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1600-1700
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Jamestown
Jamestown is settled in east Virginia by the English. This is the first permanent English settlement in North America. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the first English representative government in north America, established in Jamestown. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for English settlers that traveled to the New World on the Mayflower -
New Amsterdam
A Dutch settlement that was established in Manhattan and served as thee seat of the colonial government -
Middle Plantation
The Middle Plantation was the first major inland settlement for the colony. It served as a bridge between Jamestown and Chiskiack. -
Slavery Begins In Maryland
The first Slaves were brought to Maryland in 1642. -
Peach Tree War
The Peach Tree War was a result of the Dutch taking land that was previously owned by Swedish settlers. -
King Philips war
King Philips war was fought because the natives did not want the English Claiming their land. The natives also wanted to avoid the English having power over them. -
Bacons Rebelion
Bacons Rebellion was the gathering of a militia to attempt to drive Natives out of Virginia and ended with Burning Jamestown to the ground. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian war, also known as the Seven Years War was fought because the American Indians wanted to maintain control of land that The French were trying to claim as theirs. -
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1700-1800
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San Antonio
San Antonio was founded by the Spanish in Texas. -
The First Great Awakening
The first Great Awakening was an abundance of Christians coming together to listen to sermons. -
Province of Georgia
The Province of Georgia was the last of the 13 colonies that were founded, established by Great Britain. -
King George's War
King Georges War began because the French and the British wanted to gain dominance in Europe, during the war England captured a major French fortress, Fort Louisbourg. -
The Beginning of The Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution began when agricultural societies became more industrialized and urban. -
Steam Engine
James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist Invented the steam engine which was a huge part of the industrial revolution -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a riot that occurred in 1770. It began as a street brawl between American colonists and a British soldier. It quickly escalated to a bloody slaughter. The conflict energized anti-Britain sentiment and paved the way for the American Revolution. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest that occurred on December 16, 1773, at Griffin’s Wharf in Boston, Massachusetts. The American colonists were very frustrated and angry at Britain for imposing taxation without representation, therefore they dumped British tea into the harbor. -
Decoration of Independence
On July fourth, 1776, The United States of America Declared its independence from Great Britain. -
George Washington Dies
George Wahngton gets a sore throat on December 13th and 24 hours later he dies at age 67. -
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1800-1876
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Louisiana Purchase
The United States payed $15 million to receive the territory which extends west from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. Jefferson wanted to expand America and bought a bunch of land. -
Lewis and Clark
Louis and Clark basically just went off to explore the new territory from the Louisiana Purchase. -
Spanish Succession
Spain gives up its territory in Florida. -
Mexican War
Mexican War took place in America's effort to gain California and other territory in Southwest. -
California Gold Rush
Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill in California. After news spread that gold had been discovered there, thousands of Americans dropped everything they had and moved to California. By 1849, it was the peak of the Gold Rush, thus, creating the name forty-niners for the many miners that searched for gold there. -
Gadsden Purchase
Gadsden purchase was made for $10,000,000 from Mexico. -
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln was elected on November 6th, Soon after he was elected, South Carolina seceded from the Union and was then followed by the Civil War. -
The Confederate States
11 states had seceded from the U.S. and the Confederate states were formed. Jefferson Davis was elected as president of them a day later. -
Civil War
The Civil War was the conflict between the North and the South over the expansion of slavery into western states and over the preservation of the Union. This war had a higher fatality rate out of all of the wars fought in America combined. -
13th Amendment
On 31 January 1865, the 13th amendment was approved in Congress, constitutionally abolishing slavery in the Union. 18 of the 34 states had ratified the amendment by the end of February. However, the south did not comply until the end of the year.