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Sir Walter Raleigh was the first to colonizze and the result was a failure and is known as "the lost colony"
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She was the 1st European child born in America
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The headright system gave colonist 50 acres and increased immigration.
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First Africans(slaves) arrived in the New World
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last major effort by Native Americans of Southern New England to expel the British
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Nathaniel Bacon led the colonist in a rebellion against the Virginia government.
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creates rights for English citizens
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a west Indian slave woman was accused of being a witch and accusations snowballed
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emotional religous revivals that spread across the American colonies
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Indians in teh Ohio Valley revoly against the British forts
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confederacy of Native Americans under Ottawa chief Pontiac attacked British forces at Detroit in May 1763 trying to remove them form French lands
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Britain outlawed settlement for colonist west of the Appalachin Mountains to prevent conflict with the Native Americans
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farmers in western NC resented the assessment of taxes and fees and the favoritism of the tidewater region
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a raid on three British ships in Boston, where the colonist threw several hundred chests of tea into the harbor as a protest againts taxes on tea
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The was between Great Britain and it American colonies by which the colonies won their independence
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The United States gained their Independence
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began the mass production of goods
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The Article of Confederation created a "loose union" of states where states' rights were important
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The Revolutionary War ended in 1781 but it wasn't untill 2 years later that the treaty was signed officially ending the war.
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established a plan for surveying land west of the Appalachins
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The gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787
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Systems of checks and balances between 3 branches of governemt so that no one part becomes too powerful.
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This plan called for equal presentation and was drafted by William Patterson.
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big states vs. small states
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slave states vs. free states
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mapped out how many representatives qould be in each House of Congress
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created a plan for dividing land into territories and admitting new stories
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George Washington was elected president December 15, 1788. He was the first president of the United States and he served for two terms.
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Establsihed the Supreme Court as the Judicary ruler of the U.S.
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Farmers revoltes in Pennsylvania whiskey was taxed
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first bank lasted from 1791-1811
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Federalist John Adams won the presidential electionof 1796.
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it forbided people from speaking or writing anything against their government
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Thomas Jefferson was elected president February 17, 1801. He was also the author of the Decleration of Independence.
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The land was sold to America from the French for four cents an acre.
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establsihed power of the supreme court
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Jefferson cut off trade with both sides
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James Madison was elected 4th President of the United States on December 7, 1808.
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A war between Britain and the United States, fought between 1812 and 1815
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James Monroe was elected in the election of 1816 and he was the last president who was a Founding Father of the United States.
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When Great Britain and United States would share the Oregon territory and the northern border of the Louisiana Purchase.
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Spain was going through lots of problems so the gave the United States the land so that nobody went to war.
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Maryland fought against the National Bank, and placed a tax on all money not made in Maryland.
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Missouri applied for statehood as a slave state
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James Monroe established 2 foreign policy ideals
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John Quincy Adams was elected in 1825 and he also served in the House of Representatives.
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Andrew Jacson was elected president in 1829. He also served in the House of Representatives and in the U.S. Senate
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Martin Van Buren was the eight President of the United States, and he also served at the Vice President the term before his election.
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William Henry Harrison was elected in 1841 and at the time he was the oldest President to be elected. He died on his 32nd day of office and was the first president to die in office.
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John Tyler became President in 1841 and he was the first Vice President to succeed to the Presidency after the death of his President.
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Texas voluntarily asked to join the United States and we agreed to annex the nation.
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James K. Polk was elected into office in 1845 and he was the last strong President untill the Civil War.
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The United States and Britain did not want to go to war so they reached an agreement to split the territory at the 49th parallel.
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A war between the United States and Mexico, resulting in the cession of Mexico (1846-1848)
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Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gave the United States a large piece of land.
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The peace treaty for the Mexican-American War between Mexico and the United States
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Zachary Taylor was elected into office in 1849. He was also the national hero in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812
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New lands after the Mexican War threatned the new balance of 15 free state and 15 slave statets
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Millard Fillmore was elected President in 1853. He was also a member of the Whig party.
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The Mexican government was in desperate need of money so they agreed to sell a small strip of land along the U.S.-Mexico border to the United States for $10 million
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Franklin Pierce became 14th President of the United States at a time of apparent tranquility.
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This was made by Senator Stephen A. Douglas pushed for this act and he proposed the idea of allowing settlers to vote on the statues of the territories.
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a black slave whose suit for freedom as denied by the U.S. Supreme Court that a slave was not a citizen and therefore could not sue in a federal court.
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James Buchanan was elected into office as President in 1857. He remains the only President to be elected from Pennsylvania.
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(April 12, 1861- April 9, 1865) a war founght between the southerns and northerns
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Abraham Lincoln becam the 16th President in 1861. He created the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing slaves, and he also was the first president to be asassinated.
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gave 160 acres to any citizen who agreed to cultivate it
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It freed all slaves in areas that were still rebellion
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"Turning Point of the War"
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Lincoln delivered a 2 minute speech at the dedication of the battlefield's cemetery
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Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, and it was all part of a plan to kill Lincoln, Secretary of State William Seward, and VP Andrew Johnson
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With the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson became the 17th President of the United States.
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The United States negotiated with Russia and purchased Alaska for $7.2 million dollars.
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Grant was elected president in 1869 and he led the Union Armies to victory overr the Confederacy in the Civil War.
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Hawaii wanted to have an annex with the United States
