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Period: 1491 to
Period 1/2: 1492-1763
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first successful English Colony in the US, it was settled in Virginia. -
Starving Time 1609-1610
440 Jamestown settlers died in the winter of 1609-1610 because it was so harsh, and became known as the starving time. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the earliest Plymouth Colony document and it set the rules for self-government in the New World. -
First Thanksgiving at Plymouth
The first Thanksgiving took place at Plymouth, it was celebrated by the Pilgrims in November of 1621. -
First Public School in America
The first public school in America, Boston Latin School, was established in Massachusetts in 1635. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was a result of the Declaration of People of Virginia which led to an armed rebellion led by Nathanial Bacon. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials took place in Massachusetts in 1692. More than 200 were accused of witchcraft but of that, thirty were found guilty and nineteen were hanged. -
Post Office Act
The Post Office Act was passed in English Parliament which begins the postal system in the colonies. -
Albany Congress
Delegates from seven colonies met at the Albany Congress to discuss the need for union in the colonies to be protected from the French. -
Treaty of Paris
The French and Indian War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1763 and France gave up all of its territories in mainland North America. -
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The Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was a direct tax on the colonist put in place by Parliament in Great Britain. It required that many documents be printed on stamped paper, produced in London. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a British incident, where British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob of people in Boston. -
Committees of Correspondence
The Committees of Correspondence were governments that were set up in cities and towns of each of the 13 colonies right before the American Revolution. They rallied colonial opposition against British policy and established political union among the colonies before the war. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest by the Son's of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts. The colonists dumped shiploads of tea into the Boston Harbor in protest of the British tax on the tea. -
1st Continental Congress
Delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies met to discuss and organize colonial resistance against Parliaments Coercive Acts -
Coercive Acts
The Coercive Acts, also known as the Intolerable Acts, were laws passed by the British Parliament after the Boston Tea Party. The laws were meant to be punishment for Massachusetts and their protests to the changes in taxation in the colonies. -
2nd Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting between delegates from the 13 colonies. They met to discuss various things like whether they should declare independence from Great Britain and they also made adjustments for the Continental Army. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolutionary War. The British left Boston moving towards Lexington and Concord trying to get a hold of the colonist's ammunition that was thought to be in the Concord Courthouse. The colonists ended up winning the battles of Lexington and Concord. -
Common Sense
Common Sense was a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that advocated for independence from Great Britain to the people in the colonies. It was clear and persuasive and raised arguments and debates between people in the colonies. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written and signed by Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from Great Britain. -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation was an agreement between the 13 colonies and served as the first constitution after independence from Britain was declared. -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the final battle of the American Revolutionary War and it was a victory of the American Continental Army which was led by General George Washington. General Cornwallis was forced to surrender after being surrounded by Washington's army. -
Treaty of Paris 1783
The Treaty of Paris 1783 officially ended the Revolutionary War and the British were to acknowledge the independence of the United States. -
United States Constitution Signed
The United States Constitution was signed in the same place as the Declaration of Independence was signed and it was written during the Constitutional Convention by James Madison. -
First Bank of United States
The first Bank of US was opened in 1791, the BUS was part of Hamilton's Economic Plan to strengthen the national government and encourage the growth of industry while maintaining small public debt. -
The Election of 1800
The election of 1800 is also known as the Revolution of 1800. In the election, Democratic-Republican candidate, Thomas Jefferson won by a small margin over Federalist candidate John Adams. -
Market Revolution 1800-1840
The Market Revolution included the Agricultural Revolution, Industrialization, Labor and Management Relations, and Transportation Revolution. After the Civil War, there was a boom in the market and everything began to industrialize and evolve, causing a revolution. -
