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Significant Events in United States History
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Jamestown Established
First Settlement that wwas able to with stand life in the new land -
May Flower Compact
The first governing document of plymuth colonies -
John Winthrop Arrives in Mass.
He will be the first governor of boston where he will establish and carry out his Winthrop's goverment -
Change of Power
King Charles and his army will be defeated in the english Revolution where he is beheaded , Oliver Cormwell takes his place replacing royalty with common wealth and protectorate -
Navigation Acts
requires that imports to the colonies must be transported to England on English ships , it helpps the english goverment keep track of their trading -
King Philips War
The colonist go to war against the Native American do to expnsion -
Boston Massacre
a group of red coats shot and killed bostonians -
Tea Party
Rebel colonist boarded a commerical British ship and threw alot of the tea over board ruining the product as a way to rebel against the taxing of the imported goods -
First Continental Congress
The first meeting is held in Philadephia
56 Deligates where present representing everycolony except Georgia , Present at the meeting Patrick Henry , George Washington , Sam Adams & John handcock -
Coercive Acts
Also know as the intolerable acts , a very anry english parliment passes these acts as a response to the rebellion of the colonist, also taxing them till all the tea was payed for that was ruined in the tea party to replace the loss of the indian trading co. -
Battle of Lexington & Concord
First military engagment of the American Revolution where the british army would face off against the colonist -
Declaration of Independence
the Colonist Won over the British army and over threw their ruling and declared it by making it offical by signing the document. Saying that now they are independent from anyone -
Treaty of Paris
Ratified by congress ,The treaty oficially ended the French Indian War -
Louisiana Purchase
T. Jefferson and the United States purchased from France the Louisiana Territory, land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains -
War of 1812
the U.S. continental Army faught the British
-expansion into the North West
- Trade restriction because of the on going war with France
- imprisonment of american merchants sailor into the royal navy -
Monroe Doctorine
President Monroe made the policy that european countries could not come to the americas or the Western hemesphire to try to colonize -
Annexation of Texas
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California Gold rush
a movement of 300,000 people rushed to california in seek of gold -
Emmancipation Proclamation
September 22, 1862 President Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in those states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be declared free. One hundred days later, with the rebellion unabated, President issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious areas “are, and henceforward shall be free.” -
13 Amendment
Adopted the 6th of Dec this would officially abolish slavery in the U.S.
