history timeline

By belewjos
  • Jan 1, 1215

    Magna Carta

    was an englsh charter

  • Roanoke islannd

    was the first attempted colony in Aerica. Is know as "Lost Colony"

  • Jamestown

    first perminent english settlement

  • House of Burgesses

    first representative assembly in the new world

  • Mayflower Compact

    First social caontract for self goverment

  • Roger Williams

    Founded Rhode Island

  • Navigation Acts

    Regulating colonial commerence to suit english needs

  • Nathabiel Bacon

    Led bacon's rebellion

  • pennsylvania founded

    william penn founded pennsylvania for religous tolerance

  • witchcraft

    excused witches were executed

  • great awakening

    religous revival

  • richards almanack

  • Zenger trial

  • french and indian war

  • sugar Act

    taxes on lumber ,foodstuffs ,molasses ,and rum to pay off french and indian war debts

  • stamp act

    stamp act- required revenue to help fund royal troops

  • Quartering Act

    Quatering act- requering british colonist to house british troops

  • commom sense

    famous proindependence phamplet

  • Townshend Acts

    leived taxes on glass painter's lead ,paper ,and tea

  • boston massacre

    british troops fired on unarmed citizens later known as boston massacre

  • boston tea party

    Citizens dressed up like indians and threw tea into the ocean to protest the tea act

  • intolerable acts

  • mid-night ride

    paul reveere and willaim dawes warned patriots that british were coming to to destroy arms

  • decleration of independence

    set rules for our goverment

  • batttle of saratoga

    turning point of the revoulution

  • articles of confederation

    adopted by continental congress

  • John Paul Jones

    defest of bonhomme richard "i have not yet begone to fight'

  • cornwallis surrendered

    corn wallis surreders

  • paris peace treaty

    recgonized american independence

  • constitutional convention

  • northwest ordinance

    rules that guranteed freedom of religion ,support of schools ,no slavery

  • george washinton

    elected president of the u.s.

  • bill of rights

    subsection of the constitution

  • cotton gin

    Eli whitney invented to cottton gin

  • washington's farewell address

    warned against future alliances

  • lousiana puchase

    boubled the size of the u.s.

  • lewis and clark

    lewis and clark explored the lousiana territory

  • steam boat

    robert fulton invented the steam boat

  • war of 1812

    caused cause british seized american shipsand 4,000 naturalized sailors

  • star spangled banner

    francis scott key wrote the star spangled banner

  • monroe doctorine

    president monroe opposing european intervention in the americas

  • trail of tears

    americans forcing indians to move to indian territory

  • first message

    Samuel F. B. Morse invented the first telegraph

  • womens rights convention

    lucretia mott Elizabeth cady stanton led scenna falls womens rights convention

  • compromise of 1850

    admitted california as the 31 state of america

  • uncle toms cabin

    harriet beacher stowe wrote Uncle tom's cabin

  • dred scott

    said slaves did not become free in free states

  • abraham lincoln

    Abraham lincoln elected president

  • confederate states of america

    south became confederate states of america cause the were afraid of lincoln abolishig slavery

  • battle of antietam

    bloodiest battle of the civil war

  • emancipation proclimation

    freed all slaves

  • gettysburg address

    lincoln gave his address

  • lincoln assination

    lincoln was shot i the back of the head by john wilkes booth

  • robet E. lee surrenders

    at appomatix court house

  • 13 admenment

    abolished slavery

  • 14th admenment

    said everbody born in the u,s. is a citizen

  • 15th admenment

    said every race could vote

  • red cross

    clara barton founded red cross