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Massacre at Mystic
This was a turning point in the Pequot war as the killing of civilians caused the settlers to become enraged and take action. -
Massacre at Mystic
This was a turning point in the Pequot war as it enraged settlers that the warriors killed civilians. -
The Scalp Act
This was a wretched thing they did to natives to remove they would give money for the scalps of natives. -
The boston tea party
The Boston tea party was an act of retaliation for the high taxes put on tea. Where they threw boxes of tea into the Boston Harbour dressed as native Americans. This event was important, because it showed that the colonies weren't gonna put up up with the taxation without representation. -
The Battles of Lexington and Concord
These battles where the start of the revolutionary war. -
The Declaration of Independence is Signed
The declaration of Independence being signed is an important event, because it the start of the revolutionary war which started the independence of the colonies. -
The winter at Valley forge
This was a bad point in the war for the Americans as small pox was raging across the camp and most of them had no military training. This led to getting outside help to train Washington's soliders. -
Article of Confederation are Ratified
This was the first real goverment but it failed as it gave to much power to the central core of it. -
The battle of Yorktown
This was the turning point of the war for Americans starting the decline of the British -
The 3/5ths Compromise
This made black people 3/5ths of a person for the voting population. -
Constitution ratification
The constitution of modern America was ratified in 1788 this was the constitution we all know and love today. This was important, because it was the first American goverment to succeed -
Presidential Inauguration of George Washington
This would set the pecedent for all other presidents based on the actions of George Washington since he was the first president. -
Washington’s Farewell Address
This was written near the end of Washington's second term where he addresses how the American people should act on about political parties, foreign affairs and other things. -
Georgie died
George Washington died of throat infection in 1799 which shook country due to the loss of the first president after starting a precedent of how to be the proper president. -
Election Day, 1800
This would decide the second president of the united states. between Adams and Jefferson. In the end Adams won with Jefferson being his vice president. -
Marbury vs. Madison
This debate is what started judicial review in the constitution. -
Slave Trade Ends in the United States
The slave trade ended -
Battle of Tippecanoe
The British enlisted natives to take the great lakes region. -
Indian Removal Act
This moved all the natives out west. -
Trail of Tears
This was the walk the natives made when being relocated west many died walking this path. -
Nat Turner Rebellion
This lead to the deaths of hundreds and caused more oppressive laws like black people not being allowed to get an education. -
The Missouri Compromise
This made Missouri a slave state but Maine a free state. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This required slaves to be returned to their owners. -
Dred Scott Decision
This decision made it so that black people weren't citizens and couldn't sue in federal court. -
The Dead Rabbits Riot
The riot started out as a gang war between the dead rabbits and the bowery boys. This gang war developed into a riot that left eight dead in the streets of new yorks. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It allowed southern slaves to be free set in motion by Abraham lincoln. -
13th Amendment
This abolished slavery across the states. -
The Ku Klux Klan is Established
they hate how the confederates lost the civil war, and blame it on the african americans. -
14th Amendment
This made where states give every citizen their natural born rights even those of color. -
15th Amendment
Granted black people the right to vote. -
John D. Rockefeller Creates Standard Oil
He discovered standard oil, Owned ninety percent of all oil refineries. -
Alexander Graham Bell Patents the Telephone
He invented the first telephone. -
Battle of Little Bighorn
This was a major win for the natives, but it caused the American people to see them as bloodthirsty savages. -
The Great Oklahoma Land Race
About 50,000 people were lined up to claim land west as part of a race for free. -
Battle of Wounded Knee
This was a slaughter of natives women children and men all killed. -
The opening of ellis island
The first Ellis Island Immigration Station officially opens on January 1, 1892, as three large ships wait to land. Seven hundred immigrants passed through Ellis Island that day, and nearly 450,000 followed over the course of that first year. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
This made it where racial segregation laws didn't violate the constitution. -
The Wizard of Oz (Book) is Published
he wrote a book -
Teddy Roosevelt Becomes President of the United States
Teddy became president after McKinley was assassinated. He was 42 when he became president in 1901. -
J.P. Morgan Founds U.S. Steel
This allows another greedy monopolizing company to take over the market and mistreat their employees to the point of strikes and unionizing. -
Ford Motor Company is Founded
Ford started his motor company and made many technological innovations during the turn of the century. -
Ida Tarbell Publishes Her Article About Standard Oil
She tried exposing standard oil as a greedy company mistreating people and owning a monopoly on everything. -
The 16th Amendment is Passed
This allowed congress to impose a federal income tax. -
Angel Island Opens to Process Immigrants
It was a new immigration station opened for Asians coming from the west. -
The 17th Amendment is Passed
This amendment allowed senators to be elected by popular vote for a six-year term. -
The Empire State Building Opens
It was built and opened.
