Kelsie Cooper & US History

Jamestown

Aug 30, 1607

First permanent English settlement. (know year only)

First Africans brought to Jamestown

Jun 22, 1619

(know year only)

Great awakening

Period: Mar 16, 1740 to Aug 31, 1760

religious movement that through Europe and colonies in mid 1700s. (know years only)

Proclamation of 1763

Jul 15, 1763

Prohibited colonists from settling west of Appalachian mountains (know year only)

Revolutionary war begins

Feb 12, 1775

Shots fired at Lexington and Concord (know year only)

Declaration of Independance

Jul 4, 1776

Written by Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson Elected

Sep 5, 1800

(know year only)

Louisiana Purchase

Sep 5, 1803

Doubled size of USA overnight (know year only)

War of 1812

Sep 5, 1812

(know year only)

Missourie Compromise

Sep 5, 1820

Drew east/west line through Louisiana Purchase (know year only)

Monroe Doctrine

Sep 5, 1823

(know year only)

Tariff of 1832

Sep 5, 1832

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

Compromise of 1850

Sep 5, 1850

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

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Sep 5, 1854

Repealed Missouri Compromise (know year only)

Lincoin Elected President

Sep 25, 1860

Southeren states secede (konw year only)

Lincoin Calls For Federal Troops

Sep 25, 1861

After Southern States Secede (know year only)

Homestead Act

Oct 2, 1862

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

Reconstruction Ended

Sep 25, 1876

(know year only)

Compromise of 1877

Sep 25, 1877

Ended reconstruction (know year only)

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Oct 2, 1882

(know year only)

World War 1 Begins in Europe

Oct 7, 1914

(know year only)

USA enters World War 1

Oct 7, 1917

(know year only)

Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

Oct 2, 1921

(know year only)

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market Crash

Tariff Act of 1930

Oct 14, 1930

a.k.a Hawley-Smoot Tariff (know year only)