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jamestown
Jamestown Settlement is founded by John Smith. His dream was to find gold, but tobacco was the chief profitable export. The colony was founded in present day Virginia -
taboco
tobaco first planted and harvested by virginain colonist. later becomes a major export. -
Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the Separatists, also known as the "Saints", fleeing from religious persecution by King James of Great Britain. They traveled aboard the Mayflower in 1620 along with adventurers, tradesmen, and servants, most of whom were referred to as "Strangers".
The Mayflower Compact was signed aboard ship on November 11, 1620 by most adult men (but not by most crew and adult male servants). The Pilgrims used the Jul -
king charles
Charles II's father, King Charles I, was executed at Whitehall on 30 January 1649, at the climax of the English Civil War. -
Yamasees
In 1687, Spaniards attempted to send Yamasees to the West Indes as slaves, so the tribe revolted against the Spanish missions and their Native allies, and the tribe moved into the British colony of the Province of South Carolina (present day South Carolina). They established several villages, Pocotaligo, Tolemato, and Topiqui, in Beaufort County, South Carolina.[1] A 1715 census conducted by John Barnwell counted 1,220 Yamasee living in ten villages in near Port Royal, South Carolina.[5] -
The Great Awakening
The Great Awakening was an organized but widespread movement of evangelical Christian sermons and church meeting. It changed religious, as well as social and political life in the colonies. Jonathan Edwards was someone who impact The Great Awakening. He did dramatic sermons that emphasized that siners must ask for forgiveness for their sins of face eternal punishment. George Whitefield was also someone who impacted The Great Awakening. -
13 colonies
In June, Georgia, the 13th English colony, is founded. -
the iron act
The Iron Act is passed by the English Parliament, limiting the growth of the iron industry in the American colonies to protect the English Iron industry. -
Sugar act
To help maintain standing army, the British set duties, or taxes, on molasses and sugar imported by colonists. The British taxed colonists, colonial merchants had to make lists of all the trade goods they caarried on board ships. No smuggled goods. The Vice Admiralty courts were granted broader powers. -
Sugar act - more
The colonists responded to the Sugar act by creating a boycott, a refusalto buy certain goods. The colonists boycott hurt the British economy and the British ended the new taxes. -
stamp act
In March, the Stamp Act is passed by the English Parliament imposing the first direct tax on the American colonies, to offset the high costs of the British military organization in America. Thus for the first time in the 150 year old history of the British colonies in America, the Americans will pay tax not to their own local Under the Stamp Act, all printed materials are taxed, including; newspapers, pamphlets, bills, legal documents, licenses, alegislatures in America, but directly to England. -
boston massacre
The Boston Massacre, known as the Incident on King Street by the British, was an incident on March 5, 1770, in which British Army soldiers killed five civilian men and injured six others -
boston tea party
On a cold evening in December of 1773, a small band of patriots made history when they dumped three ships worth of valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
This protest against unfair taxation was one of the final incidents that led to the start of the Revolutionary War a few short years and a few short miles from Griffon Wharf in Boston Harbor.
The Sons of Liberty which carried out this act, were comprised of a number of well-known patriots including: Paul Revere, Patrick Henry, John Hancock, and Samue -
Battle of Bunker hill
This battle proved colonists could take on the British. Boston was desperate for supplies so Boston attaked the British. The colonists sieged the towers. Even though the colonists attacked, they had to retreat so the British fought to victory. -
Thomas paine
Wrote a book called common sence that urrged the sepperation from britian and critisized the kings and queens. -
Townshed acts
The Townshend acts placed duties on imported glass, lead paints,paper, and tea. Britain had been unable to control the smuggling that was common throughout the colonies. The Crown used the revenue from these duties to pay military expenses and salaries of colonial governors. The colonists responded with a boycott of British goods. -
declaration of independence
On July 1, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, and on the following day 12 of the 13 colonies voted in favor of Richard Henry Lee’s motion for independence. The delegates then spent the next two days debating and revising the language of a statement drafted by Thomas Jefferson. On July 4, Congress officially adopted the Declaration of Independence, and as a result the date is celebrated as Independence Day. Nearly a month would go by, however, before the actual signing of -
Battle of Yorktown
The Battle of Yorktown was the last major battle of the American Revolution. Early in 1781 the war wasn't going so well. The British held most of the South an Benedict Arnold, a gifted officer, was a traitor. The British moved 7,200 men to Yorktown, where George Washington saw a chance to trap them. Washington cut off all the escape routes.on October 19, 1781,the British sent a drummer and a soldier with a white flag of surrender to Washington’s camp. The Patriots took 8,000 British prisoners. -
Treaty of Paris
After Yorktown, only a few small battles took place. Not having enough money to pay for an army, Great Britain entered into peace talks with America. It took more than two years for delegates to come to an agreement. In the Treaty of Paris of 1783, Great Britain recognized the independence of the United States. America's borders were also set because of the treaty.British leaders also accepted American rights to settle and trade west of the original thirteen colonies. -
