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First Americans Enter North America
First Americans Enter North America came from Asia around 10,000 to 20,00 years ago -
1436
Christopher Columbus
Discovered the Americas and was an Italian explorer, navigator, and colonizer. -
1500
Mercantilism
Mercantilism is to maximize the trade of the nation, historically to maximize the amount of gold and silver accumulated. -
Christopher Columbus Lands Jamestown
In 1607, 104 English men and boys arrived in North America to start a settlement in Jamestown . On May 13 they picked Jamestown, Virginia for their settlement, which was named after their King, James I. -
Navigation Act of 1651
The Navigation Act of 1651, aimed primarily at the Dutch, required all trade between England and the colonies to be carried in English or colonial vessels, resulting in the Anglo-Dutch War in 1652. -
The Enlightenment
The Enlightenment was a movement that gave people a reason to settle in the Americas. -
George Wahsington
Was one of the founding fathers of United States and was a states man and solider who served as the first president and passed on December 14, 1799 -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was an American Founding Father who was the author of the Declaration of Independence and soon became the third president of the united states and passed on April 4, 1826 -
French and Indian war
The French and Indian War comprised the North American theater of the worldwide Seven Years' War of 1756–63. It pitted the colonies of British America against those of New France. ( this happened because of the fighting over land and mostly trade). -
Proclamation of 1763
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following and after the end of the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement west of a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains. ( A type of border where natives were not allowed). -
Stamp Act
several of the American colonies to devise a unified protest against new British taxation. which required the use of specially stamped paper for legal documents, playing cards, calendars, newspapers, and dice for virtually all business in the colonies, and was going into effect on November 1. -
Andrew Jackson
American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers shot and killed several people while under attack by a mob -
Clark
William Clark was an American explorer that had explored the Americas with Lewis . -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16, 1773, and this lead to people throwing tea off of the ships -
Lewis
Meriwether Lewis was an American explorer, soldier, politician, and public administrator, and he was also best know for being the leader of the lewis and clark expidition -
American Revolution
The American Revolution was a revolt that took place between 1765 and 1783. The American Patriots in the Thirteen Colonies won independence, becoming the United States of America. -
Declaration of Independence
the Declaration of Independence, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, the 13 American colonies severed their political connections to Great Britain. The Declaration summarized the colonist for seeking independence. -
United States Constitution Signed
The Constitution of the United States established America's national government and fundamental laws, and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens. It was signed on September 17, 1787, In Pheldiphia -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the founding fathers of United States and helped draft the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution and served president on January 6. 1706 to April 17, 1790 and passed on April 17, 1790 -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory by the United States from France in 1803 and the U.S bought the land for 50 million. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark Expedition from May 1804 to September 1806, and it was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States. -
Abraham Linclon
Lincoln fought in order to free slaves and served as the 17th presisent and was assonated by John Wilkes Booth in April 15, 1865 -
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny was when settlers were destined to expand towards south America. ( Though 1812 to 1860 -
Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass was an African-American social reformer, abolitionist, orator, writer, and statesman.Northerners thought it was hard to believe that such a great orator was once a slave. -
Jacksonian Democracy
Jacksonian Democracy was the 18th century United States that reveled greater democracy for the common man as that term was then defined. -
Election of 1828
The Election of 1828 Itself. ... Jackson and the Democratic Party accused John Quincy Adams of engaging in disgraceful politics in order to ensure his victory in the election of 1824. -
Indian Removal Act
The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830. The law authorized the president to move the Idians to thewest in exchange for their lands and this lead to the Chorkee tribe to die and be slaughtered. -
Abolitionist Movement
The Abolitionist Movement was a movment to end slavery -
Westward Expansion
Westward Expansion was when 7 million had migrated in hopes of securing land to plant crops and settle their and often referred as manifest destiny . -
Mexican American War
The Mexican America War was an armed conflict (Land) between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848, but in the end America won over all thier land and took over california and mexic ended up where it is today. -
Compromise of 1850
the Fugitive Slave Act was amended and the slave trade in Washington, D.C., was abolished and California entered the Union as a free slave state. -
Dred Scott
Dred Scott was an enslaved African American Man who was sued for his freedom. -
Election of 1860
Election of 1860 included the northern abolitionists against slavery and the Southerners and Lincoln who ran in the Republican party. -
Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war that was fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865 and as a result of the long controversy over slavery and war broke out against the north and the south -
Era of Reform
The Era of Reform spanned from the 1890s to the 1920s and The main objectives of the movement were eliminating problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and corruption in government.