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jamestown was founded
Jamestown SettlementThe world of America’s first permanent English colony, founded in 1607 – 13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, comes to life through film, gallery exhibits and outdoor living histor -
virginia house of burgesses
The first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America was in Virginia. This was the House of Burgesses, and it first met on July 30, 1619, at a church in Jamestown. Its first order of business was to set a minimum price for the sale of tobacco -
Mayflower Compact
signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11, 1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States. The compact was drafted to prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier. -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
On January 14 following, by the Julian calendar in use at the time, which would January 24, 1639, by today's Gregorian calendar, the constitution given here was adopted by the freemen of the three towns assembled at Hartford, and is usually named The Fundamental Orders. Nowhere in this great document is there a reference to "our dread Sovereign or "our gracious Lord the King,' nor to any government or power outside of Connecticut itself. -
French and Indian War
it was a seven year war.as it was referred to in the colonies, was the beginning of open hostilities between the colonies and Gr. Britain. England and France had been building toward a conflict in America since 1689 -
War EndsTreaty of Paris of 1763 Proclamation of 1763
marked the end of the French and Indian War, granted Britain a great deal of valuable North American land. But the new land also gave rise to a plethora of problems. Now the British and the British Americans could enjoy the fruits of victory. The terms of the Treaty of Paris were harsh to losing France -
Currency Act
effectively assuming control of the colonial currency system. The act prohibited the issue of any new bills and the reissue of existing currency. Parliament favored a "hard currency" system based on the pound sterling, but was not inclined to regulate the colonial bills. Rather, they simply abolished them. -
Stamp Act
the stamp actThat debt had grown from £72,289,673 in 1755 to £129,586,789 in 1764*. English citizens in Britain were taxed at a rate that created a serious threat of revolt. -
Quartering Act
parliament passes the Quartering Act If the barracks were too small to house all the soldiers, then localities were to accommodate the soldiers in local inns, livery stables, ale houses, victualling houses, and the houses of sellers of wine. -
Townshend Act
Townshend ActThese laws placed new taxes on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea. Colonial reaction to these taxes was the same as to the Sugar Act and Stamp Act, and Britain eventually repealed all the taxes except the one on tea. In response to the sometimes violent protests by the American colonists, Great Britain sent more troops to the colonies. -
Boston Massacre
their was only 5 men that died the first one was a native american named Crispus Attucks. it was between patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. -
Tea Act
The tea actAmerica found reason to believe that this act was a maneuver to buy popular support for the taxes already in force. The direct sale of tea, via British agents, would also have undercut the business of local merchants. -
Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)
The Intolerable ActsThe government spent immense sums of money on troops and equipment in an attempt to subjugate Massachusetts. British merchants had lost huge sums of money on looted, spoiled, and destroyed goods shipped to the colonies. -
1st Continental Congress
First Continetal Congressmet in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. Carpenter's Hall was also the seat of the Pennsylvania Congress. All of the colonies except Georgia sent delegates. These were elected by the people, by the colonial legislatures, or by the committees of correspondence of the respective colonies. The colonies presented there were united in a determination to show a combined authority to Great Britain, but their aims were not uniform at all. Pennsylvania and New York -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
lexington and Concord
where they would capture Colonial leaders Sam Adams and John Hancock, then Concord, where they would seize gunpowder.But spies and friends of the Americans leaked word of Gage's plan.Two lanterns hanging from Boston's North Church informed the countryside that the British were going to attack by sea. -
2nd Continental Congress
Second Continetal Congresshow would the colonist meet the military threat of the British. It was agreed that a Continental Army would be created. The Congress commissioned George Washington of Virginia to be the supreme commander, who chose to serve without pay. -
Declaration of Independence
jefferson had wrote the declaration of independece it was to make sure that we had our rights -
Articles of Confederation Written
Learn about the united states was a plan of government based upon the principles fought for in the American Revolutionary War, it contained crucial flaws. It had no power of national taxation, no power to control trade, and it provided for a comparatively weak executive. Therefore, it could not enforce legislation. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Battle of Saratoga was a crucial victory for the Patriots during the American Revolution and is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War. The Battle was the impetus for France to enter the war against Britain, re-invigorating Washington’s Continental Army and providing much needed supplies and support. -
Valley Forge
What Happened at Valley ForgeNo battle was fought at Valley Forge. Yet, it was the turning point of the Revolutionary War. It was here that the Continental army was desperately against the ropes — bloody, beaten, battle-weary — and ready to quit. Even General Washington conceded, "If the army does not get help soon, in all likelihood it will disband." -
Battle of Yorktown
Battle of yorktown in the most important battle of the Revolutionary War.Earlier, in a stroke of luck for the Patriots, the French fleet commanded by Francois, Count de Grasse, departed St. Domingue (the then-French colony that is now Haiti) for the Chesapeake Bay, just as Cornwallis chose Yorktown, at the mouth of the Chesapeake, as his base. Washington realized that it was time to act. -
Great Compromise
U.S. Senate Art & history Home Their so-called Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise in honor of its architects, Connecticut delegates Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth) provided a dual system of congressional representation. In the House of Representatives each state would be assigned a number of seats in proportion to its population.In the Senate, all states would have the same number of seats. Today, we take this arrangement for granted; in the wilting-hot summer of 1787, it was a new idea. -
Constitution Written
U.S. Constitution signedThe Constitution of the United States of America is signed by 38 of 41 delegates present at the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. Supporters of the document waged a hard-won battle to win ratification by the necessary nine out of 13 U.S. states -
3/5 compromise
