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1492
Columbus Arrives
Columbus Arrives in America -
Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island settled and disappears
his plan didn’t work when he tried to settle on the island -
Jamestown Was Established
men and boys settled in Jamestown -
Slavery Begins in the English Colonies
The first slaves arrived in America -
Life of Johnson Johnson in Virginia
He started his tobacco plantation -
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Plymouth Established with Mayflower Compact
It was a document which established that the colonists would remain loyal to King James, despite their need for self-governance. -
Pennsylvania Colony Established
The King signed the Charter of Pennsylvania -
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Salem Witch Trials
series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts -
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First Great Awakening
Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies -
Albany Plan by Ben Franklin
plan to create a unified government for the Thirteen
Colonies -
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7 Years War “French-Indian War”
conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France -
Stamp Act
exacted revenue from the American colonies by
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Boston Massacre
A Deadly Riot -
Boston Tea Party
everyone threw tea in the ocean to say they hated
taxes -
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First Continental Congress Does Not Seek Independence
They said no to freedom -
Battles of Lexington and Concord
the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War -
Second Continental Congress Seeks Independence
They said yes to freedom -
Britain Surrenders Revolutionary War
Siege of Yorktown -
Articles of Confederation
agreement among the 13 original states of the
United States of America that served as its first constitution -
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Shays Rebellion
an armed uprising in Western Massachusetts in opposition to a debt crisis among the citizenry and the state government's increased efforts to collect taxes both on individuals and their trades -
Constitutional Convention
Decide how America was going to be governed -
Constitution Ratified
Hampshire became the ninth of thirteen states to ratify -
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George Washington becomes first President
He becomes the first United States President -
George Washington’s Farewell Address
George Washington says bye to everyone -
Alien and Sedition Acts
four laws passed by the Federalist-dominated 5th -
Thomas Jefferson Elected President
Thomas Jefferson is elected the third president of the United States. -
Louisiana Purchase
the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from France -
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Lewis and Clark Expedition
expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. -
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War of 1812
a conflict fought between the United States and its allies against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and its own allies -
Missouri Compromise
federal legislation that admitted Maine to the United
States as a free state, -
Monroe Doctrine
the doctrine warns European nations that the United
States would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs. -
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Andrew Jackson as President
American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States -
Frederick Douglass Joins The Movement Abolitionist Movement
Fredrick Douglas joined the abolition movement -
Compromise of 1850
the compromise was a package of five bills passed. -
Fugitive Slave Act Passed
this was part of the compromises of 1850 -
Uncle Tom’s Cabin Published
He wrote a book about the life of an pressed salve -
Bleeding Kansas
This was a war over if Kansas was supposed to be a
slave state or not -
Dried Scott Decision
Dred Scott was a slave that successfully suave for
his freedom -
Abraham Lincoln Elected President
this is when Lincoln on was elected to be the president of America -
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Civil War
this is when the northern states started a war with the southern states. -
Emancipation Proclamation
this was the proclamation that all slaves within
rebellion states will be free. -
Lincoln assassinated
Lincoln was shot by Boothe -
13th-15th Amendments Pass to Become Law
These were the first amendments to free slaves