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Marbury v. Madison
Marbury v. Madison is a famous court case, it was about John Adams creating jobs for his Federalist friends as Federal Judges. Thomas Jefferson finds out and sues. It turns into a Federal Court Case and ends in Judicial Review, meaning that he can't do that and the Supreme Court gets to decide what is constitutional and what is not. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France for an exchange of fifteen million dollars. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was fought between the US and Great Britain with the help of their allies. It began in June of 1812 and lasted until February of 1815 when the Treaty of Ghent was signed to maintain the status quo. -
Westward Migration
Westward Migration began after the purchase of the Louisiana Territory, there was lots of cheap and free land. -
Panic of 1819
The Panic of 1819 was caused by the over speculation of land. People were buying land from loans that they couldn't pay off, it began a snowball effect and led to the Land Law of 1820 saying no one could buy land off of credit. -
Missouri Compromise
Southerners were moving west and taking slaves with them, it was throwing off the balance of slave states v. nonslave states. The compromise says that Missouri could come in as slave state, Maine would then be a free state and the 36'30' line was created to prevent future conflict. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a statement put out that was used as a guiding principle. It said that there would be no new European colonization in the Western Hemisphere and any attempt to do so would be seen as a threat to the US. -
The Rise of the Common Man: 1824-1840
The Rise of the Common Man was also known as the Age of Jackson, it began when Andrew Jackson was elected in 1824 and lasted until 1840. It was a time of democratization of the political process and a time of an increase in the power of the presidency. -
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Era of Good Feelings: 1815-1825
The Era of Good Feelings was the decade from 1815 to 1825. It was a time of increased national pride, the Federalist Party had finally died and there was only one party now. -
US Indian Policy
The idea of the US Indian Policy was to assimilate the natives into white society but population grew and land in the east became scarce so the policy turned to the removal of the natives into "Indian territory". -
Temperance Movement
After the Second Great Awakening, the "Common Man", and Urbanization there was some need for reform. The temperance movement began because people believed that alcohol should be used moderately and inconsistently because it was abusive to families and money was being spent where it should not be. -
American Renaissance: 1830s
The American Renaissance was a time in the 1830s that was full of intellectual and cultural developments. There was an increase in newspapers, literature, and art. -
Women's Rights Movement
The first wave of the women's movement was all about raising awareness for the need for rights for women. Women had the legal standing of a child, and they were not okay with it. -
The Bank War
The Bank War was a political struggle of the re-charter of the Second National Bank. People accused the bank of being a monopoly and that it was not constitutional and that there was no real US currency because every bank had different money. -
Second Great Awakening: 1790-1820
The Second Great Awakening was a spiritual revival that gained following in the 1800s. the main idea that it brought was spiritual equality, many new ways of life and religions came out of this. -
The Radicals and Abolition: 1830-1840
The Radicals made up only 3% of the Northern population but they were the loudest group. They believed in immediate uncompensated emancipation and that slavery was the most morally wrong thing of the time. -
Labor Movements
In early industrialization owner/employee relationships were good. Then shifted to factory style where the boss is above in office overseeing. There were legal restrictions on organizing. -
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Lincoln's Assissination
President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth and Andrew Johnson, who was a Democrat, took over and had different ideas than Lincoln did. -
Mexican War: 1846-1848
The Mexican War was over the territory of California. There were lots of Americans living in California but it still technically belonged to Mexico. The war ended and solidified the US as the leading nation of the Western Hemisphere. -
Gold Rush in California: 1849
There was gold found in California and they had enough people "overnight" to become a state. There was no supply chain for necessities, no infrastructure, no law enforcement, but California was added to the Constitution as an anti-slavery state. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills that dealt with the land of the Mexican cession and changing the view of congress to regulate slavery. -
The Steel and Oil Industry
The Steel and Oil Industry both became powerful. Steel became really cheap and so did oil. They were both monopolies. -
Kansas/Nebraska Bill
The Kansas/Nebraska Bill was an issue with slavery that was solved by popular sovereignty. It was a problem because it went against the North-South Compromise and undermined existing legislature. -