What is the three-fifths compromise?The three-fifths compromise was an agreement between Southern and Northern states reached during the Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia, during which the basic framework of the United States was established. Under this compromise, only three-fifths of the slave population was counted for the purpose of taxation and representation in Congress. Counting slaves as part of the population rather than as property would give the Southern states more political clout. -
Washington Takes Office
George Washington | The White HouseOn April 30, 1789, George Washington, standing on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York, took his oath of office as the first President of the United States. "As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent," he wrote James Madison, "it is devoutly wished on my part, that these precedents may be fixed on true principles -
Marbury v. Madison
Marshall ruled that the Judiciary Act of 1789 was unconstitutional as it expanded the original powers given to the Supreme Court. -
Bill of Rights
Bills of Rights | U.S. Constitutionthe individual rights we have along with the constution -
McCulloch vs. Maryland
Maryland tried to close a branch of the national bank by passing a law that forced all banks created outside of the state to pay a yearly tax. -
Genet Affair
The Citizen Genet AffairThis incident was the central element of what is referred to as the Citizen Genet affair. Genet had been sent to the United States of America to gather support for the French regime in their war against Britain. Arriving in April, at the port of Charleston, South Carolina, he was met with a great welcome. -
Whiskey Rebellion
Whiskey RebllionPresident George Washington's Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton proposed a seemingly innocuous excise tax "upon spirits distilled within the United States, and for appropriating the same."1 What Congress failed to predict was the vehement rejection of this tax by Americans living on the frontier of Western Pennsylvania. By 1794, the Whiskey Rebellion threatened the stability of the nascent United States and forced President Washington to personally lead the United States militia westw -
Pinckney’s Treaty
Treaty of San LorenzoThe treaty was an important diplomatic success for the United States. It resolved territorial disputes between the two countries and granted American ships the right to free navigation of the Mississippi River as well as duty-free transport through the port of New Orleans, then under Spanish control. -
Jay’s Treaty
jay's treaty between His Britannic Majesty; and The United States of America,” was negotiated by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Jay and signed between the United States and Great Britain on November 19, 1794. Tensions between the two countries had increased since the end of the Revolutionary War over British military posts still located in America's northwestern territory and British interference with American trade and shipping. Jay was only partially successful in getting Britain to meet America's demand -
Adams Takes Office
John AdamsXYZ Affair (1797)
Alien and Sedition Acts (1798)
Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions (1798)
Navy Department and Marine Corps Created (1798)
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Alien and Sedition Acts
Alien and Sedition Acts Negative reaction to the Alien and Sedition Acts helped contribute to the Democratic-Republican victory in the 1800 elections. Congress repealed the Naturalization Act in 1802, while the other acts were allowed to expire. -
Quasi War Begins
Quasi war
An undeclared war between the United States and France, the Quasi-War was the result of disagreements over treaties and America's status as a neutral in the Wars of the French Revolution. -
Jefferson Takes Office
Thomas jeffersonAs long as he lived, Jefferson expressed opposition to slavery, yet, he owned hundreds of slaves and freed only a few of them. Since his own day, controversy has ensued over allegations that he fathered children by his slave, Sally Hemings; DNA tests in 1998, together with historical research, suggest he fathered at least one. Although he has been criticized by many present-day scholars over the issues of racism and slavery, Jefferson remains rated as one of the greatest U.S. presidents. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchaswas a land deal between the United States and France, in which the U.S. acquired approximately 827,000 square miles of land west of the Mississippi River for $15 million dollars. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
Lewis & Clark ExpeditionThey traveled up the Missouri to present-day Three Forks, Montana, wisely choosing to follow the western-most tributary, the Jefferson River. This route delivered the explorers to the doorstep of the Shoshone Indians, who were skilled at traversing the great rock mountains with horses. Once over the Bitterroot Mountains, the Corps of Discovery shaped canoe-like vessels that transported them swiftly downriver to the mouth of the Columbia, where they wintered (1805-1806) at Fort Clatsop, on the pr -
Embargo Act of 1807
Embargo Act of 1807was a bolder statement of the same idea. It forbade all international trade to and from American ports, and Jefferson hoped that Britain and France would be persuaded of the value and the rights of a neutral commerce. In Jan., 1808, the prohibition was extended to inland waters and land commerce to halt the skyrocketing trade with Canada. Merchants, sea captains, and sailors were naturally dismayed to find themselves without income and to see the ships rotting at the wharves Read more: Embargo -
Gibbons vs. Ogden
Ogden had a license under the monopoly granted by New York. Gibbons had a federal coasting license issued by Congress. Ogden said Gibbons couldn’t use that route because Congress controlled interstate commerce. -
Battle of the Thames
Tecumseh killed while trying to retreat. Harrison and his troops cut him off. -
Fort McHenry (Baltimore)
After recapturing D.C., Americans Defeat British -
battle of Tippecanoe
American Victory over the Native Americans. Resulted in the Alignment of Native Americans with British -
war of 1812
British restricted American Trade British Impressment of American Sailors. people James Madison, William Henry Harrison,Tecumseh, War Hawks, Andrew Jackson -
McCulloch v. Maryland
Our DocumentsChief Justice John Marshall handed down one of his most important decisions regarding the expansion of Federal power. This case involved the power of Congress to charter a bank, which sparked the even broader issue of the division of powers between state and the Federal Government. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
GIBBONS,, V. OGDEN,,The power to regulate commerce extends to every species of commercial intercourse between the United States and foreign nations, and among the several States. It does not stop at the external boundary of a State. -
Constitutional Convention
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 in Philadelphia Governor Edmund Randolph of Virginia presented and defended a plan for new structure of government (called the "Virginia Plan") that had been chiefly drafted by fellow Virginia delegate, James Madison. The Virginia Plan called for a strong national government with both branches of the legislative branch apportioned by population.
