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Founding of Jamestown
The English founded and buiilt one of the first american settlements. it was called Jamestown, Virginia. John Smith was one of the founding fathers and was later the leader of the colony. -
House of Burgesses
The first elected legislative assembly of the "New World" (USA) and originated in Jamestown. The House of Burgesses enacted leglislation for the colony of Virginia. -
Founding of Plymouth Colony and Mayflower Compact
Carrying 102 English pilgrims, the Mayflower arrived in what is now Massachusetts. The Pilgrim leaders persuaded 41 of the male adults aboard the ship to sign the Mayflower Compact; an agreement which would set up a government in Plymouth Colony. -
Pequot War
War between the Pequot tribe against an alliance of the Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, and Saybrook colonies who were aided by their Native American allies. -
King Philip’s War
War between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England. -
Bacon's Rebellion
An uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony, led by Nathaniel Bacon. It was the first rebellion in the American colonies in which discontented frontiersmen took part. -
Salem Witch Trials
Occurred in colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of practicing witchcraft and 20 were executed. -
French and Indian Wars
A series of intermittent conflicts between 1689 and 1763 years North America that represented colonial events related to the European dynastic wars. -
Stamp Act
A direct tax imposed by the British Parliament specifically on the colonies of British America. The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. -
Quatering Act
An act passed by British Parliament to ensure that British soldiers would be properly billeted and fed during their times of service in the North American Colonies. -
Tea Act
Last spark before the American Revolution. Taxation without representation on tea. -
Boston Massacre
An event that occurred on Monday, March 5, 1770 that helped spark the American Revolution. Tensions caused by the military occupation of Boston increased as soldiers fired into a crowd of civilians, killing three people and wounding others. -
Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. (Taxation without representation.) -
Lexington and Concord
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Declaration of Independence
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Shay's Rebellion
(1786-1787) Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising that took place in central and western Massachusetts in 1786 and 1787. The rebellion was named after Daniel Shays, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War and one of the rebel leaders. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention (also known as the Philadelphia Convention,the Federal Convention, or the Grand Convention at Philadelphia) took place from May 25 to September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
Judiciary Act of 1789
This act created the Judiciary act, including the Supreme Court. -
Marbury v. Madison
The 1803 case in which Chief Justice John Marshall and his associates first asserted the right of the Supreme Court to determine the meaning of the U.S. Constitution. The decision established the Court's power of judicial review over acts of Congress, (the Judiciary Act of 1789). -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion, or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution and during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. They were signed into law by President John Adams. -
Revolution of 1800
Thomas Jefferson defeated John Adams. The election was a realigning election that ushered in a generation of Democratic-Republican Party rule and the eventual demise of the Federalist Party in the First Party System. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase took place because the US expanded westward in 1803. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was cause when France decided to stop attack on the American ships. Because of this war the Native American armies were defeated and the US became stronger. -
Election of 1816 (beginning of Era of Good Feelings)
This was the first election that has to be decided by popular vote. -
Election of 1824
The term Corrupt Bargain refers to three historic incidents in American history in which political agreement was determined by congressional or presidential actions that many viewed to be corrupt from different standpoints. Two of these involved resolution of indeterminate or disputed electoral votes from the United States presidential election process, and the third involved the disputed use of a presidential pardon. In all three cases, the president so elevated served a single term, or singula -
Election of 1828
The United States presidential election of 1828 featured a rematch between John Quincy Adams, now incumbent President, and Andrew Jackson, the runner-up in the 1824 election. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The act authorized him to negotiate with the Indians in the Southern United States for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. -
Nullification Crisis 1832
The Nullification Crisis was a sectional crisis during the presidency of Andrew Jackson created by South Carolina's 1832 Ordinance of Nullification. This ordinance declared by the power of the State that the federal Tariffs of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within the sovereign boundaries of South Carolina. The controversial and highly protective Tariff of 1828 (known to its detractors as the "Tariff of Abominations") was enacted into law during the presidency of -
Texas Independence
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Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening was a Protestant revival movement during the early 19th century in the United States. -
Dawes Act
The Dawes General Allotment Act was enacted by the U.S. Congress regarding the distribution of land to Native Americans in Oklahoma. -
Wonded Knee Massacre
A battle fought on December 29, 1890 at Wounded Knee, South Dakota that was the last major encounter between Native Americans and the U.S. Army. The Army had surrounded a village of Lakota Sioux while attempting to disarm a party of them who had been captured. -
Founding the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. -
First Red Scare 1919-1920
In American history, the First Red Scare of 1919–1920 was marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism. Concerns over the effects of radical political agitation in American society and alleged spread in the American labor movement fueled the paranoia that defined the period. -
Harlem renaissance
A literary movement in the 1920s that centered on Harlem. -
Election of 1932
The United States presidential election of 1932 took place in the midst of the Great Depression that had ruined the promises of incumbent President Herbert Hoover to bring about a new era of prosperity. -
Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki 1945
The atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. -
Truman Doctrine
President Truman's policy of providing economic and military aid to any country threatened by communism or totalitarian ideology -
Creation of NATO
an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security -
Fall of China to Communism
Communist government of mainland China; proclaimed in 1949 following military success of Mao Zedong over forces of Chiang Kai-shek and the Guomindang. -
Korean War
(1950-1953)The war between North and South Korea. -
New Deal
When the economy was in a great Depression, the New Deal helped out a lot of families and people and unemployed workers to regain them. -
Founding of Massachussets Bay
John Winthrop Was the founder and wrote "A Model of Christian Charity." Founded for Puritans' religious freedom. -
Embargo Act 1807
The Embargo act was to prohibit US vessels from trading with European nations. Because of this the British and American shipping and markets were affected a lot. -
Election of 1952
This was the election that was won by Eisenhower. -
Red Summer
Red Summer describes the race riots that occurred in more than three dozen cities in the United States during the summer and early autumn of 1919. In most instances, whites attacked African Americans. In some cases groups of blacks fought back, notably in Chicago, where, along with Washington, D.C. and Elaine, Arkansas, the greatest number of fatalities occurred
