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English colony at Jamestown Virginia
The first colony is established here in Jamestown. It has many initial problems at first. Very little citizen actually survive. -
First Africans brought to North America
African slaves were brought by ship to work in the Americas. Most of the slaves are sent into South America. -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
Pilgrims land in Plymouth in search of religious freedom. -
Salem Witch Trials
Prosecutions of people involved with witchcraft. -
-1763-French and Indian War
French and Indians join forces to drive out British. -
Boston Massacre
4-5 citizens are shot and killed after an angry mob riot. -
Boston Tea Party
Sons of liberty dress as Indians to sabotage a large tea shipment. -
The Declaration of Independence
The first time America officially declares itself as their own country. -
Revolutionary War Ends (Treaty of Paris)
The peace treaty between America and Britain is signed in Paris -
87-Shay's Rebellion
Shay tries to start an African rebellion by invading an arsenal but fails. -
Constitution Ratified
The Constitution becomes an official document of the United States -
Whiskey Rebellion
Tax protest during presidency of George Washington. -
1806 Lewis & Clark Expedition
Lewis and Clark explore west of the colonies and encounter many Indian tribes. They map out the landscape -
War of 1812
US and Britain fight again -
Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was an effort by Congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of Missouri late in 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted. -
Trail of Tears
Many Indians are moved to designated camps Many die from disease, starvation, and hypothermia. -
Texan Indepence
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1848-Mexican American War (Treaty of Guadalupa Hildelgo)
In the United States, the conflict lasting from 1846-1848 is termed the Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico; it was an armed conflict between Mexico and America. -
Gold Rush in California
An excess of gold riches were discovered in California and people flooded California in an attempt to strike it rich. Some were successful, some were failures. -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850, which defused a four-year political confrontation between slave and free states regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
The Kansas–Nebraska Act created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska, opening new lands for settlement, and had the effect of repealing the Missouri Compromise of 1820 by allowing white male settlers in those territories to determine through popular sovereignty whether they would allow slavery or not. -
Abraham Lincoln elected President
Abraham Lincoln wins the election and southerners are completely displeased. In fact, they are so upset that they "secede" from the Union entirely. -
1865-Civil War
The Union or northern states go head to head with the Confederacy or seceded southern states. There were many causes to the Civil War but it was primarily based off of the issue of slavery within the conflicting sides. -
Transcontinental Railroad completed
Lincoln's secret weapon, the Transcontinental Railroad is finally completed. It tremendously impacts the transportation of people and supplies across the nation. -
Reconstruction Ends
With the compromise, the Republicans had quietly given up their fight for racial equality and blacks' rights in the south. Republican governments collapsed, thereby ending Reconstruction.
