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Period: Apr 18, 1215 to
United States
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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
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Roanoke Island
Was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh. Also know as "Lost colony" because they vanished. -
Jamestown
Jamestown was the first permanent english settlement. Located on Virginia coast. -
House of Bur.
House of Bur. first representative assembly was in Jamestown July 30. -
Mayflower Compact
Was the first form of self-gov in the new world. -
Rhode Island
Was founded by Roger Williams for religious reasons. -
Navigation Acts
To control colonial commerce in English needs , passed by British Parliament. -
Bacon
Nathaniel Bacon Rebellion agaisnt British Gov. Sir William Berkeley. Collasped when Bacon died. -
Penn
Willaim Penn founded Pennsylvania -
Witchcrafft
Were if you were acused of witchier you were burned. -
Great Awakening
Was a religious revival. -
Poor Richard's Almanack
Published by Benjamin Franklin. -
Zengor Trail
An editor, John Peter Zenger, criticized British governor's of conduct of office in New York Times. -
French and Indiana War
When the French occupied Ft.Duquesne began the war. -
Proclamation of 1763
Fornid colonist to move west of App. Mountains -
Sugar Act
Tax on lumber, foodstuff, molasses, and rum to pay war debates. -
Acts
Stamp Actrequired stamps to fund royal troops.
Quartering Act to house th British army in the colonies. -
Townshend Act
Levied taxes except tea. -
Boston Massacre
A mob was fired at by British troops. -
Boston Tea Party
A mob dumped all tea into ocean and burned cargo ships in protest to the tea tax. -
Intolerable Acts
Parliament ruled for Mass. to be self-ruled. -
First Continental Congress
Held in Philadelphia called for civil disobedience. -
1775
Patrick Henry"Give me libery or give me death"
Paul Revere "Midnight Ride" rode twn to twon to worn the British were coming.
Lexington and Concord first battle of Revolutionary War. -
1776
Thomas Paine wrote "Common Sense"
Declaration of Independence was aproved. -
1777
Articles of Confederation was adopted by Continental Congress.
5,000 Men surrendered at the Battle Of Saratoga. -
John Paul Jones
Know for his battle with the Serapis. -
1781
Yorktown is were FRancois Joseph stopped Bitish Fleet
Cornwallis surrendered. -
Paris Treaty of 1783
British signed it, recognizing American independence. -
1787
Northwest Ordinance was the way Northwest Terrtories were to be governed. -
George Washington
He was chosen by all electors to be president -
Bill of Rights
Were submiitted to states. -
Cotton Gin
Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin. -
Washington
Washington's farewell address as president. -
Louisiana Purchase
Doubled the size of the U.S. -
Lewis and Clark
Explored Louisiana Purchase -
Steamboat
Robert Fulton made it. -
War of 1812
The war began. -
"Star-Spangled Banner"
Written by Francis Key Scott. -
Missouri Compromise
Allowed slavery in Missouri but not west of the Miss. River. -
Monroe Doctrine
Opposing European intervention -
"Trail of Tears"
Cherokee were forced to walk to Oklahoma. -
Telegraph
Was made by Samuel B. Morse. -
Woman's Rights Convention
Lucretia Mott and Elizabath Stanton led the Seneca Falls NY. -
Compromis of 1850
Henry Clay wrote the compromis that admitted California as the 31st state. -
Uncle Toms Cabin
Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe's. -
Dred Scott
Order against because slaves cant sue. -
Abraham Lincoln
Was elceted as president. -
Confederate States of America
Civil War began with the Conf fired at Ft.Sumter. -
Battle of Antietam
The bloodest one-day battle. -
Emancipation Proclamation, Gettysburg Address
Freed all slaves. Lincoln gave a speech. -
1865
Lee surrendered. Lincoln was shot at movies. 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. -
14th Amendment
Providing citizenship of all people born in U.S. -
15th Amendment
Giving voting rights to all men. -
American Red Cross
Founded by Clara Barton. -
Jordan Blair Odlozil
I was born. yeahh
