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Feb 26, 1215
Magna Carta
"No person shall...be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law" "No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned,...or in any other way destroyed...except by the lawful judgment of his peers, or by the law of the land. To no one will we sell, to none will we deny or delay, right or justice." A document that we used and compared with the Bill of Rights -
Jamestown, Virginia
First permanent settlement in North America -
Declaration of Independence
A document that declared the 13 colonies independent -
Articles of Confederation
First written constitution or plan for the government.... Failed! -
Treaty of Paris
Formally ended the American Revolution... America is now independent! -
US Constitution
A document written at the Philadelphia Convention to revise the Articles of Confederation, includes the Bill of Rights -
Cotton Gin
The cotton gin separated seeds from cotton and it increased the demand of slaves. -
Louisiana Purchase
Napoleon sold the Louisiana Territory for $15 Million to the U.S. -
Fort Sumter
First Shots Fired.... Begins The Civil War! -
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Part 1
Northerners had picnics and watched the battle... bad idea... Confederate Victory! -
Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) Part 2
Another Confederate Victory! -
The Battle of Antietam
Bloodiest Day of the Civil War -
Emancipation Proclamation
Abrham Lincoln freed the slaves in all the rebeling states, NOT the border states. -
Siege of Vicksburg
Union victory... Union gains the Mississippi River. -
Battle of Gettysburg
Bloodiest Battle of the Civil War, Turning point of the Civil War, Gettysburg Address: "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." -
Appomattox Courthouse
General Lee surrenders to General Grant ending the civil war. Union won the war! -
Lincoln's Assassination
John Wilkes Booth (Confederate) shot Lincoln in the head at Ford's Theatre. 5 days after Appomattox Courthouse -
Palmito Ranch
Last battle of the civil war... Confederate victory! 34 days after Appomattox Courthouse -
13th Amendment
Ended Slavery -
14th Amendment
Gave equal rights to african americans -
15th Amendment
Gave suffrage to african american men
