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Jamestown Is Founded
Jamestown is the first pernment English Colony -
Virginia House of Burgesses
It was the first legislature anywhere in the English colonies in America -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was signed by the Piligrams who were on the Mayflower -
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
It was the first written document constitution in North America -
French and Indian War
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French and Indian War Ends
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Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris of 1763 ended the French and Indian War/Seven Years’ War between Great Britain and France -
Currency Act
The English put a tax on all currency -
Stamp Act
The Stamp Act put a tax on all things -
Quartering Act
The Quartering Act let the English soliders live in the colonists home -
Townshed Act
It was an act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was not really a massacre, the English only killed a few people -
Tea Act
The English put a tax on all tea, which the colonists love to drink -
Intolerable Acts
The colonies were pressed with greater taxes without any representation in Britain -
First Continental Congress
The first Continental Congress met in Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia, from September 5, to October 26, 1774. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
It was the first battle of the American Revoultion -
2nd Continental Congress
They dicided their would be a Continental Army -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaraton of Independence declared idependence from the English -
Battle of Saratoga
It was considered the turning point of the war -
Valley Forge
Valley Forge was when the Patriots were being trained under a very cold temperature -
Articles of Confederation Written
The Articles of Confederation was a worse verison of the Constution -
Articles of Confedertion were in Force
The AOC was under pressure -
Articles of Confederation were in force
The AOC were under pressure -
Battle of Yorktown
The most imporant battle -
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Ended the American Revoultion -
Constitutional Convention
Convention that drew up the Constitution of the United States -
3/5 Compromise
The black slaves were only counted as 3/5 of a white person -
Constitution Written
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Great Compromise
The Great Compromise provided a dual system of congressional representation. -
Washington takes office
Washington becomes the first president -
Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights give us the indivadual rights of each person -
Genet Affair
Citizen Edmond-Charles Genêt, a minister to the United States dispatched by the revolutionary Girondist regime of the new French Republic -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion threatened the stability of the nascent United States and forced President Washington to personally lead the United States militia westward to stop the rebels. -
Pinckney's Treaty
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 which sought to settle outstanding issues between the two countries that had been left unresolved since American independence -
Adams takes Office
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XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair was when 3 spies from were nsent to spy on the British -
Quasi War
It was a undeclared war -
Alien and Sedition Acts
The acts were to prevent iilegal imgrants from getting into the United States, but it was not the Mexicans who were the problem it was the white people from Northern Europe -
Jefferson takes Office
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Louisiana Purchase
The purchase was considered a steal and it doubled the size of America -
Marbury vs Madison
It was the first U.S. Supreme Court case to apply the principle of "judicial review" -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
When Thomas Jefferson dispatched Lewis and Clark to find a water route across North America and explore the uncharted West, he expected they'd encounter woolly mammoths, erupting volcanoes, and a mountain of pure salt. What they found was no less surprising -
Embargo Act of 1807
All U.S. ports were closed to export shipping in either U.S. or foreign vessels, and restrictions were placed on imports from Great Britain -
McCulloch vs Maryland
In 1816, Congress chartered The Second Bank of the United States. In 1818, the state of Maryland passed legislation to impose taxes on the bank. James W. McCulloch, the cashier of the Baltimore branch of the bank, refused to pay the tax. -
Gibbons vs Ogden
Ogden had a state license to drive ferries on the Hudson river and Gibbons had a national license to drive on the Hudson river.
