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Founding of Jamestown
Jamestown was the first successful colony in America. Founded by John Smith, it was the central colony for 83 years. The settlers needed assistance from the Native American’s to make the colony successful. The goal of settling Jamestown was to find gold, resources, and claim land for England. -
House of Burgesses
The House of Burgesses was the group of elected representatives in the English Colonies. This was established by the Virginia Company; the goal was to make the colonies nicer for the colonists, and to help bring more people to America. -
Founding of Plymouth Colony and Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document in America. Plymouth colony was founded by the pilgrims who were escaping religious prosecution in England. -
Founding of Massachussetts Bay
The Massachusetts Bay Company (and John Winthrop) founded Massachusetts Bay. They were founded for religious freedom. Started the great migration to America. -
Pequot War
The Pequot War was a armed battle between the Pequot tribe and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The Englishmen went to the Pequot tribe and burned their tipi’s down and colonies. This lead to the Pequot War. -
King Philip’s War (Metacom)
This was an armed conflict between the Native Americans and Englishmen. This happened because the Colonists took over their land. After many years the colonists hunt down King Philip on August 12, 1676. During their war, they burned many villages trying to hurt the other side. -
Bacon’s Rebellion
In Bacon’s Rebellion, Nathaniel Bacon a farmer newly from England gathered all of the western farmers together to lead a rebellion against William Berkeley, the governor of Virginia. Bacon and many other farmers did not like the economical and political control by the plantation owners in Virginia. The rebels conducted raids through Indian Village and throughout Virginia, to prove a point to Berkeley. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of killings on normal colonists being accused of witchcraft. People were accused for absurd reasons and were then murdered because of the accusations. Animals were also killed. -
French and Indian War
Also known as the seven years war, this war was fought between England, and new France. The English and the French battled for North America, the Caribbean, and in India. The English won but with that they destroyed the government system. -
Quatering Act
The Quartering Act is the act that forced American Colonists to house British soldiers that needed a place to stay. -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act was the first main tax enforced onto the colonists. The Stamp Act stated that everything that was printed had to hav a special stamp along with it to be purchased. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was when 5 colonists were killed when they were just speaking their opinion. The British soldiers were stationed in Boston to help the city when tension grew between them and the colonists. The colonists harassed the soldiers and then the soldiers snapped and fired into the crowd. 5 people were killed at 6 injured. -
Tea Act
The Tea Act stated that one must only purchase tea from the East India Tea Company. This is because most people bought different smuggled tea from other places and the East India Tea Company was losing money. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a protest and raid of tea from British ships. The colonist felt inferior by having the British control all of the tea exports. Meaning they could not buy tea from anywhere else. Even though the British tea was cheaper the colonists were so outraged by the act that they raided a British boat and dumped all the tea into the harbor. -
Intolerable Acts
The Intolerable Acts were a set of laws that were placed after the Boston Tea Party. The laws changed most of the Massachusetts government and closed Boston harbor until the East India Tea Company was paid for their losses. -
Lexington and Concord
Lexington and Concord were the first battles of the American Revolution. They mark the infamous saying “The shot heard around the world.” -
Declaration of Independence
This document states that 13 colonies now see themselves as independent states and not apart of Great Britain. This also said that the colonies were no longer at war with Great Britain. -
Shay's Rebellion
An uprising in Massachusetts. The uprising was caused because of post war economic times and strict government. Shay’s Rebellion showed weakness in the Articles of Confederation because it showed that th e government could not handle a crisis. -
The Constitutional Convention- was formed so a group of people could come together and discuss issues with in the United States.
