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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first english settlement in Virginia -
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Jamestown
Jamestown was the first english settlement. The Virginia Company of London is who helped settle it. -
The house of burgesses
The very first legislative assembly with the Virginia colony -
Start of slavery
The start of slavery was a way for others to come into the New world. -
The Mayflower compact
The mayflower compact was a voyage of pilgrims from England into the new world. -
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French & Indian War
Va malitia group fight the french -
Treaty Of Paris
negotiated, and ended the revolutionary war -
Proclomation of 1763
Forbidding settlers from settling in the apps mountains -
Stamp Act
Taxed printed documents -
Boston Massacre
Street fight with british soldiers killing five boston colonists -
Boston Tea Party
disguised colonists dump tea into boston harbor -
1st Contential Congress
All colonies meet together -
Lexington and Concord
British troops fight angry militia -
2nd Contential Congress
An organized american army was formed -
Decloration of Independence
13 american colonies ended there connections with Great Britian -
Articles of Confederation
The first constitution of the United States -
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Critical Period
The powers of the articles of confederation limited the central government -
Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendered to Washington, ending the war -
The Treaty of Paris
Ended the american reolutionary war between great biritian and the United States -
Land Ordinance of 1785
Western lands were given up -
Annapolis Convention
Meeting to discuss issues with the articles of confederation -
Shay's Rebellon
Was a group of rebellions against Massachussett courts -
3/5th's comprimise
A comprimise were slaves would be counted as 3/5th's of a person,counted in the population -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Created a northwest territiory,between british, cananda and the great lakes -
The Great Comprimise
Big and small states came to an agreement. Each state would get equal votes and 2 representatives in the senate -
Constitutional Convention
This was in Philadalphia, it was a convention of the framing of the constitution -
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Washingtons Presidency
Washington was president for eight years. He was a general for the American Revolution -
Bill of Rights signed
The first 10 amendments were brought into the constitution and were signed -
Cotton Gin
Was invented by Eli Whitney. Started the increase use of slaves -
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Adams Presidency
John Adams was a Democratic- Republican, He also was a political enlightener -
Nat turner revolt
Was a slave who led the slave revolt in south hampton virginia -
Gabe Prosser Revolt
Was a black slave who led the slave revolt in richmond virginia -
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Jefferson's Presidency
He wrote the Decloration of Independence and also served in two continental congresses -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson bought the Louisiana territory from Napoleon on this day. This territory now belonged to america -
Marbury vs. Madison
This court case practiced Judial Review for the first time -
War of 1812
President Madison calls for war due to British interference with american shipping -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Said the bank couldnt tax due to national supremacy. -
missouri compromise
This admitted missouri as a slave state and maine as a free state -
Monroe Doctrine
Was written by Monroe and warned europe agaisnt future colonization in america and many other things -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
The court overturned a steamboat monopoly -
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Jacksons Presidency
Jackson lost to Quincy Adams in 1824. In 1828 Jackson defeats Adam -
Age of the common man
Time when democracy in the U.S. expanded and more people got involved in the electoral process -
Indian Removal Act of 1830
Forced all indians east of the Mississippi river to move to oklahoma which is indian territiory -
Battle of the Alamo
Mexican General attacked with superior forces, they fought until therer last man died -
Battle of San Jacinto
Texans won independence and it was led by Sam Houston, established the republic of texas -
U.S. annexes Texas
Texas is ammited to the United States -
Mexican War
Wanted the South west , mexico wouldnt sell and President urged the war -
Ca gold rush
gold was discovered and everyone rushed to california to try to make money from it -
Seneca Falls Convention
The first womens rights convention. Held in Seneca Falls New York. -
Compromise of 1850
The slave trade in washington d.c. was abolished. Compromise between the north and south. -
Fugitive slave law
Law passed making it more harsh on runaway slaves -
Uncle Toms Cabin
This was a book written by Harriet Beacher Stowe. A book about slavery and the hardships -
Kansas-Nebraska act
Created new lands for settlement in kansas and nebraska. Had the choice to repeal the missouri comp. -
Dred Scott case
Was a case where african americans were not able to be citizens of america so therefore could not hold a court case. -
Election of 1860
Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 -
