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Jamestown
First permanent English settlement in North America. -
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TImespan
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Start of slavery
Slavery meant making people your own property for no charge. -
House of Burgesses
First legislative assembly in Virginia. -
Mayflower Compact
First gov't document of Plymouth Colony. -
French and Indian War
War between the British and the American colonists and the French and the Indians. -
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Signed by Great Britian, France, and Spain after the Seven Years' War. -
Proclamation of 1763
Banned American colonists from setting west of the Appalachains and Canada. -
Stamp Act
Tax imposed on all legal documents. -
Boston Massacre
Fight between a patriot mob which resulted in 5 dead colonists. -
Boston Tea Party
Event in which disguised colonists dumped more than 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor. -
1st Continental Congress
First time almost all 13 colonies acted upon together. -
2nd Continental Congress
Adopted the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Lexington and Concord
First military engagements of the Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson and signed in 1776. -
Articles of Confederation
First constitution of the United States. -
Critical Period
Time period in which the U.S was under the Articles of Confederation. -
Yorktown
FInal battle of the Revolutionary War and where General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington. -
The Treaty of Paris
Ended the American Revolutionary War -
Land Ordinance of 1785
Congress did not have power to raise revenue by taxation. -
Shay's Rebellion
Armed uprising that took place in Massachusetts. -
Annapolis Convention
Meeting of Commissioners to remedy effects of the Federal Government. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Provided a method of admitting new states. -
Constitutional Convention
Gathering of debating on whether or not to write a new constitution. -
The Great Compromise
Created a 2 house congress: Senate and the House of Represenatives. -
The 3/5 Compromise
Slaves counted as 3/5 of a person when determining a state's representation in the House of Represenatives. -
Washington's Presidency
First president of the United States of America and served from 1789-1797. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
Established the U.S federal judiciary. -
The Bill of Rights Signed
The Bill of Rights became law on this date. -
Cotton Gin
Invention created by Eli Whitney that quickly separated cotton fibers from their seeds. -
Adam's Presidency
Second president of the United States of America and served from 1797-1801, -
Gabe Prosser Revolt
Led a slave revolt in the year 1800. -
Jefferson's Presidency
Third president of the United States of America and served from 1801-1809. -
Marbury vs. Madison
Court case that established judicial review in the U.S. -
Louisiana Purchase
Large land purchased by Jefferson from the France that doubled the size of the United States. -
War of 1812
War that lasted 2 and a half years between the U.S and Great Britain in 1812. -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Court case that imposed a tax on all notes of banks. -
Missouri Compromise
Settled disputes between free and slave states in 1820. -
Age of the Common Man
The age of the common man is the age of Andrew Jackson. -
Monroe Doctrine
Stated that European countires couldn't interfere with North America, or it would result in aggravation. -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Established the power to keep commerce in the U.S. -
Jackson's Presidency
March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837 -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Indians had to move west of the Mississippi River and went to present-day Oklahoma. -
Nat Turner Revolt
Led a slave rebellion, which unfortunately resulted in 60 white male deaths. -
Battle of the Alamo
Important battle in the Texas Revoultion and troops fought until their last man was down. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Battle where about 630 mexican soldiers were killed and 730 were captured. -
U.S. annexes Texas
Congress finally agreed to annex Texas. -
Mexican War
War fought between the U.S and Mexico lasting nearly 2 years. -
California Gold Rush
Gold was found by James W. Marshall. -
Seneca Falls Convention
First women's rights convention. -
Missouri Compromise
Defused a four year confrontation between the slave states and free states. -
Fugitive Slave Law
Law that made it easier to catch runaway slaves. -
Compromise of 1850
Set of laws concerning the issue of slavery in the 1800s. -
Reservation System
American indians kept their citizenship with them in their tribes. -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Novel written by Harriet Beecher Stowe. -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska. -
Dred Scott Case
U.S. Supreme Court decision that said a slave was not a citizen. -
Election of 1860
Four candidates accepted nominations for the presidency in 1860. -
Battle of Fort Sumter
First battle of the Civil War. -
Homestead Act
