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The Puritans and the English attacked a native tribe called the Pequots. They murdered about 500 men, women, and children. -
Anyone who brought in a male scalp above age of 12 would be given $150, for females above age of 12 or males under the age of 12, they would be paid $130. The act turned all the tribes against the Pennsylvania legislature. -
Protest that occured in opposition to taxation and tyranny from Great Britain. -
Tension between the 13 colonies and the British, having the British officials marching in hundreds to concord, causing a huge historical even where the british fired first, known as the "shot heard around the world" -
The 13 colonies sign a letter addressed to Great Britain explaining they release themselves from British rule. -
During the harsh conditions of winter, George Washington rebuilt the fallen continental army and defeated the British. -
During the American Revolution, American General Benedict Arnold meets with British Major John Andre to discuss handing over West Point to the British, in return for the promise of a large sum of money and a high position in the British army. -
This battle was fought during the American Revolutionary War near Cowpens, South Carolina. The American troops were led by Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and the British troops were led by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. More than 800 British troops were lost in this battle, while the Americans suffered with less than 100 deaths. -
During the american revolution, this took 4 years to carry out as Maryland and Virginia were in the air on making decisions. -
This is the battle that claimed the nations independence as george washington's army caused british to surrender. -
This meant that 3 out of every 5 slaves would be counted and used for representatives of the state. -
5 states were at the podium to get it ratified quickly as others had concerns of protection over rights. -
George Washington had the honor of being the nations first named president. This was the beginning of the new leadership style adopted by the United States. -
This was washington's letter where he attempted to warn the people of a political party division and its issues. -
This was an important event as he knew the states and the politics inside it better then anyone and now he had moved on. -
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams fought for president of the United States. This was the first peaceful transfer of power from one political party to another. -
When Madison refused to give Marbury commision it was taken to court, which set some of the first boundaries in the court system. -
A federal law made it illegal to transport captive people from Africa to the U.S. It marks the end of the transatlantic slave trade into the U.S. -
Fought on Battle Ground, Indiana between American Major General William Henry Harrison over Shawnee Indians led by Tecumseh’s brother Laulewasikau (Tenskwatawa), known as the Prophet. Harrison repelled the Shawnee attack and burned the village. -
This was a battle between the two ships during the War of 1812, 400 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia. It took place exactly one month after the first engagement between British and American forces. -
This battle was fought on land and the sea. It was fought between British invaders and American defenders, who of which killed the British commander. -
This battle was fought between the British Army led by Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army led by Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson. This was the first major battle of the War of 1812. The Americans end up defeating the British forces. -
This presidency was between John Quincy Adams of the Republican Party and Andrew Jackson of the Democratic Party. Andrews victory sparked the start of the Democratic Party dominance is politics. -
Allowed the president to negotiate with southern Native American tribes to move west of the Mississippi River in exchange for white settlement of their ancestral lands. -
This event happened when the government wanted to start growing cotton on Native lands. The government forced them out of their reservations and led the natives over 5,000 miles. -
An enslaved man named Nathaniel Turner led a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia, which led to a massacre of up to 200 black people. It also created a new wave of oppressive legislation prohibiting the education, movement, and assembly of enslaved people. -
This is the event, which Abraham Lincoln issued, that declared all enslaved people in the Confederacy as free. -
This battle was fought between Texas and Mexico. Texas was fighting for independence from Mexico. The Texan defenders, numbering at around 200, held out the Mexican army, numbering at the thousands, for 13 days. Mexico ended up overpowering the Texans in the end. -
A treaty was signed to end the war between the U.S. and Mexico. Within the treaty Mexico was to ceded 55% of its territory. -
A pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway enslaved people within the territory of the United States. -
This case was a decade long fight for freedom by an enslaved man named Dred Scott. The case went through lots of courts before eventually reaching the Supreme Court. This case gave a push on the Anti-slavery movement and was also a stepping stone to the Civil War. -
Fight between the Bowery Boys and the Dead Rabbits, starting a 2 day riot. This was brought on by the ongoing displeased New York City Police about the fight with the Municipal and the Metropolitan police. -
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. He was the first Republican to win the presidency. -
Within three months of Lincoln being elected, seven states had seceded because of the creation of a new nation which was the Confederacy. -
This was the first battle of the American Civil War. It was fought in Prince William County, Virginia; the fight was between the Union and Confederate armies. The fight started when a group of 35,000 troops marched from Washington, D.C. to Bull Run to attack a Confederate group of 20,000. The Confederates were able to strike back and sent the Union running back to Washington. -