The Virginia Plan wanted to have both housed controlled by the population, while the New Jersey Plan wanted every state to have the same amount of representatives, The Great Compromise can up with having one house controlled by the population while the other would then have 2 representatives from each state. The 3/5 Compromise said that a slave counted as 3/5 of a person so with that they wanted to have more representative in the house because they had more ‘people’ in their state. -
Judiciary Act 1789
This Act meant that Congress could create lower federal courts if need be. It also founded the structure and the jurisdiction of the federal court and also created the position for an attorney general. -
The Second Great Awakening
The Second Great Awakening talks about the controversial topic or schooling and theology. This increased a lot of church activity. -
Whiskey Rebellion
There was a rebellion against the government against the wright of whiskey . The government wanted the settlers to only buy tea from them instead of letting the settlers make their own whiskey, thus the settlers rebelled. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
4 Act’s that were passed to help the federal government stop conflict. The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions states that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. -
Revolution of 1800
An election that
-Repealed sedition/alien acts
- Caused the President and VP run together
- The National Debt was reduced
-Judiciary Act of 1801
Foreign policy is changed -
Louisiana Purchase
A part of land sold to the US from France. It also included the western part of the Mississippi River. -
Marbury v. Madison
A very important court case that started Judicial Review in the US. -
Embargo Act 1807
Jefferson wanted to keep the country peaceful and not get in any more wars. US ships could not leave ports, American goods were not exported. -
War of 1812
US took on Great Britain because the US wanted to expand its territory. This is also where Washington D.C was burned. -
Election of 1824 (corrupt bargain)
In the election there was not far out winner all of the votes were very close. And there was no majority. So because of this the speaker Henry Clay voted for John Quincy Adams and ended up making him President because of his vote. Because of the favor President Adams made Clay Secretary of State. -
Election of 1828
In the election there was not far out winner all of the votes were very close. And there was no majority. So because of this the speaker Henry Clay voted for John Quincy Adams and ended up making him President because of his vote. Because of the favor President Adams made Clay Secretary of State. -
Indian Removal Act 1830
President Andrew Jackson forced all of the Indians to relocate to different places throughout the US. Some went to 'Indian Schools', some were killed, and some went to reservations. -
Nullification Crisis 1832
South Carolina threatned to suceed from the union because of Andrew Jackson and the Tariff of 1832. Henry Clay resolved the conflict in 1833. -
Texas Independence
Texas Independence is the day that marks Texas settlers officially breaking off from Mexico. By doing this we created the Republic of Texas which we still have today. We still had conflicts about the border, which resulted in the Mexican-American War. -
Mexican-American War
The Mexican-American War was a war between the US and Mexico over the border of Texas. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war between Mexico and the US. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is the peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American War. This treaty also told what boundaries Texas had. -
Dawes Act
This act was made in order to create farmers out of the Indians. And they gave them tools and land for citzenship. -
Wounded Knee Massacre
White settlers invaded a Native American Tribe and killed them all, because one of the Native Americans was deaf and did not understand the white’s commands. -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish-American War was a war between Spain and the US over the US interfering in the Cuban War. The US’s attacks on Spain lead to more wars later on. -
Founding of the NAACP
Founded to help make equal rights for colored people in the early 1900s. -
First Red Scare
A Russian Revolution of 1917 when communists siezed control of Russia. -
Red Summer
A time period where race riots took place between May-October. The riots consisted of beating and killing African Americans, -
Harlem Renaissance
A period of time when African Americans really started to have a voice in society. They started to speak their mind and stand up for what they believed in. -
Election of 1932
Franklin D. Roosevelt won the election with 472 electoral votes. And had almost all of the States (besides 3-4 ) in the voting poll. -
New Deal
Many new economic programs came into place to help America. -
Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
US dropped 2 Atomic Bombs on those to cities. They did this to put an end to the war. -
Truman Doctrine (associate ‘containment’)
President Truman wanted to scare Congress. He said that Greece and Turkey would be ruined unless they had emergency support from other nations. He gained $400 million dollars in emergency assistance. -
Creation of NATO 1949
Military Alliance, an organization that was a group of security where states agreed to help in response to an attack within anyone in the party. -
Fall of China to Communism (1949)
China became Communist Officially. -
Korean War (1950-1953)
Intense first crazy war in the Cold War. The North Koreans invaded South Korea. The United Nation forces helped stop war, the US helped a lot. -
Election of 1952
Cannidate Eisenhower beats Cannidate Stevenson for President. First republican to win election since Hoover. -
Election of 1816 (beginning of Era of Good Feelings)
After the War of 1812, this era happened. This was named because of the presidency of James Monroe because he also defeated the last of the federalist’s candidates.