Dredd Scott v. Sanford Court Case
The Dredd Scott v. Sanford court case was about an enslaved person who lived in free territory and the argument was if they were free or not. The decision was that enslaved people are property in the same way that livestock and furniture are property. -
Panic of 1857
The Panic of 1857 was caused because of overproduction in industry and over-expansion of the railroad. It affects the North not the South and Southerners say that their economy/system of slavery is better. -
The Public Education Movement: 1796-1859
The Public Education Movement became popular because there was so much urbanization and there was a demand for schools because homeschooling was not practical. All white men could vote, but they could not all read so schooling seemed like a smart thing to start for kids. -
The Election of 1860
The Election of 1860 was the election of Abraham Lincoln. He was more "common" and he appealed to the masses. -
Railroads as Big Business
All of the railroads consolidated into a mega railroad company. There were also technological advances for the railroad like moving to steel rails and Pullman cars. This opened expansion of every other industry and opened up new markets. -
Manifest Destiny: 1812-1860
Manifest Destiny was the "God-given right to expand" as said by John O'Sullivan. This gave people the idea that they had the right to go out to the west and take up all the land they wanted because it was a god-given right. -
Union Established
The nature of the Union was established and the National government wins at the end of the war. Slavery is abolished by the 13th amendment and the North is politically and industrially dominant. -
Women in the War
Women during the Civil War began to have roles. In the North, the women were nurses for Red Cross and were also making bullets and cooking. Women in the South were also nurses, making bullets, weaving, and cooking. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation said that slaves were free in areas in rebellion. African-Americans could join the Union Army. It allowed slaves to free themselves and made the war about ending slavery for the North. -
The Civil War: 1861-1865
The Civil War starts with an agreement proposed by the North but it does not go anywhere. The war starts and the North decide to blockade and the south just tries to get the north out. The war finally ends and the 13th amendment is passed. -
The Era of Good Stealings: 1868-1898
The Gilded Age was also known as the Era of Good Stealings because Grand was President and he as well as the people around him were very corrupt. -
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Transcontinental Railroad
The first part of the Transcontinental Railroad was built in 1863-1869. It was built with slave labor on organized territory and flat land. -
The Abolition Movement: 1830-1870
The Abolition Movement was the movement to end slavery, it started in the North and was not very popular. They used various ways to free the slaves and they did not have support from pretty much anyone. -
Indian Wars
There were wars between the natives and the white settlers. There were also lots of massacres. -
Panic of 1873
The Panic of 1873 was another recession that triggered a depression, this one was caused by the currency issues of the 1870s. The Federal Government would not let banks exchange printed currency for gold and other problems around gold. -
Reconstruction: 1865-1877
Reconstruction in the South begins after the Civil War. There were economic, social, psychological, and political factors that went into reconstruction. -
Great Railway Strike of 1877
The Great Railway Strike of 1877 was the first major national strike. It was a strike of railroad workers across the country. It was met with violence by government officials. -
The Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a law passed in 1882. There were thousands of Chinese Immigrants brought into the US to work on the railroad during the Panic of 1873. Then people thought that the Chinese people were stealing jobs from Americans and the Chinese were no longer allowed to come. -
Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
The Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 was made by the Interstate Commerce Commission which was charged with determining what rates are fair. -
Economic Revolution
The Economic Revolution impacted lots of things, like increased wealth, urbanization, changes for families, it highlights class differences, a change in foreign policy, a decline in number of farms, needs for labor unions, and humanitarian reforms. -
Labor Violence of 1890
There was lots of labor violence in the 1890s. There were lots of strikes like the Homestead Strike and Pullman Strike. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a famous court case that decided that separate but equal is fair, but facilities were not actually equal. -
War in the Pacific
The war in the Pacific was when Admiral Dewey stationed in Hongkong and attacked on May 5, 1898. -
Treaty of Paris: 1898
The Treaty of Paris in 1898 was the agreement that ended the wars. The US gains Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. -
Spanish American War
The Spanish American War proves to the US the advantages of naval power. It also changes the status of the US to one similar to powers in Western Europe. -
War in the Caribbean
