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Roanoke Chalk Talk Colony founded in Virginia by Walter Raleigh consisting of 100 people. Discovered to be missing on Raleigh's return in 1590, a mystery that has yet to be solved.
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First successful established English Colony
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They're brought in as slaves, indentered servants, or freemen.
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Around 100 persons from English traveled from England to the New World landing in Modern-day Massachusetts. A portion where Puritans, a radical off-shoot of the Church of England.
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Goods from the Americas could not be directly traded with International neighbors. This helped to limit international trade between Britain's colonies and the rest of the world and kept gold flowing to Britain.
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Series of accusations, convictions, and executions due to rumors of witchcraft.
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British and French conflict incited over land conflict. Ended in British victory and added territories.
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Fight between colonists and British soldiers. Incited anger against British for colonial deaths.
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The Sons of Liberty organized the destruction of Tea imported by the East India Company. They dressed up as American Indians and partook in the event as a protest for the recent Tea Act in addition to overall lack of representation in British Parliament.
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Conflict between Great Britain and it's 13 American Colonies. Inspired by lack of representation in British Parliament. Ended with the Treaty of Paris and acquisition of American Independence from the British.
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Armed rebellion by farmers embittered by acquisition of their land during participation in the Revolutionary War.
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Representatives from the states met together to discuss the Articles of Confederation. Ultimately they ended up creating a new Constitution on which the U.S. is still based on today.
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A resistance against the tax on whiskey primarily in areas in which whiskey held popularity.
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Expedition comissioned by Thomas Jefferson into newly acquired Western lands to establish presence before other powers could claim it.
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Conflict between Britain and United States. Allowed United States to 'prove itself' as a notable power for resisting British Invasion following the initial Revolution.
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A compromise that appealed to sectional concern over the number of slave and free states as Missouri enter the U.S. as a slave state.
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Forced immigration of Cherokee people to modern-day Oklahoma under Andrew Jackson's Indian Removal policy.
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An attempt to gain Independence as English colonists from the Mexican Government.
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War over the U.S. Annexation of Texas. Ultimately won by the U.S.
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Began with the James W. Marshall finding gold in a nearby river incited a large wave of international and intranational immigration of goldminers into California.
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Series of bills that appealed to slave and free powers in order to defuse sectional conflict with the acquisition of territory following the Mexican American war.
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Allowed states to determine whether or not they were a slave or free state by popular sovereignty, overturning the 30 degree latitude rule. Brought in the territories of Kansas and Nebraska.
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Elected as 19th president due to popularity in the North, highly despised by the South and his election prompted them to secede from the Union.
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War between United States of America and Confederate states of America. Initially to reunite the Union and Confederacy, later inspired by the end of slavery. Won by the Union.
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Rail route approximately 2000 miles to connect the East and West coasts.
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Reconstruction of the South, necessary after the Civil War ends.
