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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first settlement of the Virginia Colony, founded in 1607, and served as capital of Virginia until 1699, when the seat of government was moved to Williamsburg. -
Mayflower
Pilgrims sail over on it. -
King Philip's War
last major effort by Native Americans of Southern New England to expel the British -
Bacon's Rebellion
Led the colonists in a rebellion against the Virginia gov't. -
Salem Witch Trials
In 1692, a West Indian slave woman was accused of being a witch and accusations snowballed. -
French and Indian War
France loses almost all lands in North America (Louisiana) -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac plots against the British, the British find out and break Pontiacs Alliances. -
Regulator Movement
Farmers disliked the taxes against them -
The American Revolution
War between British and Patriots for freedom in America. -
Articles Of Confederation
One Big Problem- lack of cooperation -
Revolutionary War ended in 1781 with British defeat at Yorktown
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The Treaty of Paris
American Revolution The Treaty of Paris was the official peace treaty between the United States and Britain that ended the American Revolutionary War -
Shay's Rebellion
Poor western farmers rebel after being taxed by gov't. -
Constitutional Convention
The New Jersey Plan was written -
Conneticut Compromise
mapped out how representatives would be in each house of congress -
Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay wrote essays supporting the constitution that were published in newspapers. -
Judiciary Act
Established the Supreme Court as the Judiciary Ruler of the US. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Small farmers revolted in Pennyslvania after whiskey was taxed. 1791 – 1794 -
John Adams
Elected in 1796 -
John Adams
2nd president -
Alien and Sedition Acts.
Passed to silence criticism of the Federalists. -
George Washington
First President -
Utopian Societies
"perfect" towns -
Thomas Jefferson
3rd president -
Lousianna Purchase
(French: Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles) by the United States -
James Madison
4th president -
The American System
All parts of the nation working together -
War of 1812
Trouble with Native Americans and the British causes another war. -
Treaty of Ghent
Cease fire of the War of 1812 -
James Monroe
5th president -
Red River Basin
The land acquired by the United States in the treaty, known as the Red River Basin, would ultimately become part of the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. -
Florida Treaty
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Adams-Onis Treaty
Spain gives FL to the US -
Missouri Compromise
Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state -
Abolitionists
Abolition leaders began to rise up against slavery -
Monroe Doctrine
James Monroe established 2 foreign policy ideals in his speech -
John Quincy Adams
6th president -
Tariff of 1828
Taxed import goods -
Nullification
Southern states were unhappy with the import taxes and tried to nullify the tariff -
Andrew Jackson
Andrew Jackson is elected -
Andrew Jackson
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Transcendentalism
A movement of literature in the 1830's, 40's, & 50's. Authors stressed the prescence of God and Nature. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
Nat led a slave revolt and killed 33 white men -
Martin Van Buren
8th prezi -
Reformers
Horace Mann and Dorothea Dix try to reform schools and asylums. -
William Henry Harrison
9th prezi -
John Tyler
10th prezi -
Texas Annexation
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James K. Polk
11th prezi -
Oregon Treaty
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Mexican American War
Caused by conflict with Mexico and the ownership of the California- Arizona territories. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Officially ending the MexAmer war and Texas was given to the US. -
Mexican Cession
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Women's rights
They wanted to vote, own property, etc. -
Zachary Taylor
12th prezi -
Compromise of 1850
New lands after the Mexian war threatened the new balance of 15 free states and 15 slave states. -
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Wrote The Scarlett Letter. -
Scalawags and Carpetbaggers
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Millard Filmore
13th prezi -
Gadsden Purchase
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Franklin Pierce
14th president -
Kansas- Nebraska Act
Senator Stephen A. Douglas pushed for the orginazation of Kansas and Nebraska territories. -
Walt Whitman
Poet living on the edge -
Dred Scott Decision
A slave sues for his freedom, yet sadly fails. -
James Buchanan
15th prezi -
South Seceeds
The Southern portion of the Union suceeds because of Lincolns election. -
Fort Sumter
Union Fort outside Charleston, SC Confederate General PGT Beauregaurd captured the fort. -
First Bull Run
30,000 Confederate troops suprised 30,000 Union Troops but the Confederate troops still weren't able to take over Washington as planned. -
Civil War
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. -
Abraham Lincoln
16th prezi -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freed all slaves. -
Gettysburg
Union Defeats the South. Result= 48,000 troops either dead or wounded (both sides combined) -
Vicksburg
Major battle of the Civil war -
Fredricksburg
Major battle of the Civil War -
Chancellorsville
Major war of the Civil War -
Surrender of the Civil War
Robert E Lee surrenders -
Lincoln Assasinated
Lincoln is shot in the head by John Wilkes Booth. -
Andrew Johnson
Johnson was elected and followed in Lincolns path. -
Andrew Johnson
17th prezi -
Scalawags and Carpetbaggers
Carpetbaggers carried a so called carpet with them to the South to trick the vulnerable South. Scalawags completely encompassed the view of these people from the perspective of loyal Confederates of the 'old school'. The Scalawags were loathed as being treacherous and evil without honor or virtue - ready to pillage, plunder and completely destroy the South. -
Alaska
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Radical Reconstruction
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14th amendment
gave all blacks citenzenship. -
Ulysses S Grant
Election of 1868 -
Ulysses S. Grant
18th prezi -
15th amendment
Gave all men, including blacks, the right to vote. -
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th prezi -
James A. Garfield
20th prezi -
Hawaii
Hawaii becomes the 50th state