Gave settlers 160 acres of land to settle in the west. -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Presidential order by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. -
Battle of Vicksburg
The last major battle in the Civil War. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Fought in Pennslyvania in 1863. One of the greatest battles during the Civil War. -
Gettysburg Address
Speech by Lincoln during the Civil War. -
Reconstruction
The time of rebuilding after the Civil War. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavey in 1865. -
Appomattox Court House
Location where General Lee surrendered to General Grant. -
Lincoln's assassination
Lincoln was shot and killed by John Wilkes Booth at a play in 1865. -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
Divided the south into five districts. -
14th Amendment
Gave citizenship to all people born in the United States. -
Knights of Labor
Uriah Stevens is the founder -
15th Amendment
Any citizen was able to vote. -
Election of 1876
Compromise that ended reconstruction. -
Jim Crow Laws
Segregation laws that were passed after reconstruction -
Chinese Exclusion Act 1882
First restriction on immigration in1882. -
Haymarket Square
Strike where K of L was protested and a bomb went off near the police, resulting in 8 strikers being convicted. -
American Federation of Labor
First federation of labor unions. -
Dawes Act
Allowed the U.S President to survey the tribal lands, -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Made it illegal for companies to seek a monopoly or a trust. -
Homestead Strike
Strike which lead to a battle with guns. -
American Railway Union
Largest labor union at the time. -
Pullman Strike
Nation wide strike involving railroads -
Immigration Restriction Act
Opposed immigrants living in the United States. -
Plessy V Ferguson 1896
"Separate but Equal" court case in 1896. -
Spanish American War
War fought between the U.S and Spain in 1898. -
Treaty of Paris 1898
Treaty that resulted in the U.S gaining Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Phillipines. -
Open Door Policy
United States' policy during the 19th and 20th century. -
Progressive Movement
A reform movement that said the rich was corrupting the public and private ways of life. -
Boxer Rebellion
Attempt to drive all foreigners away from China. -
Roosevelt Corollary
Addition to the Monroe Doctrine. -
Platt Amendment
Established naval bases in 1903 -
Panama Canal
Ship canal that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. -
Great Migration
Movement of nearly 6 million african americans. -
16th Amendment
Created the federal income tax. -
17th Amendment
Senators were elected by state legislators in 1913. -
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Expanded the Sherman Anti-Trust Law. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Woodrow Wilson's act against trusts during the Progressive Era. -
WW1
A war fought in 1914 between the Allies and the Central Powers. -
U.S enters WW1
The U.S enters the war 2 days after the senate vote on the war. -
14 Points
Peace statement by Woodrow Wilson in 1918. -
Susan B. Anthony
One of the main leaders of the women's suffrage in order to vote. -
Treaty of Versailles
Peace treaty at the end of World War 1. -
19th Amendment
Women gained the right to vote. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture of alcohol. -
Harlem Renaisance
Cultural movement during the 1920's. -
19th Amendment
Women gain the right to vote. -
Great Depression
Long recession during the 1920's in the U.S. -
Scopes Trial
American legal case in 1925. -
Hoover
Elected into Presidency in 1928, and lost to FDR in 1932. -
Black Tuesday
October 29, 1929, the Stock Market crashed. -
CLO
A security backed by a pool of debt in the 1930's. -
Dust Bowl
Major Drought during the Great Depression. -
Assimilation Policy
Attempt to destroy indian culture. -
FDR
Crushed Hoover in the Election of 1932. Created the "New Deal". -
New Deal
Idea to hopefully help improve conditions of people during the Great Depression. -
FDIC
Insured banking deposits during the 1930's. -
Fair Labor Standards Act
Set maximum hours and mimimum wage for workers. -
Wagner Act
Enacted to eliminate employers' interference with the union force. -
Social Security Act
Created a system of transfer statements in the 1930's. -
Non-Aggression Pact
Germany and the Soviet Union said there would be no military action for the next 10 years. -
War in Europe begins
Germany invades Poland. -
Selective Service Act WWII
System that randomly selects men to serve in the military. -
Germany invades Russia
In 1941, Germany invaded Russia. -
Pearl Harbor
The Japanese navy attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, causing the U.S to enter WWII. -
U.S declares war
After the Attack on Pearl Harbor, we decided to enter the war. -
Miracle of Midway
Naval battle of World War 2. -
Korematsu vs. U.S
A supreme court case that said the wartime was unconstitutional. -
D-Day
Allied forces invaded the beaches of Normandy. -
Battle of the Bulge
Major German offensive campaign in 1944. -
V-E Day
The day of the Allied victory in Europe. -
Hiroshima A-Bomb
Hiroshima was one of the two cities that we dropped an atomic bomb on. -
Nagasaki A-Bomb
The other city that we dropped an atomic bomb on. -
Nuremburg Trials
Post-war trials of World War 2.
