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Pre-Reconstruction America

  • 1439

    Columbus arrives

    Columbus arrives
    Columbus had 3 ships and set sail from Spain.
  • 1526

    Slavery begins

    Slavery begins
    This was one of the most if not the most controversial decision in American history.
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    Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island settler and disappears

    Sir Walter was an English writer who established a Colony near Roanoke.
  • Jamestown established

    Jamestown established
    This was the first permanent English settlement.
  • Plymouth established the Mayflower compact

    Plymouth established the Mayflower compact
    The mayflower compact was a set of rules for settlers.
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    Life of Anthony Johnson in Virginia

    Anthony Johnson was a famous slave.
  • Pennsylvania Colony established

    The king named the colony after the William Penn’s father.
  • Salem Witch Trails

    Salem Witch Trails
    The witch trails was about accusations against witchcraft.
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    The great awakening

    The great awakening was a revival of religious devotion.
  • Albany plan by Ben Franklin begins to unite america

    This was a plan to create a unified government.
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    7 years war

    A large conflict between Britain and France.
  • Stamp act

    The British parliament made a tax on legal documents.
  • Boston Massacre

    A bloody massacre that ended horrible.
  • Boston tea party

    Protests from American colonists
  • First continental congress doesn’t seek independence.

    They did not want independence.
  • Continental congress seeks independence

    This was the first state that wanted independence.
  • Battles of Lexington and concord

    First battles of the American Revolution.
  • British surrenders the revolutionary war.

    This was a huge turning point, the end.
  • Articles of confederation

    They were created 1781.
  • Shay’s rebellion

    This was an uprising.
  • Constitutional convention.

    How good america was going to be governed.
  • Constitution ratified.

    Official framework of the government.
  • George Washington’s presidency.

    Served two terms.
  • Washington’s farewell address.

    This was his letter after twenty years of service.
  • Alien and sedition

    Four laws passed by Congress.
  • Thomas Jefferson elected president

    3rd president of the United States.
  • Lewis and clark

    It was about the cross to the new world.
  • Louisiana purchase.

    The Louisiana purchase by the US and France.
  • Missouri compromise.

    Maine as free state, Missouri as slave state.
  • Minroe document.

    United States policy between the Western Hemisphere.
  • Andrew Jackson as president.

    7th president.
  • Fredrick douglas

    The biggest leader of abolishing movements.
  • Fugitive slave act passed.

    One of the compromises of 1850.
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    Compromise of 1850

    5 bills were passed.
  • Uncle Toms cabin published.

    Wrote a book about a oppressed slave.
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    Kansas bleeding

    War in Kansas.
  • Dredd Scott decision

    One of the first men to sue his slave holder.
  • Abe Lincoln

    He was elected president.
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    Civil war

    This was the civil war.
  • Emancipation proclamation

    Proclamation that all slaves in rebellion slaves were free.
  • Lincoln assassinated

    He was killed.
  • 13-15 Amendments passed.

    First amendments to free slaves.
  • Christian Podolski was born

    Christian Podolski was born
    This was the birth of Christian Podolski.
  • My baptism

    My baptism
  • The beginning of the our current year.

    The beginning of the our current year.
    This was the start to one of the most difficult years I have experienced.
  • The start of summer

    The start of summer
    This was the beginning of summer.
  • School starting

    School starting
    This was the day that OCS 2020 started.