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The French and Indian War Begins
A war fought between the colonies and the Amerindains and the French. The Colonies wanted the land past the Appalachians for farming but the Amerindians lived there and had an alliance with France. -
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Ended the French and Indian War. It stated that the Colonists couldn't pass the Appalachian Mountains. -
Royal Proclomation (1763)
A boundary line along the Appalachian Mountains between the Colonists and the French. -
Sugar Act
Britain raised taxes on sugar in the colonies to help pay for the war costs. -
Stamp Act
Every official document in the colonies had to pay to be stamped by Britian. -
Stamp Act Congress
A meeting held to plan a protest against the parliment's stamp act. -
Townshed Acts
Five acts made by Charles Townshend passed by the British parliment meant to raise money to pay the sallary for judges and government officials. -
Boston Massacre
Colonial protesters threw snowballs at a British guard who called for back up. One first shot was fired and then a few more. Five colonists were killed and this was used as propaganda against Britian. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of colonial protesters dumped tons of tea into the harbor because of the taxes on tea. -
First Continental Congress
A meeting that was held in response to the intolerable acts which were a punishment for to the colonists for the Boston Tea Party. -
Patrick Henry "give me liverty"
He told the king, "Give me libery, or give me death." This meant if the king doesn't grant them freedom, he is going to fight for it. -
Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
Paul Revere rode out on April 15 with Dawes and Prescott to warn the militia that the "Regulars were comming out." -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The first battles of the Revolutionary War where Britain tried to capture the colonists ammunition and burn it. -
Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen and the green mountain boys captured the British fort ticonderoga in New York. -
Second Continental Congress Meets
This was a meeting where people discussed how the colonies were going to become independent from Britain. -
Battle of Bunker Hill
The colonists were protecting Boston from the British but failed because they ran out of ammunition. It is significant because they realized they stood a chance against Britain. -
"Common Sense Published"
Thomas Paine published this pamphlet to make colonists want to separate from Britain. -
British Evacuate Boston
George Washington placed troops on the Dorchester Heights overlooking Boston and defeated them. The British retreated from Boston. -
Declaration of Independence Announced
A statement announced to the colonists declaring them free and separate from Britain. -
"The Crisis" published
This aricle written by Thomas Paine gave hope and reason to the soldiers who were fighting and the helped get support from everyday citizens. -
Washington Captures Trenton
Washington snuck up on the British army under the cover of the fog and ambushed a group of Hessians. -
British Defeated at Saratoga
British General John Burgoyne surrendered to the colonists. This was considered the turning point of the war. -
Winter at Valley Forge, VA
George Washington had his troops trained here at a camp during the winter of 1777. -
John Paul Jones defeats the Serapis
A Scottish naval fighter who forced the British ship, the HMS Serapis to surrender. -
Benedict Arnold plans found out
Benedict Arnold was a traitor who planned to surrender the colonial army to the British. He was made a general in the British army. -
Cornwallis Surrenders
The British Army were under seige at Yorktown and surrendered to the colonists. -
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions Written
Argued that states had the right to decide whether or not the Alien and Sedition acts passed by Congress were constitutional. -
Hartford Convention meets during War of 1812
Met to discuss the amount of power given to the government during the War of 1812. -
Missouri Compromise
A border line through Missouri that stated all states north would be free of slavery. -
Tariff of Abominations passed
Was made to protect northern industries and it hurt the southern economy. -
South Carolina tries to nullify
South Carolina tried to nullify the tariff of abominations and did so successfully. -
Abolition of Slavery Act
An act passed in the UK which banned slavery in Britain. -
Texas declares independence from Mexico
Texas separated from Mexico and became a democracy after the Mexican War. -
James Polk elected
Polk was elected the 11th president of the United States. Everyone was surprised when he won the election with the Democratic Party against Henry Clay and the Whig party. -
Mexican War
The U.S. won this war and got Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. The border was from then on the Rio Grande. -
Wilmot Proviso
A document banning slavery in newly owned land from Mexico. It was not passed after multiple attempts and slavery continued. -
California enters the Union
California joining the Union caused a disruption in the senate because there was now more non slave states than slave states. -
Fugitive Slave law enacted
This law stated that any runaway slaves must be returned to their owners even if they travel to a non slave state. -
Publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin
This opened people's eyes to slavery all around the world. The South argued it didn't tell the truth while the North believed it did. -
Kansas- Nebraska Act passed
This act allowed Kansas and Nebraska to choose for themselves whether they will allow slavery or not. This caused people to move to Nebraska to sway the votes. Over 200 people died. -
Formation of Republican Party
The Republican party formed during the Kansas-Nebraska Act when it seemed as though slavery was going to spread west. Its first canidate that it supported was Abe Lincoln, who won the election. -
"Border Ruffians" attack Lawrence
800 southerners raided a town in Lawrence, Kansas and blew up a free hotel while robbing the whole town. -
Charles Sumner attacked
Sumner was a northern abolishionist who was attacked by Preston Brooks, a pro-slavery southerner, with a cane because he didn't want slavery in Kansas. -
Pottawatomiew Creek
John Brown in response to the attack in Lawrence went to James Doyle's house and killed him along with his two older sons because they were slave catchers. -
Dred Scott decision announced
Dred Scott was a slave who was freed when his master took him to a free state. When he moved back to a slave state, he was no longer free. He could not testify against his master because slaves have no unaliable rights. -
Lecompton Constitution passed
Written by Stephen Douglas and said that slavery could exist in Kansas. -
Lincoln Douglas debates
A series of debates between Lincoln and Douglas over whose party would take conrtol over the Illinois Legislature. -
Raid at Harper's Ferry
John Brown tried to start a slave revolt by stealing a Ferry in Virginia but was unsuccessful. -
Formation of Constitutional Union Party
This party was formed by combining the Whigs, Democrats and Know-Nothing parties. -
Election of 1869
An election that split the democratic party into a southern party and a northern party. THe Republican party also formed with Abe Lincoln who won the election. -
Democrats split in 1860
Stephen Douglas ran for president as a democrat and was mostly supported by the North. The South didn't like him so their version of the democratic party changed with them. -
South Carolina Sededes
South Carolina seceded from the Union but there were still people who lived there that wanted to be apart of the Union. Since Lincoln didn't want to get involved, they were in a bind. -
Attack on Fort Sumter
Marked the beginning of the war. The union attacked Fort Sumter in South Carolina. -
Battle of the Moniter and the Merrimac.
A major naval battle that the confederacy fought to break through the blockade around Virginia. -
2nd Battle of Bull Run
The Union was pushed out of the territory they just won near Bull Run. It was the largest simotaneous attack in the war. -
Robert E. Lee surrenders Commission
He surrendered his 28000 troops at Appomattox Virginia. This ended the Civil War.
