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Oct 12, 1492
Columbus arrives
First European Discovery -
Aug 9, 1526
slavery begins in the English colonies
The First African Slaves arrive in America -
Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island settled and disappears
The Virginia Dare... 120 settlers -
Jamestown established
104 English men and boys arrived in North America -
Plymouth established with Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact -
Life of Anthony Johnson in Virginia
Worked on a tobacco plantation -
Pennsylvania Colony established
The King names the colony in honor of William Penn’s -
Salem Witchcraft Trials
This was when people were accused of witchcraft -
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First Great Awakening
A period of time when religious and spiritual devotion came back / revived -
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7 Years War “French-Indian War”
The French and Indian War -
Albany Plan by Ben Franklin begins to unite American Colonies
They created a unified government for the 13 colonies -
Stamp Act
An act or parliament of Great Britain -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers killed several people -
The Boston Tea Party
A political and mercantile protest -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
First military engagements of America -
Second Continental Congress
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia -
Britain surrenders Revolutionary War
Surrendered troops in Yorktown, Virginia -
Articles of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution. -
Shays’ Rebellion
Armed up rising in Massachusetts -
Constitutional Convention
How America was going to be governed -
Constitution Ratified
Official framework of the government -
George Washington becomes First President
Commander in chief of the continental army -
Washington’s Farewell Address
Letter written by George Washington -
Alien & Sedition Acts
Series of four laws -
Thomas Jefferson elected president
Thomas Jefferson was elected the 3rd president of the U.S. -
Louisiana Purchase
Acquisition of the territory -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The corps of discovery expedition -
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War of 1812
A war fought between U.S. and United Kingdom of Great Britain -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri compromise passed in 1820 -
The Monroe Doctrine
warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs -
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Andrew Jackson as President
Andrew Jackson was president of the united states from
1829 - 1837 -
Compromise of 1850
package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850 -
Fugitive Slave Act passed
The Fugitive Slave Act... was part of the compromise -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
DescriptionUncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe -
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Bleeding Kansas
Series of violent civil confrontations -
Dred Scott Decision
Supreme Court -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
November 6, 1860 -
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Civil War
Civil War in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states -
Frederick Douglass joins the Abolitionist Movement
Fredrick Douglas was a former slave that escaped to freedom -
Emancipation Proclamation
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13th-15th Amendments pass, become law
Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution -
Lincoln Assassinated
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in
Ford Theater
At the end of the civil war.
