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City upon a hill
A speech given by John Winthrop that was an inspiration for the colonies in becoming a new country. The country was inspired to become a new Israel, with. the inspiration of God's image. The speech set a high standard for the nation, and wasn't completed due to the political issues. -
Puritan Arrival
The Puritans were a group of English settlers that migrated to move away from the wrongful church. They settled down but they were still frowned upon by the English. The goal of the Puritans was a Church that followed scriptures and they believed in a covenant with God. Even though they wanted religious freedom for all they frowned upon other religions after settling. -
Salem Witch Trials
The Salem Witch Trials were a series of convictions of witchcraft in The Town of Salem. The trials were caused a temporary relief from their current political turmoil. The convictions were against young women and was started by a slave named Tituba that caused visions, which made them accused of witchcraft. This started a domino effect that was eventually ended by a governors wife being convicted. -
British Tax
the British acted on their own to impose new taxes and new regulations on colonial trade. Those changes angered colonists who wanted to preserve the sort of loose empire that had, for so long, produced so many benefits at so little cost to them. -
Albany Plan of Union
called on the colonies to unite under British rule and to cooperate with one another in war -
Pontiac's Rebellion
Native Americans surprised and captured most of the British forts in the Ohio River valley and along the Great Lakes. -
Stamp Act
A law mandated by Parliment in 1765 that required most items to be taxed. This control sparked the revolution, as the Americans wanted more freedom. -
Sons of Liberty
A secret organization led to overthrow the Parliment, created to abolish Stamp Act. This group was made so the colonies could have more freedoms. Its famous founders are Samuel Adams and John Hancock, both who led a large role in the Revolution -
Boston Tea Party
Boston Patriots dumped tea from a British ship after a law giving them cheaper Tea was issued. This was a turning point for the Colonists and it gave the British sight into the Americans distaste for their laws. -
Adams Elected President
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XYZ affair
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Mississippi Territory
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Jefferson is inagurated
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Jefferson adresses congress
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The United States and Britain convene
A convention between the United States and Britain regarding the treaty of 1794 is concluded. A commission rules that the United States owes £2,664, 000 to British citizens in settlement of Revolutionary War claims -
Framers have lowered business because of the industrial revolution
agriculture remained the predominant activity in the United States. . American farms became more productive, raising larger crops for the market. In 1815, American farmers sold only about a third of their harvests. By 1860, that share had doubled. The gains came partly from the greater fertility of new farms in the Midwest. -
Tarrif of 1816
a tariff on imports designed to protect American industry. This tariff increased the price of imported manufactured goods by an average of 20 to 25 percent -
National Road
The country’s best route, which was made of crushed rock, was the National Road. Funded by the federal government, this roadway extended west from Maryland to the Ohio River -
Railroads Started Apperaing
The most dramatic advance in transportation in the 1800s was the arrival of a new mode of transportation—railroads. This technology, largely developed in Great Britain, began to appear in the United States in the 1820s. Horses pulled the first American trains. But clever inventors soon developed steam-powered engines, which could pull heavier loads of freight or passengers at higher speeds than horses could manage. -
Publicized unfair Treatment of Workers
In 1835, a New York City court convicted 20 tailors of conspiracy for forming a union. Such convictions angered workers. But, neither the union movement nor the Workingmen’s Party prospered in the early 1800s.
