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House of Burhesses
Who: Virginia Company
What: First legaslative assembly
Where: Virginia
When: 1619
Why: Elected officials made up the house of Elected officials -
Mayflower Compact
Who: Saints
What: A compact written by Separatists
Where: Great Britain
When: 1620
Why: The saints were fleeing religious presecution from the king of Great Britain -
John Rofle
Who: John Rofle
What: One of the first English settlers in the Americas
Where: Americans (Virginia)
When: 1622
Why: Is known to be the first to discover tobacco as an export product -
Bacon's Rebellion
Who: Nathaniel Bacon
What: Rebellion led by Nathan Bacon
Where: Virgina
When: 1676
Why: He demanded some of the settlers requests, when they werent fullfilled, he rebelled -
Salem Witch Trails
Who: People being tried in Salem
What: Hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft
Where: Salem
When: 1692
Why: Witchcraft was a huge topic in 1692, and as an effort to get rid of such black magic, they tried and executed people -
Zenger Case
Who: John Peter Zenger
What: He was arrested and tried for seditious libel
Where: New York
When: 1733
Why: He was arrested for what he published in Newspapers -
Stono Rebellion
Who: Slaves
What: Slaves uprising in the british mainland colonies
Where: South Carolina
When: 1739
Why: Slaves were obviously fed up, and wanted to rebel to gain rights, failed. -
Fort Necessity
Who: Gerorge Washington led the battle
What: French and Indian War battle
Where: Fayette County, Pennsylvania
When: 1754
Why: A battle that was included in the Seven Years' war, was George Washington's only surrender -
Albany Plan
Who: Benjamin Franklin
What: Proposal to create a unified government between the 13 colonies
Where: 13 colonies
When: 1754
Why: Benjamin Franklin wanted to unify the colonies to strengthen them which would eventually lead to them being indepencent. -
Boston Massacre
Who: British Army
What: British Army fired upon civilians in Boston
Where: Boston
When: 1770
Why: British troops were stationed in Boston to protect officials, riots started, British fired upon civilians -
Coercive Acts
Who: British Parliment
What: Series of laws passed by the British
Where: Massachusettes
When: 1774
Why: These acts were in response to the Boston Tea Party, stripped Massachusettes of self-government and certain rights -
Declaration of Independence
Who: 13 Colonies and Great Britain
What: 13 Colonies gaining independence from Great Britain, forming the United States of America
When: July 4th, 1776
Where: Philadelphia
Why: The 13 Colonies wanted freedom from the British Empire. -
Shays' Rebellion
Who:Daniel Shays
What: An uprising of people due to financial difficulties
Where: Western Massachusetts
When: 1786
Why: -
Whiskey Rebellion
Who: Farmers
What: Tax protest
Where: Pennsylvania
When: 1791
Why: Farmers were enraged becaused they were being taxed on the whiskey they were producing even though it was a seperate act -
Cotton Gin
Who: Eli Whitney
What: A machine that quickly and easily seperates cotton fibers from cotton seeds
When: 1794
Where: American South
Why: It increased the productivity of cotton, was faster than manually seperating cotton fibers -
Alien and Sedition Acts (Adams)
Who: John Adams signed the acts in 1798
What: These laws included new powers to deport foreigners as well as making it harder for new immigrants to vote
Where: United States
When:1798
Why: Was in response to the French Revolution -
Marbury v. Madison
Who: William Marbury and James Madison
What: A court ccase between William Marbury and James Madison
Where:
When: 1801
Why: -
Lewis and Clark
Who: Lewis and Clark
What: An expedition to explore the Western part of North America
Where: North America
When: 1804
Why: Lewis and Clark were the first to travel into the unknown West to see what lies on the other side -
Manifest Dynasty
Who: Americans
What: American's belief that they were destined to expand across North America
Where: America
When: 19th Century
Why: Americans believed it was their destiny to travel and expand across America to settle and become a bigger nation -
Missouri Compromise
Who: United States Congress
What: It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36°30′ north except within the boundaries of Missouri
When: 1820
Where: House of Senates
Why: This was America's first step of eliminating slavery in the US. -
Monroe Doctrine
Who: Monroe
What: Doctrine propsed by Monroe
Where: Britian
When: 1823
Why: The colonies tried to stop any more interefernce of Great Britain in the colonies -
Trail of Tears
Who: Indians
What: Indians were forced to leave their homelands and follow a long trail that led to other parts of the US
Where: South Eastern America
When: 1830
Why: Indians were forced to move following the Indian Removal Act of 1830 -
The Alamo
Who: Texans and Mexicans
What: An attack on the alamo mission by mexican troops
Where: Texas
When: 1836
Why: mexicans tried retaliating against the Texans , trying to end the revolution -
Seneca Falls Convention
