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Jan 14, 1215
Magna Carta
a document guaranting basic political rights of England. -
Roanoke Island
was founded by Sir Walter Raleigh off North Carolina coast and vanished. -
Jamestown
first permanent English settlement. -
House of Burgesses
first representive assembly in New world. -
Mayflower Compact
was agreement to form a self-government -
Rodger Williams
founded Providence, RI as a democratically ruled colony with seperation of church and state. -
Navigation Act
regulating colonial commerce to suit English need. -
William Penn
made payment for Pennsylvania lands. first german colonists in America settled near Philadelphia. -
Witchcraft Delusion
20 alleged witches executed by special court. -
Great Awakening
religious revial began. -
Benjamin Franklin
published the first Poor Richards Almanack. -
French and Indian War
began when the French occupied Ft. Duquesnc. -
Sugar Act
placed duties on lumber, foodstuffs, molasses, and rum in colonies, to pay French and indian war. -
Stamp Acts
required revenue stamps to help fund royal troops. -
Quartering Act
requiring colonist to house British troops. -
Townshend Acts
levied taxes on glass, painter`s lead, paper, and tea. -
Boston Massacre
Boston mob killed 5 including Crispus Attucks, a black man leader of the group. -
Boton Tea Party
cargo thrown overboard to protest the tea tax. -
Intolerable Acts
of Parliament curtailed Massachusetts self rule;barred use of Boston Harbor till tea was paid for. -
First Continental Congress
called for civil disobedience agaisnt british. -
Patrick Henery
addressed Virginia convention "Give me liberty or give me death". -
Paul Revere and William Dawes
rode to alert Partriots that British were on their way to Concord to destroy arms "Midnight ride". -
Lexington and Concord
first battles of the revolution. -
Common Sense
famous proindependence pamphlet by Thomas Paine. -
Decleration of Independence
written by Thomas Jefferson. -
Saratoga
cut of British escape route Burgoyne surrended 5,000 men. -
Articles of Confederation
the national government had few powers because many americans were afraid that a strong government would lead to tyrannny or oppersive rules. -
John Paul Jones
on Bonhomme Richard defeated Serapis in British North sea waters. -
Yorktown
the last major battle of the revolutionary war. -
Treaty of Paris
the 1783 treaty tht ended the French and Indian war; British gained all of North America east of the Mississippi River. -
Constitutional Convention
opened in Philodelphia, with Washington presiding , Constitution accepted by delegates. -
Northwest Ordinence
Continental Congressfor Northwest territory, north of the ohio river , west of new york. -
George Washington
chosen president by all electors voting. -
Bill of Rights
the first ten amedments to the U.S Constitution added in 1791, and consisting of a formalist of citizens rightsand freedom. -
Eli Whitney
invented the cotton gin. -
Washingtons Farewell Address
warned against permamet alliances with foreign powers, big public dept. -
Lousiana Purchase
it doubled the size of the United States area. -
Lewis And Clark
explored what is now northwest of the United States with the help of Sacagora. -
Robert Fulton
made the first steamboat trip. -
War of 1812
had 3 main causes Britian seized U.S ships trading with France, Britain had seized 4,000 naturalized U.S. sailors, Britain armed Indians, who raited Westeran borders. -
Star Spanglede Banner
British fleet failed, which inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words. -
Missouri Compromise
bill passed by Congress, slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not west of the MIssissippi River. -
Monroe Doctrine
opposing European intervantion in the Americas. -
Trail of Tears
the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. -
Samuel F.B. Adams
first message over first telegraph. -
Manifest Destiny
was destined to expand across the North American continent from the Atlantic seabored to the Pacific ocean. -
Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
led Seneca Falls for womens rights. -
Comprimise of 1850
admitted California as a 31st state with slavery forbidden. -
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Uncle Tom`s Cabin was published. -
Dred Scott
decision by Supreme cCourt held that slaves did not become free in a free state, Congress could not bar slavery from territory, and blacks could not be citizens. -
Abraham Lincoln
was elected Republican presindent on a 4 way race. -
Confedrate Staes of America
seven southern states made up this. -
Jefferson Davis
president of the Confederate States of America. -
Ft. Sumter
Civil War began as Conferdrates fired at Ft. Sumter in Charleston. -
Battle of Antietam
was the bloodest one-day battle of the war; each side lost over 2,000 men. -
Emancipation Proclamation
freeing "all slaves in areas still in rebellion". -
Gettysburg Address
Linxoln gave the his speech right afetr the civil war ended. -
Appomattox Court Hpuse
Robert E. Lee surrended to Grant. -
Lincoln was shot
John Wilkes Booth shot the President in Fords Theater. -
13th Amedment
this amedment was abolished salvery. -
14th Amedment
providing for citizenship of all persons born naturalized in U.S. -
15th Amedment
making race no bar to vothing rights -
Clara BArton
founded American Red Cross.
