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Jamestown
The first English settlement in America. -
The House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly and the slaves in America. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower, consisting of separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen. -
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New Amsterdam/New York
A 17th-century Dutch settlement that became New York in 1664. -
British republic collapses
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Kite experiment and lightning rod
Benjamin Franklin one of the founding fathers may do the famous kite experiment and lead him to develop the lighting rod. -
French and Indian War
A part of the Seven Years' War and it is viewed in the United States as a singular conflict that was not associated with any European war. English won finally. -
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The Seven Years' War
The Seven Years' War was a global war fought between 1756 and 1763. The conflict split Europe into two coalitions: one was led by English, another was led by French. Ended with French failure and the English rise as among the world's predominant powers. -
Treaty of Paris(1763)
Formally ended the war. France lost most of its settlements in North America to English, but Louisiana west of the Mississippi River was taken by Spanish. -
Sugar Act
As known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, increased the tax from settlements to meet the loss during the war and increased the colonists' concerns about the intent of the British Parliament and helped the growing movement that became the American Revolution. -
Stamp Act
To help defray the cost of keeping troops in America which collected tax from different products and It was seen as a violation of rights, the Act sparks violent demonstrations in several Colonies. -
Cancel the Stamp Act and established Declaratory Act
The British Parliament canceled the Stamp Act and established the Declaratory Act what said Parliament's authority to pass laws that were binding on the American colonies. -
Boston Massacre
British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston which heightened tensions throughout the Thirteen Colonies. -
Tea Act
Aimed to save the British East India Company, The Act granted the Company the right to directly ship its tea to North America and the right to the duty-free export of tea from Britain and caused many unsatisfied from the settlements. -
Boston tea party
They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into the Boston Harbor. The British government responded harshly and led to the American Revolutionary War. -
Intolerable Acts
The acts responded to the Boston tea party and took away self-governance and historic rights of Massachusetts, triggering outrage and resistance in the Thirteen Colonies. They were key developments that led to the American Revolutionary War. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. -
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American Revolutionary War
As known as the American War of Independence, was a war between English and its settlements in North America which declared independence in July 1776 as the United States of America. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress was a meeting of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies in America which united in the American Revolutionary War. -
Declaration of Independence
The explained why the Thirteen Colonies at war with the English regarded themselves as thirteen independent sovereign states, no longer under British rule. With the Declaration, these new states took a collective first step toward forming the United States of America. The declaration was signed by representatives from New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. -
Treaty of Paris (1783)
It was signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain and representatives of the United States of America ended the American Revolutionary War. English recognizing American independence formally. -
U.S. Constitution
The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. -
United States presidential election
George Washington won the election and became the first president of U.S. John Adams was elected as Vice president (April 6) -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights amendments added to the Constitution specific guarantees of personal freedoms and rights, clear limitations on the government's power in judicial and other proceedings, and explicit declarations that all powers not specifically granted to the U.S. Congress by the Constitution are reserved for the states or the people. -
U.S. presidential election
John Adams becomes the second President; in Philadelphia; Thomas Jefferson becomes Vice President. -
Alien and Sedition Acts
They made it harder for an immigrant to become a citizen (Naturalization Act), allowed the president to imprison and deport non-citizens who were deemed dangerous or who were from a hostile nation and criminalized making false statements that were critical of the federal government. -
George Washington passed away
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U.S. presidential election
Thomas Jefferson became president and Aaron Burr became vice president. -
New Jersey abolished slavery
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Lewis and Clark
They set out from St. Louis, Mo., on an expedition to explore the West and find a route to the Pacific Ocean. -
Steamboat
Robert Fulton and Robert R. Livingston built the first commercially successful steamboat, North River Steamboat (later known as Clermont). Livingston's shipping company began using it to carry passengers between New York City and up the Hudson River to the state capital Albany. -
Embargo Act
The Embargo Act of 1807 was a general embargo on all foreign nations enacted by the United States Congress against Great Britain and France during the Napoleonic Wars. -
U.S. presidential election
James Madison was elected president, George Clinton was reelected the vice president. -
War of 1812
The U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion. -
British captured Washington, DC, and set fire to White House and Capitol.
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Treaty of Ghent
Ended the war. The treaty restored relations between the two nations to status quo antebellum, restoring the borders of the two countries to the lines before the war started in June 1812. -
U.S. presidential election
James Monroe became the president and Daniel D. Tompkins was the vice president. -
Monroe Doctrine
The Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas beginning in 1823. -
U.S. presidential election
John Quincy Adams was the president and John Caldwell Calhoun was the vice president. -
Erie Canal finally completed
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U.S. presidential election
Andrew Jackson became president and Martin Van Buren became a vice president at 1833 -
Indian Removal Act
President Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which authorizes the forced removal of Native Americans living in the eastern part of the country to lands west of the Mississippi River. -
Force Bill
It expanded presidential powers. -
Revolver
Samuel Colt invented the revolver. -
Texas declares its independence from Mexico.
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U.S. presidential election
Martin Van Buren was the president and Richard Mentor Johnson was a vice president. -
U.S. presidential election
William Henry Harrison was the president and he passed away when he was in the office. -
U.S. president
John Tyler became the president after William Henry Harrison passed away -
Manifest destiny
It came with John L. O'Sullivan. It expresses the belief held by many white Americans that the United States is destined to expand across the continent. -
U.S. annexed Texas by joint resolution of Congress
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U.S. presidential election
James Knox Polk won and George Miffin Dallas was the vice president. -
Mexican War
The U.S. declares war on Mexico in an effort to gain California and another territory in Southwest. -
The gold rush
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war -
U.S. presidential election
Zachary Taylor became the president and he passed away after 16 months. -
Fugitive slave
A series of laws allowed slavery in the new territories and forced officials in free states to give a hearing to slaveholders without a jury. -
U.S. president
Millard Fillmore became the president when Zachary Taylor passed away -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
One of the most influential works to stir anti-slavery sentiments. -
U.S. presidential election
Franklin Pierce won and William R. King was the vice president but he passed away next month. -
U.S. presidential election
James Buchanan was the president and John Cabell Breckinridge was the vice president. -
Confederate States of America is established.
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U.S. presidential election
Abraham Lincoln was the president and he was the first president who died because of assassination. -
Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South. The Civil War began primarily as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people. -
Emancipation Proclamation
It changed the legal status under federal law of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the Confederate states from slave to free. -
Homestead Acts
Allowing settlers to claim land (160 acres) after they have lived on it for five years. -
Civil War end
Confederate general Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Va. -
Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth in Washington, DC
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U.S. president
Andrew Johnson became the president. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery and involuntary servitude -
U.S. presidential election
Ulysses Simpson Grant won the presidency. -
Civil Rights Act
The law enacted during the Reconstruction era in response to civil rights violations against African Americans.
