Key Points In Early US History

Key Points In The History Of early US

Period: Jan 1, 1200 to Jan 1, 1900

Magna Carta

Jan 1, 1215

Roanoke

Apr 12, 1585

Roanoke was founded.

Jamestown Was Founded.

Jan 1, 1607

Jamestown was founded by John Smith.

House Of Bergesses

Jul 30, 1619

House of burgesses was the first representative assembly in the colonies.

Mayflower Compact

Nov 11, 1620

Mayflower Compact was signed.

Rhode Island

Jun 12, 1636

Rhode Island was founded.

Navagation Acts

Dec 1, 1660

First Navigation Acts were signed.

Salem Trials

Apr 15, 1692

Salem Witch Trials.

Great Awakening

Apr 15, 1726

Great Awakening (religious movement)

Poor Richard's Almanac

Apr 15, 1732

Ben Franklin published Poor Richard's Almanac.

French And Indian War

Apr 15, 1754

War between French/indians and british.

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Quartering Act

Mar 24, 1765

Townshend Acts

Apr 15, 1767

Acts passed by King George III

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British killed four men.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Colonists dumped british tea into harbor

Intolerable Acts

Apr 14, 1774

Intolerable Acts passed by King George III.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

First Continental Congress Held in Philadelphia,

"give me liberty or give me death"

Mar 23, 1775

Patrick Henry said "give me liberty or give me death"

Lexington And Concord

Apr 19, 1775

Lexington And Concord is the first battle of the American Revolution

Common Sense

Apr 14, 1776

Common Sense was written by Thomas Paine.

Declaraion Of Independance

Jul 4, 1776

Declaraion Of Independance was written by Thomas Jefferson

Battle of Saratoga

Oct 17, 1777

Battle of Saratoga was the turning point of war.

Articals Of Confederation

Nov 15, 1777

Articals Of Confederation adoped by congress.

Bonhomme Richard

Sep 23, 1779

Bonhomme Richard defeats the Sarapis.

Yorktown

May 26, 1781

Yorktown was the last battle of the war.

Treaty Of Paris

Sep 3, 1783

Treaty Of Paris between Britain and The Colonies.

Constitutional Convention

May 25, 1787

Northwest Ordinance

Jul 13, 1787

The Northwest Ordinance adopted the northwest territory.

George Washington as president

Apr 14, 1789

George Washington elected president.

Star Spangled Banner

Apr 18, 1814

Writte By Francis Scott Key

Missouri Comprmise

Mar 3, 1820

Allowed Slavery into Missouri. But not past west of the missouri river.

Monroe Doctrine

Dec 2, 1823

Trail Of Tears

Apr 16, 1838

Womens Rights Convention

Jul 19, 1848

Womens Rights Convention held by Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Compromise Of 1850

Sep 9, 1850

The compromise of 1850 admitted california as a state.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Apr 13, 1852

Uncle Tom's Cabin was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe.

Dred Scott Case

Mar 6, 1857

Dred Scott desision by supreme court held tht slaves did not become free in a free state.

Abraham Lincoln

Nov 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln was elected president.

Jefferson Davis

Feb 8, 1861

Jefferson Davis Elected Confederate President.

Ft. Sumter.

Apr 12, 1861

Ft. Sumter was fired apon by the confederates.

Anietam

Sep 17, 1862

Battle of anietam was the bloodiest in the civil war.

Emancipation Proclamation

Jan 1, 1863

Freed all slaves.

Pennsylvania

Apr 23, 1863

Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn

Gettysburg Address

Nov 19, 1863

Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address.

Robert E. Lee Surrenderd

Apr 9, 1865

Robert E. Lee Surrenderd at Appomattox Courthouse.

Lincoln Assasinated

Apr 14, 1865

Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth.

13th Amendment

Dec 6, 1865

13th amentment was passed, thus abolishing slavery

14th Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

14th Amendment made everyone born in the us citizens.

15th Amendment

Feb 8, 1870

15th Amendment allowed blacks to vote.

American Red Cross

May 21, 1881

American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton.