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Jamestown
1st english colony -
Start of Slavery
African slaves were brought to america to work -
House of Burgesses
first assembly in america -
Mayflower Compact
pilgrims signed this agree on a voyage -
French and indian war
a war between the english and the indians and france -
Proclamation of 1763
Prohibted colonists from going past the Appalachian mountains -
treaty of paris
Gave americans land to the mississippi river -
Stamp Act
put a tax on all legal documents in the colonies -
Boston Massacre
english troops killed 5 defenseless colony protesters -
Boston tea party
Colonists dumped tons of tea into the boston harbour, to anger england because of the acts they have set -
1st Continental Congress
meeting of represenatives from all 13 colonies except Georgia -
Lexington and Concord
was the first conflict of the revolutionary war -
2nd Continental Congress
was the second time represenatives meet and they established a continental army at the meeting -
Declaration of Independence
Was a document that contained grievences from the colonists and their efforts for independence from Britian -
Articles of Confederation
the united states first government plan,but was eventually disregarded -
Critical Period
Time after revolutionary war , where a new form of government was soon to be interpret -
Yorktown
Was the final place the revolutionary war ended after the british were surrounded by the continental army -
Land Ordinance of 1785
established a plan for surveying the western lands -
Annapolis convention
the first meeting of commissoners to remedy defects of the government. -
Shay's Rebellion
debt ridden farmers in Massachusetts rebel due to high taxes -
Northwest Ordinance 1787
provided the process for the creation and admission of new states -
Constituitonal Convention
was intended to rebuild the articles of confederation -
The great compromise
A debate to determine how many represenatives a state can have in congress -
3/5's compromise
A compromise that gave slaves a 3/5s of a person to count as people in determining population for represenatives -
judiciary act of 1789
an act that established the judicial branch of the governmnet -
Bill of Rights signed
the first 10 amendments in the constitution, that focus on human rights -
washingtons presidency
the 1st president of the united states who served two terms -
Gabe prosser Revolt
a slave revoly held by this man in richmond during the srping and summer time. -
Adam's Presidency
he was the 2nd president and also served two terms -
louisiana purchase
a piece of land bought from france that doubled the US -
Marbury vs Madison
made a fine line between the excecutive and judical branch -
Jeffersons presidency
he was the 3rd president who is considered a founding father -
War of 1812
was considered a second war of independence for the us against the british -
McCulloch vs Maryland
A case that showed that congress had implied powers under the neccesary and proper act -
missouri compromise
effort by congress to defuse the sectional and political rivalries triggered by the request of missouri in late 1819 for admission as a state in which slavery would be permitted -
Monroe Doctine
originated by president James Monroe, declaring the US would not tolerate intervention by european nations -
Gbbons vs ogden
A case that showed congress has the right to regualte taxes on the monopoly steamboat corporations -
Jacksons Presidency
He served president from 1829 to 1837. -
Age of common man
The extension of democracy on all white men. -
Indian Removal Act
Lands west of the mississippi in exchange for indian lands. -
Nat turner
Slave revolt in south hampton that was largest slave uprising in history. -
Battle of the Alamo
Last stand in the mexican revolution, went down to the last man. -
Battle of San Jacinto
texanian army engaged and won against general antonio lopez, only took 20 mins. -
U.S. annexes texas
texas was made a state after a war with mexico -
Mexican war
conflict between us and mexico over land south of us, texas. -
CA gold rush
The mass flee to california in search of gold. -
fugitive slave law
Any slave that escaped was subject to arest and shipment back to plantation -
compromise of 1850
would give the goverment more states to aquire -
Seneca falls convention
a convention that brought upon womens rights as a priority in this country -
Uncle toms cabin
a book written in the 1800/s that fueled the abolitionist movement. -
kansas nebraska act
opened new lands up for settlement -
Dred scott case
an african american sued for his freedom that got taken to the supreme court. -
election of 1860
the first peaceful party change in an election -
battle of fort sumter
the first battle of the civil war in south carolina -
battle of antietam
bloodiest single day battle of the civil war, union won strong -
homestead act
was an act that gave all males the right to bare arms in the civil war -
emancipation proclamation
was issued after union victory that freed all slaves in the rebelling states -
battle of gettysburg
battle fought in pennsylvania was a union victory -
battle of vicksburg
was the last major military action of civil war that led lee to his surrender -
gettysurg address
was an important speech lincoln delevired after the battle of gettysburg -
lincolns assasination
lincoln was killed in a theatre by john wilkes boothe cowarldy in the back of the head -
13th amendment
gace freedom to all slaves and made slavery illegal -
appomatox courthouse
where general robert e lee surrendered to uylesses s grant, ending the civil war -
Reconstructuion
period following civil war, was a time of rebuliding the states strong again -
reconstruction act of 1867
act that readmmited the rebel states back into the union -
election of 1867
was the first presidential election after the civil war -
14th amendment
granted citizenship to all who are born in the united states -
15th amendment
gave african american men the right to vote -
knights of labor
a large group of workers that stood together to change work habits -
chinese exclsuion act of 1882
restricted all chinese immigrants from coming into the united states -
haymarket square
was a labor protest in chicago that turned into a riot because a bomb was thrown at the police. -
dawes act 1887
made the indian laws more strict and unair -
assimilation policy
was a policy that wanted to modernize the population of people. -
jim crow laws
racial segregation laws, seperated minorities apart -
Sherman Anti-Trust act
Gives congress the right to intervene in busniess and to weed out trusts that form. -
homestead strike
was a battle against labor unions to find a compromise amongst everyone -
american railway union
first industrial union in the united states -
Pullman Strike
was a nation wide strike on the railways in the united states -
plessy vs ferguson 1896
was a court case that involved racial segregation and if it is right or not -
Spanish American War
America went to war against Spain to free Cuba from Spanish domination -
Treaty of Paris 1898
was a treaty that told spain to sign over and surrender, cuba and puerto rico -
Platt Amendment
it permitted extensive U.S. involvement in Cuban international and domestic affairs -
reservation system
set aside places of land for the indians to live on -
Progressive Movement
a period of social activism and political reform in the United States -
open door policy
made foreign trade simple giving equal privileages to all countries -
Boxer rebellion
an anti-imperialist uprising which took place in China towards the end of the Qing dynasty -
Susan B. Anthony
an American social reformer and feminist who played a major role in the women's suffrage movement -
Roosevelt Corollary
was an addition to the monroe doctrine, was given in his state of the union address -
Migration movement
the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest -
16th amendment
allows congress to levy income taxes -
17th amendment
that senators are voted on by popular vote -
WW1
the first world war because the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and some other causes -
Clayton Anti-Trust act
Was an amendment that was simliar to sherman act, it strenghtened the act -
Federal Trade Commision Act
Act that established the federal trade commission, -
Panama Canal
a canal built to connect the atlantic to the pacific, saves a trip around south america for boats -
u.s. enters ww1
president wilson wanted to put germany down and for the trade not tobe tampered with -
14 points
wilson had 14 points that he wanted to be meet by germany after the war and to others -
Harlem Renaissance
A time where cultural and social movements chaged after world war 1 -
19th amendment
Gave american women the right to vote in elections. -
treaty of versailles
was the official end of the war of germany against the allied powers. -
18th amenment
this amendment put a prohibition on alcohol for 13 years -
immigration restriction act
was the first major act to restrict foreign people from becoming citizens -
Scopes trial
a teacher was tried in court for teaching human revolution