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Period: Aug 3, 1492 to May 11, 1502
Christopher Columbus
In 1492, Columbus' first voyage he sailed from Spain to the Southwest part of the Bahamas and the Canary Islands. In 1494, his second voyage, he sailed from Spain from Hispaniola and Cuba. Next, in 1498, his third voyage, he traveled from Spain to small parts of South America, Puerto Rico, and Cuba. His fourth and final voyage took him from Spain to Jamaica, Cuba, and back to Spain. The voyage lasted from 1502 to 1504. -
Jamestown Founded
Established by the Virginia Company of London as "James Fort" and considered permanent in 1610, it followed several failed attempts. Jamestown served as the capital of the colony for 83 years, from 1616 until 1699. -
Treaty of Paris
This was the document that officially ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain and the United States. -
Boston Tea Party
Discuised as American Indians, the demonstrators destroyed a whole ship full of tea. They boarded the ships and threw the chests of tea into Boston Harbor, ruining the tea. The British government responded harshly and it escalated into the American Revolution. King George was furious about all the money waisted -
First shots of American Revolution
Fired at Lexington, Massachusetts -
Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord was the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They fought on the Province of Massachusetts Bay, within the towns of Lexington, Concord, Lincoln, Menotomy and Cambridge, near Boston. The battles marked the outbreak of open armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America -
Declaration of Independence
said that the thirteen colonies were no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation with sttes. The U.S. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
adopted by the Continental Congress in the United States The goal of the ordinance was to raise money through the sale of land in the largely territory west of the original states acquired after the end of the Revolutionary War in the 1783 Treaty of Paris -
Shay's Rebellion
Daniel Shay organized
Revoluition Suffered from a Depression
A sign the articles didnt work -
Northwest Ordinance
Guaranted basic rights to settlers outlawed slaves
set up a governmentfor the Northwest territory
Provided a way to admit new states to the U.S. -
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Election of George Washington
George Washington was the 1st President and John Adams became the 1st vice president in 1789. Washington wanted to know what to do in office, so he asked the people what to do to start this tradition for future presidents. He held Tea Parties, and meetings to get ideas from the people -
Washington Takes Office
Inaugurated on April 30, 1789 in New York. He serverd only 2 terms, established the federal court system -
French Revolution
American support
Thomas Jefferson vs. Alexander Hamilton
Had a Foreign Policy
Neutrality Proclamition in 17193 -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax on all liquor in United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington. Farmers in Pennsylvania who used their leftover grain and corn in the form of whiskey as a medium of exchange were forced to pay a new tax. The tax was a part of treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to increase central government power, and the Farmers didnt like that -
Cotton Gin Invented
Made by Eli Whitney
made better for workers but more slaves were sold because people wanted them to use it
works 5 times more than by hand -
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Election of 1796
thomas Jefferson vs. John Adams
Jefferson-republican
Adams- Federalist
Adams won and Jefferson was vice President
Increased Political Tensions -
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Election of 1796
Thomas Jefferson vs.John Adams
Jeffersom- rebublican
Adams-Federalist
Adams won and Thomas was Vice President -
Marbury vs. Madison
court case increased the power of the supreme court set precendent of Judicial Review power of the supreme court To decide if the laws passed by congress are constitutional and reject those that were not -
Louisiana Purchace
828,000 square miles of France's claim to the territory. They bought the Louisiana Territory from France (Napoleon) for 11.2 million dollars and 18 million dollars in debt cancellation -
War of 1812 Begining
U.S. settlers had began moving west of the Appalachian Mountains. They took over the indians land, and so the indians had a Battle of Tippecanoe or a suprise attack, but the americans still won the suprise attack. Britain gets involved and supplies guns to the indians, and encouraged the indians to attack the U.S. settlers. People in the U.S. started to want war with britian for starting all of this with the natives. In June, congress approved to declar war. -
Treaty of Ghent
This treaty ended the war of 1812 ;) -
Battle of New Orleans
Led by Andrew Jackson
2,000 British Died, 7 Americans Died
Took place 2 weeks after the war of 1812
Made Andrew Jackson a hero -
spanish cession
andrew Jackson invaded Flordia to attack indians.Spain was afriad they would lose Flordia In a war so they sold it to the U.S. for $5 million dollors -
Trail of Tears
Cherokees sued the goverment and the case went to the supreme court. Andrew Jackson Forced them to move away
Cherrokees were forced to walk the last part of the journey to Oklahoma and of the 15,000 one thrid of them died along the way -
Manifest Destiney
A belief that the United States would expand from coast to coast -
Texas Annexation
Admitted to the union as The 28th state of the U.S.
Texas wanted to be its own state Territory, and not Part of Mexico's Territory. -
Mexican Cession
Present day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo but had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the Republic, though the Texas Annexation resolution. -
Compromise Of 1850
Californina wanted to enter as free states
South feared that oregon, Utah, and New Mexico might enter as free states -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
This Law made all the slaves that escaped to go back to their masters where they belong -
Uncle Toms Cabin 1852
Book Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about slavery
Convinced many Northerners to become an abolitiomist
Sold over 300,000 copies the first year -
emamcipation proclamation
Lincoln did not originally plan to free the slaves
Was during the civil war
tried making slavery illegal
