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Units 2-5
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The first permanent English settlement in the Americas. Over 100 men and boys arrived in Virginia, this settlement was named for king James I of England.
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The British fight with the French and allied Native Americans over the Ohio River Valley.
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A plan to Unify the 13 colonies was proposed by Ben Franklin
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The Church of Savannah is established in the colony of Georgia.
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The writ allowed custom officials to randomly search the Colonists properties for contraband
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The treaty ends the 7 years war and allows for British colonies to expand.
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Prohibits Anglo-American Colonists from settling on Territory gained in 7 years war.
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Armed Conflict between British colonies and a loose confederation of Native Americans in the great lake area.
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This law attempted to curb the smuggling of sugar and molasses. It did this by lowering the old taxes and instituting the collection of duties.
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The act regulated the paper currency used by the Colonies. This was to protect British merchants from depreciated Colonial currency.
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End of British policies being implemented on the American Colonies. This meant that the colonies were more or less autonomous.
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British implemented a tax on Colonist for printed paper.
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Britain forces colonists to house British soldiers.
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Start of a secret political organization that aim for liberty from Britain.
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The British taxing ability was made the same in the colonies as in Britain.
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The boundary dispute between Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware, and West Virginia is ended.
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Parliament allowed for officials to search private property for smuggled items
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A fight between a patriot mob and a British squad of soldiers.
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A group of patriots dump hundreds crates of tea as a protest to British Taxation.
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12 of the 13 colonies meet to discuss America's future under British tyranny.
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Laws put in place by Britain to punish the whole of the Massachusetts colony for the Boston Tea Party.
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This edited version of the Quartering act allowed for the Royal governors to find shelters for British Soldiers.
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The start of the American Revolution. Britain intended to capture John Hancock and Samuel Adams.
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A battle between American Colonist and British troops.
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Last effort to stop the upcoming war. It pledged the loyalty of the American Colonists to the British Crown and asserted their rights as British citizens
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A 47 page pamphlet that advocated the idea of independence of the American Colonies from Great Britian.
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56 men signed the declaration that told the British Government that America was its own country now.
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Turning point for the Patriots as it gave the US the support of France.
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The 6 month encampment of Valley Forge by General George Washington and his troops
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The Articles are ratified by all 13 states.
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General Cornwallis surrenders to General Washington at Yorktown, essentially ruined Britain's chance at winning the Revolutionary war.
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The signed treaty to end the Revolutionary war.
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The process for creating new states is started and makes sure that the new states are equal to the original 13 colonies.
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Conflicts in Mass. due to a weak central government, rise with Daniel Shay leading farmers against the government for foreclosing on farms.
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A plan to regulate interstate and foreign trade failed due to a weak central government. 12 delegates from 5 states met and agreed to meet again to fix the Articles of Confederation
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The meeting that corrected the weak central government from the Articles of Confederation. This led to the Constitution becoming our new form of Government.
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Land agreement that Included the great lakes in the American Land, it also told the territories formed how to be come states
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85 essays published over 2 years, written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton.
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An economic plan to pay all of America's debt and institute the Federal Bank. This would make America manufactures self sufficient.
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The first ten amendments are ratified, ensuring the rights of white male Americans.
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Establishment of the bank with a three part expansion of federal fiscal power, this was championed by Alexander Hamilton the first secretary of state.
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Invented by Eli Whitney, it made removing the seed from the cotton fiber much easier than doing it by hand.
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A protest against the high tax on whiskey.
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His letter to "friends and citizens" where he warned the US about sectionalism, Political parties, and foreign interference with domestic affairs.
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French Agents attempted to get a loan from US officials for the agreement that French privateers stop attacking American Merchant ships
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Acts passed to give the government the power to detain and deport foreign citizens as well as prosecute those who were critics of the government
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Legislative from Virginia and Kentucky that held the position that the Alien and Sedition acts are unconstitutional.
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The US Presidential election of 1800 which Thomas Jefferson became president. This brought the generation of the Democratic-Republican Party, and the death of the Federalist Party.
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John Adams appoints John Marshall as a supreme court justice before Thomas Jefferson is inaugurated as the 3rd US president.
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Thomas Jefferson purposefully stopped James Madison from delivering a letter to let William Marbury know he was a Supreme Justice. This case established the power of judicial review.
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The purchase of 827,000 sq miles of land west of the Mississippi for $15 million. It was supposed to be just New Orleans for only as much as $10 million
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An expedition to explore and map the new Louisiana territory led by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis.
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A public argument between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr turned into a duel in New Jersey. Hamilton shot and missed, while Burr shot and hit. Hamilton died the next day and Burr was tried for treason.
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A series of conflicts between the US and Great Britain, which restricted US trade. This led to a fight over territory in the new world between Britain, the US, and France. This was ended by a treaty that that restored the territories to owners before war stated.q
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New England Federalist meet and discuss fear that the South and West would soon overpower the North, hoping to address Washington.
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General Robert Ross led British troops to set fire to many public building in DC following the American defeat at the Battle of Bladenburg.
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End of War of 1812, restored the territories to original owners. Set up commission of the Canadian-US Border dispute.
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Battle between the British led by Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and American Troops led by Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson (Final Major battle for the war of 1812).
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A revived Bank of the US reinstituted by Congress
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Monroe becomes the 5th US president. Sectionalism, tariff, bank, and internal improvement issues halt.
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An attempt to make the US bank unconstitutional by Maryland that failed as Marshall Court brought up the doctrine of implied powers. This strengthened federal authority.
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The compromise that prohibited Slavery above the 36°30′ parallel with the exception of Missouri.
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Best known US policy about the colonization of the Western Hemisphere. It ruled that America would not tolerate the further colonization or puppet monarchs in the West from Europe.
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Policy promoting industry in the US by adopting high tariffs and internal development by the federal government. (advocated by Henry Clay from 1816-1828)
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The election between John Q. Adams and Henry Clay, in which there was a supposed deal to throw the election to the house who would favor John Q. Adams.
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The Supreme Court Case that set the president that the States couldn't enact laws that interfered with Federal laws on commerce.
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Providing overland transportation between the eastern Hudson River and the western Lake Erie.
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Andrew Jackson won the popular vote, but the election was decided by the house of representatives.
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Infighting in Jackson's cabinet, led to him stopping cabinet meetings and instead referring to a group of trusted friends and advisors.
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Incoming officials start throwing out people appointed with the past administrations and instead putting their own friends in power.
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A proposal for a road on Kentucky that the Federal Government will pay for. Jackson vetoed this out of dislike for Clay, Van Buren pointed out northern states paid for this improvement with state money.
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Signed by Jackson and enacted by Van Buren. With support from the South the 5 "civilized" tribes were pressured into leaving to the west of the Mississippi river rather than the voluntary movement that the act called for
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Marshall Court determines the Cherokee a sovereign nation under a US territory making the state of Georgia unable to interfere with the tribe.
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South Carolina declares tariffs null and void, threatens to succeed the union to avoid the tariffs
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Jackson stops federal deposit into Bank of US saying it favors the rich. Starts depositing into democratic banks
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Party formed to oppose Jackson and the democrats. Stood for protective tariffs, national banking, and federal aid for internal improvements
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Colonized by Spain, the territory of Modern day Texas declares independence from Mexico.
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A secret network of people to help slave run away from owners to the free nation of Canada
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54 African Captives take control of the Spain ship that would bring them into slavery in Honduras.
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Boston School Teacher who saw horrible prison conditions campaigns for better conditions, this convinces many state to improve conditions and separate mentally ill from convicts.