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Roanoke Island
Roanoke island was a lost colony -
James Town
first permanent English settlement -
House of Burgessess
First representative assembly in the New world -
Mayflower Compact
Document signed for a self government -
Roger WIllams
Funded Rhode Island for religous resons -
Navagation Acts
Regulating colonial commerce to suit English needs -
Nathaniel Bacon
He started Bacons Rebellion -
William Penn
William Penn founded Pennsylvania -
Salem
In MA. 20 alleged witches were executed by special court -
Great Awakening
Religious revival began -
Benjamin Franklin
Published Poorr Richards Almanack -
John Peter Zenger
Aquitted for criticizing the Brittish governors conduct in office -
French and Idanian War
French and Indain war began, french lost Canada and the Midwest -
Sugar act
Taxed on goods to pay for the French and Indian War -
Quarting act
Requiring colonist to house british troops during the war -
Townshend acts
Taxes on glass, painters lead, paper and tea -
Boston Massacre
British soilders fired into a grounp of colonist killin four. Crispus Attacks -
Boston Tea party
protest on the taxes on tea throew the cargo the board -
Intolerable acts
the loss of the tea must be payed for -
Paul Revere
midnight run to tell the patriots that the british that they were on they're way to Concord -
Lexington
minuteman lost 8 british had 273 casualties -
Common Sense
A phamplet that described pro independence written by Thomas Piane -
Declaration of Independence
the document that declared independence -
Articles of Confederation
adopted by the contiental Congress -
Saratoga
Burgoyne surrnender 5,000 men at this place -
John Paul Jones
On the Bonhomme Richard defeated Serpais in British North sea waters -
Yorktown
3,000 Frenched stopped british -
Paris Peace Treaty
Reconigzing American independence congress ratified it in Jan. 1784 -
Constitutional Convention
delaware became first state -
NorthWest oridence
NW territory north of ohio riverwest of NYC staehood and freedoom of religion -
George Washingoton
chosen the fisrt president -
Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights were submitted -
Eli Whitney
Created the cotton gin reviving southern slavery -
Washingtons Farewell Address
His Farewell Address talked bout how not to form foregin , and not to form politacal parties -
Louisana
lousiana was purchased for 11,250,000 -
Robert Fulton
Made first practical steamboat -
War of 1812
war wasr between france britian and the U.S -
Star Spangled Banner
writtin by Francis Scott Key -
Missouri Compromise
Bill passed by congress slavery was allowed in missouri but not west of mississippi river -
Monroe Doctrine
Opposing European intervention in the americas -
Trail of Tears
Cherokee was forced to walk the trail of tears from Georgia to Oaklahoma -
Samuel.B Morse
sent the first telegraph, also invinted it -
Gold
Gold was discoverd in california -
Woman Activist
Lucretia Mott Elisabeth Stanton led Seneca Falls, NY womans rights convetion -
Compromise of 1850
Addmitted California as a free state but any other state gained by mexico has the freedom to choose if its a free or slave state -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
authore of uncle toms cabin -
Dred Scott
Dred scott was a slave who sued for gis freedom, denied because he was not a citizen -
Abraham Licoln
Abraham Licoln was elected president of the U.S -
Conderarte America
7 Southern states set up Confederate States of America -
Civil War
Civil War began as Confederate states fired at Ft. Sumter -
Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest battle of the Civil War -
Emancipation Proclamation
Freeing all slaves in areas still in rebellion -
Gettysburg Address
Licolns Address -
Appomattox Court House
Robert E. Lee surrenderd -
Licoln Death
Licoln was shot by John Wilks Booth in A movie theatre -
13 Admendment
Abolishing slavery -
14 Admendment
Providing citizenship to people born in the U.S -
15 Admendment
Making race no bar to voting rights -
Clara Barton
founded the American Red Cross