This battle was fought from July 1-July 3 and is considered one of the most important battles in the American Civil War. After a victory over the Union at Chancellorsville, General Robert E. Lee marched his army into Pennsylvania in late June 1863. On July 1, the Confederates clashed with the Union’s Army of the Potomac, commanded by General George G. Meade, in Gettysburg. The Union ends up stopping Robert E. Lee's invasion of the north. -
This battle led to the surrender of Robert E. Lee's confederate army. He then left the Confederate capital of Richmond to try and gather the last of the confederate troops and return to North Carolina to resume fighting. -
This amendment abolished slavery completely in the U.S. It also outlawed the practice of involuntary serving and debt serving. -
A klan known as the KKK came into circulation whose main motive was to protest the rise of black population. -
This amendment granted citizenship to all people, including enslaved people, born and raised in the U.S. It also guaranteed protection by law. -
Rockefeller borrowed money to buy out his partners to expand his refinery. -
This amendment states that a citizen of the U.S. will not be denied the right to vote no matter their race, color, or state of servitude. -
This war was between federal troops led by Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and Lakota Sioux and Cheyenne warriors. The reason for the tension was the discovery of gold on the Native Americans land. When a number of tribes missed a federal deadline to move to reservations, the U.S. Army was dispatched to confront them. Custer was blind sighted of the number of Indians at Sitting Bull at Little Bighorn, and his forces were outnumbered and defeated in what was Custer’s Last Stand. -
Bell found an interest in the ability to transfer speech through wires. Which he was able to carry out with the first words being said through the telephone being "Mr. Watson, come her, I need you" -
Thousands of settlers raced into Oklahoma to claim land for cheap. -
A massacre that occurred on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Almost 300 Lakota people were murdered by the U.S. army. -
Ellis Island was the main accepting and processing point for immigrants 60 years. Nearly 12 million immigrants were processed through Ellis Island. -
This case resulted from the incident where Homer Plessy would not sit in a car reserved for Black people, saying it was unconstitutional. The supreme court ruled that creating a legal distinction between the two was not unconstitutional. A result of this was separate public accommodations based on race. -
An explosion of an unknown origin sank the ship and killed 266 of 354 crew members. -
A children's book that took crazy popularity. -
J.P. Morgan and a few others founded the Steel company which was primarily responsible for most of the steel production in the United States. -
After the assassination of McKinley, roosevelt was named President. Given nobel prizes for his accomplishments as president. -
Ford built his first gas powered vehicle in a workshop behind his house, where his first production cars were built by hand from a group of workers. -
Tarbell wrote that the oil companies were just a big monopoly. The issue was taken to court and had the oil company split into regions.
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The 16th Amendment gave congress the right to impose federal tax income. -
The island was used as the main immigration facility from years 1910 to 1940 on the west coast. -
The 17th Amendment was modified to allow voters to cast direct votes for US Senators. -
A man named Mike Boda was suspected to be involved in the killing of a paymaster and security guard; however, he fled to Italy before police could catch him. Police did catch Boda's colleagues, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, whom were both arrested. Sacco was carrying a .32 caliber handgun which had been identified as the same gun used to kill the security guards and bullets from the same manufacturer as those recovered from the shooting -
This was the first commercial radio station. They first broadcasted the returns of the Harding-Cox presidential election. The success of the broadcasting of news and even music led to the broad success of the radio. -
This was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding. Albert Fall, a former Secretary of the Interior, was charged with accepting bribes from oil companies in exchange for exclusive rights to drill for oil on federal land. This would be the first time a U.S. cabinet official served jail time for a felony committed while in office. -
8 finalists competed from different cities. Margaret Gorman from Washington D.C. won. -
The games were held at Chamonix in the French Alps. There were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, nordic skiing, and skating. -
This novel was set in the Jazz age on Long Island, New York. The novel is about how Nick Carraway's encounters mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby's obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan. -
This trial was the prosecution of science teacher named John Scopes for teaching evolution in a Tennessee public school. The jury took nine minutes to pronounce Scopes guilty and he was fined $100. -
He was the first person to go, nonstop, from Long Island, New York to Paris, France. -
This was the first commercially successful, full-length film with sound which debuted at the Blue Mouse Theater at 1421 5th Avenue in Seattle. It used the Warner Brothers Vitaphone technology to reproduce the musical score with synchronized speech -
This massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang that occurred on Saint Valentine's Day. Gangster Al Capone had members of rival gangster Bugs Moran killed by policemen. -
On this day Wall Streets stock market came to a down fall due to the fact that millions were purchasing stock shares with credit. This meant that banks were running out of money as people weren't paying back their borrowed money. -
The Star Spangled Banner, which was written by Francis Scott Key, was adopted as the National Anthem by the passing of the bill by President Herbert Hoover. -
The Creation of the Empire State building was done and the building is opened to the public. -
A huge naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' invasion of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War.