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John Rolfe
One of the early English settkers of North America; credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in VA.; husband of Pocchonatas. -
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AP U.S. History Timeline
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House of Burgesses
This was the first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America in Jamestown, VA.; it was created in order to encourage Elgish craftsmen to settle in North America. -
Mayflower Compact
This was the first governing document of the Plymouth colony; it was written by the Separists; it was created because the Separists fleed from religious persecution by King James. -
Salem Witch Trials
A series of hearings and prosecutions of those accused of witchcraft in colonial MA.; there was a strong belief in Satan during this time. -
Zenger Case
Zenger published a newspaper article in NY criticizing Willam Cosby who, in turn, attempted to sue Zenger for libel. Zenger's lawyer stated that he cannot do so since the substance of the article is true. -
Stono Rebellion
A slave rebellion in South Carolina to fight for their freedom. -
Fort Necessity
Soldiers constructed a stirehouse for supplies (such as gun powder, run, flour...) in Fayette County, Pennsylvania; it was built to defend the supplies in the fort's storehouse from George Washington's men. -
Albany Plan
A proposal to creat a unified government for the 13 colonie; it was suggested by Benjamin Franklin in order to even-out the playing field. -
Boston Massacre
Birtish Army soldiers killed 5 civilian men and injured 6 others in the Province of MA. Bay. -
Coercive Acts
A series of punitive laws passed by the Britist Parliament in MA. as a result of the Boston Tea Party. -
Declaration of Independence
This announced the 13 American Colonies regarding themselves as independent from the Britist Empire; it formed the U.S. -
Shay's Rebellion
An army uprising in Central and Weatern MA; it got its name from Deniel Shay; it was a result of the post-war economic depression. -
Whiskey Rebellion
A tax protest in Western Pennsylvania; farmers who used leftover gain and corn as whiskey as something to trade were forced to pay a new tax. -
Cotton Gin
A machine that made seperating cotton fibers from seeds quick and easy; it was used in clothing and other cotton good; created by Eli Whitney. -
Alien & Sedition Acts (Adams)
These 4 acts, signed by John Adams, included the Naturalization Act, the Alien Act, the Alien Enemies Acts, and the Sediton Act; paranoia swept across Europe, then to America; America seemed to be nearing its breaking point. -
Manifest Destiny
A wildly held belief that American settlers were destined to expand across the continent; it was born out of "a sense of mission to redeem the Old World by high example..." -
Marbury vs. Madison
It was a landmark U.S Supreme Court case, defining the boundary betweeen the Constitutionally seperate executive and judicial branches; the court formed the basis for excercise of judicial review in the U.S. -
Lewis & Clark
The 1st American expedition to cross the U,S, from St. Louis; the goal was to find the most precise way of water communication across the contnent for commerce. -
Missouri Compromise
This was between pro-slavery and anti-slavery factions in the U.S. Congress; it consisted of regulations of slavery in Western territories, prohibiting slavery in the Louisianna territory except within the boundaries of Missouri. -
Monroe Doctrine
A policy of the U.S.; efforts by the European nations to colonize the land/interfere with states in North and South America would be viewed as acts of aggression; it was put into place beacuse the U,S. feared victorious European powers that emerged from the Congress of vienna. -
Trail of Tears
The Native Americans were forced to relocate from the Southern parts of the U.S. because others desired their land. -
the Alamo
The Mexicans fought for their independence in San Antonio, TX. -
Seneca Falls Convention
The first women's rights convention organized by women in the Western world, it was in Seneca Falls, NY and planned by Lucretia Mott. -
Compromise of 1850
These 5 bills were drafted in the U,S. by Whig Senator Hnery Clay; it defused a 4 year conflict with slave states and free states; this helped avoid sucession and a civil war, -
Uncle Tom's Cabin
An anti-slavery novel by Harret Beecher Stoew; it was inspired by a former black slave who worked his entire life on 3,700 acres of tobacco plantation in North Bethesda, Maryland. -
Dres Scott Case
A landmark decision by the U,S, Supreme Court: Aftrican Americans could not be American citizens; he fights for his rights in Missouri. -
Emancipation Proclamation
An executive order and war measure during the American Civil War issued by Abraham Lincoln; it proclaimed freedom of slaves in 10 states that were still in rebellion. -
KKK - Force Acts
3 bills passed by the U.S. Congress; they were ciminal codes that protexted bkacks rights; the purpose was to imporve the conditions for blacks/freed slaves. -
Spanish American War
This war Spain and the U.S. because of America's intervention in the Cuban War of Independence; in Cuba and Puerto Rico (Caribean), and the Phillipines and Guam (Asia-Pacific). -
Zimmerman Telegram
A diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico inviting them to join the Central Powers. -
Harlem Renaissance
A cultural movement in Harlem neighborhood of NYC; included the new African American culture acorss the NE and Midwest U.S. effected by the Great Migration. -
Black Tuesday
The most devastating even in the history of the U.S.; the stock market crashed. -
New Deal
This was a series of domestic economic programs enacted in the U.S.; it was a result of the Great Depression (focused on relief, recorvery, and reform); it included presidential executive orders and laws to be passed by Congress (under President Franklin D. Rooselvelt). -
Pearl Harbor
A surprising military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the U.S. Navy in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; the Japanese claim that the attack was a preventive action to keep the U.S. Pacific Fleet from interfereing with military actions Empirial Japan was planning. -
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
An atomic bomb was dropped upon these Japanese cities by the U.S. during World War II. -
Truman Doctrine
An international relations policy set up by the U.S. President Harry Truman stating that the U,S, would support Greece and Turkey with economic and military aid to prevent them from joining the Sovet Sphere. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
A case where the Court declared state laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white students unconstitutionally; Brown fought for equality of education in Topeka, Kansas. -
Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
A joint resolution that the U.S. Congress passed because of the Gulf of Tonkin Incident. -
Tet Offensive
This was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietname War; the war was started by the Viet Cong and Northern Vietnamese Army vs. the Southern Vietnamese Army, U.S., and allies; there was an agreement to cease fire during the Tet Lunar New Year. -
Watergate
A political scandal in the U.S. as a result of the a break-in in the Democratic National Committee headquarters; Nixon administrators tried to cover-up its involvement in the situation. -
Iran Hostage Crisis
A diplomatic crisis in Tehran, Iran between Iran and the U.S.; 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days by a group of Iranian students who supported the Iranian Revolution. -
Challenger Explosion
Space Shutter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into flight, causing the dealth of 7 crew members over the Atlantic Ocean. -
Iran-Contra Scandal
A political scandal in the U.S.; the goal was to free the 7 American hostages held by a group of Iranians. -
9/11
An aircraft hijacking in NYC; they crashed into buildings, creating a mass murder,
