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Massacre At Mystic
The Puritans and their Native allies made a sneak attack on the Pequot Tribe on March 26th, 1637. The Puritans were confused and angered by the Pequot traditions of their land. They snuck up on the village and started an open fire on the Pequot. After hand-to-hand combat, the Puritans realized they would not win like that. They all evacuated and set fire to the village. They would make sure no one could get out by closing all exits and shooting any that managed to escape. -
The Scalp Act
The Dutch invented the bounty system in America, and New Englanders developed it. By employing the same definitions of proof for a kill—the head or the scalp—legislators made clear the similarities they observed between these animal and human predators. The message was that treating Indians like any other predator the Europeans had faced would weaken English colonialism. -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest occurring in Griffin's Wharf Boston, Massachusetts. Americans were angered by the "taxation without representation" forced by Britain. In their Anger, the Americans dumped 342 chests of tea, brought in by the British, into the harbor. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
The Battle of Lexington and Concord, also known as, "The shot heard around the world." This battle started the American War of Independence. It opened the eyes of the Americans and so they chose to help fight. -
The Declaration of Independence is Signed
In the Pennsylvania State House the Second Continental Congress agreed to the Declaration of Independence and it was signed. -
The Winter at Valley Forge
General George Washington and the Continental Army moved to their winter homes in Valley Forge. They has suffered several losses in the Philadelphia Campaign. After starvation and disease came through the troops Marquis de Lafayette, a french officer, gave Washington more troops and resources. -
Article of Confederation are Ratified
The Continental Congress accepted the Articles of Confederation in 1777. All thirteen states ratified the Articles of Confederation in March of 1781. -
The Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown began on September 28th 1781. George Washington sent an army of 17,000 French and Continentals to siege Yorktown, Virginia. In Yorktown there was 9,000 British troops led by General Lord Charles Cornwallis. The battle lasted 3 weeks and became the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. -
The Constitution is Ratified
On June 21st, 1788 New Hampshire became the ninth colony to ratify the Constitution. -
Presidential Inauguration of George Washington
Taking place in New York City, the first president of The United States, George Washington, was brought into office. -
Washington’s Farewell Address
Washington's Farewell Address is his speech declaring he was retiring from office. -
The Death of George Washington
On December 12, 1799, George Washington worked in the fields of his farm until early afternoon. Snow was morphed into hail and rain. Washington, who was always on time, decided to keep on wearing his wet, cold clothes. The next morning, he chose to walk outside in the 3 inches of snow while having a sore throat. Later that night, Washington was found in his bed, gasping for air. Tobias Lear was unable to ease his pains by morning. After some time George passed away in his bed. -
Election Day, 1800
Thomas Jefferson beat John Adam by seventy electoral votes. The election also went to the House of Representatives and led to an amendment to the Constitution. -
Marbury vs. Madison
The first time the U.S. Supreme Court declared the Congress was unconstitutional. Then forming the doctrine of judicial review. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
From August 21st through the 22nd of 1831, a slave named Nat Turner leads a revolt. Over the span of a day, Nat Turner and other slaves killed 55 white people. -
Dred Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave in Missouri. His owner, John Emerson, took him through Missouri, a slave state, Illinois, a free state, and finally Wisconsin, a free state. After coming back home to Missouri he tried to buy his freedom back from his widowed owner. After being refused he filed lawsuits to gain his freedom, he argued that he should have been freed in the free states they were in. The case was eventually brought to the Supreme Court. Where it was said Blacks were not meant to be citizens. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, as the country was approaching its third year of the civil war. In the rebelling states, the proclamation said "that all persons held as slaves are, and henceforward shall be free." -
13th Amendment
"Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." -
14th Amendment
"No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws." -
15th amendment
"Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment granted African American men the right to vote." -
Battle of Little Bighorn
The Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army engaged in combat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand. The fight, which led to the American forces' loss, was the pivotal event in the 1876 Great Sioux War. -
The Great Oklahoma Land Race
Thousands of People approached the land on foot, on horseback, and in wagons. 50,000–60,000 immigrants arrived in the region on that day. By dusk, they had staked tens of thousands of claims, either on agricultural plots the size of quarter sections or on town lots. -
Ellis Island is opened
Ellis Island officially opened as an immigration station on January 1, 1892. Located on the banks of New York and New Jersey, Ellis Island saw millions of newly arrived immigrants pass through its doors. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
A significant 1896 ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court known as Plessy v. Ferguson made racial segregation as constitutional under the "separate but equal" principle. The incident that gave rise to the lawsuit occurred in 1892 when Homer Plessy, an African American railway passenger, refused to seat in a car designated for Black people. -
Angel Island Is Opened
The new Immigration Station became the main point of entry for Asians and other immigrants coming from the west once it opened on January 21, 1910. On the island's northern neck, later known as China Cove, the Immigration Station entered service in part.