Kayley Widelo U.S. History

Jamestown

Dec 24, 1607

first permanent English settlement
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First Africans brought to Jamestown

Dec 24, 1619

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Great Awakening

Period: Oct 12, 1740 to Oct 13, 1760

Religious movement swept through Europe and the colonies in the mid 1700s

Proclamation of 1763

Aug 29, 1763

Prohibited colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
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Revolutionary War Begins

Oct 12, 1775

Shots fired at Lexington and Concord (know year only)

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Written by Thomas Jefferson

Constitution Radified

Aug 29, 1787

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Thomas Jefferson Elected

Sep 6, 1800

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Louisiana Purchase

Sep 6, 1803

doubled the size of the U.S. (know year only)

War of 1812

Sep 6, 1812

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Missouri Compromise

Sep 6, 1820

drew east and west through Louisiana Purchase (know year only)

Monroe Doctrine

Sep 6, 1823

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Tariff of 1832

Sep 6, 1832

North liked it and south disliked it (know year only)

Mexican War

Period: Oct 12, 1846 to Oct 13, 1848

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Compromise of 1850

Sep 6, 1850

Extended California as free state and let other territories vote whether or not to have slaves (know year only)

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Sep 6, 1854

Repealed the Missouri Compromise

Lincoln was Elected President

Oct 12, 1860

Southern States secede (know year only)

Lincoln Calls For Federal Troops

Oct 12, 1861

After Southern States Secede (know year only)

Homestead Act

Oct 6, 1862

gave free land to settlers in the west (know year only)

Reconstruction Ended

Oct 6, 1876

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Compromise of 1877

Oct 6, 1877

Ended Reconstruction (know year only)

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Oct 6, 1882

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WWI Begins in Europe

Oct 12, 1914

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USA enters WWI

Oct 12, 1917

Ties to Britain and German submarine warfare on our ships (know year only)

Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

Oct 6, 1921

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