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1581
Pennsylvania by Quakers
William Penn received charter for Quarker safety. -
Jamestown, VA
1st English colony -
John Smith Controls Jamestown
builds fort and relationships with Powhatan -
Dutch found New Netherland
would ultimately turn into New York after English conquered them -
Rolfe Marries Pocahontas
keeps peace with Powhatan tribe -
Dutch bring African slaves to Jamestown
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Pilgrims sign Mayflower Compact
one of the first attempts at self-government, ,laws to protect general good of people -
Great Migration
English move to English colonies in New England, Puritans left England for Mass. by John Winthrop -
Maryland created
as refuge for English Catholics -
Anne Hutchinson's Radical Religion
forced out ofBoston due to beliefs that people didn't need guidance from ministers to have a relationship with god -
Toleration Act of 1649
created to ease tensions between English Catholics and Protestants -
Bacon's Rebellion
colonists upset with taxes and trade with Natives burn Jamestown in uprising -
English Bill of Rights in Colonies
colonists wanted more rights tot elect representatives and formed new assemblies -
Salem witch trials
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Massachusetts Bay Expands to Plymouth
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Carolinas Created
farmers from VA in N and Europeans settled S, thousands of slaves brought in -
Jonathan Edwards helps lead Great Awakening
Massachusetts leader sermoned and told people to seek forgiveness for sins or rot in hell -
Sam Adams coins "No Taxation without Representation"
and founds Committee of Correspondence to help colonies stay in touch and share information about British laws and challenging them -
Taxes Lead to War
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Washington Chosen to lead Continental Army
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Battle of Bunker Hill
Patriots surprised British forces -
Battle of Saratoga Turning Point of War
Patriots blocked NE from other colonies -
D.O.I. signed
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Hessian mercenaries hired by NJ
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Patriots defeat Hessians at Battle of Trenton
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Marquis de Lafayette Allies with Patriots
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Winter at Valley Forge, north of Philly
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Baron Friedrich von Steuben
Prussian leader trains American troops -
Ben Franklin Convince France to Help
After Battle of Saratoga win, France agrees Pats can win the war -
Bernard de Galvez joins Spain to the war
enemy to Britain -
Horatio Gates loses SC
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Francis Marion organizes Brigade guerilla soldiers
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Battle of Yorktown ends Revolution
Treaty of Paris signed -
Land Ordinance of 1785
set up system for surveying and dividing western lands -
Shay's Rebellion in Mass.
urpsigin of farmers to protest high taxes and heavy debt -
NW Ordinance
established NW Territories: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Minnesota, and Wisconsin -
Judiciary Act
set ups federal courts -
Bank of United States
1st national bank created -
Whiskey Rebellion
farmers rebelled against tax on whiskey -
Washington says Farewell
warns the American people of:
- political parties
- foreign ties that could bring U.S. into war -
XYZ Affari
French demanded bribe of $250000 for a treaty signing -
Alien and Sedition Acts
keep people from speaking negatively of the federal government -
Marbury v. Madison
established Supreme Court judiciary review as final word on Constitution -
Lewis and Clark explore Louisiana Purchase land
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James Madison and Congress Declare War
War of 1812 on Britain -
Treaty of Ghent
signed in Belgium and ended War of 1812 -
Battle of New Orleans Illusion
made Andrew Jackson a hero and last major conflict of the war -
Era of Good Feelings
peace, pride, progress in U.S. -
Erie Canal Built
ran from Albany to Buffalo -
Jacksonian Democracy
party members choose party candidates and nomination conventions -
Democratic Party formed to support Jackson
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Whig Party favored weak president and strong Congress
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Mexican War
U.S. won New Mexico and California in the Treaty of Guadalupe (Rio Grande River Mexican-U.S. border) -
American Federation of Labor created
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Manhattan Project
secret research and development program to build atomic weapon during WWII -
Tet Offensive
100 South Vietnamese cities attacked simultaneously and people watched it on tv- lost govt credibility that Vietnam War was almost over