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Establishment of English in the New World
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One of the first representative governments in North America
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Guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians
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France loses a lot of North American land
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One of the last major Native American rebellions against European influence in America
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Tax on printed materials in the colonies to pay for the French and Indian War that led to protests
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British soldiers fired on a mob of colonists in Boston, killing 5
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A group of colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the Tea Act
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The first battle of the Revolutionary War
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The document written at the Second Continental Congress that proclaimed the colonies' independence from Britain
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Turning point in the Revolutionary War, persuaded the French to aid the colonists against the British
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America's first attempt at a constitution that gave the central government very little power and left the country disorganized
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The battle that won the colonists the Revolutionary War against the British
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End of the Revolutionary War
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Meeting at which delegates wrote a new set of laws that replaced the Articles of Confederation and became the Constitution
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Invention by Eli Whitney that allowed for faster cotton production and caused an increase in the need for slaves in the South
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A series of acts passed by John Adams that gave power to Federalists and weakened their political opponents
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Purchase of land from Napoleon by Jefferson that doubled the size of the country
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War between US and Britain due to ship impressments, trade restrictions, and the XYZ Affair
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Proclamation by President Monroe warning Europe to stay out the affairs of the Western Hemisphere
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Compromise that stated that Missouri could join the Union as a slave state if Maine joined as a free state, and that all states above Missouri would be free states
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Slave revolt led by Nat Turner that led to fear of further revolts in the South and more restrictions on freedom for black people
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Cherokees were forced to relocate to Oklahoma
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United States gained California, Arizons, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada
