U.S history taks timeline

By Jonathan Gaeta
  • Jan 1, 1215

    Magna Carta

    The Magna Carta was made to make the king follow by the old english law.

  • Lost colony

    Roanoke Island, first colony aut failed and vanished.

  • Jamestown

    First permanent settlement in the new world at Jamestown.

  • House of Burgesses

    The House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly/

  • Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact was a agreement to form a self-government.

  • Providence founded

    Roger Willams founded Providence in June as a democratically

  • Navigation Act

    British Parliament passed first the Navigation Act, to suit English needs.

  • Pennsylvania

    Willaim Penn signed a treaty with Delaware Indians and bought Pennsylvania land.

  • Witchcrafts Delusion

    20 alleged witches was executed by a special court.

  • The Great Awakening

    The Great Awakening was a religious revival began.

  • Benjamin Franklin

    Benjamin Franklin published the first " Poor Richard's Almanack"

  • Zenger Trail

    Acquitted of libel in New York after criticizing the British governor's

  • French and Indian War

    War began between the French and Indian.

  • Sugar Act

    Pay of the French and Indian war debts

  • Stamp Act

    Help fund royal troops.

  • Quartering Act

    Requiring colonists to house british troops.

  • Townshend Acts

    Levied taxes on glass, painter's lead, paper, and tea.

  • Boston Massacre

    British troops fired Boston mob.

  • Boston Tea Party

    Cargo thrown overboard.

  • Intolerable Acts

    Parliament curtailed Massachusetta self-ruled.

  • First Continental Congress

    Called for civil disobedience against british

  • Paul Revere & William Dawes

    Alert Patriots that the British were on their way to Concord to destroy arms.

  • Common Sense

    Thomas Paine published " Commen Sense".

  • Fourth of July

    Have independence from british.

  • Articles of Confederation

    First constitution of the United States of America specified how the national goverment was to operate.

  • John Paul Jones

    On the Bonhomme Richards defeated Serapis in British North Sea Waters.

  • Yorktown

    Yorktown was the last major battle.

  • Paris Peace Treaty

    British U.S signed the Paris Peace Treaty recognizing American independence.

  • Constitutional Convention

    Opened in Philadelphia with Washington presiding.

  • Northwest Ordinance

    Continental Congress for the Northwest territory

  • George Washington

    First U.S president

  • Bill of Rights

    The collective name for the first ten amendments.

  • Eli Whitney

    Invented cotton gin.

  • Washington's farewell address

    Saying farewell to the office.

  • Louisana Purchase

    U.S bought Louisiana from the French.

  • Lewis and Clark

    The two men explored the Louisiana .

  • Robert Fulton

    First practical steamboat trip.

  • War of 1812

    fought between U.S and British.

  • The Star- Spangled Banner

    wriiten during the Civil War.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Between the pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the United States Congress, involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories.

  • Monroe Doctrine

    opposing European intervention in the Americas

  • Trail of Tears

    Indians moving to Indians Territory.

  • Samule F.B Morse

    Invented the Telegraph

  • Manifest Destiny

    American beliefs that the U.S was destined to expand across the North American continent

  • Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton

    Led the women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York.

  • Harriet Beecher Stowe

    Published " Uncle Tom's Cabin"

  • Dred Scott

    Decision by Supreme Court.