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Founding of Jamestown
Jamestown was founded in late April of 1607 by John Smith. The English were hoping to find gold, claim land for england, and find new resources. This founding was very important because Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. -
House of Burgesses
In 1619, thirteen original colonies elected a group of colonists called the House of Burgesses. This was the first popularly elected legislature in the New World. -
Founding of Plymouth Colony and Mayflower Compact
In 1620, group of 101 left England for the Virginia Colony, but Mayflower was blown off cours and landed in a new territory. The colonists decided to make a new colony and called it Plymouth Colony. Since the Pilgrims were starting a new colony away from the Virginia Colony, the colonists made a set of laws and agreements called the Mayflower compact. -
Founding of Massachussets Bay
In 1630, 1000 colonists migrated to the new world and arrived at Massachussets Bay. The colonists were well equiped and founded the city of Boston. This bay became a major port for ships. -
Pequot War
In 1637, many Pequot Indians were frustrated by the colonists expanding westward into their territory. One Pequot Indian killed a colonist which caused the colonists to call a militia. The colonists went into the Pequot Village and set the huts on firing killing over 700 Indians. -
King Philip’s War
In 1675, starving colonists attacked and enslaved the Narragansett tribe. King Phillip(Metacom) got a group of Natives and rebelled against the colonist causing one of the most bloodiest battles in history. More than half of New England was wiped out in this battle. -
Stamp Act
A law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required all printed materials sold in the colonies to carry a tax stamp. The stamps had to be put on newspapers, legal documents, and even playing cards. -
Bacon’s Rebellion
From 1676 to 1677, Nathaniel Bacon lead a rebellion against the native Americans. He asked govener Berkeley for the right to fight the indians but none was granted so he rebelled. -
Salem Witch Trials
In 1692 twenty men and women were hung, all being convicted of witchcraft. Although only twenty were executed, over 200 were accused. The colony eventually dmitted the trials and convictions were wrong. -
French and Indian War
A war between the French and Indian allies and Britian. As the result of the war, the British got the land and begain taxing the colonists because of. -
Quatering Act
Applied to all the colonies in 1765, this law was put in place to force colonial legislatures to provide housing for British troops in America. It alowed soldiers to take place in buildings that dd not belong to the military. -
Boston Massacre
Rebel colonists got mad at the redcoats so they threw snowballs with rocks in them at the soldiers. A British soldier then fired his musket and so did more redcoats. 5 men were killed. -
Boston Tea Party
In 1773 colonists boarded vessels and poured cargoes of tea into the ocean to protest the tax on the tea by British parliment. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act was an Act of the Parliament of Great Britain to expand the British East India Company's monopoly on the tea trade to all British Colonies, selling excess tea at a reduced price. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were 5 laws that King George III put on the colonies. He did this because he wanted to punish them for dumping tea into the harbor at the Boston Tea Party. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord was the first battle of the American revolution. It was the battle in which the famous phrase "A shot heard around the world," came from. -
Declaration of Independence
A document declaring the US to be independent of the British rule, signed by Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams. -
Shay's Rebellion
A rebellion that took place in western Massachusetts, named after Daniel Shays, rebellion against government. -
Constitutional Convention
Convention to address current problems in the United States under the Articles of Confederation. -
Judiciary Act 1789
This set the number of Supreme Court justices at six: one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices. It gave the Supreme Court final jurisdiction over all of the states. -
Second great awakening
Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. It encouraged people to get involved in reformes not directly related to religion. -
Whiskey Rebellion
A protest by farmers against a tax on the production and sale of whiskey. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The alien and sedition acts required immigrants to live in the US for 12 years to become a citizen. -
Revolution of 1800
The United States presidential election of 1800, also known as the Revolution of 1800, was the first time a non-federalist President was elected. -
Marbury v. Madison
A decision that helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government. -
Louisiana Purchase
The territory sold by France to the US in 1803, comprising the western part of the Mississippi valley. -
Embargo Act 1807
This law stopped all trade between America and any other countries. The goal was to get Britain and France, who were fighting each other at the time, to stop restricting American trade. The Act backfired, and the American people suffered. -
War of 1812
A military conflict between the forces of the United States and the British Empire. -
Election of 1816
The 8th presidential election in which James Monroe won. This was the beginning of the era of good feelings. -
Election of 1824
The corrupt bargain is the claim that John Quincy Adams had made a secret deal with Henry Clay to win the presidential election of 1824. -
Election of 1828
The 11th presidential election in which Jackson and Adams had a repeat race. jackson beat Adams easily. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
Andrew Jackson used this act to force the mass relocation of the Creek, Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, and other Indian nations during the 1830s. -
Nullification Crisis 1832
The Nullification crisis was an attempt by South Carolina to refuse the laws of the government and tariff put on them. -
Texas Independence
Texas fought Mexico in 1836 to be free from Mexico and become a seperate country. -
Mexican-American War
A war between Mexico and America when in dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande. The US had just annexed Texas at the time. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty that concluded the war between the United States and Mexico and that guaranteed to all Mexicans living in the "new" American territory a number of basic rights. -
Dawes Act
Authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. 1887 -
Wounded Knee Massacre
It was the last battle between the Indians and Americans. A deaf Indian had a struggle giving up his rifle, which ended up in a gunfire. With that shot going off, Americans retaliated and shot every Indian in sight. A total of about 300 people (men, women, children) were killed that day, and dumped into a mass grave. -
Spanish-American War
A war fought in 1898 to help Cuba gain its independence from Spain. -
Founding of NAACP
It was founded on February 12, 1909 after a race riot in Springfield, Illinois. There was a call sent out to Northerners to find a way to create social equality. In 1909, a group of multi-racial activists held a conference in New York City and decided to form the NAACP. -
Red Summer
Describes the race riots that occurred in the summer of 1919. -
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. The NEW NEGRO was introduced. -
First Red Scare
America had its fear with the end of World War 1. As they saw a threat from Russia following the Bolshevik revolution. The Red Scare gets its name from how US was scared that Russia would attack them with their high powered weaponry. -
Election of 1932
A crucial election in which FDR won with 427 electoral votes. -
New Deal
The economic measures introduced by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 to counteract the effects of the Great Depression. -
Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The United Sttes dropped the only used atomic bomb on Japan after
Japan rejected a treaty. This ended World War 2. -
Truman Doctrine
American policy that provides economic and military to greece and turkey because they were threatened by communism. -
Fall of China to Communism
The democratic party and communist party of China were fighting for power. The Democratic looked to U.S. for support, however, were denied which led to their defeat. -
Creation of NATO 1949
NATO was formed after the second World War to prevent any further conflicts of such a large scale. Most of the participating countries were in some way involved in WWII, and NATO helps to facilitate communication between countries. -
Korean War
A war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea that divided the country into north and south -
Election of 1952
The presidential election of 1952, won by Dwight D. Eisenhower with 442 electoral votes.
