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Jan 1, 1215
magna carta
the magna carta was made to make the king follow by old english laws -
roanoke island
first atempted colony and failed and vanished no one knows why -
jamestown
first permant colony in the u.s. -
house of burgesses
first representative assembly in the u.s. elected july 30 at jamestown -
mayflower compact
established self govenment in the new world -
roger williams
founded providence,ri,in june -
navigation act
regulating conlonial commerce -
william penn
notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Indians. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed. -
witch craft
Witchcraft, in historical, anthropological, religious, and mythological contexts, is the alleged use -
great awakining
religious reason -
benjamin franklin
was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. -
john peter zenger
was acquitted of libel -
frenchy and indian war
The French and Indian War is the common U.S. name for the war between Great Britain and France in North America from 1754 to 1763. In 1756 the war erupted into the world-wide conflict known as the Seven Years' War -
sugar act
The Sugar Act, also known as the American Revenue Act or the American Duties Act, was a revenue-raising act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain -
stamp act
taxs on stamps -
quartering act
Quartering Act is the name of at least two 18th-century acts of the Parliament of Great Britain. These Quartering Acts were used by the British forces in the American colonies to ensure that British soldiers had adequate housing and provisions -
town shed acts
levied taxs on glass -
boston massacre
british troops kills five people in a protesteing mob -
boston tea party
some people dumed some tea in the harber -
intolerable acts
self rool -
lexington and concurd
first battle of the civil war -
declaration of independence
decladed our independence from england -
common sense
famous proindependence pamphlet by tomas paine -
articles of confederation
first constitution of the united states -
john paul jones
defeated serpais inbritsh north sea waters -
york town
Surrender of Yorktown in 1781 was a decisive victory by a combined assault of American forces led by General George Washington and French forces -
paris peace treaty
formally ended the United States War for Independence. -
constitutional convention
address problems in governing the United States of America, which had been operating under the Articles of Confederation following independence from Great Britain. -
northwest ordinance
was an act of the Congress of the Confederation of the United States. The primary effect of the ordinance was the creation of the Northwest Territory as the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes, north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River. -
george washington
first presindent of the united states -
bill of rights
reason all states ratified the constitution -
eli whitney
cotton gen -
washintons farwell address
saying bye from office -
the louisiana purchase
doubled the size of the u.s. -
lewis and clark
explrode the purchace -
robert fulton
made first practial steamboat -
war of 1812
britain sized ships -
star spankel banner
national anthum -
missouri compromise
slavery was legal in missiuri -
monroe doctrine
It stated that further efforts by European countries to colonize land or interfere with states in the Americas -
trail of tears
all indians had to go to olahoma -
telegraph line
send messages -
samuel f.b. morse
what hath go wrought -
manifest destiny
sea to shineing sea -
womens rights convention
at seneca falls lucratia mott and eliabith cady stanton -
compromise of 1850
to bring in califonia as the 31st state -
dred scott
sued for his freedom cause he was not free in a free state -
abraham lincoln
16th presidint of the united states did not like slavery -
confederate states of america
the south states left the union cause they did not like the pres. -
battle of antitam
bloodest battle of civil war -
emancipation proclamation
freeing all slaves from slavery -
gettysburg address
was to honor the soliders that died in battle bloodest battle of the civil war -
robert e lee surrendered
27800 confederate troops took him in battle so he lost battle -
licoln was shot
lincoln was shot by john wilks booth in a theater -
14th amendemt
citisenzs rule -
15th amendement
voteing rights -
clara barton
founded americas red cross
