American History 1 Honors

Jamestown founded

Jan 1, 1607

Mayflower lands

Jan 1, 1620

Plymouth rock

Pequot War

Dec 11, 1634

KIng Philip's War

Oct 15, 1675

Last major effort by the Native Americans of Southern New England to expel the British

Bacon's Rebellion

Oct 15, 1676

Salem Witch Trials

Jan 1, 1692

A west indian slave woman was accused of being a witch, and accusations snowballed.

Great Awakening

Dec 10, 1700

18th and 19th century

French and Indian War

Period: Dec 11, 1754 to Dec 11, 1763

Industrial Revolution

Dec 11, 1760

1760-1840

Pontiac's Rebellon

May 16, 1763

Ottowa indians attacked British forces at detroit in order to remove them from french lands

French and Indian War

Dec 10, 1763

Treaty of Paris
England and Colonist and Indians vs. French and Indians

American Revolution

Dec 11, 1765

1765-1783

Regulator Movement

Dec 10, 1771

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Sons of Liberty

First Continental Congress

Oct 26, 1774

Bunker Hill

Jul 16, 1775

Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

Staratoga

Oct 17, 1777

Articles of confederation

Nov 15, 1777

Surrender at Yorktown

Oct 19, 1781

Treaty of Paris

Sep 1, 1783

Got it because the End of the Revolutionary War.
Accuired land from the british.

Treaty of Paris

Dec 11, 1783

Constitutional Convention

May 10, 1787

George Washington

Apr 30, 1789

1st persident

Judiciary Act

Dec 10, 1789

Constitution

Dec 10, 1789

Whiskey Rebellion

Dec 10, 1791

Bill of Rights

Dec 10, 1791

first ten amendments of the Constitution

John Adams

Dec 11, 1797

2nd Pres.

Alien Sedition Act

Dec 10, 1798

Keeps immigrants out

Nat Turner

Dec 11, 1800

Thomas Jefferson

Dec 11, 1801

3rd pres

Louisianna Purchase

Apr 30, 1803

Pres. Jefferson bought the Louisianna Territory from Nepoleon (France) for $15 million dollars

Marbury vs. Madison

Dec 10, 1803

Embargo of 1807

Dec 11, 1807

James Madison

Dec 11, 1809

4th

Tariff of 1812

May 19, 1812

War of 1812

Dec 11, 1812

James Monroe

Dec 11, 1817

5th

Red River Basin

Sep 10, 1818

The Convention of 1818 was signed solving some problems with Britian that were left open by the Treaty of Ghent ( the treaty that ended the war of 1812)

We get Florida!

Sep 10, 1819

Adam Oins Treaty

Missouri Compromise

Dec 10, 1819

McCulloch vs. Maryland

Dec 10, 1819

Monroe Doctrine

Dec 10, 1823

John Q. Adams

Dec 11, 1825

6th

Andrew Jackson

Dec 11, 1829

7th

The Battle of the Alamo

Dec 11, 1836

Martin Van Buren

Dec 11, 1837

8th

Trail of Tears

Dec 11, 1838

William Henry Harrison

Dec 11, 1841

9th

John Tyler

Dec 11, 1841

10th

Texas Annexation

Sep 10, 1845

The republic of texas voluntarialy asked to become part of the US

James K. Polk

Dec 11, 1845

11th

Oregon Country

Sep 10, 1846

Oregon Country later became the states of modern day Oregon, Washington, and Idaho.
It was split by the 49th parallel.

Mexican American War

Dec 11, 1846

Mexican Cession

Feb 10, 1848

Treaty of Gaudalupe-Hidalgo
Recognized Texas as a state

Zachary Taylor

Dec 11, 1849

12th

Millard Fillmore

Dec 11, 1850

13th

Gadsden Purchase

Sep 10, 1853

Southern Pacific Railroad

Franklin Pierce

Dec 11, 1853

14th

Franklin Pierce

Dec 11, 1853

14th

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Dec 10, 1854

Dred Scott

Dec 10, 1857

James Buchanan

Dec 11, 1857

15th

Civil War

Dec 11, 1861

Abraham Lincoln

Dec 11, 1861

16th

Emmancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Gettysburg address

Nov 19, 1863

Battle of Gettysburg

Dec 11, 1863

13th amendment

Jan 31, 1865

ended slavery

Andrew Johnson

Dec 11, 1865

17th

Alaska

Sep 10, 1867

Secretary of State William H. Seward bought Alaska from the Russinas for the US for $7.2 million

14th amendment

Jul 9, 1868

equal protection for all citizen

15th amendment

Feb 26, 1869

all males are given the right to vote

Ulysses S. Grant

Dec 11, 1869

Compromise of 1877

Dec 10, 1877