The war in the Caribbean was poorly organized, with wool uniforms for a war in the summer in the Caribbean. They did capture Puerto Rico and Manila, the Peace Treaty was signed in 1898 -
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Trust Busting Movement
The Trust-Busting Movement began after the court case Northern Securities Co v. US decided to break up the railroad trust. -
Woodrow Wilson and New Freedom
Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 Election and ran on a platform that he called New Freedom. His platform was about progressivism and taking down big business. -
The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal was completed in 1914 and was considered one of the biggest engineering wonders ever. -
World War One Begins
There were a few incidents that happened prior to the war officially starting that definitely were a big factor, such as Lusitania ship being sunk, Arabic, where the US asks Germany to take a pledge to not sink American ships without warning. -
Women During WW1
During the war, women joined the industrial workforce to support the war effort. This created many opportunities that some women had never had before. -
The Progressive Movement
The progressive movement had no central authority, multilevel, grassroots movement, political party ties. The goals of the movement were to improve life for average Americans and change the concept of the function of government. -
The National Park Service
The National Park Service was created in 1916 by Woodrow Wilson. It was created to protect lands that would be set aside as National Parks. -
National Defense Act
The National Defense Act doubled the size of the army to 200,000 and allowed the US to be more prepared for war. -
The US Enters the War
Before the war, Wilson believed there could be peace without a victory but it became evident that that was not going to happen. Germany did not stop sinking American ships, so the US declared war in 1917. -
The Selective Service Act of 1917 and 1918
The Selective Service Act was the draft. There were 3 million men that were drafted and 2 million who volunteered, only 2 million of them were actually sent to Europe. -
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The Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the treaty that ended the war. It was harsh. It said, Germany was blamed for the start of the war, they would have to give up their military, have to claim guilt for the war, pay $33 billion to allies, give up land- colonies overseas, Eastern Europe was carved up into 9 different countries, and the League of Nations was created to prevent future wars. -
Prohibition
Prohibition was always something that was wanted because of the Temperance movement but the 18th Amendment that finally prohibited alcohol was passed in 1919. -
Immigration Limits
There were many Quota Acts like the quota system, Emergency Immigration Quota Act/ Johnson Act, and the National Origins Act which all limited the number of people that could come into the US. -
The Assembly Line
When mass production began to become a big thing and the industry was producing at such a high rate, Henry Ford's Assembly Line made a huge impact. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was passed in 1920 and it gave white women the right to vote. It created rising expectations that there would be fundamental changes. -
Kellogg-Briand Pact
The Kellogg Briand Pact was an agreement between almost every country in the world to outlaw war. However, there was no way to actually enforce it. -
The Stock Market Crash
The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was the start of the Great Depression. -
"Panic of 1929"
Hoover did not handle the depression very well, he called it the Panic of 1929 when in reality it was worse than anything anyone had ever seen and it was certainly a depression not a panic. No one would have known what to do either, but the depression was blamed on him because of how poorly he handled it. -
US Isolationism
After WW1 did not go over well and with the Depression happening, the US decided to stay in isolation for a while. -
Election of 1932
The Election of 1932 was the Election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He won by an overwhelming majority, 472 to 59, because of the negative attitude of Hoover and FDR was very positive. -
Agricultural Adjustment Act
The Agricultural Adjustment Act was how the US was trying to recover from the Great Depression. They paid farmers to produce less. The problem was that it was passed in May and everything had already been planted. It was eventually declared unconstitutional. -
World War 2 Begins
WW2 begins after a failure of collective security, and the aggressiveness of the dictators. There were lots of invasions and finally war was declared on Germany. -
Neutrality Acts
The Neutrality Acts were passed in 1936 but were maintained after the war started to keep the US out of the war. -
Pearl Harbor
The US had cut off resources to Japan because of the Neutrality Acts the US passed, but Japan depended on those resources and it froze all of their assets. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, which officially brought the US into the war. -
Arcadia Conference
The Arcadia Conference was the first meeting after the Us enters the war. They decided to focus on Europe first then go to the Pacific. -
VJ Day
VJ Day is Victory Over Japan Day. It is the day that Japan surrendered and brought World War 2 to an end.
