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English colony at Jamestown Virginia
After Christopher Columbus’ historic voyage in 1492, Spain dominated the race to establish colonies in the Americas, while English efforts, King James I granted a charter to a new venture, the Virginia Company, to form a settlement in North America. This Colony would become known as JamesTown -
First Africans brought to North America
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in August of 1619 a Dutch manof-war with about 20 Africans on board entered port at the English colony of Jamestown, Virginia. Little is known of these newly arrived people: the first Africans to set foot on the North American continent. At this time the slave trade between Africa and the English colonies had not yet been established, and it is unlikely that the 20 or so newcomers became slaves upon their arrival. -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
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Some 100 people, many of them seeking religious freedom in the New World, set sail from England on the Mayflower in September 1620. That November, the ship landed on the shores of Cape Cod, in present-day Massachusetts. A scouting party was sent out, and in late December the group landed at Plymouth Harbor, where they would form the first permanent settlement of Europeans in New England. -
Salem Witch Trials
Article 1 During the spring of 1692 the Salem Whitch trials took place in Salem Massachusets where multiple women were accused of being whitches and were put on trial and were forced to do near impossible tasks to prove if they were a whitch or not. -
French and Indian War
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Conflicts between The French allied with indian tribes and the British allied with the American Colonists fought a seven year war over French expansion in to the Ohio River Valley area. -
Boston Massacre
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On March 5th 1770 5 colonialists were shot and killed by British Soliders due to protests against the stamp act. -
Boston Tea Party
Tea Party The Boston Tea party was an act of colonial defiance against British Rule carried out by the Sons of Liberty. They raided a British ship and dumped its csrgo of Tea in to the Boston Harbor. -
The Declaration of Independance
Declaration
Declaration drafted by the Continental Congress declaring the Colonies freedom from British Rule. -
Revolutionary War Ends (Treaty of Paris)
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Treaty of Paris officially end The American Revolution with Britain granting American colonies freedom. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shayy Lmao A protest by farmers that had lost there farms due to bad harvests while away fighting the revolutionary war and high taxation. -
Constitution Ratified
con After 3 months of debate in the Constitutional Convention the terms were finally agreed apon by all 13 colonies therefor ratifying the constitution. -
Whisky Rebellion
Whisky Farmers in the United States protest the high taxation on whisky in Pennslyvania organized a series of attacks on excise agents. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
lac In 1803 Thomas Jefferson enlisted the help of two explorers named Lewis and Clark to explore the new territory gained by the United States after the Louisana Purchase. -
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Missouri Compromise
miss In order to preserve balance between free states and slave states the Missouri Compromise of 1820 addmitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. -
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Texan Independance
Texas becomes an independant territory from Mexico. -
Mexican American War
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War fought between Mexico and the United States during the late 1840s mainly fought on Mexican soil. -
Californnia Gold Rush
gold A discovery of gold in Sacramento Valley California created the California gold rush in which thousands of people flocked to the area in hopes of becoming rich. -
Compromise of 1850
comp A compromise between free and slave states over whether or not new territories should be pro slavery or anti slavery, this was to be determined by popular sovergnty. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
kansas The Kansas Nebraska act gave white male settlers in the two new territories the decision to vote whether or not slavery would be allowed through popular soverignty. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected as President
abe On November 6th 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States causing the seccession of all of the Southern States from the Union due to the fear of Abraham Lincolns goals to abolish slavery. -
Civil War
civ America’s bloodiest clash, the sectional conflct of the Civil War (1861-65) pitted the Union against the Confederate States of America and resulted in the death of more than 620,000, with millions more injured. -
Transcontinental Railroad completed
trans The Transcontinental Railroad is finished connecting the east coast to the west coast of the United States when the Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met in Promontory Utah. -
Reconstruction Ends
Reconstruction of the Sothern states is finally put to an end in 1877 after a 12 year period of rebuilding.
