Significant Events in United States History

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown
    Jamestown-the first English settlement in America
  • Mayflower Compact

    Mayflower Compact
    the first known document that provided self-government through a democracy
  • Proclamation of 1763

    Proclamation of 1763
    to organize Great Britain's new North American empire
  • Sugar Act

    Sugar Act
  • Boston Tea Party

    Boston Tea Party
  • First Continental Congress

    First Continental Congress
  • Battles of Lexington and Concord

    Battles of Lexington and Concord
    he first military engagements of the American Revolution
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence
    United states declared it independence from Britain
  • George Washington

    George Washington
  • Bill of Rights

    Bill of Rights
    To set limits on what the government can and cannot
  • Lousiana Purchase

    Lousiana Purchase
    Louisiana Purchase was one of the most important land acquisitions ever to be made by the United States,
  • Monroe Doctrine

    Monroe Doctrine
    It stated that european powers were no longer to colonize or interfere with independent states.
  • Nullification Crisis

    Nullification Crisis
    the formal suspension by a state of a federal law
  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo
  • Mexican–American War

    Mexican–American War
    First American Intervention
  • Kansas And Nebraska Act

    Kansas And Nebraska Act
  • Civil War

    Civil War
  • Battle of Yorktown

    Battle of Yorktown
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation
  • The 13th Amendment

    The 13th Amendment
    Ended slavery