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Jamestown
The first permanent English settlement in America. -
The House of Burgesses
The first representative assembly in America -
The Plymouth Colony
The Plymouth colony was established -
Colonial population
The population is around 50,400 -
English take New Amsterdam
The English seize New Amsterdam from the Dutch -
French and Indian War
The French and Indian War begins -
The Treaty of Paris
This treaty put an end to the French and Indian War. -
Boston Massacre
British troops would fire into a mob killing five civilians. -
Boston Tea Party
A group of patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians dumped more than 300 crates of tea into the Boston Harbor, to show their outrage over the tea tax -
The FIrst Continental Congress meets
The first continental congress meets in Philadelphia. -
American Revolution
The beginning of the American Revolution. America wanted her freedom from Great Britain. -
Declaration of Independence
Continental Congress drafts the Declaration of Independence in Philidelphia -
The America flag is chosen
Congress chooses the first official United States flag -
Articles of Confederation
Congress adopts the Articles of Confederation -
Valley Forge
The Continental army would spend a harsh winter in Valley Forge. -
Charles Cornwallis surrenders
General Charles Cornwallis would surrender to George Washington at Yorktown, Va. -
The war ends
The British give Americans the independence they fought for. The Treaty of Paris brought the war to a close. -
Shay's Rebellion
Farmers protest the high taxes and the penalties for failure to pay. -
Constitutional Convention
Congress meets in Philadelphia to create the U.S. Constitution. -
George Washington becomes president
George Wahington becomes our first president -
U.S Constitution goes into effect
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Washington's inauguration
Washinton was inaugurated as our first president at Federal Hall in New York City. -
U.S. Supreme Court meets for the first time
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Bill of Rights
The first ten Amendments are created -
Eli Whitney creates the cotton gin
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Washington's second inauguration
This was held in Philadelphia. -
John Adams is inaugurated
John Adams becomes the second president -
Gabriel Prosser starts a slave revolt
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Thomas Jefferson becomes the third president
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Marbury vs. Madison
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Louisiana Purchase
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Lewis and Clark expedition
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James Madison becomes out fourth president
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War of 1812 begins
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Madison's second inauguration
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British capture Washington D.C.
They set fire to the White House and the Capitol -
Francis Scott Key writes the Star Spangled Banner
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Treaty of Ghent is signed, ending the war
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James Monroe becomes the fifth president
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McCulloch vs. Maryland
This Supreme Court case gave Congress the right to establish a national bank -
Spain agrees to give Florida to the U.S.
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Missouri Compromise
"In an effort to maintain the balance between free and slave states, Maine (formerly part of Massachusetts) is admitted as a free state so that Missouri can be admitted as a slave state; except for Missouri, slavery is prohibited in the Louisiana Purchase lands north of latitude 36°30'." -
Monroe's second inauguration
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Denmark Vesey plans a slave revolt
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Monroe Doctrine
President Monroe addresses Congress and declares that America is off-limits for European colonization. -
Erie Canal opens for traffic
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John Quincy Adams becomes our sixth president
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Baltimore and Ohio railroad begins construction
This would be the first public railroad in the U.S. -
Andrew Jackson becomes our seventh president
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Indian Removal Act
Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act forcing Indians to move to any land west of the Mississippi river -
Nat Turners leads a slave revolt
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Jackson's second inaugaration
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The Alamo
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Texas declares its independence from Mexico
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San Jacinto
Texans defeated Mexico at the battle of San Jacinto -
Martin Van Buren becomes our eighth president
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William Henry Harrison becomes our ninth president
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John Tyler becomes president
William Henry Harrison dies one month into his term. He is replaced by John Tyler -
U.S. annexes Texas
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James Polk becomes our eleventh president
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Mexican War starts
The U.S. declares war on Mexico, in hopes of gaining California -
Oregon Treaty
"Fixes U.S.-Canadian border at 49th parallel; the U.S. acquires Oregon territory." -
Sutter's Mill
Gold is discovered at Sutter's Mill, which threw California into the Gold Rush -
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Mexican War ends -
Women's Rights Convention
A women's rights convention is held in Secena Falls, NY -
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most influential people with the Underground Railroad -
Zachary Taylor becomes our twelfth president
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Millard Fillmore becomes president
President Taylor dies and Millard Fillmore becomes president -
Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Franklin Pierce becomes our fourteenth president
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Gadsden Purchase Treaty
The U.S. buys borderland from Mexico for $10 million -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This established the territories for Kansas and Nebraska -
James Buchanan becomes our fifteenth president
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John Brown attempts to start a slave revolt
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Abraham Lincoln becomes our sixteenth president
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South Carolina succeeds from the Union
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Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana secede.
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The Civil War begins
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Tennessee, Virginia, Arkansas, and North Carolina secede
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Confederate States of America is established
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Jefferson Davis is elected president for the Confederacy
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Texas succeeds
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Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated
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Confederates attack Ft. Sumter in Charleston, S.C., marking the start of the war.
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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves -
Homestead Act
Allowed settlers to claim land after they have lived on it for five years -
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The Battle of Gettysburg
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General Sherman captures Atlanta
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Lincoln's second inauguration
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General Grant captures Richmond
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Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Va.
This would end the Civil War -
Lincoln is assassinated
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Thirteenth Amendment
Prohibited slavery -
The U.S. buys Alaska
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President Johnson is impeached
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Fourteenth Amendment
Ratified, defining citizenship -
Ulysses S. Grant becomes our eighteenth president
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Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads are joined at Promontory, Utah
This created the first transcontinental railroad -
Fifteenth Amendment
Gave African Americans the right to vote -
Chicago fire
Killed 300 and destroyed over 90,000 homes leaving people homeless -
Crédit Mobilier
involved several members of Congress -
Grant's second inauguration
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Colonel George Custer regiment is wiped out by Sioux Indians under Sitting Bull at the Little Big Horn River, Mont.
