DJ Lovell US History

Jamestown

Aug 7, 1607

First permanent English Settlement

First Americans Brought to Jamestown

Sep 14, 1619

(know year only)

The Great Awakening

Aug 24, 1740

Religious movement that swept through Europe and colonies in mid 1700's (know year only) 1740-1760

Proclamation of 1763

Aug 24, 1763

Prohibited colonists from settling west of Appalachian Mountains (know year only)

Revolutionary War Begins

Aug 24, 1775

Shots fired at Lexington and Concord (know year only)

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Written by Thomas Jefferson

Constitution Ratified

Aug 29, 1787

(know year only)

Homestead Act

Oct 6, 1862

gave free land to settlers in the west (know year only)

Reconstruction Ended

Oct 6, 1876

(know year only)

Compromise of 1877

Oct 6, 1877

Ended Reconstruction (know year only)

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Oct 6, 1882

(know year only)

WWI Begins in Europe

Oct 11, 1914

(know year only)

USA enters WWI

Oct 11, 1917

(know year only)

Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

Oct 6, 1921

(know year only)

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market Crash

Tariff Act of 1930

Oct 18, 1930

Aka Hawley-Smoot Tariff (know year only)