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Jun 15, 1215
Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was signed by King John and it was also the first document that limited the power of the ruller. This document also increased the power of the government. -
Period: Aug 3, 1492 to Nov 7, 1504
Christopher Columbus
-King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain finally agree to act as patrons to Christopher Columbus and provide money and ships.
First Voyage,1492-1493
-San Salvador, The Bahamas -Cuba -Hispaniola
Second Voyage,1493-1494
-Dominica -Hispaniola -Guadeloupe -Antigua -Puerto Rico -Cuba -Jamaica
Third Expedition,1498-1500
-St. Vincent -Grenada Trinidad -Margarita -Venezuela
Fourth Expedition,1502-1504
-St. Lucia -Martinique -Honduras -Nicaragua -Costa Rica
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Oct 31, 1517
The Protestant Reformation - 1517
- a major 16th century European movement aimed initially at reforming the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church
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Jamestown was established
Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the New World -
Starving time
Starving Time took place in the winter of 1609-1610. The local Indians had killed off the livestock. The people of Jamestown had to eat what they could find and it lead to cannibalism. -
Mayflower Compact
-signed by 41 English colonists on the ship Mayflower on November 11,1620, was the first written framework of government established in what is now the United States.
-The compact was drafted to prevent dissent amongst Puritans and non-separatist Pilgrims who had landed at Plymouth a few days earlier. -
English Bill of Right
The main purpose of this bill is to grant the people basic human rights for freedom of speech, right to bear arms for defense and be granted the right to a democratic process which would limit the Monarch rule. It made it possible for citizens to voice their opinions without fear of strict punishment for speaking out. -
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French and Indian War
-also called "Seven Years' War"
-the "Treaty of Paris" was signed
-The war formally started on July 3, 1754, It all srated when the French and Indians attacked Fort Neccissity. -
Proclamation of 1763
Proclamation of 1763 prohibits colonists settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. -
Boston Massacre
British troops fire into a mob, killing five men and leading to intense public protests. -
Boston Tea Party
-This famed act of American colonial defiance served as a protest against taxation.
-a group of Massachusetts colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians board three British tea ships in the Boston Harbor and dump 342 chests of tea into the water. -
Lexington and Concord
This battle started the Revolutionary War. The battle started when a sudden gun shot was heard forcing the british to attack,
After the battle and American fled British began to march to Concord to search the town for the militia's hidden stash of weapons and munitions. The Americans had retreated to the outskirts of Concord and observed the British from other side of the North Bridge. As the Americans waited, more and more local militiamen arrived making their forces stronger and stronger. -
Bunker Hill
The American forces learned that the British were planning on taking over the hills around Boston in order to gain a tactical advantage. As a result of this information, the Americans secretly moved their troops onto Bunker and Breeds Hill, two unoccupied hills just outside of Boston in Charlestown, Massachusetts. They built up fortifications during the night and prepared for battle. -
Paine's "Common Sense" published
- challenged the authority of the British government and the royal monarchy. The plain language that Paine used spoke to the common people of America and was the first work to openly ask for independence from Great Britain.
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Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was written by Thomas Jefferson, and adopted by the Second Continental Congress. This article stated the reasons why the British colonies of North America sought their independence in July of 1776. It stated all men are created equal and that there are certain unalienable rights that governments should never violate. -
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Battle of Saratoga
This battle was the greatest victory yet for American forces. The British were defeated twice before and they wanted victory. British man John Buryone tried to capture the Hudson river valley and cut New England from the other colonies. Patriots made obstacles along the way. John was alone and outnumbered in New York. He surrendered his entire army to General Horatio Gates. -
Treaty of Paris
The Treaty of Paris is signed which recognizes America as an independent nation and ended the American Revolutionary War between Great Britain on one side and the United States of America and its allies on the other. -
Constitution of the US
-sets out the laws and principles of the government of the US -
The Great Compermise
Two plans were put forth during the Constitutional Convention to create the new branches of government. The Virginia Plan wanted a strong national government with three branches. The legislature would have two houses. One would be directly elected by the people and the second would selected by the first house from people nominated by the state legislatures. Further, the president and national judiciary would be chosen by the national legislature. -
Washington's Farewell Address
In this speech Washington warned against political parties and staying out of debt. -
Louisiana Purchase
On this day, more than 2 million square miles of land was aquired by the United States from France for about fifteen-million dollars and doubled the sized of the United State. -
Embargo Act
Because we couldn't defend ourselves against impressments, Jefferson passed the Embargo Act which outlawed all foreign trade. The result of this was alot of illegal smuggling and upset people. -
Treaty of Ghent
This treaty ended the war of 1812 -
California Gold Rush
Immagrants from all over the places came to California to find gold -
Uncle Tom's Cabin is published
A powerful book on abolitionism is published and becomes very popular -
Kansas-Nebraska Act
Nebraska was divided into two parts, Kansas and Nebraska and the question of slavery was to be decided by popular sovereignty. -
Bleeding Kansas
In 1854 the Kansas-Nebraksa Act overturned the Missouri Compromise’s use of latitude as the boundary between slave and free territory and instead, using the principle of popular sovereignty, decreed that the residents would determine whether the area became a free state or a slave state. Abolitionist John Brown led anti-slavery fighters in Kansas before his famed raid on Harpers Ferry. -
Dred Scott vs Sandford
The Surpreme Court decision that said slaves were property and not citizens -
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Battle of Yorktowm
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. -
Battle of Gettysburg
The battle of Gettysburg begins on the 1st and ends on the 3rd of July with the North victorious and the south losing over 28,000 men and the north losing 23,000 men.