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roanoke
roanoke the lost colony -
jamestown
jamestown founded -
house of burgesses
first representative government on u.s soil -
mayflower compact
agreement of self government -
rhode island founded
rhode island founded -
navigation act
navigation act -
bacon's rebellion
nathanial bacon led rebellious plantation slaves and burned jamestown -
pennsylvania
william penn made the payment for pennsylvania -
witchcraft dillusion
witch craft dillusion is salem -
great awakening
a religiouss awakening led to protests in philidalphia -
first poor richard's almanac
last of the thirteen colonies chartered -
john peter zenger
zenger trial freedom of speech -
french and indian war
war between france and native americans -
sugar act
tax on sugar imposed -
stamp act
a taxation act on paper -
townshend acts
made to punish the american colonists -
boston massacre
british troops fired into a bosron mob killing five incldeing crispus attucks the leader of the mob -
the boston tea party
tea was thrown overboard as a protest on the tea act -
the intolorable acts
use of the boston harbor was prohibited until tea was paid for -
lexington and concord
first two battles of the revolutionary war and included the midnight ride -
common sense
thomas paine published the common sense quickly sold some 100000 coppies -
bank of america
bank of america incorperated -
paris peace treaty
britian sighned the paris peace treaty recogniseing american indipendance -
constitutional convention
constitution accepted by delegates -
cotton gin
cleaned fifty times more cotton than a regular cotton machiene -
washington's farewell adress
a speech against foreign alliances with foreign powers big public debt and devices of small artful enterpriseing minority -
marbury v.s madison
supreme court for the first time overturned a u.s law -
lewis and clark expidition
lewis and clark set out to explore the new louisiana territory -
first practical steamboat trip
robert fulton took the firs practical steamboat trip -
the war of 1812
had three main causes britian seized u.s ships seised 4,000 neutralized u.s sailors britian armed native americans who raided western border -
oliver hazard perry
battle of lake erie won -
burned white house
the british launched an assault on the american acapitol and burned the white house -
the missouri compromise
bill passed in congress slavery allowed in missouri but not west of the mississippi river -
the monroe doctrine
stated that the british could no longer interfere with u.s shipping -
trail of tears
natives where forced off of thier land and into a native american reserve -
samuel.f.b.morse
created the morse code machiene -
seneca falls
women's rights convention -
uncle tom's cabin
a book published on the cruelty of slavery -
dread scott
slave who went to court to sewed and was turned down because he was not a u.s citizen -
abraham lincoln elected president
abraham lincoln selected president -
civil war began
a war over slavery within the u.s -
battle of antinam
the bloodiest battle if the civil war -
gettysburg adress
a speech delivered at the battlefeild of getty'sburg -
robert e lee surrendered
Lee surrendered troops at the appottox court house -
14th ammendment
provideing citizenship to people born and neutralized in the u.s -
15th ammendment
all races where now allowed to vote -
american red cross
clara barton orginized the american red cross