Pre-Reconstruction America

By Solly06
  • Columbus arrives
    Oct 12, 1492

    Columbus arrives

    First European Discovery
  • slavery begins in the English colonies
    Aug 9, 1526

    slavery begins in the English colonies

    The First African Slaves arrive in America
  • Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island settled and disappears

    Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island settled and disappears

    The Virginia Dare... 120 settlers
  • Jamestown established

    Jamestown established

    104 English men and boys arrived in North America
  • Plymouth established with Mayflower Compact

    Plymouth established with Mayflower Compact

    The Mayflower Compact
  • Life of Anthony Johnson in Virginia

    Life of Anthony Johnson in Virginia

    Worked on a tobacco plantation
  • Pennsylvania Colony  established

    Pennsylvania Colony established

    The King names the colony in honor of William Penn’s
  • Salem Witchcraft Trials

    Salem Witchcraft Trials

    This was when people were accused of witchcraft
  • Period: to

    First Great Awakening

    A period of time when religious and spiritual devotion came back / revived
  • Period: to

    7 Years War “French-Indian War”

    The French and Indian War
  • Albany Plan by Ben Franklin begins to unite American Colonies

    Albany Plan by Ben Franklin begins to unite American Colonies

    They created a unified government for the 13 colonies
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    An act or parliament of Great Britain
  • Boston Massacre

    Boston Massacre

    British soldiers killed several people
  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party

    A political and mercantile protest
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress

    The First Continental Congress
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord

    First military engagements of America
  • Second Continental Congress

    Second Continental Congress

    Richard Henry Lee of Virginia
  • Britain surrenders Revolutionary War

    Britain surrenders Revolutionary War

    Surrendered troops in Yorktown, Virginia
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation

    The Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union was an agreement among the 13 original states of the United States of America that served as its first constitution.
  • Shays’ Rebellion

    Shays’ Rebellion

    Armed up rising in Massachusetts
  • Constitutional Convention

    Constitutional Convention

    How America was going to be governed
  • Constitution Ratified

    Constitution Ratified

    Official framework of the government
  • George Washington becomes First President

    George Washington becomes First President

    Commander in chief of the continental army
  • Washington’s Farewell Address

    Washington’s Farewell Address

    Letter written by George Washington
  • Alien & Sedition Acts

    Alien & Sedition Acts

    Series of four laws
  • Thomas Jefferson elected president

    Thomas Jefferson elected president

    Thomas Jefferson was elected the 3rd president of the U.S.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    Acquisition of the territory
  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    Lewis and Clark Expedition

    The corps of discovery expedition
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    War of 1812

    A war fought between U.S. and United Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise

    The Missouri compromise passed in 1820
  • The Monroe Doctrine

    The Monroe Doctrine

    warns European nations that the United States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs
  • Period: to

    Andrew Jackson as President

    Andrew Jackson was president of the united states from
    1829 - 1837
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850

    package of five separate bills passed by the United States Congress in September 1850
  • Fugitive Slave Act passed

    Fugitive Slave Act passed

    The Fugitive Slave Act... was part of the compromise
  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin published

    Uncle Tom’s Cabin published

    DescriptionUncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life Among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • Period: to

    Bleeding Kansas

    Series of violent civil confrontations
  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott Decision

    Supreme Court
  • Abraham Lincoln Elected President

    Abraham Lincoln Elected President

    Abraham Lincoln Elected President
    November 6, 1860
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    Civil War

    Civil War in the United States from 1861 to 1865, fought between northern states
  • Frederick Douglass joins the Abolitionist Movement

    Frederick Douglass joins the Abolitionist Movement

    Fredrick Douglas was a former slave that escaped to freedom
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    DescriptionThe Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation.
  • 13th-15th Amendments pass, become law

    13th-15th Amendments pass, become law

    Congress passed the 13th Amendment to the Constitution
  • Lincoln Assassinated

    Lincoln Assassinated

    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in
    Ford Theater
    At the end of the civil war.