Who: Women in the US
What: Women Right's convention
Where: Seneca Falls, New York
When: 1848
Why: Women wanted more rights -
Compromise of 1850
Who: United States
What: Five bills passed that stopped fights between the North and the South
Where: United States
When:1850
Why: Stopped confrontations between the North and South with land that was claimed -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Who: Harriet Beecher Stowe
What: Novel about slavery
Where:
When: 1852
Why: Nocel describing a guy named tom who would take in Slaves and protect them -
Dred Scott Case
Who: Dred Scott
What: Case involving african amercians rights
Where: US
When: 1857
Why: A slave was trying to get his freedom in free states,a nd was denied so -
Emancipation Proclamation
Who: Abraham Lincoln
What: It freed slaves that were apart of the 10 states that were still in rebellion during the Civil War
Where: United States
When:1863
Why: Tried to gain the support of as much states as possible -
KKK-Force Acts
Who: United States Congress
What: Bills passed to protect African American's
Where: Throughout the US
When:1870
Why: These acts where in response to the KKK acts, and protected many of the Black's rights -
Spanish American War
Who: United States and Spain
What: A conflict between Spain and the US
Where: Cuba and Spain
When: 1898
Why: This war was caused becuase American interfered with the Cuban war of Independence -
Zimmermann Telegram
Who: German Empire, Mexico and the U.S
What: A telegram from the German Empire to MExico requesting that they join the Central Powers
Where: Across the world
When: 1917
Why: German Empire wanted Mexico to join in the fight, Germans promised land the to Mexicans if they were to win the war -
Harlem Renaissance
Who: African Americans in Harlem
What: A cultural movement
Where: Harlem
When: spanned through the 1920's
Why: African Americans tried to spread their cultural expressions thorugh this movement throughout Harlem -
Black Tuesday
Who: Americans
What: The most catastrophic stock market crash in US History
Where: US
When: 1929
Why:Values of real estate started to fall, everything crashed -
New Deal
Who: Franklin D. Roosevelt
What: FDR launched a series of economic programs designed to combat the effects of the Great Depression
Where: United States
When: Mid 1930's
Why: FDR was trying to fight the effects of the Great Depression to stablize the economy. -
Pearl Harbor
Who: Japanese and American Fleet
What: Japanese attacks on the stationed American Fleet in Pearl Harbor
Where: Pearl Harbor
When: 1941
Why: This caused the Americans to join in World War 2, Japenese airplanes bombed the fleet early in the morning -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Who: US and Japan
What: United States bombing Japanese cities
Where: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
When: 1945
Why: This ended the War as Japan surrendered -
Truman Doctrine
Who: Truman
What: A doctrine that stated that the US would help Greece and Turkey as long as they didnt turn into a communist country
Where: Across the world
When: 1947
Why: Americans were practicing containment, they wanted to contain Communism in the easter part of Europe to make sure it wouldnt spread -
Brown v. Board of Education
Who: Oliver Brown
What: Case regarding sperate color schools
Where: US
When: 1954
Why: This case declared separete white and black schools unconstitutional, huge movement in segregation -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
Who: President Johnson
What: Gave Johnson ability to attack in Southeast Asia
Where: Southeast Asia and US
When: 1964
Why: This was significant because Johnson didnt need approval to take military action in Asia -
Tet Offensive
Who: North Vietnam v. South Vietnam and the US
What: It was a campaign of surprise attacks against military forces and civilians throughout South Vietnam.
Where: Vietnam
When:1968
Why: To stop the spread of Communism. Communists retaliating against South Vietnam -
Watergate Scandal
Who: Richard Nixon
What: Nixon tried covering up the fact that the Watergate headquarters were broken into
Where: Washington D.C
When: 1972
Why: Nixon was trying to get a hold of some important, secret documents -
Iran Hostage Crisis
Who: Iran and the US
What: Iran held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days
Where: Iran
When: 1979
Why: Students in Iran who supported the revolution kept them hostage as 'blackmail' -
Challenger Explosion
Who: Space Shuttle
What: Space Shuttle blew up upon flight mid air
Where: off the coast of Central Florida
When: 1986
Why: The shuttle malfunctioned and exploded on its way up to orbit -
Iran-Contra Scandal
Who: Iran and US
What: Scandal about the arms to Iran
Where: Iran and US
When: 1986
Why: WAs a worry to the US -
September 11 Attacks
Who: Islamic terroist group and US
What: Islamic terroist group launched attacks on the US
Where: New York City
When: September 11th, 2001
Why: Bin Laden claimed to have retaliated due to Americans accessing the ' Holy Land' in Iran
