Erika Branscome US History

Jamestown

Dec 24, 1607

First permanent English settlement (know the year only)

First Afircans brought to Jamestown

Dec 24, 1619

to work on tobacco plantations (know year only)

Great Awakening

Period: Dec 24, 1740 to Dec 25, 1760

religious movement that swept through Europe and the colonies in the mid 1700s (know years only)

Proclamation of 1763

Sep 6, 1763

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

Revolutionary War Begins

Sep 6, 1775

shots fired at Lexington and Concord (know year only)

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Written by Thomas Jefferson

Constitution Ratified

Sep 6, 1787

know year only

Thomas Jefferson Elected

Sep 6, 1800

know year only

Louisiana Purchase

Sep 6, 1803

doubled the size of the United States overnight (know year only)

War of 1812

Sep 6, 1812

know year only

Missouri Compromise

Sep 6, 1820

drew eastward line threw the Louisiana Purchase (know year only)

Monroe Doctrine

Sep 6, 1823

know year only

Tariff of 1832

Sep 6, 1832

North liked it and South disliked it (know year only)

Mexican War

Period: Sep 6, 1846 to Sep 7, 1848

Know years only

Compromise of 1850

Sep 6, 1850

Entered California as a state and let the other territories vote whether or not to have slaves (know year only)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Sep 6, 1854

Repealed Missouri Compromise (know year only)