United States History

Magna Carta

Apr 14, 1215

First form of governement

Roanoke

Jan 1, 1585

First official colony but it disapeared.

Jamestown

Apr 14, 1607

First perminent succesful colony

House of Burgesses

Jul 30, 1619

First representative assembly

Mayflower Compact

Nov 11, 1620

A agreement to form a self-government

Roger Williams founded RI

Jun 14, 1636

Roger Williams founded RI for religious perposes.

Navigation Act

Dec 1, 1660

British Parliament passed a series of law passed that restricted the use of foreign shipping for trade between England

Bacons Rebellion

Sep 19, 1676

led planters against autocratic British Gov.

William Penn

Apr 23, 1683

Founded Pennsylvania

Witchcraft delusion

Apr 18, 1692

at Salem,MA; alleged witches executed by special court

Great Awakening

Apr 18, 1726

movement where religious rival begins

Poor Richards Almanack

Apr 18, 1732

Benjamin Franklin Published the first Poor Richards Almanack

French and Indian War

Oct 8, 1754

began when French occupied Ft. Duquesne

Sugar Act

Apr 5, 1764

Placed duties on lumber, foodstuffs, etc. to pay of war debts

Stamp Act

Mar 22, 1765

Required revenue stamps to fund royal troops

Quarting Act

Mar 24, 1765

Required colonists to house British soldiers

Townshend Acts

Apr 18, 1767

levied taxes on glasses, painters led, paper, and tea.

Boston Massacre

Mar 5, 1770

British fired into Boston mob.

Boston Tea Party

Dec 16, 1773

Cargo Thrown overboard

intolerable acts

Apr 18, 1774

said they couldnt use the Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for.

First Continental Congress

Sep 5, 1774

Held in Pensylvania, called for civil disobedience against Brititsh

"Give me liberty, or give me death!"

Mar 23, 1775

Patrick Henry adressed Virginia convention

Paul Revere

Apr 18, 1775

Rode to alert the Patriots the British were coming

Lexington and Concord

Apr 19, 1775

First battles of the Civil war

Common Sense

Jan 10, 1776

Famous pro-independence Phamplet by. Thomas Paine

Decleration of independence

Jul 4, 1776

was approved on July 4

American Flag

Jun 4, 1777

American Flag was authorized

Battle of Saratoga

Oct 7, 1777

Cut off Brtitish Escape Route

Articles of Confederation

Oct 17, 1777

adopted by the Continental Convention

John Paul Jones

Sep 23, 1779

Richard defeated Serapis in British North Sea waters

Yorktown

Apr 18, 1781

Cornwallis retired to Yorktown, VA

Paris Peace Treaty

Sep 3, 1783

U.s Signed recognizing American independence

Constitutional Convention

May 25, 1787

Opened in Philadelphia with Wahington presiding

Northwest Oridance

Jul 13, 1787

Adopted by Continental Congress for Northwest Territory , north of Ohio, west of NY

George Washinton for President

Apr 18, 1789

George Washington chosen president by all electors voting

Bill of Rights

Sep 25, 1791

Submitted to states

Cotton Gin

Apr 18, 1793

Eli Whitney invented; reviving Southern Slavery

Washingtons farewell address

Sep 17, 1796

Warned Against permanent alliances with foreign powers

Louisiana Purchase

Apr 18, 1803

Napoleon sold all of Louisiana, streching to Canadian border, to U.S; doubled the size of the U.S

Lewis and Clark

May 14, 1804

expedition ordered by pres. Thomas Jefferson to explore what is now the northwest U,S

Robert Fulton

Aug 17, 1807

made first practical steamboat trip

War of 1812

Apr 18, 1812

had 3 main causes

"The Star- Spangled Banner "

Sep 13, 1814

was written by Francis Scott Key

Missouri Compromise

Mar 3, 1820

slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not west of the Mississippi river

Monroe Doctrine

Dec 2, 1823

opposing European interventions in the Americas

"Trail Of Tears"

Oct 18, 1838

Cherokee Indiands forced to walk from Georgia to OK

telegraph

May 24, 1844

First message over first telegraph line

Seneca Falls Convention

Jul 19, 1848

Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led the seneca falls, in New York, also known as the Women Rights convention

Compromise of 1850

Sep 9, 1850

It admitted California as 31st state, with slavery forbidden; made Fugitive slave laws more harsh.

Uncle Toms Cabin

Apr 14, 1852

written by Harriet Beecher Stowe published in 1852

Dred Scott V.s supreme court

Apr 15, 1857

supreme court ruled that slaves wher not citizens and could not sue

Abraham for President

Nov 6, 1860

Abraham Lincoln was elected president

Confederate Sates of America

Apr 15, 1861

seven states secceded to create the Confederate states of America and elected Jefferson Davis as the president.

Civil War begins

Apr 15, 1861

The Civil war began when the confederate fired on fort sumter.

Emancipation Proclamtaion

Jan 1, 1862

Freed all slaves in the teritories that rebelled

Gettysburg Adress

Nov 19, 1863

Abraham lincoln gave

Civil War ends

Apr 9, 1865

Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant at the Appomatox court house

Lincoln Assasinated

Apr 14, 1865

Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Fords theatre in Washington, DC. Lincoln died the following morning

13th Admendment

Dec 6, 1865

Abolished slavery

14th Admendment

Jul 9, 1868

Cvil Rights

15th Admendment

Feb 8, 1870

Right to vote

Clara Barton

May 21, 1881

Founded the American Red Cross