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Jamestown
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Start of Slavery
North America turned to African slaves as a cheaper, more plentiful labor source. The first slaves were brought from the dutch -
House of Burgesses
The House was established by the Virginia Company of London. The House of Burgesses was the first legislative, representatives elected in North America. -
Mayflower compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first document of Plymouth Colony.The Mayflower Compact was created on their ship. -
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French and Indian War
The war was fought between the colonies of British America and New France. The war was fought along New France and the British colonies. -
Yorktown
one of the eight original shires formed in colonial Virginia in 1682. It was called "York" until after the American Revolutionary War -
Treaty of Paris
after Britain's victory over France and Spain during the Seven Years' War. The signing of the treaty formally ended the Seven Years' War -
Proclamation of 1763
it forbade all settlers from settling past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. The purpose of the proclamation was to organize Great Britain's new North American empire -
Boston Massacre
British Army soldiers killed five male civilians and injured six others. a mob formed around a British sentry, who was subjected to verbal abuse and harassment. -
Boston Tea Party
The Tea Party was the culmination of a resistance movement throughout British America against the Tea Act. The Boston Tea Party was a key event in the growth of the American Revolution. -
First Continental Congress
The First Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from twelve colonies. The Congress is attended by 56 delegates appointed by the legislatures of twelve of the Thirteen Colonies. -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. They were fought on April 19, 1775, in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay -
Second Continental Congress
It succeeded the First Continental Congress, which met between September 5, 1774 and October 26, 1774, also in Philadelphia. delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -
United States Declaration of Independence
Created on July 4, 1776. After ratifying the text on July 4, Congress issued the Declaration of Independence in several forms. -
Articles of Confederation
The formal ratification by all 13 states was completed in early 1781. Even when not yet ratified, the Articles provided legitimacy for the Continental Congress to direct the American Revolutionary War. -
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Critical Period
a time right after the American Revolution where the future of the newly formed nation was in the balance. they were also a time of economic growth and political maturation. -
Three-Fifths Compromise
The three-fifths ratio originated with a 1783 amendment proposed to the Articles of Confederation. The Three-Fifths Compromise, is found in Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the United States Constitution -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris, signed in Paris by representatives of King George III of Great Britain. The treaty was signed in Paris at the Hotel d'York by Adams, Franklin, Jay, and Hartley. -
Land Ordinance of 1785
Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress did not have the power to raise revenue.through the sale of land in the largely unmapped territory west of the original states acquired after the end of the Revolutionary War in the 1783 Treaty of Paris. -
Shays' Rebellion
"fundamentally altered the course of United States' history."
It was precipitated by several factors: financial difficulties brought about by a post-war economic depression -
Annapolis Convention (1786)
in which twelve delegates from five states–New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Virginia. had no authority to regulate trade between and among the states. -
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
On August 7, 1789, first President George Washington signed a replacement. The ordinance created the Northwest Territory, the first organized territory of the United States. -
Connecticut Compromise-Great
Each state would have two representatives in the upper house. Elbridge Gerry ridiculed the small states’ claim of sovereignty -
Constitutional Convention
Although the Convention was intended to revise the Articles of Confederation it was to create a new government rather than fix the existing one. also known as the Philadelphia Convention -
Presidency of George Washington
His leadership guaranteed the survival of the United States. Set the standard for future presidents. -
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Judiciary Act of 1789
An Act to establish the Judicial Courts of the United States
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United States Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights had little judicial impact for the first 150 years of its existence. The Bill of Rights enumerates freedoms not explicitly indicated in the main body of the Constitution -
John Adams
In 1800, Adams was defeated for re-election by Thomas Jefferson and retired to Massachusetts. Adams came to prominence in the early stages of the American Revolution. -
Presidency of Thomas Jefferson
He used the Navy to protect merchant ships from Barbary pirates in North Africa, A major achievement was legislation to criminalize the international import or export of slaves starting in 1808. -
Marbury v. Madison
The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury. On February 24, 1803, the Court rendered a unanimous (4–0) decision -
Louisiana Purchase
France controlled this vast area from 1699 until 1762, gave it to spain until 1800. The purchase of the territory of Louisiana took place during the presidency of Thomas Jefferson -
Cotton Gin
A cotton gin is a machine that quickly and easily separates cotton fibers from their seeds. This mechanical device was, in some areas, driven by water power. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was a military conflict, lasting for two-and-a-half years. Between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain -
McCulloch v. Maryland
"an act to impose a tax on all banks, or branches thereof, in the State of Maryland, not chartered by the legislature".
