1750-1887 TIMETOAST

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  • Declaration of independence

    Declaration of independence

    It was an official act taken by all 13 American colonies in declaring independence from British rule
  • British defeated at Saratoga

    British defeated at Saratoga

    It ended the British plan to separate New England from the other colonies
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown

    the last major land battle of the American Revolutionary War. continental army won victory against British army.
  • Peace signed in Paris

    Peace signed in Paris

    ended the American Revolutionary War.
  • Annapolis convention

    Annapolis convention

    held to discuss some issues of interstate trade. Attendance was low, with only 12 delegates total representing just five states
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    55 delegates get together in Philadelphia to find ways to make going stronger
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    55 delegates held a 
Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia to 
discuss ways to strengthen the national gov’t
  • Distribution of slaves

    Distribution of slaves

    Northern & Southern states could not agree whether to count slaves towards population size so they made the three-fifth compromise
  • distribution of slaves

    distribution of slaves

    Northern & Southern states could not agree whether or not to count slaves towards population size
  • Citizen Genet

    Citizen Genet

    French envoy to the United States during the French Revolution. His actions on arriving in the United States led to a major political and international incident
  • Whiskey Rebellion

    Whiskey Rebellion

    A tax protest in the United States, ultimately under the command of American Revolutionary war veteran Major James McFarlane
  • Alien and Sedition Act

    Alien and Sedition Act

    Consisted of four laws passed by the Federalist-controlled Congress as America prepared for war with France.
  • Luisiana Purchase

    Luisiana Purchase

    The Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France in 1803
  • Slave trade ended

    Slave trade ended

    Southern congressmen joined with the North in voting to abolish the African slave trade
  • Treaty of Ghent

    Treaty of Ghent

    peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine was a United States policy of opposing European colonialism in the Americas
  • Escaping slaves

    Escaping slaves

    a family of slaves ran away and there is a 200$ reward.