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Native-the Roanoke colony
In 1587 115 settlers were sent to Roanoke.The governor John White left for 3 years and when he returned in 1590 there were no settlers there.The only thing left was a word “croatoan” carved into a tree -
Mayflower compact
In 1620 the pilgrims cross the Atlantic Ocean in the Mayflower hoping to start a new life on the new land. The pilgrims landed on cape cod, finding the Plymouth colony.The Mayflower compact was an agreement to create and follow a form of government. -
The Salem witch trials
The Salem witch trials stated after a young group of girls claimed to be possessed and accused local women of witchcraft.The first person to be accused and executed during the Salem witch trials was Bridget Bishop.The Trials ended when the governor of the Conley wife’s was accused of witchcraft.By that time about 20 people had been executed and about 200 hundreds were accused of practicing witchcraft. -
Turn of the French and Indian war
In 1754, the 1.5 million British outnumber the 70 thousand French. There were less british to protect the French,this was the turn of the French and Indian war. -
Albany Plan of Union
Albany Plan of Union was a plan that called the colonies to unite under british rule and cooperate with one another in war. The colonial and british pull back and the plan didn't get passed -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Pontiac's Rebellion was an uprising by a group that surprised and captured most of the British forts in the Ohio valley and along the Great lakes.The Indians wanted to the weaken the British and bring back the French but without being able to to capture the three largest fort of the British.No supplier not rebellion -
Treaty of Paris
The british had kept the Ohio river valley,Great lakes,Florida and Canada.They had (British)had driven out the Fench out of North America.The Mississippi River became the bountry between british and Spanish once the French had gone.The war ended,the british end their relationship with the native and began taking their land. -
The Sugar, Quartering, and Stamp Acts
The Sugar was passed in 1764 to compensate for the money spent on the war with the French.The Quartering acts were passed in 1765 to require colonists to provide lodging,food,and transportation to British forces.The stamp acts were passed in 1765 to raise revenue for the British Empire through taxation of colonal printed materials -
Sons of Liberty
The Sons of Liberty was secret and violent organization that was founded in the Thirteen American Colonies to advance the rights of the European colonists.They protest the passing of the Stamp Act of 1765. Their motto was “No taxation without representation.” -
The Intolerable Acts
The British Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in 1774 in order to punish the colonies for their acts of defiance.The colonists rejected the idea that British could shut down trade and change colonial governments any time they wanted -
Cotton Gin
In 1793 Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin when working in Georgia. The cotton gin reduced the time and cost of separating the cotton seeds from valuable white fiber. The cotton gin also made cotton more profitable. The increase in the cotton supply made possible by the cotton gin filled the demand from textile factories. By 1840 the south produced about 60% of the cotton used by Americans and European factories. -
Judicial review
Marshall first established the power of judicial review in the case of Marbury v. Madison. Judicials review is the power in which the Supreme Court to can decide whether the acts of a president or laws passed by Congress are constitutional or not. Thomas Jefferson did not know if when he purchased the louisiana purchase it was constitutional because the constitutional does not give that exact power to the president. -
Lewis and Clark
Jefferson sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new territory called the Louisiana territory which he had purchase for the country because he thought that it was too good of a purchase to give up. This exploration "became known as the Lewis and Clark Expedition." The men were guided much of the way Sacajawea, and her husband. Without Sacajawea and her husband Lewis and Clark along with their team would have not been able to complete the juoryt -
The Embargo Act
The embargo act was an official ban or restriction on trade.
American is angry because their ships/sailors are being taken away by France.America wants to show that they can't be pushed around by theses bigger older country just because they are younger and smaller. -
Steamboats
Steamboat cute the cost of travel time. For them to move you had to burn wood or coal, the engine boiled the water the create steam; the force of the steam turned a paddle which cause the boat to be pushed through the water. American Robert Fulton designed the first commercially successful steamboat called the Clermont. A steamboat could could cross the atlantic in 10 to 14 days when a regular sailing ship took 25 to 50 days to cross the Atlantic. -
John Quincy Adams and Adams-Onis Treaty
John Quincy Adams was the 6th president and he helped negotiate the Treaty of Ghent which ended the war of 1812, he also fought for the ablotiemt of slavery. Adams persuaded Spain to sell Florida to the United States. Adams-Onís Treaty was ratified in 1821 this treaty made it possible the America to have florida and pursue fur trade in Oregon. Both the United states and Great Britain claimed Oregon but in 1818 they agreed to share the territory. -
Henry Clay
Henry Clay was an American politician who was elected to the U.s house of representatives and the U.S senate from the state of kentucky. He was also leading a new economic. Clay also help craft the Missouri Compromise to try and balance the right of slave and free states. Henry Clay was known as a leading advocates for nationalism and because of this he wanted to protect the tariff as it was a bigger part of America -
Erie Canal
The Erie canal was the best known canal. When completed in 1825 the Erie canal was about 363 miles long and it ran through New York State to Lake Erie to the Hudson river. Before the canal the cost to ship a ton of freight overland would be $100 or more but with the Erie canal the cost went to just $4. Because of the Erie canal population grew because of city (new york) growth. After the Erie canal the population went to 124,000 in 1820 to 800,000 in 1860