The Court determined that Congress did have the power to create the Bank -
Missouri Compromise
Although it had been repealed in 1857 the Supreme Court indicated that the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional in Dred Scott v. Sandford. The Missouri Compromise was effectively repealed by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, -
Monroe Doctrine
It stated that if Europeans try colonize land or interfere with states in North or South America would be viewed as acts of aggression. -
Gibbons v. Ogden
The case was argued by some of America's most admired and capable attorneys at the time.
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Uncle Toms's Cabin
it was the best-selling novel of the 19th century and the second best-selling book of that century other than the bible -
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Dred Scott case
In a 7–2 decision written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the Court denied Scott's request. For only the second time in its history the Supreme Court ruled an Act of Congress to be unconstitutional -
The election of 1860
19th election, 7 southern states secceded from the us and 4 more would also join the election was a strart of the civil war -
Battle at fort sumter
the attack by the confederaacy started the civil war -
Homestead act
Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government (including freed slaves and women), was 21 years or older, or the head of a family, could file an application to claim a federal land grant -
Battle of Antietam
the first major enchounter of the civil war, and the bloddiest of the civil war -
Emancipation porclamation
It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion -
reconstruction
the first covers the complete history of the entire country from 1865 to 1877 following the Civil War, and changing the souther states -
Battle of vicksburg
the union crossed the mississippi river to cut the south off -
Battle of gettysburg
The battle involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war, tunring point of the civil war and first battle in the north -
Gettysburg Address
said during burial of union soldiers at gettysburg In just over two minutes, Lincoln reiterated the principles of human equality -
13th amendment
this amendment was passed to abolish slavery or involuntary acts -
Lincoln's assassination
Good Friday, April 14, 1865, while attending the play, Our American Cousin, at Ford's Theatre, 5 days after the civil war -
Reconstruction act of 1867
gave control to milittary leaders in the south to rebuild, and unify the country -
14th amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws -
Knights of labor
was the largest and one of the most important American labor organizations of the 1880s -
15th amendment
the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that persons race, color -
Reservation system
administered by white officials, evolved as the most effective way of “civilizing” and assimilating the Indian people - See more at: http://www.ndstudies.org/articles/the_reservation_system_overview#sthash.xCkZM3LS.dpuf -
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Assimilation policy
"the constantly more intimate union between the colonial territory and the metropolitan territory". -
Chinese exclusion act 1882
It was one of the most significant restrictions on free immigration in US history, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Haymarket square
turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence that day -
American federation of labor
The AFL was the largest union grouping in the United States for the first half of the 20th century -
Dawes act of 1887
authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians. -
Jim crow laws
were racial segregation laws enacted after the Reconstruction period in Southern United States a "separate but equal" status for African Americans -
Sherman anti trust act
It prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anti-competitive -
Appomattox courthouse
Appomattox, Virginia built in 1892, location of where the civil war ended -
Homestead strike
was an industrial lockout and strike which began on June 30, 1892, culminating in a battle between strikers and private security agents on July 6, 1892. -
American railway union
was the largest labor union of its time, and one of the first industrial unions in the United States. -
Pullman strike
on May 11 when nearly 4,000 factory employees of the Pullman Company began a wildcat strike in response to recent reductions in wages. -
Plessy v Ferguson 1896
decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation, separate but equal. -
spanish american war
the us and sapin go to war -
treaty of paris 1898
the war between the us and spain comes to and -
open door policy
a statement of principle issued by the usa -
boxer rebellion
a chinese uprising which failed -
platt amendment
an act removing us troops from cuba -
roosevelt corollary
an addition to the monroe doctrine -
Susan b. Anthony
was an American social reformer and feminist who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. -
16th amendment
allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. -
17th amendment
to the United States Constitution established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. -
WW1
the first world war (great war) -
panama canal
a canal that made it easier to cross between SA and CA -
Federal Trade Comission act
Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anticompetitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly -
Clayton Anti-Trust act
was a part of United States antitrust law with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime -
19th amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment was first introduced in Congress in 1878 by Senator Aaron A. Sargent. -
Immigration restriction act
was a United States federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country to 2% of the number of people from that country who were already living in the United States in 1890 -
Progressive movement
was a period of social activism and political reform in the United States that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s. eliminating corruption in government by exposing and undercutting political machines and their bosses and establishing further means of direct democracy. -
non-aggression pact
hitler and stalin agree to not attack each other
