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Significant Evens in United History

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  • Aug 28, 1492

    Columbus "discovers" the Americas

    Columbus "discovers" the Americas
  • First slaves brought to America

    First slaves brought to America
    First slaves brought to America from Africa.
  • Pilgrims establish plymouth Colony (1620)

    Pilgrims establish plymouth Colony (1620)
    Plymouth Colony was established in 1620 as a place known as Massachusetts and they migrated from New England.
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    The Mayflower compact is a written agreement for new settlers arriving at New Playmount.
  • British tax acts

    British tax acts
    British govenment imported tax on goods.
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    British tax acts

    British govenment imported tax on goods.
  • Colonial boycotts of British products

    Colonial boycotts of British products
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
  • Declaration of Independnce

    Declaration of Independnce
    Declaration o Independence was happend to creat equalarty
  • Articles of Confederation

    Articles of Confederation
    Was the first written constitution or plan of government of the United States of America,eventully it failed.
  • Battle of Saratoga

    Battle of Saratoga
    It was the turning point of the Revolutionary War.
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
    The Battle of Yorktown was one of the last battles of the American Revolutionary War
  • Federalist Papers (1787-1788)

    Federalist Papers (1787-1788)
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase
  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
  • Annexation of Texas

    Annexation of Texas
  • Compromise of 1850

    Compromise of 1850
    The compromise was between the slave states of the South and the free states of the North regarding the status of territories acquired during the Mexican-American War
  • Kansas and Nebraska Act

    Kansas and Nebraska Act
    The Kansas–Nebraska Act of 1854 created the territories of Kansas and Nebraska,that would help settlement in them, repealed the Missouri Compromise of 1820.
  • Civil war(1861-1865)

    Civil war(1861-1865)
    North fought for end of slavery and south fought for mantainig of the slavery.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    13th Amendment were made to end the slavery.
  • Treaty of Paris

    Treaty of Paris
    Ended the War between Kingdom of Great Britain and United States of America.