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English colony at Jamestown Virginia
group of roughly 100 members of a joint venture called the Virginia Company founded the first permanent English settlement in North America on the banks of the James River. The colony gave England its advantage in the European competition for the New World, which Spain had always been leading since Christopher Colombus' voyages. -
First Africans brought to North America
European settlers in North America wanted slaves due to being cheaper and producing more labor than indentured servants. A Dutch ship brought 20 Africans ashore at Jamestown Colony and slavery started to spread. Slave trading was part of the triangular trade where 6-7 million slaves were imported in the 18th century alone. -
Pilgrims land at Plymouth
Over a hundred travelers boarded the Mayflower. Their voyage took about 2 months and was actually easier than most trips across the Atlantic. The Pilgrims decided that they would rule themselves and The Mayflower Compact served as the first example of a written constitution in North America. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. Several accused women of witchcraft caused chaos throughout colonial Massachusetts. Over 150 men, women, and children were accused during this time. -
French and Indian War
1754-1763
Also known as the Seven Years' War, the French and Indian War was a conflict between Britain and France. The English and the French battled for colonial domination in North America, the Caribbean, and in India. In the end, Britain won the territories. This war put The British into debt. -
Boston Massacre
The Boston Massacre was a street fight between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers. The Boston Massacre was a bloody event. 50 citizens attacked a British Sentinel and a British officer, Captain Thomas Preston, called additional soldiers who killed 3 citizens and wounded 8 others. At the trial, the two officers were found guilty. -
Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party served as a protest against taxation so Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard. Each chest would cost nearly one million dollars. They wanted representation for taxation. No one in parliament represented the colonies.
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The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin and others, were given the task to draft a formal statement of the colonies' desires. This document celebrated the birth of American Independence from the British. It was also the first formal statement by a nation's people that asserted their right to choose their own government. -
Revolutionary War Ends (Treaty of Paris)
The Treaty of Paris was negotiated between the United States and Great Britain to end the revolutionary war and established American independence once and for all. Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, Henry Laurens, and John Adams represented the United States. -
Shay's Rebellion
Shay's Rebellion is the name given to a series of protests which took place from 1786-1787 by American farmers. They were against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgements for debt. The rebellions name came from its leader, Daniel Shays of Massachusetts. -
Constitution Ratified
The Constitutional Convention was a meeing which decided whether the Constitution would be ratified. On September 25, 1789, the first Congress of the United States adopted 12 amendments to the U.S. Constitution and sent them to the states for ratification. Ten of the amendments were ratified in 1791 while Rhode Island became the last to ratify the document. -
Whiskey Rebellion
The Whiskey Rebellion was a tax protest in the United States during the presidency of George Washinton. The whiskey tax was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. The Whiskey Rebellion demonstrated that the new national government had the ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws. The tax was repealed after Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party. -
Lewis & Clark Expedition
The Lewis and Clark expedition was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the U.S. They departed from St. Louis and made their way westward towards the Pacific coast. This expedition was commisioned after the Louisiana Purchase and it consisted of U.S. Army volunteers under command of Meriwether Lewis and Willliam Clark. The goal was to map new acquired territory before the Britain and European countries could claim it. -
War of 1812
A war that broke out between the Americans and the British. The British had encouraged Native Americans to attack the Americans and interfered with United States shipping. The Americans won the two and a half year war. Resolved problems from the Revolutionary War. -
Missouri Compromise
A plan devised by Henry Clay that allowed Missouri to enter the Union as a slave state. Since this caused an uneven number of slave states to free slaves, the compromise did not allow any other state above the 36 degree latitude to enter the union as a slave state. -
Trail of Tears
After the enactment of Indian Removal Act of 1830, forced many Native Americans west towards reservations west of of the Mississippi River. During the relocation, many natives died from disease, exposure and starvation. -
Texan Independence
Americans and Mexican settlers united to fight for self-rule against the dictator, General Antonio Lopez. This lead to the Battle of the Alamo which lasted 13 days. The rebels declared to be the independent Republic of Texas. -
The Mexican-American War
26 Apr 1846- 2 Feb 1848
Conflict between the Americans and the Mexicans after the U.S. annexation of Texas. The Americans initialed the war which became one of the five major wars that Americans fought. The results ended where Mexico lost 1/3 of its territory. -
Gold Rush in California
James W. Marshall found gold at Sutter's Mill in Coloma, California which started the Great Gold Rush. Many settlers had another excuse for moving west. This Gold Rush also supported the idea in the Manifest Destiny. It attracted everyone around the world such as people from Latin America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. -
Compromise of 1850
The collective of five different acts that settle the conflict between disputes involving the status of the newly gained territory from the American-Mexican War. -
Kansas Nebraska Act
This created the territory of Kansas and Nebraska. This act also repealed the Missouri Compromise which allowed white male settlers to decide based on the popular sovereignty. This led to people having to decide whether it becomes a slave or free state which leads to Bleeding Kansas. -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
After Abraham Lincoln became president, the South decides to secede from the Union. The South has threatened to secede if a Rupublican ever becomes president, Lincoln was a republican. The South establish themselves as the Confederate States of America. -
Civil War
12 Apr 1861-9 Apr 1865
This became one of the five most important US wars in history as it resulted in many deaths from both the North and South. This became one of the first modern war where innovations grew from this war. The North was able to defeat the South.
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Transcontinental Railroad Completed
Railroads were important to sustain a large nation. After the finishing of the transcontinental railroad, America now can united the west and the east. It was able to evolutionized the settlement and economy of the American West and making goods and transportation much quicker, cheaper, and more flexible. -
Reconstruction Ends
Republican didn't have the interest to support the rights of the slaves. There were white Democrats that started violence against the blacks such as the KKK. The Democrats made an agreement with Hayes to assert him as president if he withdraws the remaining 3,000 troops in the South. -
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Work Cited Pt. 2
Green, John. "Tea, Taxes, and The American Revolution: Crash Course World History #28." YouTube. N.p., 2 Aug. 2012. Web. 7 Oct. 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlUiSBXQHCw.
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Work Cited Pt 3
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Work Cited Pt 4
"United States Declaration of Independence." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, n.d. Web. 7 Oct. 2015. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence.
