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The Mayflower Compact
The Mayflower was the ship that transported English and Dutch Separatists and other adventurers referred to by the Separatists as "the Strangers" to Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. They set out on September 6, 1620 and spotted Cape Cod on November 9, 1620. After several days of trying to sail south to their planned destination of the Colony of Virginia, strong winter seas forced them to return to the harbor at Cape Cod hook, where they anchored on November 11. -
The Conecticut Colony
The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony located in British America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen. After early struggles with the Dutch, the English gained control of the colony permanently by the late 1630s. -
The Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution led to a spate of short-lived rebellions in the colonies which can be seen as precursors (something that indicates outcome or event beforehand) to the American Revolution. The English Bill of Rights, that followed the Glorious Revolution, also had a massive influence on the colonies in North America and the Constitution of the United States. -
The Tuscarora War
The Tuscarora War was fought in North Carolina during the autumn of 1711 until 11 February 1715 between the British, Dutch, and German settlers and the Tuscarora Native Americans. A treaty was signed in 1715.The first successful and permanent settlement of North Carolina by Europeans began in earnest in 1653. The Tuscarora lived in peace with the European settlers who arrived at a time when nearly every other colony in America was actively involved in some form of conflict with American Indians -
The Proclamation of 1763
The Proclamation of 1763 issued by King George III after the end of the French and Indian War / Seven Years' War to organize the new North American empire and stabilize relations with Native Americans. No British settlements allowed west of the Appalachian mountains. Settlers already in these areas required to return east -
The Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, a city in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the tax policy of the British government and the East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies. The Boston Tea Party was an important display of the fact that colonists were well aware of Parliament’s attempts to use the colonists’ tax money to repay British war debts and that the colonists would not stand for this unfair treatment. -
Revolution and the New Nation
The American Revolution (1776-83) did more than secure American independence from Britain. It established a "revolutionary" agenda that has preoccupied Americans ever since. The new nation elected George Washington its first president, our two-party political system began to take shape, and the Supreme Court established its judicial power.
This is important beacause whithout this we might not have a President and a stable Government. -
The Decalration of Independence
On July 2nd, 1776 Congress passed a resolution proposed by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia to the effect that the United States "are, and of right ought to be, free and independent states." Thomas Jefferson drafted the Decloration of Independence with the help of Franklin and Jhon Adams. Was read to the Delegates on July 4th, 1776. -
Lewis and Clark Expedition
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark set out in May 1804 to explore and map the American West. Lewis and Clark were accompanied by a crew of men, and later, the Shoshone Indian guide and interpreter Sacajawea. Lewis and Clark travelled by river and by land from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Oregon coast, and back again.
This is imprtant because they obtained new knowlege about the Northwest's geography, natural resources, and native inhabitants. -
The Star Spangled Banner
Flag-Original size: 30 feet by 42 feet
Current size: 30 feet by 34 feet Made in Baltimore, Maryland, in July-August 1813 by flagmaker Mary Pickersgill.
Song-When he saw “by the dawn’s early light” Francis Scott Key spent the night revising and copying out the four verses he had written about America’s victory.This later turned into a song and was named "The Star Spangles Banner." The "Star Spangled Banner," is important to us tremind us of the victory and to show pride to our country.
