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Jamestown
First permanet English settlement in America. -
Mayflower Compact
First framework of government written to form a self-government and enacted in the territory that is now the United States of America. -
Battle of Lexington and Concord
First battle of the American Revolution -
Declaration of Independence
Declaring freedom from Britain and becoming a new nation. -
American Revolution ended
Armed conflict between the KIngdom of Great Britain and 13 of its former North American colonies. -
Constitution was made
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Constitution
The Supreme law of the United States of America. -
Bill of Rights
First 10 changes to the constitution, used to protect human rights. -
Marbury vs. Madison
This was the time judicial review was created when a law was announced 'uncontitutional'. -
Louisiana Purchase
United states bought more land from France, just west of the Mississippi river-doubling the size. -
California Gold Rush
California economically grew, and the U.S population dramamtically increased when people migrated westward. -
Civil War starts
The North and South fighting over economic disagreements. -
Gettysburg Address
President Abraham LIncoln gave this speech to honor those who died trying to do what's right in the Civil War 1861-1863 (beginning of war) -
Cival War ends
The North won, and slavery was abolished leaving the South to 'reconstruct' themselves.
