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Early English Settler. Credited with cultivating the first crop of tobacco. He was also the husband of Pocahantas.
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Was the first representitave assembly which met for the first time in Virginia.
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41 one male passengers of the Mayflower signed this agreement which formed the basis of the colony's government.
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Was a rebellion of white settlers against the Governer of the Virginia settlement William Berekely which was led by Nathaniel Bacon.
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A series of hearings and prosecutions against people accused of witchcraft whom lived in Massachusetts.
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John Peter Zenger, defended by Andrew Hamilton, was charged with "seditious libel" in a court case that caught the public eye.
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A slave rebellion in the colony of South Carolina, it was the largest pre American Revolution.
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An early battle of the French and Indian War took place hear and led to the French and Indians surrenduring to George Washington.
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Created by, Ben Franklin it was a proposal to create a government for the thirteen colonies.
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An incident where british soliders killed 5 men and injured six others as they fired into an attacking mob.
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A set of acts created by the british government after the Boston Tea Party which said massachusetts could not have a self government or historic rights.
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A Decleration written by Thomas Jefferson and edited as well as signed by the members of congress stating the Thirteen Colonies right for independence from the british states.
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Was an armed uprising of protestors and ear veterans who where not happing with the ideas of tax and debt collection in the post-war depression era.
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A tax protest during the presidency of George Washington, which was led by farmers who had to pay taxes on the use of their grain and corn as a form of whiskey as exchange.
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A machine that seperates cotton fibers from seeds.
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Four Bill that were passed during post French Revolution and during an undelcared war with France. Signed by President John Adams.
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A case which helped form the basis for the "excercise of judicial review in the United States"
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Soon after the Louisianna Purchase, explorers Lewis and Clark were sent to look at the newly required lands of the west.
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Prohibtied Slavery in Louisiana Territory except in Missouri.
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A document which said that any european attempts to colonize the Americas would be seen as acts of agression.
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Due to the Indian Removal Act, thousands of indians were removed from their native lands and moved to eastern sections of present day Oklahoma.
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Mexican troops launched an assault on the Texan outpost and killed everyone there. This led to a burst in inspiration from other Texans to join the fight.
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An idea that it's " Americas mission to redeem and remake the world in the image of America."
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A convention that was held to discuss womens rights.
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A package of five bills which seperated slave and free states in the newly aquired lands from the Mexican-American war.
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A book written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about the horrors of slavery. An anti-slavery novel.
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Dredd Scott, an African-American slave, sued for his freedom when his owners moved to the free states.
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A speech given by Abraham Lincoln proclaiming the freedom of the slaves in the ten states that were still in rebellion.
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Criminal codes which protected the blacks right to vote.
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Was the result of the American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence.
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A proposal from germany to mexico intercepted by british intellegence which stated mexico going against the united states and being on their side.
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Brought about new african american cultural expressions into society.
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The start of the Great Depression, which was the stock market crash.
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Creation of economic programs which consisted of Relief, Recovery and Reform (the three R's)
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An attack by the Japanese on the United States Base in Hawaii effectively starting the US involvement in WWII.
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The US made the final decisions to drop two nuclear bombs on these cities rushing final decisions for WWII.
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Stating that US would help Greece and Turkey Economically to keep from falling into Soviet Hands. Considered to be the start of the Cold War.
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Was a court case which argued against segregation in schools.
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Stated that the president could do whatever necassary to assist "any member or protocol state of the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty"
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Campaign of surprise attacks against the civilian and military of Southern Korea.
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A break in at democratic National Commitee headquarters, a scandal which led to Nixons resign from Presidency,
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52 americans where held hostage after a group of iranian students supporting the iranian rvolution took control of the US Embassy.
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A political scandal which included the sale of arms to Iranians.
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A space ship just launching for a mission ran into complications and exploded.
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Two planes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center.
