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1492
columbus arrives
columbus arrived in america -
sir walter raleigh roanoke island settled and disappears
his plan didn’t work when he tried to settle on the islands -
james town was established
men and boys who settled in jamestown -
slavery beings in the english colonies
the first slaves arrived in america -
life of anthony johnson in virginia
he started his tabasco plantion -
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plymouth established with mayflower compact
it was a document which established that the colonists would remain loyal to king james, despite their need for self-governance. -
pennsylvania colony established
the king signed the charter of pennsylvania -
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salem witch trails
series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial massachusetts -
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first great awakening
christian revivals that swept britain and its thirteen north american colonies -
albany plan by ben franklin
plan to create a unified government for the thirteen colonies -
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7 year war “french-indian war”
conflict in a large imperial war between great britain and france -
stamp act
exacted revenue from the american colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents. -
boston massacre
a deadly riot -
boston tea party
everyone threw tea in the ocean to say they didn’t like taxes -
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first continental congress doesn’t seek independence
they said no to freedom -
battles of lexington and concord
the first military engagement of the american revolutionary war -
second continental congress does seek independence
they said yes to freedom -
britain surrenders revolutionary war
siege of yorktown -
articles of confederation
agreement among 13 original states of the United States of America, that served as its first constitution -
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shays rebellion
an armed uprising in western massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis amount the citizenry ans the state government’s increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades -
constitutional convention
decided how america was going to be governed -
constitution ratified
hampshire became the ninth of 13 states to ratify -
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george washington becomes first president
becomes president -
george washington’s farewell address
george saying goodbye to everyone -
alien and sedition acts
4 laws passed by the federalists-dominated 5th -
thomas jefferson elected president
thomas jefferson is elected the third president of the united states -
louisiana purchase
the acquisition of the territory of louisiana by the untied states from france -
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lewis amd clark expedition
expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the louisiana purchase -
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war of 1812
a conflict fought between the untied states and its allies against the untied kingdom of great britain and ireland and its own allies -
missouri compromise
federal legislation that admitted maine to the united states as a free state -
monroe doctrine
the doctrine warns european nations that the united states would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs -
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andrew jackson as president
american soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the united states -
fredrick douglass joins the movement abolitionist movement
fredrick douglas joined the abolition movement -
compromise of 1850
the compromise was a package of five bills passed -
fugitive slave act passed
this was one of the compromise of 1850 -
uncle tom’s cabin published
he wrote a book about the life of an pressed salve -
bleeding kansas
this was a war over if kansas was supposed to be a slave state or not -
dred scott decision
dred scott was a slave that successfully suave for his freedom -
abraham lincoln elected president
this is when lincoln was elected the 14th president of america -
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civil war
this is when the northern states started a war with the southern states. -
emancipation proclamation
this was the proclamation that all slaves within rebellion states will be freed. -
lincoln assassinated
lincoln was assassinated -
13th-15th amendments pass to become law
these were the first amendments to free slaves -
I was born
i was in born in KY -
had heart surgery
had a pda hole in my heart -
got baptized
got saved -
moved to michigan
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started high school
started high school at oakland christian
