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roanoke Island
The lost colonie founded off the coast of North Carolina. Setterlers were said to have vanished in 1590 -
James Town
First successful colonie in the U.S. and founded off the coast off virgina -
House of Buegesses
the first representative assembly -
Mayflower Compact
First document that shows self government in the U.S. -
Rhode Island
Roger Williams founded and was democratically ruled -
Navigation Act
Passed by British Parlament so that colonial commercesuited British needs -
Bacon Rebellion
Bacon led a rebellion against British government -
Pennsylvania
William Penn founded Pennsylvainia -
Salem
Witchcraft delusions at Salem. 20 accused witches burned and executed -
Great Awakening
A religious revival -
Poor Richard's Almanack
Benjamin Franklin Written and published the Poor Richard's Almanack anually until 1757 -
Zenger
The zenger trial accomplished freedom of speech -
French and Indian War
French lost Canada -
Sugar Act
Placed a tax on lumber, food, and molasses. -
Intolerable Acts
Punishment for the Boston Tea Party, the British Parliment held the Boston Harbor until all the Tea was paid for. -
First Continental Congress
Held because of civil disobediance againt British. -
Patrick Henry
Henry stated his famous quote "give me liberty or give me death" -
Paul Rever
Paul Rever rode in on his horse to worn the partiots that the British were coming. -
Lexington and Concord
First battles of the Revolutionary war. -
Common Sense
A pro-independance pamphlit written by Thomas Paine and sold 100,000 -
Declaration on Independance
Declaring indepenance from the British. -
Articles of Confederation
Adopted by continental congress. taking affect March 1st. -
Battle of Saratoga
Americans cut off the British escape route winning the battle, and gaining the French as Alleys. -
John Paul Jones
Jones statedd his famous quote "I have not yet begun to fight." int the fight at the British Sea Waters, -
Yorktown
Final Battle with America winning -
Paris Peace Treaty
Britished signed the Paris Peace treaty reconizing the U.S. as an independant country. -
Constitutional Convention
Held to present the constitution -
Nortwest Ordinance
Made rules for statehood, guaranteed freedom of religion, and no slavory -
George Washington
Washington was the first chosen president of the U.S. -
Lucretia Mott & Elizabeth Stanton
Led women's rights convention -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin, about how slavory was immorral. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott Vs. Manchester, supreme court ruled that even though he was in a free state he could not sue for his freedom because he was not a citizen -
Abraham LIncoln
LIncoln won presedency in a 4-way race -
Ft. Sumter
The first battle of the civil war. -
Ft. Sumter
First battle of the civil war. -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest Battle in war over 2,000 people died on each side. -
Gettysburg
Union took the victory at Gettysburg, taking the Mississippi River, splitting the souh in two. -
Gettysburg Adress
Presiden Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Adress. -
Confederate Surrender
Robert E. Lee surrendered at Appomattox. -
Lincoln's Assasination
President Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at fords thearter. -
13th Amendment
Abolished Slavory -
Emancipation Proclamation
Lincoln Declaired this "freeing all slaves in rebellion"