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Jamestown
A Joint stock company was setup in Chesapeake Bay later to be renamed Jamestown. Some of the challenges that faced this town were, disease, attacks by the Powhatan tribe, death, and dry soil. -
Puritans and Separatists
Puritans wants to purify the church of England, and followed the teachings of the theologian John Calvin. They believed that they could prepare for God's saving grace by leading moral lives, and that God alone determined who was save. Separatists started to begin their own churches. -
The European Conquest
New Netherland was established in 1609 by Dutch merchants who sent ships across the Atlantic and up the Hudson River to trade for furs. New Sweden was founded in 1638 by traders on the lower Delaware River. In the 1650's and 1660's the Dutch and English became rivals in global commerce. New York and New Jersey were founded in 1664. Pennsylvania was originally a debt to William Penn by King Charles II. -
Willian Pitt
Committed more solders towards the war and replaced older solders with younger ones, his navy cut out French supplies and troops -
French and Indian War
A series of wars that occurred between 1754 and 1763. These wars were between the French and Native American alliance and the British, ended by the Treaty of Paris and Britain gains a massive amount of land. -
Formation of te Colonial Government
North American colonies used the British government as the basis for their own -
Amercian Revolution
The result of The French and Indian War because of the taxes that were placed on the British colonies -
Taxes on thr Coloniess led to Conflict
The people of Britain paid far more in taxes than the colonists. This imbalance seemed unfair to the British people, for the war had been fought to protect the colonists. Parliament decided that the colonists will pay more to help the Empire. These taxes led groups like "The Sons of Liberty" to start violent protests, such as the Boston Massacre on April 5, 1770. -
The Intolerable Acts
The colonists became outraged, and with the closing of the port, the five laws that made up the Coercive Acts forced colonists to house British troops and allowed British officials to be tried in Britain for crimes committed in the colonies. -
Industrial Revolution
Developments in technology that came from Europe, transformed life in the United States starting in the early 1800s. The ways in which people lived and worked were changed by new methods of transporting and manufacturing goods. This industrialization would shape life in the United States for decades. -
Agriculture in Sourthern Society
The developments of the cotton gin, western expansion, and industrialization boosted cotton production in the South -
XYZ Affair
Three French officials—known in code as X, Y, and Z—demanded humiliating terms, including $250,000 in when Adams sent envoys to Paris to negotiate peace after the French began seizing American merchant ships. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The Alien Act authorized the President to arrest and deport non-citizens who criticized the federal government. Because most non-citizen immigrants supported the Democratic Republicans, the Federalists made it difficult for them to become citizens. The Sedition Act made it a crime for citizens to publicly criticize the federal government. Arguing that criticism undermined trust in the government, the Federalists used this act to silence Democratic Republican opposition. -
End of Adam's Presidency
Adams had suspended expansion of the army and sent new diplomats to France to seek peace. Those moves angered many Federalists, including Hamilton, who worked to undermine Adams’s reelection. Adams lost the next election to Jefferson. -
Jefferson Takes Office
Jefferson wanted to retire the national debt by paying it down. Despite reducing taxes, he cut the national debt from $80 million when he took office to $57 million in 1809. -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson obtained a vast territory extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. At about 828,000 square miles, the Louisiana Territory nearly doubled the size of the United States. For all of this, the United States paid only $15 million -
Jefferson's Embargo
As an alternative to war, Jefferson persuaded Congress to declare an embargo, suspending trade with the British by ordering American ships to stay in port. -
Industrailization in North
Between 1815 and 1860, the states in the North developed a industrial sector that was dedicated to industry. Democratic Republican policies contributed to that industrial development, without them meaning to. -
Tariff of 1816
An economic policy that promoted the growth of industry by using federal power to help industrialists and their workers. -
Missouri Compromise
The northern district of Massachusetts would become a free state of Maine and enter the Union to balance admission of Missouri as a slave state. To settle future disputes over admissions of states, also drew a line across the continent from the southwestern corner of Missouri to the nation’s western boundary. Territories south of line would enter as slave states, territories north of the line would become free states -
Construction of New York County Courthouse
Was estimated to cost only $250,000 but ended up costing 13 million by the time it was finished -
Construction of New York County Courthouse
Was estimated to cost only $250,000; but ended costing 13 million by the time it was finished -
The Gilded Age
Age of political bosses and party bosses that ran both state and the federal government using their power and influence -
Whisky Ring
Group of people in St. Louis reduced taxes by undercutting the number of kegs of booze -
The Great Railroad Strike
A response to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and the cutting wages of workers for the third time in a year. Striking workers would not allow any of the trains, mainly freight trains, to roll until this third wage cut was revoked -
Tammany Hall Political Machine
Headed by Boss Tweed who was an American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall. Was the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York City and State. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
President Chester A. Arthur signed a federal law that prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Interstate Commerce Act
A federal law that was supposed to regulate the railroad industry especially the monopolistic practices and required that railroad rates be "reasonable and just," but did not empower the government to fix specific rates. -
National Consumers League
Rallied women to pressure for laws related to rights of women and children workers. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed monopolies and practices that restrained trade -
First Populist Movement For Change
At the Populist Convention in the Omaha, the populist party offered such plans as the Sub-Treasury Plan, Government Ownership of Railroads, Graduated Income Tax, Government Control of the Currency, Rights of Laborers to Form Unions, and Free Coinage of Silver. -
Forest Reserve Act
Allowed President to set aside land to be used for public forests and national parks. National Reclamation Act gave gov’t power to control where and how water would be used. Dams were made to generate power and direct water flow to allow water to be used by not only the state water is located in, but other states too. -
Gold Standard Act
Established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism and was signed my President William McKinley -
Roosevelt Becomes President
President of Ny board of policemen
Asst. secretary of navy
Leader of rough riders in Spanish American war.
Governor of ny
Mckinley elected Roosevelt as running mate, was assassinated and Roosevelt becomes pres. -
Pure Food and Drug
federal inspection of food and medicine, Banned the shipment and sale of impure food and mislabeling of food and medicine -
Panic 1907
Roosevelt declared he was not run for re-election.
Many believe this gave him less pull with stopping trusts.
Roosevelt’s position on trusts and the improved power of the ICC caused a steep drop in stock prices. Trusts depended on the market. Many would offer uncollateralized loans. The brokers would use money to receive a call loan from a bank and than repay the trust before the day was done. This kept steady flow for the trusts as well and built their stock. Stock prices dropped nearly 25% -
Aldrich Vreeland Act
Authorized national banks to issue emergency currency backed by various kinds of collateral. -
Children’s Bureau
The said bureau shall investigate and report to [the Department of Commerce and Labor] upon all matters pertaining to the welfare of children and child life among all classes of our people, and shall especially investigate the questions of infant mortality, the birth-rate, orphanage, juvenile courts, desertion, dangerous occupations, accidents and diseases of children, employment, legislation affecting children in the several states and territories -
Income Tax Forms
Ratified the 16th amendment and made kt so Congress could impose a federal income tax -
Federal Reserve System
This system consisted of 12 regional banks coordinated by a central Federal Reserve Board. The act required all national banks to become members of the system, and state-chartered banks that met membership requirements could join. As a result of the Owens Glass Act (1912) -
Women’s Bureau
The Women's Bureau works to create parity for women in the labor force by conducting research and policy analysis, to inform and promote policy change, and to increase public awareness and education.
