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1607 : English Colony at Jamestown, Virginia
First English settlement in the Americas -
1619 : First Africans brought to North America
The first shipment of slaves of North America -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
The first ship of pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock -
1692 : Salem Witch Trials
Misconceptions about the infamous trialsA famous series of prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft -
1754 - 1763 : French and Indian War
Seven Years' War between French and British Colonies. -
1770 : Boston Massacre
Redcoats opened fire on a violent group of patriots. -
1773 : Boston Tea Party
Freedom Fighters dressed as Indians dumped Tea into the Boston Harbor as a political protest. -
1776 : Declaration of Indipendance
The Declaration of Indipendance was written -
1783 : Treaty of Paris
The American Revoloutionary War is over and the U.S. is a country. -
1786 - 1787 : Shay's Rebellion
A series of protests by American Farmers against tax collectors and judgements for debt. -
1788 : Constitution was Ratified
The date of the ratification of the U.S. Constitution -
1791 : Whiskey Rebellion
A protest of the first tax imposed of a domestic product of the new government. -
1804 - 1806 : Lewis & Clark Expedition
The start of the expedition to explore the newly aquired territory of the Louisiana Purchase. -
1812 : War of 1812
A military conflict of the U.S. against the UK. -
1820 : Missouri Compromise
An compramise which regulated slavery in western territory that declared no states above the parallel 36°30′ be slave states. -
1830 : Trail of Tears
A particularly mortal series of forced relocations by the U.S. governmetn on the Native Americans. -
1836 : Texan Independence
A rebellion by American Colonists in the Mexican Province of Texas against the Mexican Government. -
1846 - 1848 : Mexican American War
The armed conflict between the U.S. and the Centralist Republic of Mexico, which followed the annexation of Texas. -
1849 : Gold Rush in California
A rush to California in the seach for newly discovered gold. -
1850 : Compromise of 1850
Five seperate bills passed to diffuse confontation between free and slave states over the newly aquired territroy after the Mexican-American war. -
1854 : Kansas Nebraska Act
Created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska which opened new lands for settlement. -
1860 : Abraham Lincoln elected President
The election of Abrahan Lincoln which prompted the secession of Southern States. -
1861 - 1865 : Civil War
Interesting facts about the warA war fought by the U.S. and the Confederate States of America, about the Southern States that declared secession over many issues and largely slavery. -
1869 : Transcontinental Railroad completed
A final golden spike was driven into the First Continental Railroad to signal its completion -
1877 : Reconstruction Ends
The end of the push for racial equality in the south after the abolition of slavery.
