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Founding of Jamestown
Searching to make a profitable life, English settlers traveled to America and founded the first British-American colony in the New World. -
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American History
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House of Burgesses
The first congregation of the elected American representatives. -
Founding of Plymouth Colony and Mayflower Compact
Writen by 'seperatists'(people seeking religious freedom), the Mayflower Comfact was the first governing document of the Plymouth Colony. -
Pequot War
Lasting four years, the Pequot war was an armed conflict between the Pequot tribe and several colonies. Hundreds were killed, captured, and injured. The elimination of the Pequot Native Americans led to the present day Southern New England. -
King Philip’s War (Metacom)
An armed conflict involving the Native Americans and the colonists in the 17th century from 1675 to 1676. The European colonists were starving, so they attacked the Narragansett tribes, conquered their land and enslaved their people. -
Bacon's rebellion
An uprising in the American colonies in which thousands of Americans rose up in arms against the rule of Virginia Governor. -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts. -
French and indian War
War fought primarily between the American colonies and France that began a chapter of imperial struggle between Britain and France. -
Quartering Act
Addressed the concerns of troop deployment. It listed the requirements to take care of troops such as bedding, fire wood, and clothing. -
Stamp Act
A direct tax imposed by British Parliament on the American Colonies. It required that printed materials had to be produced on paper produced in London. -
Boston Massacre
A street fight between patriots and British soldiers. Several colonists and soldiers were killed. The riot began when the "patriots" attacked a British sentinel. -
Tea Act
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Boston Tea Party
A political protest by the Sons of Liberty against the taxes that Britain imposed on the American colonies -
Intolerable Acts
A series of laws that were passed by the British Parliament in 1774 - Led to the American revolution. -
Declaration of Independence
A statement that announced that the 13 American COlonies were officially free from British rule. -
Shay's Rebellion
A rebellion that took place in western Massachusetts, named after Daniel Shays, rebellion against government. -
Constitutional Convention
Convention to address problems in the United States under the Articles of Confederation. -
Judiciary Act 1789
Set the number of Supreme Court justices at six: one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices. It gave the Supreme Court final jurisdiction over all of the states. -
Second Great Awakening
A Protestant revival movement expressing that anyone and everyone could be saved through revivial, repentance, and conversion. After 1820, growth in the church grew rapidly. Millions of people converted to various denominations of Christianity. -
Whiskey Rebellion
A protest by farmers against a tax on the production and sale of whiskey. It demonstrated the beginning of sectional differences between the North and the South -
Alien and Sedition Acts
series of Acts passed by the Federalists. The Alien Act required that immigrants lived in the U.S. for 12 years to become a citizen. It also allowed the government to deport any Aliens whose home country was at war with the U.S. The Sedition Act prohibited people from talking bad about the government or government officials.The two sets of resolutions both had a similar argument: The states had the duty to nullify within their borders those laws that were unconstitutional. -
Revolution of 1800
The presidential election of 1800 - the first time a non-federalist President was elected. This election was the first time that power was transferred peacefully from one political party to another in the United States. When Jefferson decided to run, throughout his campaign he showed very impressive political credentials such as drafting the Declaration of Independence, serving in 2 Continental Congresses, and as secretary under George Washington and vice president to John Adams. -
Marbury v. Madison
A decision that helped define the boundary between the constitutionally separate executive and judicial branches of the American form of government. -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana purchase was the purchasing of land by Thomas Jefferson from Napoleon and France. This was the single largest purchase of land in U.S. history, and at the bargain of 3 cents per acre. The Louisiana purchase encompassed 15 modern-day states. If it were not for Thomas Jefferson purchasing this land, the U.S. would be a radically different place today. -
Embargo Act 1807
Law passed by Congress and signed by President Thomas Jefferson in 1807. This law stopped all trade between America and any other country. The goal was to get Britain and France, who were fighting each other at the time, to stop restricting American trade. Although Jefferson's decision heavily affected the american people, we now know today, that trade between countries is necessary for survival. This is why america gets involved in the war on terror. We want to maintain a relationship for trade -
War of 1812
A military conflict between the forces of the United States and the British Empire. -
Election of 1816
the Election of 1816 was won by James Monroe with 183 electoral votes, he led our nation to a period in the political history of the United States that reflected a sense of unity and national purpose among Americans in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. -
Election of 1828
the 11th quadrennial presidential election - a "rematch" between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. It marked the transition from the First Party System to the Second Party System and introduced the beginning of modern day politics -
Indian Removal Act 1830
signed into law by Andrew Jackson (president at the time) in 1830. It authorized him to negotiate with the Indians for their removal to federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for their homelands. -
Nullification Crisis
An ordinance declared by the power of the state that the federal taxes of 1828 and 1832 were unconstitutional and therefore null and void within South Carolina. -
Texas Independence
Celebration of the day that Texas finally broke from Mexico, creating the republic of Texas -
Mexican-American War
An armed conflict between Mexico and the United States of America when Mexico tried to claim land as their own despite the Txas Revolution. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
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Wounded Knee Massacre
It was considered the last battle between white soldiers and Native Americans, but it was infact a brutal and tragic massacre that killed about 150 Native American men, women, and children. -
Spanish-American War
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New Deal
a series of social and economic programs enacted in the United States under FDR's presidency to help the United States out of the Great Depression -
Attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan were attacked by atomic bombings conducted by the United States during the final stages of World War II in 1945. -
Truman Doctrine
A policy set forth by Harry Truman in a speech stating that the U.S. was going to support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent their falling into communism. Most people consider it to be the start of the Cold War, and the start of the containment policy to stop Soviet expansion. It was then followed by economic restoration of Western Europe -
Creation of NATO
An intergovernmental military alliance which was signed on April 4, 1949. The organization conducts a system of defence where its member nations agree to mutual defense in response to an attack. -
Fall of China to Communism
Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China. He played a large role in establishing the military and political strategies. -
Korean War (1950-1953)
A war between the Republic of Korea and the Democratic Republic of Korea. It was the result of the political division of Korea by an agreement of the Allies at the end of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. -
Election of 1952
The Election between Eisenhower and Stevenson that was held when Cold War tension between the United States and the Soviet Union was escalating rapidly.
