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English colony at Jamestown Virginia
Jamestown was established 60 miles from the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. The island was a "safe" fort meaning that the Spanish could not fire blank into the fort. -
First Africans brought to North America
The exact date is unknown. But the slaves were brought in the middle of summer to the colony of Jamestown. Slaves were brought to North America to help with the production of tabacco. -
Pilgrims in Plymouth
It was September of the year 1620 that the pligrims decided to seperate from the church of England. They set a voyage to the colony of Massachussetts. And settled in a place called Plymouth. The pilgrims set sail to Plymouth in order to gain freedom of religion. -
Salem WitchTrials
The reason behind the trials was that a group of young girls claimed to be possesd by the devil but also accused different women of witchcraft. The first young lady to be tried and hunged was Brigget Bishop. Eighteen others were killed after her and 150 more were accused over several months. -
The French and Indian war
History Brief: The French and Indian War
This war was against the French and the British. The reason being that France kept expantion nto the Ohio River. War was declared on May 28, 1754 and it ended exactly on February 10, 1763 -
Boston Massacre
This was a street fight between the patriots and the british soldiers. They threw snowballs,stickas and stones. The British soldiers aimed and fired killing several colonist. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest against taxation without represention. On the night of December 16, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded the ships delivering the tea and threw 342 chests of tea into the ocean. -
The Declaration of Independence
The decleration of Independence was a document signed by the founding fathers that declared independence from the motherland. The men that were known to have signed the document were George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin. -
The Revolutionary War ends
This war happened due to the British taxing the Colonist. The british believed that the colonist should be taxed in order to help them pay for the French and Indian War. -
Shays' Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion was protest by American Farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections. This protest was very serious in Massachussets due to bad harvests, economic depression and high taxes. -
Constitution Ratified
When the constitution was ratified was the changes added to the constitution. The constitution was ratiefied in the middle of summer in Philadelphia. 12 new amendments were added to the constitution. -
The Whiskey Rebellion
Since Shay's rebellion president George Washington wanted to resolve the problems with taxes in a peaceful way but his vice-president Alexander Hamilton pressures him to go and confront the rebels. -
The Lewis and Clark Exoedition
Thomas Jefferson fund Lewis and Clark's expedition to go find new land. As they continue their expedition they get lost. With the help of and Native American, name Sacagawea they were able to find their destination -
War of 1812
The cause of this war was the British attempt to restrict U.S trade, Royal navy'd impressment of american seamen and America's desire to expand its territory -
Missouri Compromise
This Day In History
This was a bill that temporarily resolved the first serious political class between slavery and antislavery interests. -
Trail of Tears
Andrew Jackson had an Indian removal policy. This caused all the Cherokee nation to give up all their land east of the Mississippi River and moved to present day Oklahoma -
Texan Inpendence
Texas seperated themselves from Mexico in a bloody war. -
Gold Rush in California
The Gold Rush was a period in histoy when gold was discovered in California. The gold was discovered by James W. Marshall in Sutter's Mill in Coloma California -
Mexican American War
The war was caused because President James K. Polk believed the United States had a "manifest destiny" to spread across the continent. At the end of the war the United States had conquered present day Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, that was a peace and friendship treaty bewtwee the U.S and Mexico -
Compromise of 1850
It was a compromise that consisted of five laws that dealt with the issue of slavery.. -
The Kansas-Nebraska Act
This act created Kansas and Nebraska and opened new lands for settlement. This act also repealed the Missouri compromise of 1820, meaning white males can determine through popular sovereignty whether they wanted slaves or not. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
Abraham Lincoln beat Democrat Stephen A. Douglas, John C. Breckinridge of the Southern Democrats and John Bell of the new Constitutional Union Part. Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican Party president. -
Civil War
This was a war between the Southern and Northern States. They fought over slavery. The southerners wanted the union to have slaves and the Union wanted the U.S to be slavery free. Through new technologies like the telegraph and railroads, President Abraham Lincoln was able to lead The Union to vitory wining the Civil War on June 02, 1865. -
Transcontinetal Rairoad completed
This was a railroad that connected the Eastern part and the Western part of the country, making it easier to reach the states on the other side. -
The Reconstruction Period Ends
The period right after the civil war. This time was used to let rebellious southern states back into the Union.
