Pre-Reconstruction America

By malenafavero
  • Columbus Arrives
    1492

    Columbus Arrives

    Columbus arrives in the new world from Spain.

  • Sir Walter Raleigh Roanoke Island settled and disappears

    They settled in 1584 and went missing in 1590
  • Jamestown established

    Jamestown established

    The colony of James town was settled

  • slavery begins in the English colonies

    Slavery has started to become popular in the colonies

  • Plymouth established with Mayflower Compact

    The colonists established with the mayflower compact
  • Life of Anthony Johnson in Virginia

    Life of Anthony Johnson in Virginia

    The life of the black colonist Anthony Johnson
    1600-1670

  • Pennsylvania Colony established

    The colonists made a colony in Pennsylvania

  • Salem Witch Trials

    Salem witch trials was when they thought that some of the colonists where witches and burned them at the steak.
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    First Great Awakening

    This was when spiritual devotion was awoken

  • Albany Plan by Ben Franklin begins to unite American Colonies

    This was to unify the colonies.
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    7 Years War “French-Indian War”

    This was the war against the French and the British
  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act

    This is when the British taxed stamps for mail for the colonists.

  • Boston Massacre

    The Boston massacre was when British soldiers killed many

  • Articles of Confederation

    This was an article made about the confederates.

  • Boston Tea Party

    This was when the colonists protested the taxes on tea by through out the British tea

  • First Continental Congress does NOT seek independence

  • Second Continental Congress DOES seek independence

  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    This was the first military engagement of the American Revolutionary War.

  • Britain surrenders Revolutionary War

    This is when the brits finally ended the war.

  • Shays’ Rebellion

    This was when people were rebeling against the the government.

  • Constitutional Convention

  • Constitution Ratified

  • George Washington becomes First President

    George Washington becomes First President

    This is when George Washington was elected as president

  • Washington’s Farewell Address

    Washington writes letters towards the end of his 2nd term

  • Alien & Sedition Acts

    A law was passed that stated that no foreigners could become residents of the us and there freedom of speech was limited

  • Thomas Jefferson elected president

    Jefferson was elected president

  • Louisiana Purchase

    A very big purchases of land by the us from the french

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    The discovery of the west of American.
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    War of 1812

    Another war against Britain.

  • Missouri Compromise

    This was passed and made Missouri a slave state

  • Monroe Doctrine

  • Andrew Jackson as President

  • Frederick Douglass joins the Abolitionist Movement

  • Fugitive Slave Act passed

    An act was about fugitive slaves
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    Compromise of 1850

    5 bills where passed

  • Uncle Tom’s Cabin published

    A book was published
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    Bleeding Kansas

    Debate over slavery

  • Dred Scott Decision

    A Supreme Court decision

  • Abraham Lincoln Elected President

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    Civil War

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Lincoln Assassinated

    Lincoln was killed

  • 13th-15th Amendments pass, become law