Lauren Bedwell U.S. History

Jamestown

Aug 7, 1607

First permanent English Settlement

First Africans Brought To Jamestown

Sep 14, 1619

(know year only)

The Great Awakening

Period: Apr 8, 1740 to Aug 6, 1760

Religious movement that swept through Europe and colonies in mid 1700's (know years only)

Proclamation of 1763

Aug 24, 1763

Prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.

Revolutionary War Begins

Apr 19, 1775

Shots fired at Lexington and Concord (know year only)

Declaration of Independance

Jul 4, 1776

Written by Thomas Jefferson

the Constitution was Ratified

Aug 29, 1787

know year only

Thomas Jefferson Elected

Sep 6, 1800

(know year only)

Louisiana Purchase

Sep 6, 1803

double the size of America overnight (know year only)

The War of 1812

Sep 6, 1812

(know year only)

Missouri Compromise

Sep 6, 1820

Drew the line through the Louisiana Purchase (know year only)

Monroe Doctrine

Sep 6, 1823

(know year only)

Tariff Act of 1832

Sep 6, 1832

North liked it and the south did not (know year only)

the Mexican War

Period: Sep 6, 1846 to Sep 7, 1848

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Sep 6, 1854

Repeated the Missouri Compromise (know year only)

Homestead Act

Oct 6, 1862

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

Lincoln Elected President

Sep 28, 1876

southern states secede.

Reconstruction Ended

Oct 6, 1876

(know year only)

Compromise of 1877

Oct 6, 1877

Ended Reconstruction (know year only).

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Oct 6, 1882

(know year only)

World War 1 Begins in Europe

Oct 11, 1914

(know year only)

USA Enters WWI

Oct 11, 1917

(Know year only)

Immigration Restriction Act of 1921

Oct 6, 1921

(know year only)

Black Tuesday

Oct 29, 1929

Stock Market Crash

Tariff Act of 1930

Oct 18, 1930

aka Hawley-Smoot tariff (know year only)

Compromise of 1850

Sep 6, 2016

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