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Magna Carta
This granted rights to Freemen and Nobles. -
Ranoke
A late 16th century attempt to establish a permanent English settlement in the Virginia Colony. The final group of colonists disappeared after three years had elapsed without supplies. They are known as "The Lost Colony" and their fate is still unknown. -
Jamestown Founded
It was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States of America. -
The House of Burgesses
The first assembly of elected representatives of English colonists in North America. -
The Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self-government to be created and enforced in America. -
Rhode Island (Founded by Roger Williams)
Rhode Island was founded by a group of Puritans fleeing religious persecution in Massachusetts. Roger Williams and Ann Hutchinson is credited as being the leader of these people. They settled in Providence and established a rule of religious tolerance. -
The Navigation Acts
The Navigation Acts were passed by the English Parliament in the seventeenth century. The Acts were originally aimed at excluding the Dutch from the profits made by English trade. -
Bacon's Rebellion
Bacon's Rebellion was an uprising in 1676 in the Virginia Colony in North America, led by a 29-year-old planter Nathaniel Bacon. -
Pennsylvania Founded
William Penn founded Pennsylvania with a land grant that was owed his deceased Father. His goal was to create a colony that allowed for freedom of religion due to his desire to protect himself and fellow Quakers from persecution. -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings before county court trials to prosecute people accused of witchcraft. -
The Great Awakening
A period of religious revival in American religious history. -
Poor Richard's Almanac
A yearly almanac published by Benjamin Franklin. -
The Zenger Trial
The Zenger trial is important in American History as it helped to set the idea of freedom of the press. -
The Albany Plan of Union
It was an early attempt at forming a union of the colonies. -
The French and Indian War
The war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763 -
Proclamation of 1763
An attempt to prevent the colonists from going west and passed the Appalachian Mountains. -
The Sugar Act
It reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon. -
The Stamp and Quartering Act
The Stamp Act was Parliament's first serious attempt to assert governmental authority over the colonies. The Quartering Act was an act which allowed troops to be quartered in private facilities without the consent of the facility's owner. -
The Townshend Acts
A series of laws passed beginning in 1767 by the Parliament of Great Britain relating to the British colonies in North America. -
The Boston Massacre
Shooting of five American colonists by British troops on March 5, 1770. One person, an African-American man named Crispus Attacks, was killed. -
The Boston Tea Party
A direct action by colonists in Boston against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea coming into the colonies. -
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 relating to Britain's colonies in North America. -
First Continental Congress
A convention of delegates from twelve of the thirteen North American colonies that met at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, early in the American Revolution. -
"Give me liberty or give me death"
"Give me Liberty, or give me Death!" is a famous quotation attributed to Patrick Henry from a speech he made to the Virginia Convention. -
Paul Revere's Midnigt Ride
Paul Revere rode to warn the colonists that "the British are comming" along with William Dawes and William Prescott. -
Common Sense
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that promoted independence. -
The Declaration of Independence
A document written by Thomas Jefferson andw as approved on July 4, 1776. -
The Battle of Saratoga
The turning point of the Revolution -
The Articles of Confederation
The first document detailing a framework for a federal government gave the states enormous power over the federal government. -
John Paul Jones Defeats The Serapis
John defeated Serapis in British North Sea waters. -
Surrender at Yorktown
Cornwallis surrendered and it became the last battle of the Revolution. -
The Treaty of Paris 1783
It ended the Revolution. -
The Northwest Ordiance adopted by The Continental Congress
The Northwest Ordinance opened up vast western land areas to development by the United States, accelerating the country's westward expansion. -
George Washington elected 1st President
George Washington was elected the firts president of the United States of America. -
Bill of Rights went into effect
All of the states ratified the constituation because of the Bill of Rights. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The farmers rebelled on the tax of whiskey. -
The Cotton Gin
The Cotton Gin was invented by Eli Whitney. -
Washington's Farewell Address
Washington gave his farewell address after he decided not to run for his 3rd term. This set a precodent for all presidents to follow. -
Marbury v. Madison
This established judicial review. -
The Loisiana Purchase
This doubled the size of the United States. It was bought by Jefferson from France for $15,000,000,000. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Lewis, Clark, and Sacagewea explored the LA Territory for Jefferson . -
Steamboat Invented
The Steamboat was invented by Robert Fulton. -
The War of 1812
The War Began.