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Jamestown was the first permanent settlement from England to America and was established by London company in Virginia. -
Tobacco was the lifesaver for Jamestown and got them the supplies and resources they needed for the future. Tobacco did so good Britain saw that and added many acts restricting who they could sell it to. -
The house of Burgesses which is the first assembly in the new land meet for the first time. This is around the time the first slave was brought to Jamestown -
The Plymouth colony which is made up of pilgrims was established in Massachusetts From England. The main reason of them leaving was the religious persecution going on in England. -
The Maryland Toleration Act guaranteed religious freedom to Christians to different people who settled down in Massachusetts. This was a hope to make Massachusetts a more desirable place to move to. -
The Navigation act were laws that were passed by England that restricted the ability for the colonists to trade with other countries. This hurt the colony's economy because trade was a huge factor during this period of time -
King Phillips War was fought between the English and the native Americans which resulted in King Phillips's head planted on a spike in the front of a colony for 2 decades -
Nathaniel Bacon, who was a farmer in Virgin, got tired of the Native Americans and believed the land they were living on should belong to him and not them so he gathered up many other farmers and fought them. The other citizens of the city they lived in were friends with the Native Americans and didn't believe they should fight them -
King Charles II of England died and his brother the Duke of York became King James II. -
The Salem Witch Trials took place in Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693. More than 200 people were accused of witchcraft and many of them were convicted and even some of them were killed. -
Great Britain and France begin a war which is also known as the 7-year War and mainly a large dispute about who should get more land in the New World -
The Industrial Revolution began when factories and shops started popping up more which turned the city more into an urban environment. Railroads, Cotton Gins, and electricity became a big part of the culture. -
James Watts who is a Scottish Inventor, came up with a brilliant invention that really moved America and made the transportation process way faster. Steam engines were used mostly in trains and boats to transport one thing to another. -
The Boston Massacre started as a dispute between the colonists and British soldiers which turned into one shot that started and turned into a slaughter in the middle of the street. -
The Boston Tea Party occurred on a British ship when many colonists who dressed up as native Americans boarded the ship and poured all of the tea off of the side of the ship which damaged the British economy pretty badly. -
The Declaration of Independence was now approved by Congress to break off of the motherland which was Great Britain. -
The Treaty of Paris was signed by both the U.S. and Great Britain which recognized the freedom of the United States and the westward expansion. -
George Washington who was a formal military officer became the first president of the United States and served from 1789 to 1797. -
In 1791, Alexander Hamilton's time period in banking began which assisted a post-revolutionary war economy that was very low. -
The Bill of rights is the first 10 amendments established by the U.S. I gave American people more rights that cannot be infringed the unlawful search or the right to bear arms -
Thomas Jefferson was elected as president as the ballot was shifted from burr to him. Alexander Hamilton favored Jefferson over burr which convinced many federalists to vote for Thomas. -
The former land which belonged to France was purchased from the U.S. was purchased for $15 million and was approximately 827,000 square miles. This turned out to be one of the best investments in U.S. History. -
Congress approved war against Britain because of the tyrannical control Great Britain wanted to have over the colonies, The people of the New World got fed up because of how much it was harming their economy so they signed a declaration of war. -
The British military as soon as they stormed Chesapeake Bay, burned multiple important buildings to the U.S. which included the Whitehouse and Capitol building. This was an attempt to damage the government body and affect the people of the colonies. -
Spain's former attempt to bring people over to fulfill their state failed which weakened their power there so they had to rely on t selling it to the U.S. which then the U.S. gave them $5 million in compensation. -
President Monroe gave his famous speech and talked about how European powers shall not interfere in the western hemisphere or the U.S. will have to step in. The U.S. then declared the protecting power of the whole western hemisphere. -
The first railroad in the U.S. was created in Maryland and went on to be the biggest transportation in the Nation. -
The U.S. and Mexican War was a dispute that turned into a battle about who should control the land that was owned by Mexico. In the end, the U.S. won and gained control of California, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah. -
Abraham Lincoln was elected as the 16th president of the U.S. Abraham Lincoln was put into a terrible situation with the country being fully divided on the discussion of Slavery which Lincoln was opposed to. Lincoln supported the Union in the war which led to the South breaking off and becoming the Confederate States. -
The Civil War started as the lifetime question of whether Slavery was really a moral thing to have going on. The North was mainly biased to the idea of not having slavery while the whole South ran off of the work of slaves. This led to one of the biggest wars in U.S. History.