religious group who wanted to reform the Church of England. -
Roger Williams
Clashed with the Massachusetts Puritans over separation of church and state -
Native American Resistance
Pequot were virtually wiped put by the England -
King Phillip’s War
Involved the Wampanoag Indians in the Plymouth Colony -
Toleration Act
law passed by the English Parliament granting "some" religious freedoms to dissenting Protestants -
Great Awakening
The first cultural movement to unite the Thirteen Colonies. Associated with the democratization of religion -
French & Indian War
Continuous frontier tensions in North America as both French and British imperial officials and colonists sought to extend each country’s sphere of influence in frontier regions. -
Albany Plan of Union
trade, military, and other purposes; the plan was turned down by the colonies and the British Crown. Early attempt to unite the colonies. -
Battle of Quebec
The surrender of Quebec marked the beginning of the end of French rule in North America. -
Townshend Act
placed taxes on imported materials such as glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea. Led to outrage and tons of people boycotted British goods. -
2nd Continental Congress
Congress of American leaders which first met in 1775, declared independence and helped lead the United States during the Revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
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Yorktown
The last battle of the Revolution, Cornwallis is defeated by Washington and the colonial militias. Colonists won because British were surrounded and they surrendered. Parliament votes to end the war. -
Treaty of Paris
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Louisiana Purchase
Lewis and Clark explored the land the lands acquired in the Louisiana Purchase -
Slave trade ended
slaves that were traded no longer had to go through it. -
War of 1812
Between Britain and the US, also known as the second American War for independence -
McCulloch v. Maryland (1819)
The courts ruled that the states cannot tax the Federal Government -
Panic of 1819
Major Financial Crisis -
Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)
case in which the court decided that the federal governments exclusive power over interstate commerce. -
battle of the alamo
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Election of 1844
Candidates: Henry Clay and James Polk. Polk favored expansion, demanded that Texas and Oregon be added to the US and Clay had already spoken out against annexation. Polk won the election by the difference of one state. -
Gold Rush
people moved just to search for gold in the streams. -
Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857)
-Dred Scott, an enslaved man of "the negro African race" who had been taken by his owners to free states and territories, attempted to sue for his freedom. -
The Civil War
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emancipation proclamation
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Reconstruction
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CIvil rights act
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Election of 1876
was one of the most disputed presidential elections in American history. Samuel J. Tilden of New York out-polled Ohio's Rutherford B. Hayes in the popular vote, and had 184 electoral votes to Hayes' 165, with 20 votes uncounted. -
Compromise of 1877
was a purported informal, unwritten deal that settled the intensely disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election. It resulted in the United States federal government pulling the last troops out of the South, and formally ended the Reconstruction Era.