Signifiant Events in United States History

  • Period: to

    1600-1877

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    It Was the First Permanent English Settlement
  • Slaves Arived in Jamestown

    Slaves Arived in Jamestown
    This is the year the slaves first arived in Jamestown, this would eventually lead to a war within a nation
  • Plymouth Colony

    Plymouth Colony
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
  • The Founding Of Boston

    This is the Year Boston Was founded
  • Indian Wars

  • Stamp Act

    Stamp Act
    British charged taxes on material items to pay for troops.
  • Colonial Boycotts

  • The Boston Tea Party

    The Boston Tea Party
    A group of colonist dressed as inians and boarded a British Ship and poured out all the tea to rebell against the British Taxes
  • First Continental Congress

  • Revolutionary War

    Revolutionary War
    The Revolutionary War was a war where the americans joined together to break free from the British Empire
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    Drafted by Thomas Jefferson in 1776 The declaration is important to Americans becasue it expressed the convictions in the minds & hearts of the American people
  • The Battle of Yorktown

    The Battle of Yorktown
    The last major battle during the Revolutionary War also known as
    The American War of Independence
  • Treaty of Paris

  • The Constitution

    The Constitution
    This is supposed to be a Revise format of the Articles of Confederation but they soon decided to do an entirely new farame of government. The Constitution stands as coopertive statesmanship and the aret of compromise
  • Federalist Papers

    Federalist Papers
  • The Bill of Rights

    The Bill of Rights
    The Bill of Rights limited power of the U.S Government to protect the natural rights of the people
  • The Compromise of 1850

  • Civil War

    Civil War
    The Civil war was a war within the U.S to abolish slavery. This war ended slavery
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
    It claimed the freedom of 3.1 million of the nations 4 million slaves
  • 13 Admendment

    13 Admendment
    It abolished and continues to prohibit slavery