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Columbus discovers america
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Settlers disappeared off the island
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The first legal slave owner
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First permanent settlement of America
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The first slaves arrive in america
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Plymouth was established by the pilgrims
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The colony of Pennsylvania was established
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Many people were accused of witchcraft
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It altered religious beliefs
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The Albany Plan by Ben Franklin begins to unite American Colonies.
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A war between Great Britain and France and the Indians went on for 7 years.
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An act was passed by the British parliament to help pay for the 7 years war.
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5 people were killed in a British massacre
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Angry protesters dumped 342 chests of tea in the Boston Harbor.
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First engagements in the revolutionary war
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America declared its independence in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was passed and signed
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the original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789
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The British lost to Cornwallis, they surrendered in Yorktown. It was known as the battle of Yorktown
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The Continental Congress served as the government of the 13 American Colonies. Acts are passed by Congress. No taxation without representation.
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It was a rebellion for high taxes
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It was to address the problems of a weak government
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The official framework of the government of the US.
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American political leader who became first president of the US.
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a valedictory to friends from George Washington after 20 years of being president
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four laws passed by the US Congress that restricted activities for foreign residents
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Thomas Jefferson was the third president and he was the first peaceful transfer from one party to another
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The US bought 280,000 square miles
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The lewis and clark expedition explored a passage that connects the interior of the continent to the Pacific Ocean
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opened up the Great Lakes region to American expansion
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The United States federal legislation that admitted Maine to the United States as a free state
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he was elected as the 7th president of the United States.
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said that European powers do not belong in America
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He became a speaker and leader in the abolitionist movement
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it was part of the compromise of 1850 which required that slaves be returned to their owners.
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a package of five separate bills passed by the United States.
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an anti-slavery novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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a series of violent civil confrontations in Kansas Territory
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The United States Supreme Court upheld slavery in United States territories.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected 16th president
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fought between the northern states and the southern states
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This declared that all slaves are freed
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Abe Lincoln was shot
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The Civil War Amendments (as they were also called), were designed to ensure equality for recently emancipated slaves.
