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The Sugar Act
The Sugar Act was the first tax on the American Colonies from the British Parliament. This was meant to raise the revenues which helped fund the British Empire for the French and Indian War, but this didn’t go without protest from the American Colonies. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was known for the colonies throwing 342 chests of tea overboard to retaliate against the British taxing them without their consent. The protest was for the British company controlling the tea trade and and closed the port of Boston -
The Intolerable Acts
The 4 Intolerable Acts were in response to the Boston Tea Party towards the colonies from the British Parliament. This further enforced Britain's control over the colonies. -
The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was when the 13 British colonies in America broke free and became independent from the Great Britain. July 2 marked the votes and July 4 was when the Declaration of Independence was officially adopted. -
Three-Fifths Compromise
The Three-Fifths Compromise allowed for states to include 3 out of every 5 slaves to count towards their population size as well as taxes. -
Constitutional Convention
55 delegates help what was called constitutional convention. They replaced the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution. -
The Great Compromise
The Great Compromise was an agreement made between the large and small states to determine how much power each state gets. This helped create the two chambered Congress, as well as the House of Representative. -
The First Supreme Court
The Supreme Court was created under Article 3 of the Constitution, and was meant for overseeing cases politically. They are the highest court and often resolves cases concerning diplomats, treaties, or any cases involving politics. -
Creation of the New York Stock Exchange
The New York Stock Exchange, centralized exchange and is one of the largest equities-based exchange in the world. It was created by 24 stockbrokers signed the Buttonwood Agreement and soon turned into what we know as Wall Street in New York. -
The Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase was a purchase of land made by the United States from France about 828,000 square miles. This helped stem the formation of 15 states and allowed for the Lewis and Clark expedition. -
War of 1812
The War of 1812 was caused from British control/restrictions on the United States Maritime Trade rights. This ended with the Treaty of Ghent that kept previous conditions before the war and never mentioned of thee rights of US vessels, which caused the war. -
The Missouri Compromise
The Missouri Compromise was when in 1819 Missouri had requested to enter the union as a slave state and that ultimately threw off the balance between free and slave states. As a result, Maine had become a free state and that helped draw the line/difference from free and slave states on a map. -
Monroe Doctrine
Monroe made 4 points that would put a distinguished boundary between the Old World and New World. This ultimately made the Old World and the New World more distant regarding the United States and Europe. -
Indian Removal Act
This allowed for Jackson to negotiate with tribes for their land for unsettled western land and lead to the infamous "Trail of Tears". A lot were forced to move westward from their native land and fought for resettlement for 7 years. -
California Gold Rush
This started at Sutter's Mill with James Wilson Marshall who had found gold near Coloma, California and soon the rush peaked around $2 billion worth of gold was extracted around 1852. This gradually triggered an epidemic of people leaving their jobs to look for gold, but very few struck it rich.
