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Jamestown is known as the first permanent British settlement in the New World. -
Following the British, France arrives in the New World and begins to colonize land. -
The House of Burgesses is known as the first governmental body in the New World. -
20 slaves were sold by the Dutch to Jamestown. -
The New England Dominion was an administrative body that governed over several colonies in the New England and Middle Colonies. -
With slavery gaining popularity in the New World, slave laws were put in place in the colonies, one of which was banning interracial marriage. -
The Salem Witch Trials are a well known case of mass hysteria that led to several colonists being executed with very little to no evidence against them. -
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The Seven Years War was fought between the French and British in the New World, with Native Americans and colonists assisting in some battles. The British won but were left with high levels of debt, which were put onto the colonists in the form of taxes. -
The Sugar Act was a replacement for the Molasses Act and was used to help get rid of Britain's debt after the Seven Years War. -
The stamp act taxed all paper products for the colonists and was one of the least liked taxes in the colonies. -
The Boston Massacre was a riot that occurred in the middle of Boston between colonists and British soldiers. Five colonists were killed, and it is still contested on who started the violence. -
The Boston Tea Party was a protest event in which colonists dressed up as indigenous people and threw tea off of a ship in the Boston Harbor. Nobody was hurt and it is seen as one of the pivotal acts of protest in the quest for independence. -
Following protests, Britain passes the Intolerable Acts to show the colonists that they are still under British rule. These Acts include: the Port Bill, the Quartering Act, the Quebec Act, Administration of Justice Act, and the Massachusetts Regulating Act. -
The Quebec Act is considered one of the Intolerable Acts. It reestablished territory lines in the colonies and greatly angered a lot of settlers. -
The American Revolution officially begins and the colonists begin fighting for their independence. -
The Founding Fathers sign the Declaration of Independence, showing Britain that they are willing to fight for as long as it takes for independence and forming a better nation. -
The American Revolution ended and the United States gained their independence. -
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He was the third president. -
Jefferson purchases Louisiana territory from France, doubling the nation's size. -
He was the fourth president. -
It was the second war between the United States and Britain. It lasted 2 1/2 years and ended with the United States winning. -
The British burned down the original White House. -
He was the fifth president. -
He was the sixth president. -
Thousands of settlers move across the country to California in hopes of becoming rich during the Gold Rush. Most do not become rich, but the idea helps popularize the growing ideas of Manifest Destiny. -
He was the sixteenth president and one of the most well-known today. -
The Civil War was between the Union and the Confederacy with the Confederacy trying to gain independence from the rest of the United States. It was unsuccessful.