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Jamestown Founded
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement. The English were looking for gold to make money. Pocahontas helped John Smith and other English settlers learn how to survive. Tabaco became America’s first cash crops. -
Virginia House of Burgesses
Virginia House of Burgesses is an elected group of mean creating the first legislative body. It was also the first representative government group. -
Mayflower Compact
The first -
Fundamental Orders of Conn.
TheFundamental Orders of Conn. was said to be the first written consitution. -
War Ends
They are in debt and they want the colonies to unite to a central government. -
Treaty of Paris of 1763
It lost claim to land and put England into war debt. -
Proclamation of 1763
Indians right of their. land and colonist not allowed to settle west of the Appalachian mountains. -
Currency Act
British taking control of colonial system $. -
French and Indian War
French and Indian War
The French and British were fighting for the control of Ohio River Valley and other territories. -
Quartering Act
The act made a British soldier stay with the colonist. -
stamp act
when an colonist wanted to mail something they need a stamp is wand they tax the act. -
Townshend Act
It is paying rising taxes for the military, and taxes on imported tea . -
Boston massacre
Is when the colonist rebel against the acts and rule. Also five people died in the massacre. -
Boston tea act
The colonist refuse to pay taxes on tea so, the colonist dressed up as Indians and throw away 324 crates of tea. -
Tea Act
The colonist had to pay taxes with their tea. -
Coercive Act (intolerable Act)
The act stopped all there trade with Boston and Britain. -
1st Continental congress
The first congress didn’t work. -
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
British hoped to catch the leader and weapons. The battle was known as the shot heard around the world. Paul Revere warned the colonist that the British were coming. -
2nd continental congress
The congress helped make the declaration of independence, the A.O.C., and U.S. constitution. -
Declaration of independence
The document was to the king of Britain telling him that they wanted to be separate, and list their grievances. -
Battle of Saratoga
This battle was the turning point. Americans victory helped them by form an alliance with France. -
Valley Forge
Is when George Washington was getting his troops ready for a battle. They had to do it in the winter which they got sick but became closer. -
A.O.C.
It was a weak government. -
Battle Yorktown
Americans won with Frances help. -
The A.O.C. was forced
It was because they had no other good government. -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
It official ends the war. It forced the British to recognize the colonist independence. -
Constitutional Convection
The people are going to rewrite the A.O.C. since it was weak. -
Great Compromise
It proposed two house legislative. -
3\5 Compromise
It was the taxation, slavery, representatives. -
Constitution written
They accepted the and replace the A.O.C.. -
Washington takes office
Three departments in the executive department. -
Bill of Rights
They wrote it to protect their rights. -
Genet Affair
France sends a person to the president and he says he would stay neutral because they were in a war. -
Whiskey Rebellion
They tax the Americans on there whiskey. -
Pinckney’s Treaty
They wanted to trade in Mississippi river to New Orleans. -
Jay’s treaty
British had to pay the damage of the boats -
Adams Takes Office
He is the 2nd president. -
XYZ Affair
Adam sends an agent to see why they stop trading . -
Quasi war Begins
Series acts from the French. -
Alien and sedition Act
The alien act was to deport the immigrants.
The sedition Acts the immigrants can’t say or do anything bad or they will pay. -
Jefferson Take Office
He was the 3rd president , and he cut the national budget 1\3. -
Louisiana Purchase
Jefferson payed the louisiana wich was $15 milllion. He double the size of the U.S. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Lewis so respected Clark that he made him a co-commanding captain of the Expedition, even though Clark was never recognized as such by the government. Together they collected a diverse military Corps of Discovery that would be able to undertake a two-year journey to the great ocean. -
Embargo Act of 1807
Jefferson put an embargo act on france on trading with them. -
McCulloch v. Maryland
McCullok didnt wanted to pay Maryland taxes since he pays National taxes. McCullock won he didnt need to pavy Marylands taxes. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
Odgen compaid about gibbson on selling the same items they are on shipping to New York to New Jersey. Gibbison won since he had a licen on the national.
