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Connecticut colonists under the control of Captain John Mason burned the Pequot Fort near the Mystic River. -
Robert Morris
People who brought him scalps of people would get money more or less depending on the age. -
Americans dumped 342 chests of tea in the ocean. The Americans were mad at Britain for “taxation without representation." -
started the Revolutionary war -
First military battles of the American Revolutionary War. Fought in Middlesex County, Province of Massachusetts Bay. -
Congress signed it. John Hancock had the biggest signature. -
Very cold and there wasn't enough food to go around. -
12,000 men who arrived in Valley Forge, 3,000 soldiers died and another 2,000 left because they were so sick. Really cold and the diseases were bad. -
secret negotiations with the British, agreeing to turn over the U.S. post at West Point in return for money and a command in the British army. -
The battle ended military operations. -
between U.S. forces under Brigadier General Daniel Morgan and British forces under Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton. -
All states signed. Maryland signed last -
Slaves were counted as a 3/5 of a person -
New Hampshire was ninth of 13 states to ratify it. -
2 months after his first term. -
wrote to his friends and family before leaving office -
light sickness and loss of 40% of blood -
both parties had runners. tie between Jefferson and Burr. -
Helped the US fights -
No new slaves were allowed -
hour-long battle off the coast of Nova Scotia. -
sea/land battle fought between British invaders and American defenders in the War of 1812. Kills the commander of the British Forces. -
between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, -
Was to help balance the power in Congress between the slave and free states. -
marked the start of Democratic dominance in federal politics. -
Andrew Jackson wanted the land that the Natives were on so he passed the Indian Removal Act to remove them -
The movement of around 60,000 natives to land they weren't used to. -
Enslaved people turned rebellious and killed people, several being white. -
a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Killed most of the people inside. -
ended the war between the United States and Mexico
Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory -
All slaves were to be returned to their owners -
A decision that Congress made that said the Constitution was not for American citizenship. -
2 days: July 4-5
disturbance in New York
between Dead Rabbits and the Bowery Boys -
demonstrated the divisions within the United States just before the Civil War -
the first state to secede
precipitated the outbreak of the American Civil War in Charleston Harbor on April 12, 1861. -
Fought between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. -
aka the Battle of First Manassas. The first major battle of the American Civil War. Fought in Prince William County, Virginia -
President Abraham Lincoln issued it during the 3rd year of the Civil War. It says that all slaves are free -
Slavery and forcing people to do stuff that wasn't a crime was no longer aloud. -
Robert E. Lee's surrender of his Army of Northern Virginia to Union General Ulysses S. Grant. -
started in Pulaski, Tennessee
group of Confederate veterans
Nathan Bedford: first grand wizard -
Everyone that was born in the United States is a citizen. -
By the early 1800s had control of 90% of U.S. refineries and pipelines.
One of the richest guys ever in America. -
Your race or where you are from couldn't stop you from voting. -
Native Americans defeat the U.S troops near southern Montana -
revolutionized communication -
U.S win against Shawnee Indians broke the threat of Indian confederation -
50,000 people went to try and get some of the 2 million acres that were available land. The land was owned by Creek and Seminole peoples. -
Around 300 of the Lakota people were killed by the U.S. army -
On the first day, 400 people got through. Ellis Island was in New York. When people were on the ships and they saw the Statue of Liberty, They knew they were in the States -
landmark
Congress choice that talked about the quote "separate but equal" -
Sank due to an unknown explosion in Cuba. Killed 266 of 354 people on board.
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L. Frank Baum is the author -
age 42
the youngest person to become president
was elected when McKinley was killed -
bought Andrew Carnegie's Carnegie Steel Company with Elbert H. Gary's Federal Steel Company and William Henry "Judge" Moore's National Steel Company for $15.31 billion. -
Henry Ford
Detroit -
19 part series
November 1902 and October 1904
became popular
detailed exposé of Rockefeller's unethical tactics, sympathetically portraying the plight of Pennsylvania's independent oil workers. -
Angel Island was on the bay off of Sanfrancisco. Most of the people that went there were Chinese. There was more of a limit then Ellis Island, it wasn't as open.
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restates the first paragraph of Article I, section 3 of the Constitution
gave people the right to vote for their senators -
established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax -
both Italian Americans. Massachusetts. Put to death -
The first commercial radio station. Started with the Harding- Cox election -
Won by Margaret Gorman.
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1921-1923
Warren G. Harding was convicted of accepting bribes from oil companies. -
In Chamonix France and was won by France -
Scott's third novel. Set in Jazz age New York -
aka "The State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes"
The science teacher at a school in Tennessee gets accused of teaching evaluation in violation of Tennessee Laws. -
Flew his Spirit of St. Louis from Long Island, New York, to Paris, France.
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Blue Mouse Theater in Seattle. First commercially successful full-length feature film with sound -
September- October
crashed New York's stock exchange -
First recognized by the Navy then Woodrow Wilson in 1916 and then made the official national anthem by congress on march 3rd 1931
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102 story building
Midtown Manhattan in New York City
built by Starrett Corportation -
aka "the greatest carrier battle of the war"
accompanied the U.S. landing on Saipan and ended in a complete U.S. victory. -
The murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang. Lincoln Park Garage.
