Lindsey Stuart US History

Jamestown

Dec 24, 1607

First permanent English settlement

First African brought to Jamestown

Dec 24, 1619

to work on tobacco plantations(know year only)

Great Awakening

Period: Dec 24, 1740 to Dec 25, 1760

religious movement has swept through Europe and the colonies in the mid 1700s(know years only)

Proclamation of 1763

Aug 24, 1763

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

Revolutionary War begins

Aug 24, 1775

shots fired at Lexington and Concord(know year only)

Declaration of Independence

Jul 4, 1776

Written by Thomas Jefferson

Constitution radified 1787

Aug 29, 1787

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Thomas Jefferson elected

Sep 6, 1800

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Louisiana Purchase

Sep 6, 1803

doubled size of USA overnight(know year only)

War of 1812

Sep 6, 1812

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Missouri Compromise

Sep 6, 1820

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

Monroe doctrine

Sep 6, 1823

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Tariff of 1832

Sep 6, 1832

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

Mexican War

Period: Sep 6, 1846 to Sep 7, 1848

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Compromise of 1850

Sep 6, 1850

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

Lincoln Elected President

Sep 26, 1860

Southern states secede(know year only)

Lincoln Calls for federal troops

Sep 28, 1861

After Southern States secede(know year only)

Reconstruction ended

Sep 28, 1876

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Compromise of 1877

Sep 28, 1877

Ended reconstruction (know year only)

Chinese Exclusive act of 1882

Oct 6, 1882

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WW1 Begins in Europe

Oct 11, 1914

know year only

USA Enters WW1

Oct 11, 1917

because of the 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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Kansas-Nebraska Act

Sep 6, 2016

repeated Missouri Compromise(know year only)