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English Colony at Jamestown, Virginia
Article and Video by the History Channel
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Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in America. A fort was established in 1607, and the town was established in 1619.
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First Africans brought to North America
Jamestown Slavery Timeline by the National park Service
Slaves have been used ever since 1555 in England, but were never used in America until Dutch traders brought some to Jamestown in 1619.
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Pilgrims land at Plymouth
Article and Video by the History Channel
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Pilgrims landed first in present-day Provincetown, and then moved to Plymouth. The signature icon, Plymouth Rock, was left there as a landmark of their arrival.
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Salem Witch Trials
Salem Witch Museum
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A series of trials for people accused of witchcraft in Massachusetts. 20 people were executed during these trials.
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French and Indian War
USHistory.org Article
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A war fought between British America and New France for American territory.
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Boston Massacre
USHistory.org Article
A street fight between a patriot mob and British soldiers in protest of British occupation. About fifty citizens attacked the British, three of the citizens dying and eight of them wounded.
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Boston Tea Party
Boston Tea Party Facts
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty where they destroyed a shipment of tea sent by the East India Company, protesting the Tea Act.
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Declaration of Independence
USHistory.org Article
The famous “breakup letter” between the United States and the British Empire, where the original thirteen colonies considered themselves no longer part of the British, but as thirteen new, independent states.
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Treaty of Paris, the End of the Revolutionary War
Library of Congress Article
A treaty signed by King George III to end the American Revolutionary War.
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Shay's Rebellion
Article and Video by the History Channel
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An uprising by American farmers against the enforcement of taxation and indebting.
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Constitution Ratification
National Archives Article
After waging political war between the Antifederalists (in opposition of ratification) and the Federalists (supportive), the Constitution was eventually ratified. On September 13, 1788, the Constitution would be put into operation into all but North Carolina and Rhode Island. They would eventually ratify by May 1790.
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Whiskey Rebellion
Mount Vernon Article
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A protest against a “whiskey tax” that was used to generate revenue and reduce the national debt. This tax applied to all distilled spirits, whiskey being the most popular.
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Lewis and Clark Expidition
National Archives Article
An expedition commissioned after the Louisiana Purchase to map out the newly obtained territory.
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War of 1812
Article and Video by the History Channel
A military conflict between the United States and Great Britain over repeated trade restrictions imposed against the United States.
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Missouri Compromise
Article and Video by the History Channel
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An event in which Missouri was admitted into the union as a slave state, but no new slave states could be created above the 30 degree latitudinal line.
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Trail of Tears
PBS.org Article
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A massive event where Native Americans were relocated from their homelands to the Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River.
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Texan Independence
US History Article
Texas gains their independence from Mexico, beginning on October 2, 1835 with the Texas Revolution.
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Mexican-American War, Treaty of Guadalupa Hildelgo
Article and Video by the History Channel
A war driven by Manifest Destiny, eventually occupying Mexican grounds. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war, requiring the United States to pay for damages and Mexico to give up some of its land.
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California Gold Rush
Article and Video by the History Channel
The news of gold in California brought in many prospectors to take a piece of the action, impacting both settlers of the west and those who came just for the gold.
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Compromise of 1850
Library of Congress Article
[The day is unknown.]
A series of five bills dealing with the issue of slavery. California entered as a free state in exchange for the Fugivive Slave Act.
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Kansas-Nebraska Act
Article and Video by the History Channel
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The mandate of popular sovereignty, which allowed a vote on if a new state would be a free or slave state, repealing the Missouri Compromise.
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Abraham Lincoln's Election
Historynet Article
Lincoln faced John C Brekinridge, John Bell, and Stephen A. Douglas. Lincoln won with 39.7% of the votes.
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American Civil War
Civilwar.org History Facts
The battle between the Union and Confederacy (the separated southern states) over the issue of slavery.
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Completion of the Transcontinental Railroad
Eyewitness to History Article
A massive railroad that spread out across the entire United States, progress speeding up as the Civil War came to its conclusion.
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End of the Reconstruction Era
Article and Video by the History Channel
Reconstruction was the period of great change in America, tackling many political and ethical dilemmas that needed to be addressed.
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