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1492
Columbus Lands in the Americas (new world)
Columbus tried to sail to India, but landed in the Americas. There was more land for Europe to explore and inhabit. -
Jamestown Founded
English Colonists came to the Americas to be the first English permeant settlement. -
Pilgrims land in Plymouth
The Pilgrims came to to America to find a new life, and freely practice their religion, after fleeing England. The Pilgrims came on the Mayflower, and arrived at Plymouth unexpectedly after a voyage of 2 months. -
French and Indian War
The French and Indians fought against the British for land. -
Albany Plan of Union
The Albany plan of Union was a plan to unite all the American colonies to be ruled under one union, but was not successful, because the British, and the Americans would not agree. -
Proclamation of 1763
People couldn't move past the mountains, but that rule was ignored. This was supposed to make the relationship between the British, and the Indians better. -
Treaty of Paris (1762)
The French surrendered land to the British, so Britain controlled North America, and the Mississippi River. -
Stamp Act
The king is in debt from the wars, so he taxes the colonist for every piece of paper used. The colonist refused to buy stamps, and attacked the tax collectors homes, and the king canceled the act. -
Quartering Act 1765
Because the British troops had no where to stay, the colonists has to house the troops, and provide for them. NY decided not to pass any funds for the troops, and the government suspended the colonists assembly's. -
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American Revolution (Bunker Hill to Yorktown)
The American Revolution was a war that allowed America to gain independence from Britain. This was the birth of the United States. After the war the colonist were able to create a democratic government, the first of its kind. -
The Townshend Act
Because there is still debt from the war, the colonist get taxed on certain goods being imported to them, such as glass, paper, candles, ect. The colonists protested, and boycotted, and bought resources from America, and grew their own food. The troops were sent over, and the assembly's were removed. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a big fight that happened on King Street. The colonist were tiered of the unfair taxes, so they got rilled up, and they fought for their independence form then the British. -
First Cotinental Congress
The First Continental Congress had representatives from alll of the 13 colonies.They met up to discuss challenges, such as how to protest, without bloodshed, and they decided to boycott, and they placed sanctions on nonimiportion of British goods. -
Second Continental Congress
The Second Continental Congress decided to create a continental arm, and put George Washington as commander, to defend the colony. -
Tea Act of 1773
The Tea Act was when the British, and the East India Company agreed that the company could ony sell to the British, and the British could only buy tea from that company. Because the tea was expensive, and taxed, the colonists rebelled, and started sneaking Dutch tea, and they threw the tea in the water to ruin it. -
Boston Tea Party
The colonists were protesting about taxes, especially on tea. They would't purchase the tea, and destroyed boxes of tea by throwing they into the water making the tea useless. This showed that they could stand up to the british, and could provide for themself, and be independent. -
Intolerable (Conercive) acts
The intolerable (Coercive) Acts is the 4 continuous laws that were passed from the British to the Colonists to get back at the colonist for the Boston Tea Party. These laws were shutting down the harbor, the government act, the Quartering act, and the Justice act. These laws were passed to show the British still is in power. -
The Battle of Concord
The war happened on Concords North Bridge, and it marked the start of the American independence. The British, and Americans fought because the British was trying to take away the colonist self defense. (weapons) -
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
The book Common Sense by Thomas Paine is a pamphlet talking about how they don't have freedom and the British is just using the colony to have power and money. The exert talks about how America should rule Britain and not the other way around. Thomas is trying to get people on his side to rebell. -
Olive Branch Petition
In order to avoid bloodshed, the colonist asked the king to sign the petition that would result in more peace. This petition asks that the ing stops the deaths of murder amon the colony's to keep them safe. The olive branch is a symbol of peace. -
The Battle of Lexington
The colonist hid their weapons from the british, who were trying to take them. The British left to fight at Meriams corner, showing unity against the British tyranny. The British returened to Lexington colonists seeking revenge and attacked the British, showing streangth and power. -
Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was a document written by Thomas Jefferson and signed by America's founding fathers stating America's independence from Britain. Although it was technically not legally binding, it was very powerful to the American people. -
Treaty of Paris (1783)
This treaty ended the war between America and Great Britain. After this treaty was signed the U.K. finally recognized America as its own country. This treaty was negotiated by Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, and John Jay in Paris. -
Congress ratifies the U.S. Constitution
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Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was an aggressive protest against taxing Whiskey. The Whiskey Rebellion aka The Whiskey Insurrection was a protest against taxing whiskey. This was the first tax made by the new U.S. government. Taxing whiskey was Hamiltons Idea, so the government could pay off debt. This went form 1791, and 1794.The people were fighting back, so the government sent troops to enforce the law. The rebellion ended after the tax was taken away. -
XYZ Affair
The XYZ Affair took place in 1797 and 1798, while John Adams was president. An disagreement took place between the U.S., and France, which caused the "Undeclared war with France" aka, the Quasi-War. This war is important, because it led to the Civil War. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 is a war, that had no winner, and lasted 2 years. This was was declared by the U.S., and was fought to show that the U.S. is independent and deserves respect. By fighting this was the U.S. earned respect form both countries.