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1492
Columbus arrives
Christopher Columbus was the captain of a ship called the Mayflower which was the first successful landing onto the new country. -
Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island settled and disappears
An unsuccessful settlement that lasted only 3 years -
Life of Anthony Johnson in Virginia
He was a free black man who went to America to be more free. He lived from 1600-1670 -
Jamestown established
The people of Jamestown landed on 1607 and it was the first and most successful of the many settlement to come -
Slavery begins in English colonies
Slavery began when a group of English settlers brought a bunch of black people with them from Great Britain. These blacks then began doing slave labor -
Plymouth established
The Plymouth Colony was an English colonial venture in America, it lasted from 1620-1691 -
Pennsylvania Colony established
This was a colony created by the dictate of the King of Britain -
Salem Witch Trials
Salem witch trials were women who were supposedly witches who went to trials, then those who were “proven“ to be witches were prosecuted. -
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First Great Awakening
Also known as the Evangelical revival. -
Albany plan by Ben Franklin
This was to create a unified Government -
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French-Indian war
The French and Indian allies were fighting the British colonies in America -
The Stamp Act
This stamp act was done by the Britain to gain taxes from the settlers in America. -
Boston massacre
A Riot protesting the taxes from the king. -
Boston tea party
Another protest again the taxes, the Bostoners were dumping millions of dollars worth of tea into the sea. -
The continental congress that didnt seek independence
Delegates from the colonies tried to gain alliances from the British -
Lexington and concord
The first of the military conflicts between the Americans and the British. -
Second continental congress
Delegates from the colonies decide to win independence from the other countries -
Britain surrenders the revalutionary war
Britain surrenders -
Articles of Confederation
Replaced the US constitution -
Shays’ Rebellion
An armed uprising in 1786 -
Constitutional convention
It was to decide how America was to be governed -
Constitution ratified
Became the official framework of the Government -
George Washington becomes first president
George Washington becomes president in 1789 -
Washingtons farewell address
A book wrote by George Washington after serving the country for 20 years -
Alien and Sedition act
4 laws that passed by the American government and signed by the president john Adams -
Thomas Jefferson elected as president
Thomas Jefferson was elected in 1801 -
Louisiana purchase
Louisiana area was purchased for $15 million by the US from the French -
Lewis and Clark expedition
Explorers were attempting to cross the newly acquired land -
The war of 1812
A war in 1812 -
Missouri Compramise
Named Missouri a slave state and Maine a free state -
Monroe doctrine
The best known US policy towards the Western Hemisphere -
Andrew Jackson as president
He became the president in 1829 -
Fredrick Douglass joins the Abolitionist movement
He joined in 1847 -
Comprise of 1850
Confronted the problem of slavery -
Fugitive slave act passed
Part of the Compramise of 1850 -
Uncle toms cabin published
It was a book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe -
Dred Scott decision
A land mark decision made by the US congress -
Abraham Lincoln elected as president
Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 -
Bleeding Kansas
Violent civil confrontation in Kansas -
Emancipation proclamation
All slaves shall be freed -
Civil war
The civil war lasted from 1861-1865 -
13th-15th amendments pass, became law
Civil war amendments -
Lincoln assasinated
Lincoln was assasinated in 1865
