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Roanoke Founded
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Jamestown
13 years before the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts, a group of 104 English men and boys began a settlement on the banks of Virginia's James River. This was important because it was the first settlement meaning it was the foundation of our country. -
Mayflower Compact
Agreement of the settlers at New Pylmouth to establish fair and equal laws. Without this society would be chaos. -
Pilgrims Establish Plymouth
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Sugar Act
Britains tax on molasses. Another tax that led to the rebellion of the colonists overall leading to the freedom of our country. -
Stamp Act
Britains act to regain the debt over the colonists after the seven years war, this led to the rebellion of the colonists expressing the message of freedom. -
Townshend Act
English parliaments revenue from the colonists in America by putting customs duties on imports of glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea, this was an important time in history because without this event America wouldn't be the fighting country it's known for. -
First Continental Congress
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Declaration of Independence
The day the declaration of independence was signed making America a free country. This is the most important document in American history. It is our rights of citizens. -
Battle of Saratoga
The Americans forced the surrender of Burgoyne’s force leading to the American independence. -
Articles of Confederation
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Battle of Yorktown
The defeat by General George Washington. This was the final battle in the Revolutionary war overall leading to American independence -
Treaty of Paris
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Federalists papers
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Nullification Crisis
The Nullification Crisis arose in the early 1830s when leaders of South Carolina advanced the idea that a state did not have to follow a federal law and could, in effect, "nullify" the law overall helping the fairness in our government -
Annexation of Texas
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Kansas Nebraska Act
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13th Amendment
The thirteenth amendment freed the slaves which is important because it exerts the showing of freedom in this country -
Boston Tea Party
The American colonists way of rebelling to the taxation of tea. The act was of throwing tea into the Boston Harbor leading up to the freedom from British troops -
Compromise of 1850
The Compromise of 1850 was a series of bills that wanted to resolve the territorial and slavery controversies arising from the Mexican American war overall leading to the additional size of our country
