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Jamestown
1st Permanent English Settlement (know year only) -
First Africans Brought to Jamestown
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Period: to
Great Awakening
Religious movement that swept the colonies and Europe in mid 1700s (Know years only) -
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibited colonists from settling west of Appalachian Mountains (Know year only) -
Revolutionary War Begins
Shots fired at Lexington and Concord (know year only) -
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson -
Constitution Ratified
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Thomas Jefferson elected
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Louisiana Purchase
Doubled size of USA overnight (Know year ONLY) -
War of 1812
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Missouri Compromise
Drew east/west line through Louisiana purchase (Know year ONLY) -
Monroe Doctrine
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Tariff of 1832
North liked it while south disliked it (Know year ONLY) -
Period: to
Mexican War
Know years ONLY -
Compromise of 1850
Entered California as a free state and let other territories vote whether or not to have slaves (know year ONLY) -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Repealed Missouri Compromise (know year ONLY) -
Lincoln Elected President
Southern states secede (KNOW YEAR ONLY) -
Lincoln Calls for federal troops
After southern states secede (KNOW YEAR ONLY) -
Homestead Act
Gave free land to settlers in the west (KNOW YEAR ONLY) -
Reconstruction Era
KNOW YEAR ONLY -
Compromise of 1877
Ended reconstruction (KNOW YEAR ONLY) -
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
(KNOW YEAR ONLY) -
WWI Begins in Europe
KNOW YEAR ONLY -
USA Enters WWI
Because of ties to Britain and German Submarine Warfare on our ships (KNOW YEAR ONLY) -
Immigration Restriction Act of 1921
(KNOW YEAR ONLY) -
Black Tuesday
Stock Market Crash (know exact date) -
Tariff Act of 1930
AKA Hawley-Smoot Tariff (KNOW YEAR ONLY)