George Washington
took oath and become the first president -
louisiana purchace
The U.S. paid 50 million francs ($11,250,000) plus cancellation of debts worth 18 million francs ($3,750,000), for a total sum of 15 million dollars (less than 3 cents per acre) for the Louisiana territory ( -
Corps of Dicovery Expedition
was the first American expedition to cross what is now the western portion of the United States, departing in May, 1804 from St. Louis on the Mississippi River, making their way westward through the continental divide to the Pacific coast. -
jefferson
Jefferson issues a proclamation declaring that "sundry persons, citizens of the U.S. or resident within the same, are conspiring & confederating...against the dominions of Spain" and requiring that all military and civil officials of all states and territories of the United States prevent "the carrying on such expedition or enterprise by all lawful means within their power." -
war of 1812
was a 32-month military conflict between the United States on one side, and on the other Great Britain, its colonies and its Indian allies in North America. The outcome resolved many issues which remained from the American War of Independence, but involved no boundary changes. -
burn washington
British burn Capitol building in Washington -
equal slave and free states
Alabama admitted as slave state, bringing the number of slave states and free states to equal numbers. -
missouri compromise
admitting Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state. Maine immediately gives right to vote and education to all male citizens. The compromise also prohibited slavery in the remainder of the Louisiana Purchase north of 36°30'N lat. (southern boundary of Missouri). -
Underground Railroad
During the 1800s, estimates suggest that more than 100,000 enslaved people sought freedom through the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad is the symbolic term given to the routes enslaved Black Americans took to gain their freedom as they traveled, often as far as Canada and Mexico. Free Blacks, Whites, Native Americans and other slaves acted as conductors by aiding fugitive slaves to their freedom. -
Garrison Publishes the Liberator
Newspaper that distributed and mass produced abolitionist ideas. Called for the immediate and complete freedom of all slaves. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Rebellion in Southampton, Virginia to retaliate against those supporting slavery. Killed over 65 people. -
Fugitive slave act of 1850
Made helping escaped slaves a crime. Passed because of abolitionists and the Underground Railroad. -
uncle tom's cabin
This book was written in 1852 by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe was an abolitionist who wrote this book to show the evils of slavery. This book, which was a best seller at the time, had a huge impact on the way that northerners viewed slavery. -
the confederate stantes were made
11 states had seceded from the U.S. and the Confederate states were formed. Jefferson Davis was elected as president of them a day later. -
The Crittenden Compromise
This was last attempt at preserving the Missouri Compromise's idea of the 36/30 line. Slavery would be forbidden above it and protected below it. This compromise failed to attract support, this means that the days when Northerners and Southerners were willing to compromise were over. -
20 president
James A. Garfield, Republican is elected president over Winfield S. Hancock, the Democratic candidate. Garfield receives 214 Electoral College votes to 155 for Hancock, but barely wins the popular vote with a majority of only 7,023 voters. -
20 president continued
The 20th President of the United States, James A. Garfield, is shot by lawyer Charles J. Guiteau in the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad station in Washington, D.C. He would die two months later on September 19, 1881 from an infection and be succeeded in the presidency by Vice President Chester Arthur on September 20. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited immigration by chinese laborers. limited civil rights of chinese immigrants -
time
Five standard time zones are established by the United States and Canadian railroad companies to end the confusion over thousands of local time zones. -
Oklahoma Land Rush
President Benjamin Harrison open up Oklahoma lands to white settlement, beginning April 22, when the first of five land runs in the Oklahoma land rush started. More than 50,000 people waited at the starting line to race for one hundred and sixty acre parcels. -
Ellis Island
Ellis Island, in New York Harbor, opens as the main east coast immigration center, and would remain the initial debarkation point for European immigrants into the United States until its closure in 1954. More than 12 million immigrants would be processed on the island during those years -
electric company
The General Electric Company is formed, merging the Edison General Electric Company with the Thomson-Houston Company. -
subway
The era of the subway begins when the first underground public transportation in North America opens in Boston, Massachusetts. -
remembering the maine
The rallying cry, "Remember the Maine" is struck when the United States battleship Maine explodes and sinks under unknown causes in Havana Harbor, Cuba, killing two hundred and sixteen seamen. The sentiment becomes a rallying point during the coming Spanish-American War. -
Hawaii
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gold standard act
An Act To define and fix the standard of value, to maintain the parity of all forms of money issued or coined by the United States, to refund the public debt, and for other purposes." United States notes became redeemable for gold at the historical rate of $20.67 per ounce. While the statute continued to allow for the use of silver coinage and urged an international agreement on bimetallism, this Act secured the primacy of gold in United States’ monetary policy.
