American History I

  • Abigail adams

    Abigail adams

    becomes an advocat fo womens rights, she is also the first lady
  • Jamestown Founded

    Jamestown Founded

  • Mayflower

    Mayflower

  • Anne hutchinson

    Anne hutchinson

    Anne hutchinson fights for her right to be able to preach the bible
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    King Philip's war

    last major effort by Native Americans of Southern New England to expel the Brititsh
  • Sale, Whitch trials

    Sale, Whitch trials

    in Winston-Salem people started to cliam that young women were whitchs and they were to be burned at the stake to test and see if they were whitches, or they would be drowned...not just burned
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    Bacons rebellion

  • triangular trade

    triangular trade

    1700's and so on was the trade of resources and slaves between Africa England and America
  • barbed wire

    barbed wire

    late 1700's wire with barbs on it made to keep things such as animals inside it's enclosed space
  • The French and Indian war

    The French and Indian war

    1754-1763, Britain and France had a war "the seven yaers war" and both sides got the Natice Americans to side with them
  • Phyllis wheatly

    Phyllis wheatly

    the first African American to publish her writing
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    Pontiac's rebellion

    Native American chief that was killed by his men because he didn't get rid of the English soldiers, the soldiers that were going to help him were given blankets covered in small pox and they died of small pox
  • treatyof paris

    treatyof paris

    ended the French and Indian war
  • The American Revolution

    The American Revolution

    America rebelled against Britain and got their independence
  • Yorktown

    Yorktown

    the British surrendered to America in the American Revolution
  • whiskey rebellion

    whiskey rebellion

    small farmers revolted agianst the whiskey being taxed
  • Bill of rights

    Bill of rights

    got the federalists and the anti-federalists to agree on the Constitution
  • 3/5ths compromise

    3/5ths compromise

    said that slaves would count for 3/5ths of a person
  • Judiciary act of 1789

    Judiciary act of 1789

    established the supreme court
  • George Washington elected preesident

    George Washington elected preesident

    first president
    form 1789 to 1797
  • alien and sedition acts

    alien and sedition acts

    passed to silence federalists, said that if anyone talked bad about the government they could be thrown out of the country if they were an immigrant
  • cotton gin

    cotton gin

    made to reduce the amount of slaves but only made the number and need for them increase
  • John adams elected president

    John adams elected president

    America's second president
    from 1797 to 1801
  • Industrial Revolution

    Industrial Revolution

    1800's and so on the changing from home made goods to industry made goods
  • exodusters

    exodusters

    1800's they were immigrants who migrated states along the Mississsppi to get to Kansas
  • America system

    America system

    the system thoughtup by Henry Clay
  • Nation bank

    Nation bank

    part of Henry clay's idea for the American system, that Andrew Jackson did away with and now there are multiple banks.
  • Thomas Jefferson

    Thomas Jefferson

    America's third president
    from 1801 to 1809
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

  • marbury vs. Madison

    marbury vs. Madison

    gave the supreme court the power to do a judicial review
  • Embargo act of 1807

    Embargo act of 1807

    America caught off trade with England and France
  • James Madison becomes president

    James Madison becomes president

    America's fourth president
    from 1809 to 1817
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    between America and Britain Britain wouldn't quit messing with AMerica so they went to war
  • War of 1812

    War of 1812

    from 1812-1814
    war against America and Britain Britain wouldn't leave Smerica alone so they went to war
  • treaty of ghent

    treaty of ghent

    ended the war of 1812
  • Treaty of Ghent

    Treaty of Ghent

    The treaty that ended the war of 1812 between America and Britain
  • James Monroe becomes president

    James Monroe becomes president

    America's fifth president
    from 1817 to 1825
  • Red River Basin

    Red River Basin

    The land that England and America could jointly occupy the stretch of land above the Louissianna border known as the Red River Basin
  • The Adam-Onis treaty

    The Adam-Onis treaty

    Spain signed this treaty receding Florida to America and in return American government payed $5 million in damages to Spain
  • missouri compromise

    missouri compromise

    said that missouri could become a slave state, but anuything above that became a free state
  • Monroe Doctorine

    Monroe Doctorine

    the U.S. would not mess with Europe if they got left alone in return
  • John Quincey Adams becomes president

    John Quincey Adams becomes president

    sixth president
    1825 to 1829
  • Andrew JAckson

    Andrew JAckson

    seventh president from 1829 to 1837
  • slave rebelllion

    slave rebelllion

    led by Nat turner it was the only successful slave rebellion
  • telegrah

    telegrah

    gave birth to moorse code
  • Martin Van Bauren becomes president

    Martin Van Bauren becomes president

    eighth president from 1837 to 1841
  • William Harry Harrison becomes president

    William Harry Harrison becomes president

    ninth president from 1841 to 1841
  • John Tyler

    John Tyler

    tenth president from 1841 to 1845
  • James K. Polk  becomes president

    James K. Polk becomes president

    elventh president from 1845 to 1849
  • Oregon Country

    Oregon Country

    Britian and America didnt want to fight so they split Oregon in half which would later become Oregon,Washington, Idaho and parts of Montana and Wyomming
  • The Mexican-American war

    The Mexican-American war

    1846-1848
    Mexico and America fought over Texas
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo

    It was the treaty that ended the Mexican-American war
  • Scarlett letter

    Scarlett letter

    Nathenial Hawthorn wrote the Scratlet letter
  • compromise of 1850

    compromise of 1850

    they tried to balance the slave and free states by letting California became a slave state
  • Millard Filmore becomes president

    Millard Filmore becomes president

    twelfth president from 1850 to 1853
  • Gadsden Purchase

    Gadsden Purchase

    Arizona and New Mexico became part of the Usa, bought from Spain
  • Franklin Pierce

    Franklin Pierce

    thirteenth president from 1853 to 1857
  • James Buchanan

    James Buchanan

    fourteenth president from 1857 to 1861
  • The civil war

    The civil war

    The South succeeded from The North and they went to war because the North wanted to keep them as one country and the South wanted to be their own Country, the North won, getting rid of slavery and re-unifying them once again. the war lasted from 1860-1865
  • Abraham Lincoln elcted president

    Abraham Lincoln elcted president

    sixteenth president from 1861 to 1865
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg

    The bloddiest battle of all of America ever, lasted three dayys during the civil war
  • Andrew Johson becomes president

    Andrew Johson becomes president

    seventeenth president from 1865 to 1869
  • Alaska

    Alaska

    Bought from Russia Alaska became the 49th state
  • Ulessys S. Grant becomes president

    Ulessys S. Grant becomes president

    eighteenth president from 1869 to 1877
  • The great compromise

    The great compromise

    combined the virginia and jersy ideas into one
  • Rutherfor B. Hayes

    Rutherfor B. Hayes

    ninteenth president from 1877 to 1881
  • Dred Scott

    Dred Scott

    Dred Scott thought that since he lived on free land for a period of time that he should be free, but the Supreme Court said that he was property
  • Kansas Nebraska Act

    Kansas Nebraska Act

    said that Kansas and Nebraska's people should be able to chose whether they wanted to be a free state or a dlave state
  • Hawaii

    Hawaii

    Hawaii was annexed after we helped them get rid of their crooked queen Hawaii became the 50th state in 1898
  • Converged

    Converged

    America became one in 1960