Battle of Fort Sumpter
This was the first battle of the civil war. First shots were fired here. -
Battle of Antietam
This battle was in maryland, after this battle was when abe came up with the amancipation proclomation -
Emancipation Proclomation
Abraham Lincoln came up with this to ban slavery in all territories -
Battle of Vicksburg
Vicksburg surrendered after prolonged sieged operations -
Battle of Gettysburg
Turning point of the civil war, General Robert E. Lee won this battle -
Gettysburg Address
One of Abraham Lincolns speeches that is known as the Gettysburg Address -
Reconstruction
Reconstruction was in the south because most of the civil war damage left the south with little money and very little property -
13th Amendment
This was the amendment to abolish slavery in america -
Appomattox Court House
Where the Confederates surrendered to the Union and was the Last battle of the CIvil war -
Lincolns Assasination
Lincoln was assasinated by John Wilkes Booth at a play -
Reconstruction Act of 1867
The reconstuction act divided the south to help with there economy and properties -
Open door policy
Term in foreign affairs initially used to refer to the United States policy -
Boxer Rebellion
A secret chinese operation led an uprising in northern China against the spread of Western and Japanese influence there. -
Platt amendment
the Platt Amendment passed which amended the 1901 Army Appropriations Bill. -
Roosevelt corollary
The Corollary gave the United States the police power needed to interfere in the Western Hemisphere when needed -
WWI
First World War or the Great War, was a global war centered in Europe -
Great Migration
the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast -
US enters WW1
after two and a half years of efforts by President Woodrow Wilson to keep the United States neutral during World War I. -
selective service act wwII
authorized the federal government to raise a national army -
14 points
Woodrow Wilson declaring that World War I was being fought for a moral cause and calling for postwar peace in Europe. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited alcohol in the united states and banning it from being made -
19th amendment
Guarantees all American women the right to vote. -
Treaty of Versailles
was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. -
Scopes Trial
was an American legal case in 1925 in which a substitute high school teacher, John Scopes, was accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act, which made it unlawful to teach human evolution in any state-funded school. -
The Great Depression
The Great depression was when 1/4 of the population was with out jobs and homes. Worst the country has been in history. -
Black Tuesday
Black tuesday was when the stock market crashed and was the start of the great depression. -
Harlem Reinassence
cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem between the end of World War I and the middle of the 1930s -
Dust Bowl
Was the worst dust storms that caused farmers to stop growing crops and left them bankrupt. -
New Deal
Franklin Roosevelts effort in fixing the Great Depression. It was very sucessful. -
FDR
Helped fix the great depression, created the new deal. Was president in the 1930's -
FDIC
Agency of the US which is a public banking system that regualtes deposits and banking -
Social Security Act
An act by President Roosevelt that states that older working people support the retired people, a form of retirement -
Fair Labor Standards Act
The FLSA is a federal statute of the United States. -
Spanish American War
A war between Spain and the United States, fought in 1898. The war began as an intervention by the United States on behalf of Cuba. -
Non aggression act
Between germany and soviet union,which was placed before the beginning of WWII. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan invades pearl harbor and bombs them killing over 2000 troops -
U.S. declares war
U.S. declares war on Japan. They use an atomic bomb and clears out Japan -
Germany invades Russia
Germany invades russia and takes over. -
Miracle of Midway
Was a naval battle of WWII American Bases landed and attacked Japan and won the battle -
D-day
Massive ally operation to take back from the Germans -
Battle of the bulge
Major german defensive campaign launched through france and luxenburg, massive counter attack -
Korematsu v U.S.
Was a court case in the US, which ordered japanese americans to stay out of there homes in a camp -
Numenburg Trials
Trials of Nazi leaders that tortured the jews and needed to be punished and imprisoned for their crimes -
V-E day
Celebrated to mark the formal acceptence by allies of WWII of their surrender -
Wagner Act
Established the National Labor Relations Board and addressed relations between unions and employers in the private sector. -
Hiroshima Atomic Bomb
the united states drops an atomic bomb whiping out hiroshima. Ending war -
nagasaki atomic bomb
Nagasaki was completely destroyed by the atomic bomb that the us dropped on them ending war -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1898, 30 Stat. 1754, was an agreement made in 1898 that resulted in the Spanish Empire's surrendering control of Cuba and ceding Puerto Rico -
Panama Canal
A canal in central america created by americans to cross overseas more easily -
Judiciary Act of 1789
President Washington signed the Judiciary act so that the judicial power was now into play into the court system -
Hoover
Was president and no one liked him, Didnt help fix the great depression
