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He first landed in the Caribbean, and thought he had landed in India. The natives he met on the island were dubbed "indians".
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This was a line drawn to divide discovered land between countries.
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He was the first English explorer, and eventually led to the rest of English colonization.
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Explorers included Balboa, Magellan, Cortez and Pizarro.
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This ended England's relationship with Spain.
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This was the America's first representative assembly.
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A group of 120 (half were Separatists, half were Puritans) left England and established the Plymouth Bay Colony.
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The Dutch established this land, which would later be New York, primarily as a trading post.
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John Winthrop was the first governor, and said that "we shall be as a city on a hill."
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The purpose was for money, religious freedom, and diversity.
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Delaware was very similar to Pennsylvania.
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South Carolina became a royal colony in 1719.
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The Duke of York gave a proprietary land grant to George Carteret and Lord Berkely.
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The land of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn, who established it as a "society of friends".
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It was origionally a Dutch settlement, but the English took it over.
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North Carolina was first established in 1653 as a buffer colony, but it wasn't until 1729 that it recieved its charter.
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Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe as a buffer colony.
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This prohibited settlements west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Britain wanted to raise money to pay off its debt.
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These were spurred as a response to the Boston Tea Party.
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They met to discuss rebellion of the Intolerable Acts.
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Samuel Adams called this "a glorious day for America".
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Thomas Jefferson wrote it, and America officially claimed its independence from England.
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The Articles, first written in 1777, were finally ratified for all the states as a loose, ineffective form of government.
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The Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the Revolutionary War after Britain surrendered.
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After the ninth state of New Hampshire ratified the document, it officially replaced the Articles of Confederation. Many states refused to sign it until a Bill of Rights was added on.
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By unanimous vote, war general George Washington was inaugurated on a balcony overlooking Wall Street.
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The French Revolution had an enormous impact onAmericans; they were happy that their revolution had sparked others to reform.
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The ordinance, which described dividing land west of the Appalachians into six-mile townships, was confimed by Congress.
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The National Bank was suggested by Alexander Hamilton as a way to develop industry and promote the northern economy.
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Washington decided the new, weak country needed to stay neutral and away from European affairs until they had strength of their own.
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The Whiskey Rebellion, atarted by farmers in 1791, was overwhelmed by Washington's extravagant punishment of sending 13,000 troops to stop the rebellion, which was as many as were in the origional Confederate Army.
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Jay's Treaty was signed on this day; it demanded that Britain clear out of American forts and pay for ship seizures. However, Britain demanded that Americans still pay off all pre-Revolution debts.
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Established bounderies between America and Spanish colonies.
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After a fierce run against Thomas Jefferson, the irratable, stubborn John Adams won the election of 1796.
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France did not accept any negotions with America, which eventually led to an undeclared war between the two countries.
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The Alien and Sedition Acts, proposed under John Adams, severely cut back freedoms of speech, press, and the right of a fair trial of Americans. These turned many Federalists into Democratic-Republicans.
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Ericson was from the Norse tribe, and the Vikings were a nomadic group who roamed North America.