American History 1

By jferguson247

  • Colonization of Jamestown

    First permanent English Colony.

  • Pilgrims landing at Plymouth

    More than half of the people died due to illness the first winter.

  • Pequot War

    Armed conflict between the Peqout tribe and the Colonist

  • King Philip’s War

    War between the colonist and the Native Americans.

  • Bacons Rebellion

    A armed rebellion by led by Nathaniel Bacon, against the Virginia government

  • Salem Witch Trials

    People were were taken to court, put death and punishment for being accused of being a witch

  • French and Indian War

    The French and the Indians became allies in war against the British

  • Proclamation of 1763

    banned exploration past the appalachian mountains

  • Pontiacs Rebellion/War

    Indians attacked the British to remove them from French lands.

  • Treaty of Paris

    France lost all control of Canada and gave Louisana to Spain.

  • Intolerable/Coercive Acts

    An act passed by Great Britain to punish Boston for having the "boston tea party".

  • Articles of Confederation

    Created a unicameral legislature

  • Shays Rebellion

    A rebellion in Massachusetts led by Daniel Shay because of being taxed heavily after the war.

  • Addition of the Northwest Trerriotory

    Added more states to America

  • Northwest Ordinance of 1787

    A law that separated the Nortwest territory into different states

  • Constitutional Convention

    The meeting that drafted the Constitution United of the States

  • Judiciary Act of 1789

    Established the lower federal courts.

  • George Washington

    First President of the United States

  • Bill of Rights

    Federalist and anti-federalist compromised by making this.

  • Whiskey Rebellion

    Small farmers revolted in Pennsylvania after whiskey was taxed.

  • John Adams

    He was a author, lawyer, statesman, and diplomat.

  • Alien and Sedition Acts

    A series of laws passed to try to protect the presidency of John Adams.

  • Thomas Jefferson

    He was a founding father.

  • Louisana Purchase

    Land was bought for $15M

  • Marbury v. Madison

    Supreme Court has the power to declare acts of Congress unconstitutional.

  • James Madison

    Establishes Democrat-Republican Party

  • James Monroe

    He was the last president who was a founding father.

  • Missouri Compromise

    Admitted Missouri as a slave state

  • John Quincy Adams

    He was a Senator and was in the House of Representatives.

  • Tariff of 1828

    Meant to help Northern industry and hurt the South becasue it taxed important goods.

  • Andrew Jackson

    He served as a major general in the war of 1812.

  • Nat Turners Rebellion

    A slave rebellion led by Nat Turner, killed 55-65 people

  • Martin Van Buren

    He was the first president to a citizen of the United States and not a British subject.

  • Trail of Tears

    The U.S forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.

  • Mormon Migration

    Most of the mormons moved from Illinois to Utah

  • William Henry Harrison

    He died of pneumonia after one month in office.

  • John Tyler

    He was the first vice president to become chief executive due to the death of his predecessor.

  • James K. Polk

    America grew more than 1/3 during his presidency.

  • Mexican Cession

    Mexico seceded from the U.S.

  • Seneca Falls Convention

    The first womens rights convention

  • Zachary Taylor

    4 decades in the army.

  • Gold Rush

    Happened in California when the U.S. expanded westward

  • Millard Filmore

    Only became president because Taylor died

  • Compromise of 1850

    Created 15 free states and 15 slave states

  • Fugative Slave Act

    The Act that made any run away slave a fugative and was to/ to be returned immediately.

  • Gadsden Purchase

    America paid $10M for land from Mexico.

  • Franklin Pierce

    at the age of 24 he elction to the New Hampshire state legislature.

  • Kansas-Nebraska Act

    the states were able to decide if they wanted slavery or not

  • Dred Scott Decision

    The court case that decided rather Dred Scott was a freedman or still a slave.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    He was assasinated in April 1865

  • Homestead Act

    Encouraged western migration and gave settlers 160 acres of public land.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Freed all slave in the United States

  • Andrew Johnson

    Became president after Abrham Lincoln was assassinated.

  • Purchase of Alaska

    The U.S. bought Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million.

  • Ulysses S. Grant

    Commanded Union army in the civil war.

  • Completion of Transcontinental Railroad

    Promotory, Utah signaled the completion.

  • Rutheford B. Hayes

    He kept his prmomise and served one term in office.

  • Compromise of 1877

    Ended reconstruction era and pulled troops out of the South